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Definitely Not Fried Chicken

Dope Games · Silver Lining Interactive · 2023-09-29

Steam

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 18, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Definitely Not Fried Chicken is a business management sim with a Twist! Grow your drugs trade through legitimate fronts by managing both sides of the business. Acquire new "businesses", meet new clientele, Develop more potent narcotics, make lots of money and leave a city in ruin!

Definitely Not Fried Chicken is a Simulation and Strategy game released in 2023, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (73% of 2563 reviews).

13
playing now
73%
positive of 2.6k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
61/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
6
Nexus mods (1.1k downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

13 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 13 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 227 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~28/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 16,943 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 51k–115k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,563 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.05 at GamesPlanet DE (2026-07-31) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 72 of 94 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
28328320232026Week of 2023-01-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7892026-09-16 06:00 — 41 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 41 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 56 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 47 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 45 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 58 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 41 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 31 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 78 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 35 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 20 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 26 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 26 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 31 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 31 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 24 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 20 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 27 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 41 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 21 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 21 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 19 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 13 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
33927Jan 2023Aug 2026Jan 2023 — avg 339 · peak 772Mar 2023 — avg 33 · peak 86May 2023 — avg 27 · peak 59Jul 2023 — avg 59 · peak 132Sep 2023 — avg 54 · peak 707Nov 2023 — avg 60 · peak 124Jan 2024 — avg 141 · peak 523Mar 2024 — avg 59 · peak 147May 2024 — avg 53 · peak 170Jul 2024 — avg 105 · peak 374Sep 2024 — avg 45 · peak 118Nov 2024 — avg 33 · peak 101Jan 2025 — avg 52 · peak 117Mar 2025 — avg 39 · peak 89May 2025 — avg 56 · peak 906Jul 2025 — avg 56 · peak 131Sep 2025 — avg 38 · peak 106Nov 2025 — avg 35 · peak 80Jan 2026 — avg 88 · peak 387Mar 2026 — avg 59 · peak 158May 2026 — avg 32 · peak 69Jul 2026 — avg 28 · peak 63Aug 2026 — avg 28 · peak 59
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$3.472023-01-132026-08-252023-01-13 — best price $24.992023-03-07 — best price $24.992023-04-29 — best price $24.992023-06-10 — best price $24.992023-07-15 — best price $17.482023-07-31 — best price $13.122023-10-04 — best price $16.482023-11-04 — best price $19.882023-11-28 — best price $24.992024-01-05 — best price $20.742024-01-31 — best price $22.472024-03-04 — best price $12.992024-03-22 — best price $18.362024-04-18 — best price $24.992024-05-08 — best price $14.992024-06-04 — best price $21.762024-06-27 — best price $12.492024-07-24 — best price $19.882024-08-15 — best price $12.492024-09-16 — best price $9.992024-10-11 — best price $11.742024-11-05 — best price $12.502024-12-18 — best price $10.002025-01-19 — best price $7.252025-03-10 — best price $24.992025-04-30 — best price $24.992025-07-11 — best price $18.362025-10-16 — best price $17.432025-12-03 — best price $24.992026-01-05 — best price $18.362026-02-03 — best price $24.992026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-05-17 — best price $3.742026-06-05 — best price $3.852026-07-02 — best price $4.392026-07-21 — best price $3.742026-08-13 — best price $24.992026-08-25 — best price $4.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

58
achievements tracked
79.3%
earned "Crispy!"
26.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish - Latin America, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,0233%58

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

3DCrimeFunnyVoxelComedyEconomySandboxTradingIsometricCapitalism

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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