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Lemon Cake

Cozy Bee Games · 2021-02-18

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Sep 30, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 18, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 30, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Sep 30, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Sep 30, 2022 (Xbox One), Sep 30, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S)

Restore an abandoned bakery and prepare pastries from farm to table! Grow fresh ingredients in the greenhouse, cook pastries & sweets in the kitchen and serve your baked goods to hungry customers in your own shop!

Lemon Cake is a 2021 Casual, Indie, and Simulation game priced at $8.99, with a Very Positive sentiment from 84% of 2,068 reviews and an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners.— census verdict as of 2026-10-14

24
playing now
84%
positive of 2.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
3.44★
PlayStation Store rating (105 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$8.99
steam price (US)

24 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 24 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 77 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity up 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 29,056 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 41k–93k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,068 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.49 at Steam (2026-06-25) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 22 of 28 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14314320212026Week of 2021-02-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2402026-09-15 00:00 — 6 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 8 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 7 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 8 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 9 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 14 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 9 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 7 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 23 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 24 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1036Feb 2021Aug 2026Feb 2021 — avg 103 · peak 201Apr 2021 — avg 40 · peak 126Jun 2021 — avg 43 · peak 214Aug 2021 — avg 17 · peak 50Oct 2021 — avg 13 · peak 37Dec 2021 — avg 18 · peak 62Feb 2022 — avg 20 · peak 71Apr 2022 — avg 15 · peak 35Jun 2022 — avg 15 · peak 45Aug 2022 — avg 14 · peak 34Oct 2022 — avg 20 · peak 49Dec 2022 — avg 20 · peak 74Feb 2023 — avg 17 · peak 82Apr 2023 — avg 12 · peak 30Jun 2023 — avg 17 · peak 62Aug 2023 — avg 44 · peak 118Oct 2023 — avg 14 · peak 39Dec 2023 — avg 18 · peak 40Feb 2024 — avg 14 · peak 42Apr 2024 — avg 12 · peak 30Jun 2024 — avg 18 · peak 48Aug 2024 — avg 10 · peak 24Oct 2024 — avg 7 · peak 22Dec 2024 — avg 12 · peak 31Feb 2025 — avg 12 · peak 42Apr 2025 — avg 8 · peak 20Jun 2025 — avg 9 · peak 26Aug 2025 — avg 10 · peak 38Oct 2025 — avg 8 · peak 17Dec 2025 — avg 9 · peak 32Feb 2026 — avg 7 · peak 22Apr 2026 — avg 7 · peak 20Jun 2026 — avg 10 · peak 28Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 18
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$4.492021-02-182026-10-102021-02-18 — best price $12.742021-05-02 — best price $14.992021-06-25 — best price $9.892021-08-26 — best price $14.992021-11-24 — best price $11.992022-01-05 — best price $14.992022-03-07 — best price $7.492022-05-09 — best price $14.992022-09-30 — best price $14.992022-11-22 — best price $8.992023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-02-06 — best price $14.992023-06-01 — best price $7.492023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-08-07 — best price $14.992023-09-28 — best price $14.992023-11-28 — best price $14.992024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-02-05 — best price $14.992024-05-30 — best price $8.992024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-08-01 — best price $14.992024-09-16 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $8.992024-12-21 — best price $5.992025-02-17 — best price $8.992025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-06-24 — best price $7.492025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-08-14 — best price $14.992025-11-18 — best price $7.492026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $8.992026-04-13 — best price $14.992026-05-14 — best price $5.992026-06-11 — best price $14.992026-07-16 — best price $5.992026-08-29 — best price $5.992026-09-19 — best price $19.992026-10-10 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

17
achievements tracked
92.6%
earned "Proving Your Skills"
11.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,5668%17
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)22012%17
PS4 (PlayStation)10033%18
PS5 (PlayStation)950%18
PS5 (PlayStation)830%18
Switch (Nintendo)400%0

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

3DRPGCozyCuteIndieCasualCookingColorfulLife SimManagement

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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