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Overcooked

Ghost Town Games Ltd. · Team17 Digital Ltd · 2016-08-03

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionCasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Mar 22, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 03, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 03, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Aug 03, 2016 (Xbox One)

Overcooked is a chaotic couch co-op cooking game for one to four players. Working as a team, you and your fellow chefs must prepare, cook and serve up a variety of tasty orders before the baying customers storm out in a huff.

Overcooked is an Action, Casual, Indie, Simulation game released in 2016, priced at $16.99, with an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (90% of 16746 reviews).

156
playing now
90%
positive of 17k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (13 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (351 ratings)
4.26★
PlayStation Store rating (20,042 ratings)
79/100
opencritic · strong · 76% recommend · from 59 critics
6.3h
to beat · rushed 4h · completionist 15h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$16.99
steam price (US)

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

Overcooked is a 2016 cooking simulation game developed by Ghost Town Games and published by Team17. In a local cooperative experience, players control a number of chefs in kitchens filled with various obstacles and hazards to rapidly prepare meals to specific orders under a time limit. The game was released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One in August 2016. A Nintendo Switch version was released in July 2017.

Trailer

Overcooked trailer thumbnail

Overcooked! 2 - Launch Trailer - Nintendo Switch

≈420,309 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 156 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,073 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~134/week).
  • · Review velocity up 174% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 27,751 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 420k–1.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 16,806 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.69-90%
GameBillet$2.89-83%
Gamesplanet$3.10-82%
IndieGala$3.39-80%
GamersGate$3.40-80%
Microsoft Store$16.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.69 at Steam (2025-12-18) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $16.99 · on sale 153 of 208 observed days · $1.41 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
51251220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 512 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

655552026-09-15 12:00 — 267 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 103 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 79 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 237 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 215 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 90 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 97 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 108 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 112 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 232 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 126 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 55 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 203 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 594 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 205 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 374 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 634 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 127 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 185 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 465 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 185 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 110 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 156 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
7330Apr 2016Aug 2026Apr 2016 — avg 0 · peak 0Aug 2016 — avg 165 · peak 586Dec 2016 — avg 166 · peak 806Apr 2017 — avg 99 · peak 240Aug 2017 — avg 270 · peak 863Dec 2017 — avg 306 · peak 1,183Apr 2018 — avg 170 · peak 382Aug 2018 — avg 338 · peak 1,062Dec 2018 — avg 268 · peak 874Apr 2019 — avg 112 · peak 268Aug 2019 — avg 107 · peak 297Dec 2019 — avg 231 · peak 617Apr 2020 — avg 303 · peak 992Aug 2020 — avg 124 · peak 235Dec 2020 — avg 195 · peak 525Apr 2021 — avg 130 · peak 363Aug 2021 — avg 143 · peak 493Dec 2021 — avg 118 · peak 315Apr 2022 — avg 94 · peak 268Aug 2022 — avg 112 · peak 358Dec 2022 — avg 130 · peak 309Apr 2023 — avg 97 · peak 356Aug 2023 — avg 154 · peak 454Dec 2023 — avg 132 · peak 382Apr 2024 — avg 181 · peak 635Aug 2024 — avg 120 · peak 508Dec 2024 — avg 229 · peak 612Apr 2025 — avg 111 · peak 517Aug 2025 — avg 123 · peak 356Dec 2025 — avg 484 · peak 2,217Apr 2026 — avg 205 · peak 833Aug 2026 — avg 222 · peak 632
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
11112026-09-252026-10-102026-09-25: 7 new positive2026-10-01: 11 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new negative2026-10-02: 2 new positive2026-10-02: 5 new negative2026-10-03: 2 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 6 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 7 new positive2026-10-06: 3 new positive2026-10-08: 2 new positive2026-10-10: 4 new positive2026-10-10: 4 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$16.99$1.692016-07-152026-10-152016-07-15 — best price $13.592017-02-05 — best price $16.992017-07-29 — best price $8.502017-12-20 — best price $5.772018-04-17 — best price $16.992018-08-17 — best price $3.982018-12-10 — best price $14.442019-03-18 — best price $16.992019-06-28 — best price $4.252019-10-10 — best price $3.632019-12-27 — best price $3.462020-03-16 — best price $3.302020-06-23 — best price $16.992020-09-18 — best price $4.242020-12-07 — best price $3.902021-02-28 — best price $16.992021-05-27 — best price $14.332021-09-08 — best price $14.272021-12-02 — best price $15.292022-02-26 — best price $3.022022-06-01 — best price $16.992022-09-23 — best price $14.992023-01-10 — best price $14.952023-05-30 — best price $16.382023-10-12 — best price $2.742024-01-15 — best price $2.882024-04-05 — best price $15.812024-06-30 — best price $14.272024-08-30 — best price $2.702024-11-22 — best price $2.632025-02-11 — best price $14.842025-05-09 — best price $2.892025-08-20 — best price $2.792025-11-23 — best price $2.892026-03-03 — best price $3.132026-05-21 — best price $2.892026-08-10 — best price $3.102026-09-30 — best price $2.962026-10-15 — best price $16.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4541582026-05-29 — 200 pageviews2026-06-02 — 211 pageviews2026-06-06 — 217 pageviews2026-06-10 — 196 pageviews2026-06-14 — 201 pageviews2026-06-18 — 194 pageviews2026-06-22 — 196 pageviews2026-06-26 — 203 pageviews2026-06-30 — 204 pageviews2026-07-04 — 222 pageviews2026-07-08 — 170 pageviews2026-07-12 — 174 pageviews2026-07-16 — 187 pageviews2026-07-20 — 186 pageviews2026-07-24 — 217 pageviews2026-07-28 — 218 pageviews2026-08-01 — 240 pageviews2026-08-05 — 262 pageviews2026-08-09 — 262 pageviews2026-08-13 — 190 pageviews2026-08-17 — 207 pageviews2026-08-21 — 200 pageviews2026-08-25 — 212 pageviews2026-08-29 — 252 pageviews2026-09-02 — 158 pageviews2026-09-06 — 299 pageviews2026-09-10 — 454 pageviews2026-09-14 — 296 pageviews2026-09-18 — 212 pageviews2026-09-22 — 237 pageviews2026-09-26 — 392 pageviews2026-09-30 — 214 pageviews2026-10-04 — 254 pageviews2026-10-07 — 226 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2502026-10-01 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 20:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 20:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 00:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 20:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-08 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-10 20:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
74.4%
earned "Lettuce Begin"
15.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading Cards1 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-11-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)134,9038%11
Xbox One (Xbox)45,3098%11
Steam (Steam)33,6388%12

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

CuteCo-opFunnyIndieActionCasualCookingSimulationLocal Co-OpMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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