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Cooking Companions 2: Dread Weight

Deer Dream Studios · 2024-07-29

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 29, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Trapped in a crumbling mansion, it’s up to you to outsmart and outlast an ancient witch hunting you down. Scavenge for items to set traps, solve puzzles and discover hidden secrets to avoid your demise. Don’t be scared: encounters with ghosts are rewarded in this horror visual novel.

87%
positive of 180 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.49
steam price (US)

Trapped in a crumbling mansion, it’s up to you to outsmart and outlast an ancient witch hunting you down. Scavenge for items to set traps, solve puzzles and discover hidden secrets to avoid your demise. Don’t be scared: encounters with ghosts are rewarded in this horror visual novel.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (81 reviews).
  • · Top 57% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.6k–8.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 180 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2025-07-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 8 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
737320242026Week of 2024-07-29: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-07-29: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-05: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-08-05: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-12: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-09: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-31: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-13: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$7.492024-07-302026-08-152024-07-30 — best price $9.892024-08-05 — best price $14.992024-09-09 — best price $9.892024-09-16 — best price $14.992024-10-28 — best price $9.892024-11-04 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $9.892024-12-04 — best price $14.992024-12-19 — best price $9.892025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-03-03 — best price $9.892025-03-10 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $9.892025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-06-11 — best price $9.892025-06-18 — best price $14.992025-06-27 — best price $9.892025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-07-30 — best price $7.492025-08-06 — best price $14.992025-09-29 — best price $7.492025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-10-27 — best price $7.492025-11-03 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $7.492026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $7.492026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-04-24 — best price $7.492026-05-03 — best price $14.992026-06-05 — best price $7.492026-06-12 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $7.492026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-08-15 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
92.3%
earned "Enter the Mansion"
55.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing1 DLC

Player tags

AnimeIndieCasualHorrorLGBTQ+SequelAdventureDating SimStory RichVisual Novel

Census log

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

Recent updates

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