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Cooking Simulator VR cover art

Cooking Simulator VR

Big Cheese Studio · 2021-07-29

SteamPlayStation Store

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Virtual Reality

Releases: Jul 28, 2022 (Meta Quest 2), May 09, 2024 (PlayStation VR), Jul 29, 2021 (SteamVR), Dec 15, 2023 (PlayStation VR2)

Step into VR kitchen and become supreme Chef. Master realistic cooking with lifelike physics, 100+ recipes, 140+ ingredients and natural VR controls — or embrace chaos with fires, explosions, and sandbox freedom.

Cooking Simulator VR is a 2021 Casual, Indie, Simulation game priced at $19.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (73% of 1741 reviews) and an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners.

1
playing now
73%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
2
Nexus mods (97 downloads)
4.02★
PlayStation Store rating (439 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Career mode is a culinary journey zero-to-hero style and your task is to gain fame for you and your restaurant. You’ll start from the basics and progressively unlock new more complex dishes and start serving more customers as your fame and experience grow. Once you master the recipes and workflow, you’ll be able to unlock various perks and skills.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 195 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~24/week).
  • · Review velocity up 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 29,255 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 35k–78k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,741 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
16716720212026Week of 2021-07-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1102026-09-15 16:00 — 7 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 6 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 7 players2026-10-15 06:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
473Aug 2021Aug 2026Aug 2021 — avg 40 · peak 200Oct 2021 — avg 16 · peak 49Dec 2021 — avg 24 · peak 108Feb 2022 — avg 21 · peak 55Apr 2022 — avg 16 · peak 51Jun 2022 — avg 18 · peak 46Aug 2022 — avg 15 · peak 49Oct 2022 — avg 10 · peak 36Dec 2022 — avg 12 · peak 39Feb 2023 — avg 10 · peak 36Apr 2023 — avg 8 · peak 23Jun 2023 — avg 7 · peak 26Aug 2023 — avg 6 · peak 17Oct 2023 — avg 6 · peak 18Dec 2023 — avg 14 · peak 50Feb 2024 — avg 8 · peak 23Apr 2024 — avg 6 · peak 20Jun 2024 — avg 10 · peak 35Aug 2024 — avg 8 · peak 27Oct 2024 — avg 4 · peak 17Dec 2024 — avg 10 · peak 44Feb 2025 — avg 5 · peak 17Apr 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2025 — avg 5 · peak 23Aug 2025 — avg 8 · peak 30Oct 2025 — avg 11 · peak 38Dec 2025 — avg 5 · peak 21Feb 2026 — avg 5 · peak 23Apr 2026 — avg 5 · peak 17Jun 2026 — avg 7 · peak 22Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 13
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$3.992021-07-292026-08-032021-07-29 — best price $22.492021-10-23 — best price $24.992021-11-24 — best price $19.992022-01-05 — best price $24.992022-01-27 — best price $19.992022-02-12 — best price $24.992022-05-02 — best price $19.242022-06-22 — best price $24.992022-07-21 — best price $18.742022-09-15 — best price $24.992022-11-22 — best price $18.742023-01-05 — best price $24.992023-03-16 — best price $18.742023-05-29 — best price $24.992023-11-21 — best price $16.742023-12-21 — best price $16.242024-03-21 — best price $24.992024-06-27 — best price $15.742024-08-10 — best price $24.992024-11-11 — best price $14.992024-12-04 — best price $24.992025-03-13 — best price $6.492025-07-10 — best price $24.992025-09-29 — best price $13.742025-11-24 — best price $19.992026-02-18 — best price $7.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-06-05 — best price $3.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-03 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
78.5%
earned "A good start."
3.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR OnlySteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,8560%161
PS5, PS VR2 (PlayStation)46713%24
PS4, PS VR (PlayStation)3514%24

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

Player tags

3DVRCasualCookingPhysicsSandboxRelaxingRealisticManagementSimulation

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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