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The Cooking Game

The Cooking Game overview

Play Spirit Limited | Oct 21, 2016 | game

Released

0players observed · 4 October 2026 - 20:45:50 UTC

CasualIndieSimulationCookingTime ManagementSteam Store

  • Latest observed playersNot available
  • SteamPulse tracked peak1,342
  • Units sold (VGI)79,952
  • Revenue (VGI)$346,000
  • Review score59% positive

The Cooking Game dated player observations, monthly player trends, reviews, and game metadata are tracked on SteamPulse.

  • Latest observed playersNot available
  • SteamPulse tracked peak1,342
  • Units sold (VGI)79,952
  • Revenue (VGI)$346,000
  • Review score59% positive
  • Total reviews216
  • Release dateOct 21, 2016
  • DeveloperPlay Spirit Limited
  • PublisherPlay Spirit Limited

Genres: Casual, Indie, Simulation

Company pages: Developer: Play Spirit LimitedPublisher: Play Spirit Limited

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Game overview

Overview

The Cooking Game comes from Play Spirit Limited and is published by Play Spirit Limited. It arrived on Steam on Oct 21, 2016, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, In-App Purchases, Steam Cloud, Steam Leaderboards, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

The Cooking Game's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 4 October 2026 - 20:45:50 UTC, with a tracked peak near 1,342. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 59% positive across 216 reviews.

Language and system requirements

The Cooking Game is available in 14 languages including:

EnglishFrenchItalianGermanSpanish - SpainJapaneseKoreanPortuguese - PortugalPortuguese - BrazilRussianSimplified ChineseThaiTraditional ChineseUkrainian languages with full audio support

1 regional rating boards including dejus

PlatformTypeOSProcessorMemoryGraphicsStorage
WindowsMinimumNot listedPentium IV 1.2 Ghz processor or faster2 GB RAM128MB Graphics card or greater100 MB available space
macOSMinimumMac OS X 10 and aboveG4 800 MHz or faster2 GB RAMNot listed100 MB available space

Sales, recommendations, and streams

The Cooking Game has sold up to 79,952 units and has recommendation data pending. The estimated VGI revenue is $346,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Detailed game overview

The Cooking Game overview details

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

Steam Store description

Welcome to The Cooking Game. You’re on a mission to start running your own restaurant business. Fancy celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay who owns a chain of his own restaurants or Jamie Oliver who promotes healthy and vegetarian recipes inspired from all over the world? Do you want to become a famous gourmet, and food writer like Nigella Lawson who has her own TV Show? Start now with The Cooking Game and learn how to cook, serve and manage your own restaurants. Chef Jennifer will help you getting accustomed to preparing a variety of dishes from all over the world & managing different style of restaurants: from fast food cafe to vegan to a high-end exclusive Japanese sushi restaurant. You will start with simple Fast Food Cafe to gain basic culinary skills, then proceed with to earn a Turkish restaurant business, provided you prove what you have as a chef. Features - 8 unique restaurants, from bakery to diner, from american to chinese - more than 300 levels - hundreds of kitchen upgrades - prepare hundreds of dishes - satisfy thousands of customers - personalize your interior with elegant furniture - cook any dish from burger to fancy chef recipe, from breakfast to dinner You will slowly make your own into owning and managing a Chinese Wok to Walk restaurant. Ever wonder how to stir fry a Chinese noodle and fried rice? Do you have what it takes to stir fry a Chinese style egg-noodles in front of your customers with selected toppings, meat & sauces? Upgrade your culinary skills then with managing more advanced and exquisite Italian and Japanese Sushi restaurants. These restaurants…

SteamPulse editorial summary

The Cooking Game is listed as a game with Free to play. It supports Windows and macOS, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, In-App Purchases, Steam Cloud, Steam Leaderboards, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Casual, Indie, and Simulation. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 4 October 2026 - 20:45:50 UTC, a tracked peak of 1,342, and 59% positive reviews.

Overview facts

FieldValue
GameThe Cooking Game
Steam App ID504310
Typegame
Release dateOct 21, 2016
DeveloperPlay Spirit Limited
PublisherPlay Spirit Limited
PriceFree to play
PlatformsWindows and macOS
GenresCasual, Indie, Simulation
CategoriesSingle-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, In-App Purchases, Steam Cloud, Steam Leaderboards, Family Sharing
Supported languagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Ukrainian * languages with full audio support
WebsiteOfficial website

Player and review overview

MetricValue
Latest observed players0 · 4 October 2026 - 20:45:50 UTC
SteamPulse tracked peak1,342
Positive reviews128
Negative reviews88
Total reviews216
Positive percent59%
Review typeMixed
RecommendationsNot available
Average playtime694 minutes

SteamPulse record freshness

FieldValue
Steam release dateOct 21, 2016
Official Steam feed update (UTC)12 December 2019 - 07:31:43 UTC
SteamPulse last record update (UTC)4 October 2026 - 20:45:50 UTC
Live player count updated (UTC)4 October 2026 - 20:45:50 UTC
Store metadata updated (UTC)4 October 2026 - 20:45:50 UTC

Highlighted achievements

AchievementDescription
New WaiterNo description
WinnerNo description
Happy CustomersNo description
Wake and BakeNo description
Taking no breaksNo description
Perfect RestaurantNo description
Restaurant ChainNo description
Restaurant MonopolyNo description
Experienced WaiterNo description
Professional WaiterNo description

References

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

ReferenceLink
SteamPulse canonicalhttps://steampulse.org/game/504310
Steam Storehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/504310/
Steam Communityhttps://steamcommunity.com/app/504310
PCGamingWiki search
IGDB searchSearch IGDB for The Cooking Game

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 The Cooking Game?

The Cooking Game's latest SteamPulse observation records 0 players at 4 October 2026 - 20:45:50 UTC, with a tracked peak of 1,342 concurrent players in the available SteamPulse record. SteamPulse also records about 12 hours of average lifetime playtime.

Is The Cooking Game growing or declining recently?

October 2026 is still in progress. The month-to-date average is 0 players; the highest observed daily value is 2 players. Available values are provisional and will continue changing until the UTC month closes. The completed comparison month is September 2026.

What country-level audience data is available for The Cooking Game?

In the observed sample of public reviewer profiles with a visible country, the leading shares are Russia (33.3%), United States (25%), Czechia (8.3%). The separate directional player-region model assigns its leading shares to Russia (23.9%), United States (21.4%), Australia (8.1%). The directional follower-region model assigns its leading shares to Russia (27.6%), United States (24.7%), Australia (7%). The directional wishlist-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (20.6%), Russia (20.1%), China (8.3%). 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 The Cooking Game?

The Cooking Game currently sits at 59% positive across 216 Steam reviews tracked by SteamPulse, including 128 positive reviews and 88 negative reviews. Steam labels the current review summary as Mixed.

How much follower and Twitch attention does The Cooking Game have?

The Cooking Game currently has about 618 tracked Steam followers as of 7 May 2026 - 00:00:00 UTC. 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 The Cooking Game?

The Cooking Game 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

59% positive, 128 positive, 88 negative

Price and discount

Free to play

Platforms

Windows, Mac

Categories

Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, In-App Purchases, Steam Cloud

Achievements

49

Platform releases
  • Steam 21 October 2016

DLC and packages

The Cooking Game Original SoundtracksAn original soundtrack by Jobbe 3.14 Sounddesign by Davide Castagnone & Edoardo Nicodemo created for The Cooking Game.dlc #591040$0.89

System requirements

Minimum requirements

Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista, 7/8/10 Processor: Pentium IV 1.2 Ghz processor or faster Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 128MB Graphics card or greater Storage: 100 MB available space

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