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Overcooked cover art

Overcooked

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

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ActionCasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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.

151
playing now
90%
positive of 17k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (13 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (351 ratings)
6.3h
to beat · rushed 4h · completionist 15h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$16.99
steam price (US)

151 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 151 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 8% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 417k–1.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 16,675 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$2.92-83%
GreenManGaming$2.96-83%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.29-81%
Humble Store$3.39-80%
IndieGala$3.39-80%
WinGameStore$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 133 of 193 observed days · $1.23 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

561972026-08-06 21:00 — 119 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 215 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 489 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 164 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 284 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 561 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 196 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 363 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 544 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 215 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 222 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 527 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 101 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 184 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 409 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 99 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 146 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 406 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 179 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 126 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 230 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 108 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 170 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 290 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 112 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 99 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 202 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 133 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 151 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$16.99$1.692016-07-152026-08-302016-07-15 — 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 $3.102026-08-30 — best price $2.92
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2841682026-05-29 — 200 pageviews2026-06-01 — 205 pageviews2026-06-04 — 179 pageviews2026-06-07 — 249 pageviews2026-06-10 — 196 pageviews2026-06-13 — 231 pageviews2026-06-16 — 231 pageviews2026-06-19 — 197 pageviews2026-06-22 — 196 pageviews2026-06-25 — 212 pageviews2026-06-28 — 254 pageviews2026-07-01 — 184 pageviews2026-07-04 — 222 pageviews2026-07-07 — 173 pageviews2026-07-10 — 192 pageviews2026-07-13 — 181 pageviews2026-07-16 — 187 pageviews2026-07-19 — 240 pageviews2026-07-22 — 184 pageviews2026-07-25 — 233 pageviews2026-07-28 — 218 pageviews2026-07-31 — 193 pageviews2026-08-03 — 242 pageviews2026-08-06 — 239 pageviews2026-08-09 — 262 pageviews2026-08-12 — 222 pageviews2026-08-15 — 206 pageviews2026-08-18 — 178 pageviews2026-08-21 — 200 pageviews2026-08-24 — 221 pageviews2026-08-26 — 192 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

7702026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 39 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 50 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 44 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 77 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 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

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.

Player tags

CuteCo-opFunnyIndieActionCasualCookingSimulationLocal Co-OpMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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