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Cooking Simulator

Big Cheese Studio · 2019-06-06

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CasualSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 14, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), May 20, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Aug 14, 2020 (Xbox One), Jun 06, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A realistic cooking sim where every ingredient reacts with real physics. Master 80+ dishes in Career mode or go wild in Sandbox as you cook, experiment, or cause total kitchen chaos in a fully interactive chef’s playground.

63
playing now
85%
positive of 20k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
8,687
twitch viewers (latest)
71/100
IGDB user rating (57 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

63 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 63 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 766 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~96/week).
  • · Review velocity down 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 9,562 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 492k–1.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 19,685 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2026-06-05) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 17 of 38 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.4k1.4k20192026Week of 2019-06-01: 1,403 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 352 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 570 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 680 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 338 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 314 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 372 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 291 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 386 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

142432026-08-06 22:00 — 91 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 87 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 131 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 77 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 80 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 120 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 82 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 95 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 142 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 96 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 75 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 116 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 73 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 86 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 102 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 55 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 73 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 118 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 93 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 60 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 107 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 71 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 66 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 116 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 117 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 43 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 79 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 101 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 63 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$3.992019-06-062026-08-262019-06-06 — best price $17.992019-09-06 — best price $19.992019-11-07 — best price $15.592019-12-03 — best price $19.992020-01-23 — best price $14.992020-03-30 — best price $19.992020-06-08 — best price $19.992020-07-09 — best price $19.992020-08-17 — best price $19.992020-10-20 — best price $19.992020-11-19 — best price $19.992020-12-22 — best price $11.992021-01-16 — best price $19.992021-03-18 — best price $19.992021-07-20 — best price $10.992021-11-01 — best price $19.992022-01-06 — best price $9.992022-02-12 — best price $19.992022-06-09 — best price $9.392022-08-04 — best price $19.992022-11-01 — best price $19.992023-02-13 — best price $8.992023-05-29 — best price $19.992023-10-22 — best price $6.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-06-12 — best price $5.992024-08-10 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $5.792025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-09-22 — best price $5.992026-01-05 — best price $5.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-05-21 — best price $13.942026-06-19 — best price $19.992026-06-27 — best price $19.992026-07-15 — best price $19.992026-08-05 — best price $19.992026-08-26 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

1602026-08-26 19:15 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
76%
earned "Serve a dish."
23.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing7 DLC

11 supported languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Russian, French, Italian, Korean, Turkish, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)21,5290%76
Steam (Steam)15,1610%302
Windows (Xbox)7,29039%73
PS4 (PlayStation)1,6800%59
Switch (Nintendo)3370%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

Co-opFunnyComedyCookingPhysicsSandboxCraftingRelaxingRealisticManagement

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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