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Cooking Companions

Deer Dream Studios · Serenity Forge · 2021-10-07

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 07, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 29, 2025 (Xbox One), Apr 29, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Apr 29, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 29, 2025 (PlayStation 4), Apr 29, 2025 (PlayStation 5)

Unravel the mystery in this cute psychological horror VN, set deep in the woods of the Tatras Mountains. Will you wind up on the chopping block?

Cooking Companions is an Adventure, Casual, and Indie game released in 2021, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 1210 reviews).

1
playing now
94%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
4.32★
PlayStation Store rating (50 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Deep in the woods of the Tatras Mountains, supplies dwindle and flood waters are rising. It’s up to you to keep spirits high and make the most of your survival skills. Will you butter up the right person? Or will you wind up on the chopping block? Featuring Eastern European folklore in an unexpected package, Cooking Companions is a “dating sim” psychological horror title you won't soon forget. Players will be able to unlock 40 Steam achievements, 55+ pieces of artwork, four vegan recipes and 7 endings. WARNING: This game may potentially trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilep(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 52 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 24k–54k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,210 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2025-09-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 10 of 23 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
969620212026Week of 2021-10-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.002021-03-272026-10-092021-03-27 — best price $0.002021-11-24 — best price $9.892022-02-03 — best price $14.992022-03-28 — best price $9.892022-05-09 — best price $14.992022-06-23 — best price $9.892022-07-18 — best price $14.992022-09-19 — best price $9.892022-11-01 — best price $14.992022-12-05 — best price $9.892023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-02-27 — best price $9.892023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-05-29 — best price $9.892023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-09-18 — best price $9.892023-11-02 — best price $14.992023-12-04 — best price $9.892024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-03-05 — best price $9.892024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-06-08 — best price $9.892024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-09-09 — best price $9.892024-11-04 — best price $14.992024-12-20 — best price $9.892025-02-24 — best price $14.992025-04-08 — best price $11.992025-06-18 — best price $14.992025-08-22 — best price $9.892025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $7.492026-03-04 — best price $14.992026-04-24 — best price $7.492026-06-12 — best price $14.992026-08-15 — best price $7.492026-09-04 — best price $14.992026-09-25 — best price $8.992026-10-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
93.8%
earned "Butter Them Up?"
45.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-10-07 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)53827%80
PS5 (PlayStation)9671%60
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)9567%59
PS4 (PlayStation)1164%60
Switch (Nintendo)40%0

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

Player tags

CuteAnimeCasualHorrorMysteryAdventureLore-RichMythologyDating SimStory Rich

Census log

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

Recent updates

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