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Recipe for Disaster

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

SteamEpic Games Store

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

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!

1
playing now
71%
positive of 725 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 25% of 9,617 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 15k–33k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 725 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

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 77 of 108 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

502026-08-12 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 5 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$16.99$0.002021-11-032026-08-182021-11-03 — 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 $4.242026-08-18 — best price $4.24
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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