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PlateUp!

It's happening · Yogscast Games · 2022-08-04

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ActionCasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Sep 25, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 15, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Feb 15, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Feb 15, 2024 (Xbox One), Aug 04, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 15, 2024 (PlayStation 4)

Cook and serve your dishes, design and decorate your restaurants, and expand your culinary kingdom with new unlocks, abilities and dishes in procedurally-generated locations. Classic cooking action with permanent roguelite progression. Hire your friends - or do it all yourself!

PlateUp! is an Action, Casual, Indie, and Strategy game released in 2022, priced at $4.99, with an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (95% of 26850 reviews).

2,066
playing now
95%
positive of 27k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68
twitch viewers (latest)
80/100
IGDB user rating (41 ratings)
11h
to beat · rushed 9h · completionist 15h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

2,066 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

PlateUp! is a 2022 restaurant management simulation video game with roguelike elements, developed by It's Happening and published by Yogscast Games. Gameplay involves one to four players operating a restaurant by taking orders, preparing food, serving food, and cleaning dishes. Over each run lasting 15 in-game days, players choose randomly generated upgrades and difficulty modifiers for their restaurant. PlateUp! was developed as the first game of, and initially as a solo project by, Alastair Janse van Rensburg. The game was released initially for Microsoft Windows on 4 August 2022, with a console edition being released on 15 February 2024 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X and Series S.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 2,066 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,608 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~201/week).
  • · Review velocity up 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 537k–1.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 26,850 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.74-76%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.85 at Gamer Thor (2024-11-23) · bundled 15×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 151 of 186 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.3k2.3k20222026Week of 2022-08-01: 1,456 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,332 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 857 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2,319 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 534 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 620 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 444 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 555 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 339 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 393 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 458 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 412 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 339 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 299 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 348 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 295 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 318 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3.5k7062026-08-06 21:00 — 2,176 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 1,493 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 1,981 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 2,522 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 2,236 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 2,267 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 3,134 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 2,657 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 2,667 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 3,482 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 1,921 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 2,177 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 2,453 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 1,735 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 2,121 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 1,998 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 1,593 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 1,736 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 2,960 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 1,671 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 988 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 1,811 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 1,963 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 1,238 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 1,510 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 1,600 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 706 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 1,526 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 1,905 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 2,066 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$4.222022-07-252026-08-262022-07-25 — best price $17.992022-09-06 — best price $17.992022-11-07 — best price $17.992022-12-21 — best price $17.992023-02-09 — best price $9.282023-04-14 — best price $17.992023-06-01 — best price $14.212023-07-18 — best price $14.282023-08-28 — best price $7.772023-09-29 — best price $16.972023-11-08 — best price $12.992023-12-10 — best price $19.992024-01-23 — best price $10.002024-02-27 — best price $15.892024-04-06 — best price $18.372024-05-30 — best price $15.892024-07-24 — best price $6.802024-08-24 — best price $19.992024-10-24 — best price $7.992024-12-02 — best price $19.992024-12-30 — best price $5.182025-01-25 — best price $19.992025-03-19 — best price $4.572025-04-28 — best price $15.082025-06-05 — best price $4.332025-07-11 — best price $14.692025-08-27 — best price $19.992025-10-09 — best price $15.082025-11-23 — best price $4.622025-12-17 — best price $4.332026-01-16 — best price $4.292026-02-10 — best price $4.392026-03-09 — best price $4.262026-05-06 — best price $19.992026-06-18 — best price $5.992026-08-01 — best price $19.992026-08-26 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

106272026-05-13 — 63 pageviews2026-05-16 — 49 pageviews2026-05-19 — 31 pageviews2026-05-22 — 27 pageviews2026-05-25 — 52 pageviews2026-05-28 — 35 pageviews2026-05-31 — 53 pageviews2026-06-03 — 30 pageviews2026-06-06 — 43 pageviews2026-06-09 — 41 pageviews2026-06-12 — 39 pageviews2026-06-15 — 34 pageviews2026-06-18 — 37 pageviews2026-06-21 — 37 pageviews2026-06-24 — 31 pageviews2026-06-27 — 39 pageviews2026-06-30 — 51 pageviews2026-07-03 — 46 pageviews2026-07-06 — 39 pageviews2026-07-09 — 50 pageviews2026-07-12 — 54 pageviews2026-07-15 — 36 pageviews2026-07-18 — 56 pageviews2026-07-21 — 44 pageviews2026-07-24 — 48 pageviews2026-07-27 — 52 pageviews2026-07-30 — 45 pageviews2026-08-02 — 59 pageviews2026-08-05 — 104 pageviews2026-08-08 — 58 pageviews2026-08-11 — 69 pageviews2026-08-14 — 51 pageviews2026-08-17 — 48 pageviews2026-08-20 — 49 pageviews2026-08-23 — 63 pageviews2026-08-24 — 41 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

19k92026-08-17 20:12 — 4,659 viewers2026-08-19 20:12 — 8,077 viewers2026-08-19 23:12 — 8,344 viewers2026-08-20 02:12 — 7,042 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 45 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 242 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 148 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 167 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 126 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 117 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 34 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 646 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 172 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 365 viewers2026-08-28 04:12 — 18,723 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 184 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 50 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 521 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 183 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 147 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 112 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 74 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 75 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 394 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 429 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 505 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 201 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 73 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 114 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 235 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 81 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 68 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
83.5%
earned "Health Inspector?"
19.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam WorkshopSteam Cloud

12 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Turkish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)30,3423%26
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)13,6533%26
PS5 (PlayStation)8,1177%27
PS4 (PlayStation)1,5787%27
PS4 (PlayStation)1,1559%27
Switch (Nintendo)3050%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

CuteCo-opFunnyCasualCookingBuildingControllerManagementRogue-likeRogue-lite

Census log

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

Recent updates

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