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Lunch Lady cover art

Lunch Lady

Manic Mice · 2021-04-15

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Apr 15, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Lunch Lady is a 1-4 player online co-op survival horror game. The school final exams are coming up and the best idea you and your friends had was to steal the test answers. Find all 10 pages and don't get caught by the murderous Lunch Lady!

Lunch Lady is a 2021 Action, Adventure, Indie game priced at $4.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 13005 reviews) and an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

21
playing now
85%
positive of 13k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
67/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

21 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Lunch Lady trailer thumbnail

Lunch Lady Trailer | NEW COOP HORROR GAME 2021

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 21 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 242 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~30/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (932 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 260k–585k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 13,005 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2026-09-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
77477420212026Week of 2021-04-01: 762 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 170 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 774 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 598 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 376 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 398 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 351 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 613 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 344 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

28232026-09-15 12:00 — 13 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 29 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 257 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 282 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 137 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 61 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 32 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 105 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 39 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 42 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 33 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 18 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 25 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 46 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 30 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 19 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 45 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 37 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 40 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 53 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 13 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 21 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
38518Apr 2021Aug 2026Apr 2021 — avg 385 · peak 843Jun 2021 — avg 298 · peak 1,111Aug 2021 — avg 173 · peak 519Oct 2021 — avg 127 · peak 361Dec 2021 — avg 131 · peak 412Feb 2022 — avg 128 · peak 285Apr 2022 — avg 116 · peak 331Jun 2022 — avg 103 · peak 238Aug 2022 — avg 141 · peak 405Oct 2022 — avg 94 · peak 278Dec 2022 — avg 98 · peak 239Feb 2023 — avg 87 · peak 245Apr 2023 — avg 81 · peak 239Jun 2023 — avg 76 · peak 278Aug 2023 — avg 81 · peak 215Oct 2023 — avg 88 · peak 361Dec 2023 — avg 53 · peak 168Feb 2024 — avg 56 · peak 151Apr 2024 — avg 42 · peak 116Jun 2024 — avg 51 · peak 133Aug 2024 — avg 46 · peak 118Oct 2024 — avg 50 · peak 163Dec 2024 — avg 38 · peak 99Feb 2025 — avg 35 · peak 103Apr 2025 — avg 24 · peak 61Jun 2025 — avg 26 · peak 70Aug 2025 — avg 27 · peak 82Oct 2025 — avg 27 · peak 85Dec 2025 — avg 24 · peak 82Feb 2026 — avg 25 · peak 77Apr 2026 — avg 23 · peak 58Jun 2026 — avg 20 · peak 48Aug 2026 — avg 20 · peak 55
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$2.992021-04-152026-08-102021-04-15 — best price $4.242021-06-04 — best price $4.992021-10-28 — best price $3.992021-12-01 — best price $4.992022-01-27 — best price $3.742022-05-30 — best price $4.992022-08-01 — best price $3.742022-09-26 — best price $4.992022-11-22 — best price $3.742023-01-05 — best price $4.992023-02-20 — best price $3.992023-03-23 — best price $4.992023-05-15 — best price $3.992023-07-13 — best price $4.992023-09-11 — best price $3.992023-11-02 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $3.742024-02-12 — best price $4.992024-04-29 — best price $3.992024-06-17 — best price $4.992024-08-05 — best price $3.992024-09-23 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $3.492025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-02-24 — best price $3.492025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-05-19 — best price $3.492025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-08-25 — best price $3.492025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $2.992026-02-09 — best price $4.992026-04-13 — best price $2.992026-06-01 — best price $4.992026-08-03 — best price $2.992026-08-10 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
92.4%
earned "Whacked!"
10.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudStatsSteam Leaderboards

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Dutch, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,3070%114

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

FPSPvEDarkCo-opActionHorrorTeam-BasedExplorationMultiplayerCollectathon

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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