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Cooking Simulator

Big Cheese Studio · 2019-06-06

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CasualSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

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.

Cooking Simulator is a Casual, Simulation title released in 2019, priced at $19.99, with an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000 and a Very Positive (85% of 19711 reviews) sentiment.

145
playing now
85%
positive of 20k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
8,687
twitch viewers (latest)
8687.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
71/100
IGDB user rating (57 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (594 downloads)
3.36★
PlayStation Store rating (1,554 ratings)
70/100
opencritic · fair · 29% recommend · from 7 critics
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

145 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Cooking Simulator is a simulation cooking game developed by Polish team Big Cheese Studio and published by PlayWay S.A. on 6 June 2019 for Microsoft Windows. The Nintendo Switch version was released on 14 May 2020, published on the system by Forever Entertainment. The Xbox One version was released on 14 August 2020. A mobile port, titled Cooking Simulator Mobile, launched on Android devices on 20 October 2020. It is available on iOS in a few countries, and the worldwide release is available for pre-register by PlayWay S.A. The PlayStation 4 version released on 20 May 2021 exclusively in Europe and Australia, and on 8 June 2021 in North America.

Trailer

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Cooking Simulator Launch Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 145 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 1% of 28,905 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 493k–1.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 19,725 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$4.99-75%
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 22 of 49 observed days · $1.00 above the all-time low (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

156332026-09-14 20:00 — 70 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 57 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 90 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 79 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 64 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 54 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 64 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 42 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 59 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 101 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 51 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 45 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 82 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 50 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 105 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 156 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 52 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 66 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 131 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 82 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 77 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 95 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 143 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 145 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.0k0Jun 2017Aug 2026Jun 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Sep 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Jun 2019 — avg 1,002 · peak 3,484Sep 2019 — avg 106 · peak 234Dec 2019 — avg 160 · peak 363Mar 2020 — avg 147 · peak 337Jun 2020 — avg 306 · peak 979Sep 2020 — avg 139 · peak 273Dec 2020 — avg 274 · peak 664Mar 2021 — avg 245 · peak 510Jun 2021 — avg 198 · peak 454Sep 2021 — avg 146 · peak 281Dec 2021 — avg 248 · peak 652Mar 2022 — avg 205 · peak 450Jun 2022 — avg 246 · peak 457Sep 2022 — avg 198 · peak 430Dec 2022 — avg 166 · peak 336Mar 2023 — avg 134 · peak 290Jun 2023 — avg 128 · peak 299Sep 2023 — avg 110 · peak 214Dec 2023 — avg 146 · peak 280Mar 2024 — avg 138 · peak 334Jun 2024 — avg 254 · peak 670Sep 2024 — avg 138 · peak 322Dec 2024 — avg 155 · peak 292Mar 2025 — avg 112 · peak 286Jun 2025 — avg 100 · peak 254Sep 2025 — avg 100 · peak 287Dec 2025 — avg 117 · peak 253Mar 2026 — avg 130 · peak 287Jun 2026 — avg 169 · peak 370Aug 2026 — avg 92 · peak 215
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$3.992019-06-062026-10-142019-06-06 — 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 $19.992026-09-04 — best price $4.992026-09-16 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

72122026-06-04 — 28 pageviews2026-06-08 — 43 pageviews2026-06-12 — 32 pageviews2026-06-16 — 18 pageviews2026-06-20 — 25 pageviews2026-06-24 — 25 pageviews2026-06-28 — 24 pageviews2026-07-02 — 30 pageviews2026-07-06 — 19 pageviews2026-07-10 — 25 pageviews2026-07-14 — 19 pageviews2026-07-18 — 25 pageviews2026-07-22 — 22 pageviews2026-07-26 — 25 pageviews2026-07-30 — 12 pageviews2026-08-03 — 23 pageviews2026-08-07 — 27 pageviews2026-08-11 — 16 pageviews2026-08-15 — 29 pageviews2026-08-19 — 23 pageviews2026-08-23 — 24 pageviews2026-08-27 — 24 pageviews2026-08-31 — 27 pageviews2026-09-04 — 25 pageviews2026-09-08 — 45 pageviews2026-09-12 — 42 pageviews2026-09-16 — 48 pageviews2026-09-20 — 40 pageviews2026-09-24 — 30 pageviews2026-09-28 — 43 pageviews2026-10-02 — 39 pageviews2026-10-06 — 22 pageviews2026-10-10 — 21 pageviews2026-10-13 — 31 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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

Post-launch support: 7 DLC released, first 2019-10-24, latest 2025-10-16 (Steam store data)

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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