Penniless Chef overview

Team Zerobase | Mar 31, 2026 | game

Released

0players observed · 7 September 2026 - 22:38:21 UTC

Casual Indie Simulation Free To Play Steam Store

Latest observed playersNot available
SteamPulse tracked peak2
Units sold (VGI)No data available
Revenue (VGI)No data available
Review score54% positive

Penniless Chef dated player observations, monthly player trends, reviews, and game metadata are tracked on SteamPulse.

Latest observed playersNot available
SteamPulse tracked peak2
Units sold (VGI)No data available
Revenue (VGI)No data available
Review score54% positive
Total reviews13
Release dateMar 31, 2026
DeveloperTeam Zerobase
PublisherTeam Zerobase

Genres: Casual, Indie, Simulation, Free To Play

Company pages: Developer: Team Zerobase Publisher: Team Zerobase

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Game overview

Overview

Penniless Chef comes from Team Zerobase and is published by Team Zerobase. It arrived on Steam on Mar 31, 2026, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Camera Comfort, Color Alternatives, Custom Volume Controls, Playable without Timed Input, Save Anytime, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Penniless Chef's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 7 September 2026 - 22:38:21 UTC, with a tracked peak near 2. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 54% positive across 13 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Penniless Chef is available in 10 languages including:

EnglishFrenchItalianGermanSpanish - SpainJapaneseKoreanRussianSimplified ChineseTraditional Chinese

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Platform	Type	OS	Processor	Memory	Graphics	Storage
Windows	Minimum	Windows 10 or greater	2Ghz	2 GB RAM	256 mb video memory, shader model 3.0+	500 MB available space
Windows	Recommended	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Penniless Chef has no public VGI unit-sales estimate available and has recommendation data pending. Revenue data is not available for this game yet. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Detailed game overview

Penniless Chef overview details

Penniless Chef combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

"Penniless Chef" is a game where you run and grow your own restaurant. Run and grow your restaurant, and get to know the villagers! Grow your restaurant! Research and sell a variety of dishes. Purchase the ingredients you need for cooking in the village. Decorate your restaurant! Decorate the interior however you like.

SteamPulse editorial summary

Penniless Chef is listed as a game with Free to play. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Camera Comfort, Color Alternatives, Custom Volume Controls, Playable without Timed Input, Save Anytime, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Casual, Indie, Simulation, and Free To Play. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 7 September 2026 - 22:38:21 UTC, a tracked peak of 2, and 54% positive reviews.

Overview facts

Field	Value
Game	Penniless Chef
Steam App ID	4232050
Type	game
Release date	Mar 31, 2026
Developer	Team Zerobase
Publisher	Team Zerobase
Price	Free to play
Platforms	Windows
Genres	Casual, Indie, Simulation, Free To Play
Categories	Single-player, Camera Comfort, Color Alternatives, Custom Volume Controls, Playable without Timed Input, Save Anytime, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing
Supported languages	English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
Website	Not available

Player and review overview

Metric	Value
Latest observed players	0 · 7 September 2026 - 22:38:21 UTC
SteamPulse tracked peak	2
Positive reviews	7
Negative reviews	6
Total reviews	13
Positive percent	54%
Review type	Mixed
Recommendations	Not available
Average playtime	Not available

SteamPulse record freshness

Field	Value
Steam release date	Mar 31, 2026
Official Steam feed update (UTC)	30 January 2026 - 06:18:47 UTC
SteamPulse last record update (UTC)	7 September 2026 - 22:38:21 UTC
Live player count updated (UTC)	7 September 2026 - 22:38:21 UTC
Store metadata updated (UTC)	7 September 2026 - 22:38:21 UTC

Support and legal notes

Field	Value
Support email	[email protected]
Support URL	Not available
Legal notice	Not available

References

Official and third-party reference links for checking this Steam app outside SteamPulse.

Reference	Link
SteamPulse canonical	https://steampulse.org/game/4232050
Steam Store	https://store.steampowered.com/app/4232050/
Steam Community	https://steamcommunity.com/app/4232050
PCGamingWiki search
IGDB search	Search IGDB for Penniless Chef

Game FAQ

Real questions answered from SteamPulse data, including live players, monthly momentum, review sentiment, regional audience signals, Twitch activity, and current Steam pricing.

What is the latest observed Steam activity for Penniless Chef?

Penniless Chef's latest SteamPulse observation records 0 players at 7 September 2026 - 22:38:21 UTC, with a tracked peak of 2 concurrent players in the available SteamPulse record. The tracked peak is the highest value stored by SteamPulse and may not cover activity from before tracking began.

Is Penniless Chef growing or declining recently?

September 2026 is still in progress. The month-to-date average is 0 players; the highest observed daily value is 1 players. Available values are provisional and will continue changing until the UTC month closes. The completed comparison month is August 2026.

What country-level audience data is available for Penniless Chef?

In the observed sample of public reviewer profiles with a visible country, the leading shares are United States (50%), Chile (25%), Germany (25%). The separate directional player-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (34.8%), Germany (15.1%), Chile (14.1%). The directional follower-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (40.2%), Germany (16.6%), Chile (14.7%). The directional wishlist-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (29.6%), Germany (12.7%), China (9.9%). Only the reviewer view is based on observed public profile countries; the other percentages are modeled relative weights, not verified account locations or country-level user counts.

What does the Steam review footprint look like for Penniless Chef?

Penniless Chef currently sits at 54% positive across 13 Steam reviews tracked by SteamPulse, including 7 positive reviews and 6 negative reviews. Steam labels the current review summary as Mixed.

How much follower and Twitch attention does Penniless Chef have?

On Twitch, SteamPulse is matching roughly 0 live viewers across 0 active streams for the game's category.

What is the current Steam price for Penniless Chef?

Penniless Chef is currently listed as free to play on Steam, so there is no paid entry price to compare against an older baseline. SteamPulse still keeps tracking store state, discount fields, and future pricing changes in case that status changes later.

Reviews, pricing, and metadata

Review summary

Mixed

54% positive, 7 positive, 6 negative

Price and discount

Free to play

Platforms

Windows

Categories

Single-player, Camera Comfort, Color Alternatives, Custom Volume Controls, Playable without Timed Input, Save Anytime

Achievements

Not available

Platform releases

Steam 1 April 2026

System requirements

Minimum requirements

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 or greater Processor: 2Ghz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 256 mb video memory, shader model 3.0+ DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 500 MB available space

Recommended requirements

Recommended: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

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