Cooking Simulator Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-07-01
- Game is highly enjoyable
- Cooking mechanics are rewarding
- Creative freedom in cooking
- Controls are clunky
- Bugs and glitches persist
- Frequent crashes and startup failures
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows 12-15GB VRAMnegative
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 19,581
- Positive
- 16,58684.7%
- Negative
- 2,99515.3%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 1,492,851
- Estimated revenue
- $29,842,091
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 765.43%
- Estimated copies lost
- 5,794
- Estimated revenue lost
- $115,822
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 765.4% Avg playtime 0.8h | 825.9% Avg playtime 1.2h |
| > 2h playtime | 16311.7% Avg playtime 23.7h | 1,07877.1% Avg playtime 29.5h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.5 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 4.2 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 32.8 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 2,581.9 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
1,399 total
Organic purchasers1,27991.4%
Voted up: 83%
Key activations1208.58%
Voted up: 78%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
1,399 total
First impression0-2h22115.8%
Voted up: 62%
Mid game2-10h64045.7%
Voted up: 88%
Late game10-20h26218.7%
Voted up: 87%
Endgame20h+27619.7%
Voted up: 86%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 82.9%
5 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 19,581 total.