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Cook, Serve, Delicious! cover art

Cook, Serve, Delicious!

Vertigo Gaming Inc. · 2013-10-08

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Dec 13, 2012 (iOS), Feb 28, 2024 (Xbox One), Apr 18, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Apr 18, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Oct 09, 2012 (Mac), Oct 12, 2023 (Nintendo Switch)

Hungry? Take your restaurant from a one star abomination to a five star wonder in Cook, Serve, Delicious! Plan your menu, upgrade your equipment, and master challenges with easy-to-learn, hard-to-master gameplay!

Cook, Serve, Delicious! is a 2013 Action, Indie, Simulation, Strategy game priced at $3.24, with a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 5717 reviews) and an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

18
playing now
94%
positive of 5.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
IGDB user rating (42 ratings)
4.16★
PlayStation Store rating (38 ratings)
20h
to beat · completionist 42h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$3.24
steam price (US)

18 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Cook, Serve, Delicious! is a restaurant simulation video game released in 2012, developed and published by Vertigo Gaming. The player controls the menu and running of a restaurant, with in-game currency being awarded by correctly filling customer orders. Directed by David Galindo, it featured art by Sara Gross and music from Jonathan Geer. The game was released on 5 October 2012, for PC, and for Steam after a period on Steam Greenlight from 8 October 2013. It was later ported to iOS, Android and the Nintendo Switch. Cook, Serve, Delicious! drew inspiration from the 1999 video game Ore no Ryouri.

Trailer

Cook, Serve, Delicious! trailer thumbnail

Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!! - Launch Trailer | PS4

≈698,752 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 18 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 46 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 34% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 27,960 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 229k–457k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,717 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.49-73%
Microsoft Store$12.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.74 at GamersGate (2023-04-05) · bundled 24×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 107 of 142 observed days · $2.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
363620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3062026-09-15 13:00 — 8 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 21 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 10 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 15 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 12 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 9 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 11 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 9 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 11 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 9 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 19 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 20 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 12 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 9 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 11 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 11 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 13 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 30 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 16 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 16 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 18 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
27813Oct 2013Aug 2026Oct 2013 — avg 127 · peak 302Feb 2014 — avg 61 · peak 145Jun 2014 — avg 39 · peak 137Oct 2014 — avg 40 · peak 86Feb 2015 — avg 45 · peak 112Jun 2015 — avg 278 · peak 1,538Oct 2015 — avg 55 · peak 126Feb 2016 — avg 73 · peak 168Jun 2016 — avg 59 · peak 186Oct 2016 — avg 62 · peak 138Feb 2017 — avg 55 · peak 108Jun 2017 — avg 68 · peak 201Oct 2017 — avg 50 · peak 125Feb 2018 — avg 39 · peak 84Jun 2018 — avg 41 · peak 108Oct 2018 — avg 21 · peak 46Feb 2019 — avg 32 · peak 71Jun 2019 — avg 23 · peak 53Oct 2019 — avg 18 · peak 42Feb 2020 — avg 36 · peak 104Jun 2020 — avg 33 · peak 92Oct 2020 — avg 23 · peak 47Feb 2021 — avg 18 · peak 39Jun 2021 — avg 18 · peak 44Oct 2021 — avg 16 · peak 35Feb 2022 — avg 19 · peak 46Jun 2022 — avg 17 · peak 31Oct 2022 — avg 19 · peak 74Feb 2023 — avg 19 · peak 44Jun 2023 — avg 14 · peak 29Oct 2023 — avg 13 · peak 27Feb 2024 — avg 14 · peak 37Jun 2024 — avg 17 · peak 41Oct 2024 — avg 15 · peak 40Feb 2025 — avg 14 · peak 34Jun 2025 — avg 14 · peak 29Oct 2025 — avg 15 · peak 27Feb 2026 — avg 19 · peak 50Jun 2026 — avg 14 · peak 31Aug 2026 — avg 13 · peak 27
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$12.99$0.742015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $3.992015-09-11 — best price $1.992016-06-23 — best price $2.492017-07-03 — best price $1.992018-04-03 — best price $7.492018-12-17 — best price $2.242019-08-08 — best price $9.992020-02-03 — best price $2.492020-06-15 — best price $2.492020-08-17 — best price $1.502020-10-16 — best price $2.502020-12-01 — best price $7.342021-02-12 — best price $9.992021-04-16 — best price $9.992021-06-30 — best price $9.992021-10-29 — best price $7.342022-01-21 — best price $9.992022-04-21 — best price $9.992022-07-18 — best price $9.992022-11-02 — best price $9.992023-02-07 — best price $9.992023-06-02 — best price $2.002023-09-12 — best price $9.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-04-11 — best price $1.192024-07-18 — best price $2.492024-10-07 — best price $2.492025-01-20 — best price $1.992025-05-28 — best price $9.992025-10-21 — best price $2.592026-02-05 — best price $3.242026-05-25 — best price $12.992026-08-25 — best price $3.492026-09-25 — best price $3.492026-10-15 — best price $3.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4372026-05-30 — 16 pageviews2026-06-03 — 43 pageviews2026-06-07 — 19 pageviews2026-06-11 — 17 pageviews2026-06-15 — 27 pageviews2026-06-19 — 24 pageviews2026-06-23 — 14 pageviews2026-06-27 — 20 pageviews2026-07-01 — 17 pageviews2026-07-05 — 31 pageviews2026-07-09 — 21 pageviews2026-07-13 — 13 pageviews2026-07-17 — 14 pageviews2026-07-21 — 16 pageviews2026-07-25 — 29 pageviews2026-07-29 — 28 pageviews2026-08-02 — 21 pageviews2026-08-06 — 7 pageviews2026-08-10 — 20 pageviews2026-08-14 — 27 pageviews2026-08-18 — 14 pageviews2026-08-22 — 27 pageviews2026-08-26 — 23 pageviews2026-08-30 — 14 pageviews2026-09-03 — 21 pageviews2026-09-07 — 17 pageviews2026-09-11 — 15 pageviews2026-09-15 — 14 pageviews2026-09-19 — 20 pageviews2026-09-23 — 27 pageviews2026-09-27 — 25 pageviews2026-10-01 — 17 pageviews2026-10-05 — 19 pageviews2026-10-08 — 24 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

52
achievements tracked
40.8%
earned "Perfect Day"
7.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsAdjustable DifficultyMouse Only Option1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-04-27 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)14,3436%52
PS5 (PlayStation)10525%47
Xbox One (Xbox)7516%46
PS4 (PlayStation)4048%47
Switch (Nintendo)220%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

2DCo-opFunnyIndieArcadeComedyTypingCookingStrategyDifficult

Census log

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

Recent updates

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