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Definitely Not Fried Chicken

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

Steam

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

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!

28
playing now
73%
positive of 2.6k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
61/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

28 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 28 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 19% of 6,674 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 51k–115k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,560 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.39-82%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 73 of 97 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

5782026-08-07 00:00 — 35 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 21 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 36 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 31 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 29 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 37 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 40 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 31 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 49 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 40 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 27 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 35 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 38 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 31 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 35 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 36 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 17 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 41 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 28 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 19 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 20 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 25 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 26 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 18 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 32 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 16 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 29 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 28 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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.

Player tags

3DCrimeFunnyVoxelComedyEconomySandboxTradingIsometricCapitalism

Census log

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

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