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PlateUp!

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

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ActionCasualIndieStrategy

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

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).

2,485
playing now
95%
positive of 28k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
205
twitch viewers (latest)
11.4
viewers/channel (concentration)
80/100
IGDB user rating (41 ratings)
4
Nexus mods (3.5k downloads)
4.10★
PlayStation Store rating (3,258 ratings)
73/100
opencritic · fair · 82% recommend · from 11 critics
11h
to beat · rushed 9h · completionist 15h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

2,485 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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.

Trailer

PlateUp! trailer thumbnail

PlateUp! - Official Console Launch Trailer

≈234,963 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 2,485 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 3% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 554k–1.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 27,681 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

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 137 of 174 observed days · $16.14 above the all-time low (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

6.6k5362026-09-15 12:00 — 703 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 1,116 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 1,044 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 961 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 1,780 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 1,237 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 536 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 1,015 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 1,147 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 982 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 1,034 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 783 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 625 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 3,005 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 4,246 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 2,471 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 5,051 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 3,258 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 2,823 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 4,659 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 5,430 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 3,858 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 2,485 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
6.1k1.0kAug 2022Aug 2026Aug 2022 — avg 3,676 · peak 9,367Oct 2022 — avg 4,229 · peak 9,144Dec 2022 — avg 2,792 · peak 5,997Feb 2023 — avg 2,583 · peak 5,321Apr 2023 — avg 2,213 · peak 4,450Jun 2023 — avg 1,570 · peak 3,100Aug 2023 — avg 2,513 · peak 7,456Oct 2023 — avg 2,072 · peak 5,266Dec 2023 — avg 1,800 · peak 3,333Feb 2024 — avg 1,846 · peak 4,382Apr 2024 — avg 1,908 · peak 4,384Jun 2024 — avg 1,552 · peak 2,702Aug 2024 — avg 2,037 · peak 4,702Oct 2024 — avg 1,391 · peak 2,632Dec 2024 — avg 1,536 · peak 3,074Feb 2025 — avg 1,717 · peak 3,742Apr 2025 — avg 1,326 · peak 3,182Jun 2025 — avg 1,026 · peak 1,835Aug 2025 — avg 1,135 · peak 2,027Oct 2025 — avg 1,177 · peak 2,766Dec 2025 — avg 1,808 · peak 4,076Feb 2026 — avg 1,418 · peak 3,457Apr 2026 — avg 1,039 · peak 2,059Jun 2026 — avg 1,034 · peak 1,894Aug 2026 — avg 1,648 · peak 3,578
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
41412026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 19 new positive2026-09-22: 2 new positive2026-09-23: 2 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 3 new positive2026-09-26: 4 new positive2026-09-28: 5 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 5 new positive2026-09-30: 10 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 4 new positive2026-10-02: 8 new positive2026-10-02: 3 new negative2026-10-03: 23 new positive2026-10-03: 4 new negative2026-10-04: 41 new positive2026-10-04: 7 new negative2026-10-05: 25 new positive2026-10-05: 5 new negative2026-10-06: 27 new positive2026-10-06: 4 new negative2026-10-07: 34 new positive2026-10-07: 7 new negative2026-10-08: 30 new positive2026-10-08: 5 new negative2026-10-09: 30 new positive2026-10-09: 7 new negative2026-10-10: 36 new positive2026-10-10: 5 new negative2026-10-11: 29 new positive2026-10-11: 2 new negative2026-10-12: 36 new positive2026-10-12: 4 new negative2026-10-13: 37 new positive2026-10-13: 4 new negative2026-10-14: 28 new positive2026-10-14: 5 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$4.222022-07-252026-10-142022-07-25 — 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 $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

143292026-05-13 — 63 pageviews2026-05-17 — 56 pageviews2026-05-21 — 38 pageviews2026-05-25 — 52 pageviews2026-05-29 — 39 pageviews2026-06-02 — 60 pageviews2026-06-06 — 43 pageviews2026-06-10 — 41 pageviews2026-06-14 — 43 pageviews2026-06-18 — 37 pageviews2026-06-22 — 40 pageviews2026-06-26 — 32 pageviews2026-06-30 — 51 pageviews2026-07-04 — 43 pageviews2026-07-08 — 48 pageviews2026-07-12 — 54 pageviews2026-07-16 — 50 pageviews2026-07-20 — 41 pageviews2026-07-24 — 48 pageviews2026-07-28 — 45 pageviews2026-08-01 — 65 pageviews2026-08-05 — 104 pageviews2026-08-09 — 65 pageviews2026-08-13 — 53 pageviews2026-08-17 — 48 pageviews2026-08-21 — 50 pageviews2026-08-25 — 38 pageviews2026-08-29 — 61 pageviews2026-09-02 — 31 pageviews2026-09-06 — 74 pageviews2026-09-10 — 47 pageviews2026-09-14 — 62 pageviews2026-09-18 — 42 pageviews2026-09-22 — 44 pageviews2026-09-26 — 58 pageviews2026-09-30 — 44 pageviews2026-10-04 — 106 pageviews2026-10-08 — 63 pageviews2026-10-12 — 75 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1.9k22026-09-30 22:34 — 79 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 45 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 56 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 106 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 59 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 113 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 247 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 230 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 151 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 78 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 74 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 157 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 94 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 134 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 274 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 100 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 55 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 179 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 101 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 239 viewers2026-10-08 10:12 — 1,949 viewers2026-10-08 17:34 — 55 viewers2026-10-09 02:34 — 94 viewers2026-10-09 11:34 — 36 viewers2026-10-09 20:35 — 191 viewers2026-10-10 05:34 — 345 viewers2026-10-10 14:34 — 73 viewers2026-10-10 23:34 — 101 viewers2026-10-11 08:34 — 137 viewers2026-10-11 17:34 — 60 viewers2026-10-12 02:34 — 128 viewers2026-10-12 11:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-12 20:34 — 160 viewers2026-10-13 05:34 — 289 viewers2026-10-13 14:34 — 349 viewers2026-10-13 23:34 — 302 viewers2026-10-14 08:34 — 179 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 124 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 205 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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