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Epic Chef

Infinigon Games · Team17 · 2021-11-11

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AdventureIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Nov 11, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 11, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Nov 11, 2021 (Xbox One), Nov 11, 2021 (Nintendo Switch)

Get ready to embark on a comedic culinary quest unlike any other as you take on the role of Zest in this story-driven adventure game; from humble beginnings you will build a farm, grow delectable ingredients, craft machinery and cook your way to becoming the most Epic Chef in Ambrosia!

Epic Chef is a 2021 Adventure, Indie, RPG and Simulation game priced at $24.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (78% of 755 reviews).

6
playing now
78%
positive of 755 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
4.31★
PlayStation Store rating (102 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 68% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (134 reviews).
  • · Top 16% of 28,751 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 15k–34k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 755 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GamersGate$2.50-90%
Microsoft Store$4.99-80%
GOG$5.49-78%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.59 at GameBillet (2024-08-28) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 153 of 210 observed days · $3.90 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11611620212026Week of 2021-11-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
942Nov 2021Aug 2026Nov 2021 — avg 94 · peak 270Jan 2022 — avg 42 · peak 114Mar 2022 — avg 13 · peak 36May 2022 — avg 20 · peak 86Jul 2022 — avg 13 · peak 37Sep 2022 — avg 5 · peak 18Nov 2022 — avg 28 · peak 78Jan 2023 — avg 16 · peak 34Mar 2023 — avg 10 · peak 23May 2023 — avg 13 · peak 32Jul 2023 — avg 11 · peak 28Sep 2023 — avg 8 · peak 31Nov 2023 — avg 11 · peak 27Jan 2024 — avg 9 · peak 23Mar 2024 — avg 7 · peak 18May 2024 — avg 6 · peak 19Jul 2024 — avg 11 · peak 25Sep 2024 — avg 10 · peak 42Nov 2024 — avg 6 · peak 15Jan 2025 — avg 5 · peak 13Mar 2025 — avg 5 · peak 13May 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2025 — avg 5 · peak 12Sep 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Nov 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Jan 2026 — avg 4 · peak 11Mar 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8May 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 12Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$1.672021-11-102026-10-142021-11-10 — best price $24.992022-02-07 — best price $24.992022-04-09 — best price $24.992022-05-28 — best price $24.992022-07-30 — best price $24.992022-09-14 — best price $24.992022-11-25 — best price $8.492023-01-19 — best price $5.092023-04-28 — best price $4.982023-06-27 — best price $20.992023-08-28 — best price $4.992023-11-19 — best price $4.652024-01-11 — best price $20.992024-03-02 — best price $20.992024-04-19 — best price $3.592024-06-07 — best price $21.242024-08-07 — best price $2.492024-09-24 — best price $2.292024-11-05 — best price $23.242025-01-03 — best price $24.992025-02-25 — best price $20.992025-04-10 — best price $24.992025-06-18 — best price $4.992025-08-14 — best price $4.992025-10-03 — best price $5.002025-11-25 — best price $4.992026-01-26 — best price $2.502026-03-12 — best price $2.302026-04-25 — best price $24.992026-05-27 — best price $24.992026-07-20 — best price $2.242026-08-28 — best price $5.492026-09-21 — best price $5.492026-10-14 — best price $5.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

49
achievements tracked
83%
earned "Cliffhanger"
10.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,3432%49
Xbox One (Xbox)4931%49
PS4 (PlayStation)25613%50
Switch (Nintendo)130%0

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

Player tags

FunnyComedyCookingAbstractColorfulCraftingLife SimAdventureControllerSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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