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Cook Serve Forever cover art

Cook Serve Forever

Vertigo Gaming Inc. · 2025-07-31

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games Store

ActionCasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: May 15, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 31, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 31, 2025 (Xbox One), Jul 31, 2025 (PlayStation 4), Jul 31, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Jul 31, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S)

Bathe in the sights, sounds, and smells of Cook Serve Forever, a narrative-focused cooking adventure where you serve food to the hungry masses on your quest for greatness.

68%
positive of 479 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.60★
PlayStation Store rating (20 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

Chop, stir, and sauté your way through the bustling solarpunk city of Helianthus as Nori Kaga, a food cart chef aspiring to make it big like her role model, the Culinary Queen, Chef Rhubarb.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 74% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (136 reviews).
  • · Top 20% of 29,056 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 9.6k–22k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 479 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$22.46-25%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at Fanatical (2026-06-19) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 55 of 71 observed days · $16.47 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
696920232026Week of 2023-05-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$99.99$7.492023-01-122026-10-162023-01-12 — best price $99.992023-05-25 — best price $25.482023-07-31 — best price $29.992023-09-21 — best price $17.992023-11-06 — best price $17.992023-12-02 — best price $29.992024-01-25 — best price $22.042024-02-20 — best price $23.892024-04-02 — best price $29.992024-05-10 — best price $15.002024-06-12 — best price $22.042024-06-29 — best price $29.992024-08-01 — best price $22.042024-09-02 — best price $14.992024-10-07 — best price $14.992024-11-04 — best price $29.992024-11-27 — best price $14.992025-01-16 — best price $23.892025-03-05 — best price $13.492025-05-01 — best price $20.092025-05-19 — best price $11.392025-07-11 — best price $23.892025-10-20 — best price $29.992025-11-21 — best price $13.792026-01-07 — best price $23.892026-03-16 — best price $29.992026-04-11 — best price $23.892026-05-28 — best price $12.002026-06-20 — best price $7.502026-07-23 — best price $7.492026-09-10 — best price $29.992026-10-16 — best price $22.46
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
61.8%
earned "Best Birthday Ever"
8.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)49410%40
PS5 (PlayStation)4939%41
Xbox One (Xbox)3132%40
PS4 (PlayStation)1173%41
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

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

Player tags

2DCozyFunnyLGBTQ+CookingLife SimStrategyWholesomeSimulationStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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