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We Need To Cook - Drug Empire Simulator

Harold Crow · 2023-08-23

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 24, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

We need to cook! You are a drug-designing genius, living a bland existence in a middle-class neighborhood in Utah. You decide you want more out of life, so you buy a beat-up RV, drive it into the desert, and cook drugs. Make immense profits! (Made by one dude, hope you enjoy)

62%
positive of 94 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 47% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (30 reviews).
  • · Top 56% of 16,432 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.9k–4.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 94 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

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181820232026Week of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

FPSIndieActionAmericaCookingSandboxLife SimStrategyStylizedAdventure

Census log

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