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TasteMaker

Jelle Booij · 2023-04-21

SteamGOG

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Feb 18, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

TasteMaker is a restaurant tycoon game. Design your own restaurant from the ground up, decorate, create a menu, hire and manage staff, and much more. Keep your customers happy and make a profit to keep the restaurant of your dreams from turning into a nightmare.

TasteMaker is a 2023 Casual, Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game priced at $11.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 1297 reviews).

5
playing now
83%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 45% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (425 reviews).
  • · Top 7% of 29,079 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 26k–58k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,297 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$11.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.19 at GOG (2023-04-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 2 of 52 observed days · $4.80 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
40240220212026Week of 2021-02-01: 402 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-15 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 6 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.99$7.192021-02-182026-10-142021-02-18 — best price $8.492021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-10-28 — best price $7.992021-12-01 — best price $9.992022-05-04 — best price $9.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992023-03-03 — best price $11.992023-04-28 — best price $11.992023-11-21 — best price $7.192024-01-04 — best price $11.992024-03-14 — best price $8.392024-06-03 — best price $11.992024-11-11 — best price $7.192024-12-04 — best price $11.992025-03-13 — best price $8.392025-07-10 — best price $11.992025-12-18 — best price $8.392026-07-09 — best price $11.992026-08-30 — best price $11.992026-09-02 — best price $11.992026-09-05 — best price $11.992026-09-08 — best price $11.992026-09-11 — best price $11.992026-09-14 — best price $11.992026-09-17 — best price $11.992026-09-20 — best price $11.992026-09-23 — best price $11.992026-09-26 — best price $11.992026-09-29 — best price $11.992026-10-02 — best price $11.992026-10-05 — best price $11.992026-10-08 — best price $11.992026-10-11 — best price $11.992026-10-14 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

8
achievements tracked
40.8%
earned "Kidnapper"
5.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Dutch

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4647%8

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3DCookingEconomySandboxBuildingCraftingGod GameRelaxingStrategyTop-Down

Census log

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

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