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Play one of the best cooking games! Take control of a highly polished, realistic kitchen equipped with all kinds of utensils and stands. Unlock and master over 80 recipes or use dozens of lifelike ingredients to cook everything you like. A simulator spiced up with a dash of real-life physics!

Release DateJun 6, 2019
Price$ 19.99  Top 10%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)84.9% (positive) / 84.6%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)83% Top 15% / 82.8%  Top 15%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)15.3K  Top 2% / 16.9K  Top 2%
Curators198 reviews  Top 3%
Median Play Time11.1 hours  Top 15%
Play Time per Dollar34 minutes
Followers67.1K  Top 2%
Owners± 914K  Top 3%
Copies Sold± 816.5K  Top 2%
Gross Revenue ($)± 9.9M  Top 2%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Cooking Simulator steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This chart shows Cooking Simulator's Steam rating and reviews from June 2019 to December 2023. Steam's rating is relatively stable, varying from 80.5% (October 2019) to 84.6% (December 2023).

With 16.9K reviews Top 2%, Cooking Simulator is an undeniable major AAA level success. The graph seems to be a long tailed distribution. That sometimes means that the marketing efforts were concentrated on the game launch, and that there was no major update or discounts after.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Cooking Simulator and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut graph shows Cooking Simulator's reviewers languages. The most popular language is English (47%), followed by Simplified Chinese (15%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 28 languages represented. The game is available in 12 languages, which is great.

Time Played

Chart displaying Cooking Simulator percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Cooking Simulator, showing a comparison between positive and negative reviews. The time played is adequate, reaching 27 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 2.4 times lower than the positive reviews median play time.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Enjoyable cooking mechanics
  • Appropriate cooking visuals
  • Progression mechanics
  • Gradual increase in difficulty
  • Wide variety of recipes
  • Monetary system for buying ingredients and equipment
  • Fun kitchen exploration
  • Good game for cooking enthusiasts
  • Satisfying new recipe unlocks
  • Sale is worth it
  • Clunky controls
  • No recipe modification
  • Difficult spice distribution
  • Wonky physics
  • Spices look messy on food

The intention behind these pros & cons isn't to establish a balanced evaluation of the game, but rather to assist developers in identifying enhancement opportunities. The game's 84.9% rating should be factored in during their evaluation.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Cooking Simulator's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. Moreover, be aware that problems aren't always meant to be solved. Communicating clearly and managing the player's expectations is important too!

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