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inbento

Afterburn · 2021-07-30

SteamGOGMicrosoft Store

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 03, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 12, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 30, 2021 (Xbox One), Sep 03, 2019 (Android), Sep 03, 2019 (iOS)

A cooking puzzle game about arranging beautiful bento lunches! Solve 120+ recipes, play with food, think inside the box and enjoy a heartwarming story in this culinary brain-teaser!

7
playing now
97%
positive of 2.9k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
3h
to beat · rushed 3h · completionist 7h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Inbento is a puzzle video game developed by Afterburn and published by 7Levels. It was released 12 March 2020. Players must prepare a bento by following a recipe perfectly. Inbento had mostly positive reviews.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 528 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~66/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 9,617 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 59k–133k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,946 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$0.75-85%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.75-85%
Microsoft Store$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.62 at GreenManGaming (2026-07-13) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 78 of 116 observed days · $0.13 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
32832820212026Week of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2052026-08-11 19:00 — 11 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 9 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 12 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 6 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 13 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 15 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 17 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 10 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 12 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 10 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 17 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 8 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 14 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 5 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 14 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 11 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 8 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 12 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 10 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 20 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 16 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 9 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 14 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 11 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.602021-07-302026-08-302021-07-30 — best price $2.992021-08-23 — best price $4.492021-10-25 — best price $4.992021-12-22 — best price $2.672022-03-01 — best price $4.812022-07-11 — best price $1.872022-08-29 — best price $4.992022-12-19 — best price $1.602023-02-27 — best price $4.992023-04-29 — best price $1.782023-06-19 — best price $3.932023-07-31 — best price $1.742023-09-18 — best price $1.992023-11-06 — best price $1.122023-12-21 — best price $1.492024-01-25 — best price $1.492024-03-14 — best price $1.492024-04-15 — best price $1.492024-05-23 — best price $1.492024-06-28 — best price $4.992024-08-12 — best price $1.132024-10-07 — best price $3.592024-11-27 — best price $1.242025-01-07 — best price $0.992025-02-17 — best price $4.992025-03-17 — best price $0.852025-04-29 — best price $4.992025-05-30 — best price $4.992025-07-11 — best price $0.802025-08-15 — best price $4.992025-09-19 — best price $4.992025-10-21 — best price $0.992025-12-08 — best price $0.792026-01-18 — best price $4.992026-03-02 — best price $1.242026-04-08 — best price $0.992026-05-11 — best price $0.752026-06-25 — best price $0.792026-08-05 — best price $0.992026-08-30 — best price $0.75
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1602026-05-30 — 3 pageviews2026-06-02 — 1 pageviews2026-06-05 — 0 pageviews2026-06-09 — 4 pageviews2026-06-12 — 0 pageviews2026-06-15 — 4 pageviews2026-06-18 — 3 pageviews2026-06-21 — 1 pageviews2026-06-24 — 0 pageviews2026-06-27 — 3 pageviews2026-06-30 — 1 pageviews2026-07-03 — 1 pageviews2026-07-06 — 8 pageviews2026-07-09 — 2 pageviews2026-07-12 — 4 pageviews2026-07-15 — 7 pageviews2026-07-18 — 2 pageviews2026-07-21 — 2 pageviews2026-07-24 — 2 pageviews2026-07-27 — 1 pageviews2026-07-30 — 1 pageviews2026-08-02 — 1 pageviews2026-08-05 — 1 pageviews2026-08-08 — 4 pageviews2026-08-11 — 1 pageviews2026-08-14 — 2 pageviews2026-08-17 — 0 pageviews2026-08-20 — 2 pageviews2026-08-23 — 0 pageviews2026-08-26 — 5 pageviews2026-08-27 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
94.7%
earned "First Bite"
31%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyKeyboard Only OptionMouse Only Option

16 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Dutch, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,12234%15
Xbox One (Xbox)1,05569%15
Switch (Nintendo)1670%0
Switch (Nintendo)210%0

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

Player tags

2DCuteFunnyCasualLinearNaturePuzzleCookingRelaxingStylized

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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