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KuloNiku: Bowl Up!

Gambir Studio · Raw Fury · 2026-04-07

Steam

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Apr 07, 2026 (Mac), Apr 07, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Prep your stations for a cozy cooking game with attitude! Prepare unique meals for quirky small-town locals, upgrade and customize your shop, compete in thrilling cooking battles to become top chef, and protect your family’s long-running restaurant alongside a cast of curious companions!

KuloNiku: Bowl Up! is a Casual, Indie and Simulation game released in 2026, priced at $8.99, with an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 2499 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

96%
positive of 2.6k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$8.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 425 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~53/week).
  • · Review velocity down 59% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 53k–118k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,632 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$7.19-40%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.35 at GameBillet (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 28 of 42 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
62062020262026Week of 2026-04-07: 620 positiveWeek of 2026-04-07: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-04-14: 432 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-21: 179 positiveWeek of 2026-04-21: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-04-28: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-05: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-12: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-26: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-02: 89 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-09: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-16: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-06-16: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-23: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-07: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-14: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-21: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-04: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-08-04: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$11.99$6.902026-04-072026-10-122026-04-07 — best price $8.622026-04-09 — best price $9.592026-04-14 — best price $11.992026-04-20 — best price $11.992026-04-22 — best price $10.552026-05-11 — best price $9.592026-05-22 — best price $7.312026-06-02 — best price $9.592026-06-07 — best price $10.552026-06-16 — best price $11.992026-06-19 — best price $8.392026-06-26 — best price $9.192026-07-11 — best price $10.692026-07-17 — best price $9.952026-07-22 — best price $9.592026-07-26 — best price $8.992026-07-29 — best price $10.692026-08-01 — best price $10.382026-08-10 — best price $8.992026-08-12 — best price $11.992026-08-16 — best price $10.382026-10-12 — best price $7.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
98.5%
earned "Welcome to Bakuso"
26.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume ControlsMouse Only OptionDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support2 DLC

8 supported languages: English, Indonesian, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Thai, Traditional Chinese, German, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2026-04-07 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Census log

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

Recent updates

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