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Recipe for Disaster

Dapper Penguin Studios · Kasedo Games · 2022-08-05

SteamEpic Games Store

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Nov 04, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Recipe for Disaster is a management sim that captures the fast-paced, drama-filled environment of a professional kitchen and dining room. Build your dream restaurant, create recipes, design menus and manage your staff, all while contending with demanding customers and disastrous situations!

Recipe for Disaster is a Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2022, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (71% of 729 reviews).

1
playing now
71%
positive of 729 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (137 reviews).
  • · Top 10% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 15k–33k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 729 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$3.74-75%
Humble Store$4.24-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at WinGameStore (2025-07-21) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $16.99 · on sale 85 of 114 observed days · $0.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10410420212026Week of 2021-11-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$16.99$0.002021-11-032026-10-142021-11-03 — best price $16.992021-11-26 — best price $14.442022-01-04 — best price $14.272022-02-03 — best price $16.992022-03-02 — best price $15.192022-05-16 — best price $16.992022-06-24 — best price $8.812022-07-29 — best price $15.272022-08-14 — best price $11.982022-09-18 — best price $13.492022-11-20 — best price $16.992023-01-03 — best price $14.272023-02-06 — best price $16.992023-03-20 — best price $4.992023-05-05 — best price $5.092023-06-13 — best price $6.632023-07-18 — best price $5.812023-09-13 — best price $16.992023-12-06 — best price $14.992024-01-31 — best price $15.272024-04-06 — best price $15.612024-05-19 — best price $12.482024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-08-29 — best price $4.072024-11-18 — best price $14.992025-01-11 — best price $14.992025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-06-26 — best price $3.442025-09-17 — best price $16.482025-11-21 — best price $3.752025-12-12 — best price $3.752026-01-17 — best price $3.272026-03-17 — best price $3.752026-04-20 — best price $3.752026-05-20 — best price $3.692026-06-18 — best price $3.742026-07-16 — best price $4.242026-09-04 — best price $4.242026-10-14 — best price $3.74
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing

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

Player tags

3DCasualCookingEconomyBuildingLife SimStrategyIsometricAutomationCapitalism

Census log

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

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