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Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator

Cyanide Studio · Nacon · 2023-02-23

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Simulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Mar 28, 2023 (Xbox One), Mar 28, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Feb 23, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 23, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Feb 23, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Mar 28, 2023 (Nintendo Switch)

Create and manage your dream restaurant! Menus, purchasing, décor, staff, equipment, customers… and don't forget the actual cooking! Experience the daily life of a restaurateur and earn your awards from the Michelin Guide.

Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator is a $29.99 Simulation game released in 2023, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive sentiment (84% of 2798 reviews).

1,150
playing now
84%
positive of 2.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
19
twitch viewers (latest)
9.5
viewers/channel (concentration)
61/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (128 downloads)
4.05★
PlayStation Store rating (1,123 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

1,150 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,150 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 296 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~37/week).
  • · Review velocity up 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 16,638 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 57k–128k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,845 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

IndieGala$2.99-90%
Steam$2.99-90%
Gamesplanet$3.76-87%
GameBillet$4.01-87%
Humble Store$4.49-85%
WinGameStore$4.49-85%
GamersGate$4.50-85%
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.98 at GameBillet (2025-09-29) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 198 of 199 observed days · $0.01 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
17317320232026Week of 2023-02-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.1k542026-09-15 00:00 — 60 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 110 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 137 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 54 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 145 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 254 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 99 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 131 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 238 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 112 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 141 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 237 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 166 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 119 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 301 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 203 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 132 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 261 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 208 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 84 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 275 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 197 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 150 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 1,150 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
44968Feb 2023Aug 2026Feb 2023 — avg 449 · peak 809Apr 2023 — avg 164 · peak 353Jun 2023 — avg 116 · peak 226Aug 2023 — avg 82 · peak 163Oct 2023 — avg 68 · peak 136Dec 2023 — avg 92 · peak 224Feb 2024 — avg 113 · peak 373Apr 2024 — avg 186 · peak 409Jun 2024 — avg 125 · peak 312Aug 2024 — avg 133 · peak 365Oct 2024 — avg 131 · peak 363Dec 2024 — avg 204 · peak 509Feb 2025 — avg 111 · peak 215Apr 2025 — avg 122 · peak 294Jun 2025 — avg 96 · peak 322Aug 2025 — avg 141 · peak 332Oct 2025 — avg 134 · peak 354Dec 2025 — avg 126 · peak 252Feb 2026 — avg 106 · peak 316Apr 2026 — avg 190 · peak 595Jun 2026 — avg 232 · peak 598Aug 2026 — avg 178 · peak 451
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
662026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 6 new positive2026-09-23: 3 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-25: 2 new positive2026-09-25: 2 new negative2026-09-28: 2 new positive2026-09-28: 2 new negative2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 4 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 3 new positive2026-10-07: 6 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 2 new positive2026-10-13: 4 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 5 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$2.992023-02-072026-10-142023-02-07 — best price $29.992023-04-03 — best price $23.792023-05-29 — best price $23.992023-06-30 — best price $22.492023-08-03 — best price $29.992023-09-12 — best price $20.992023-11-08 — best price $20.992023-12-08 — best price $16.492024-01-10 — best price $14.212024-02-16 — best price $23.892024-03-28 — best price $12.002024-05-13 — best price $8.992024-06-17 — best price $8.092024-08-03 — best price $22.042024-09-19 — best price $29.992024-10-30 — best price $8.382024-12-18 — best price $29.992025-02-03 — best price $7.622025-04-03 — best price $8.232025-05-16 — best price $5.852025-07-21 — best price $29.992025-09-01 — best price $22.042025-10-27 — best price $22.042025-12-08 — best price $5.102026-01-26 — best price $4.802026-03-19 — best price $4.492026-04-27 — best price $3.572026-05-28 — best price $22.252026-06-29 — best price $22.462026-07-30 — best price $29.992026-08-19 — best price $2.992026-09-06 — best price $4.492026-09-24 — best price $2.992026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

5702026-10-01 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 14:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-01 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 02:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-03 15:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 14:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-05 17:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-05 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-07 18:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 08:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-13 11:34 — 57 viewers2026-10-13 14:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-13 17:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-14 16:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 19 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
56.7%
earned "The Big Day"
5.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing4 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian…

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2023-02-23, latest 2024-03-28 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,1741%40
PS5 (PlayStation)6456%41
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)2903%40
PS4 (PlayStation)13917%41
Switch (Nintendo)360%0
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

CasualCookingCartoonyColorfulLife SimRelaxingStylizedManagementSimulationReplay Value

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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