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Cooking Simulator VR

Big Cheese Studio · 2021-07-29

SteamPlayStation Store

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

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.

3
playing now
73%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 15% of 9,617 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 35k–78k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,737 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 17 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

602026-08-11 19:00 — 6 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 5 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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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