Steam market intelligence
The Chef's Shift
98% positive · 1,944 Steam reviews · released Mar 31, 2025 · by Panitia GameDev
CookingTypingTime ManagementCrimeSimulationDifficultSingleplayerNarration
What it likely sold — estimate, stated as a range on purpose
Lifetime units: ~64,152
(P10–P90: 25,661 – 141,134)
Gross revenue: ~$683,334
($273,336 – $1,503,331)
Estimate, method v1.0 — before Steam's ~30% share, refunds and VAT. The band means: we'd be surprised if the truth sat outside it. How we estimate
Player voice — measured shares of Steam thumbs, never a model
Last 90 days: 99% positive across 99 stored reviews. Casual games with 100+ reviews typically sit around 86% (median of 4097 games).
Story & writing99% positive · 160 mentions
“Why does it hurt so much? This game made me cry several times. My heart hurts writing this. All I wanted was a fun little typing game and instead I got writing to rival The Sopranos. Why does this game have such an insane story? Before…”Recommended · Steam review · Jun 2026 · 7 h played
Gameplay & mechanics99% positive · 76 mentions
“Why does it hurt so much? This game made me cry several times. My heart hurts writing this. All I wanted was a fun little typing game and instead I got writing to rival The Sopranos. Why does this game have such an insane story? Before…”Recommended · Steam review · Jun 2026 · 7 h played
Difficulty & balance100% positive · 38 mentions
“Why does it hurt so much? This game made me cry several times. My heart hurts writing this. All I wanted was a fun little typing game and instead I got writing to rival The Sopranos. Why does this game have such an insane story? Before…”Recommended · Steam review · Jun 2026 · 7 h played
Visuals & audio91% positive · 23 mentions
“Why does it hurt so much? This game made me cry several times. My heart hurts writing this. All I wanted was a fun little typing game and instead I got writing to rival The Sopranos. Why does this game have such an insane story? Before…”Recommended · Steam review · Jun 2026 · 7 h played
Content & longevity100% positive · 22 mentions
“dude this game is so good. I was expecting a cooking typing game. I got that and a freaking amazing storyline that completely surprised me. I am so immersed in this game and I am having so much fun since I bought this game two nights ago…”Recommended · Steam review · Jun 2026 · 11 h played
Price & value100% positive · 14 mentions
“Fantastic little game, well deserving of it's overwhelmingly positive rating. Not only is there a surprising amount of variety in the different game levels, the dev's have actually managed to make each restaurant 'feel' different in…”Recommended · Steam review · Apr 2026 · 14 h played
299 recent English reviews stored · topics keyword-matched · topics under 12 mentions stay hidden · methodology
Game DNA — store facts, community tag votes, labeled AI inference
Perspective
Top-down
Technology
2D
Mood & themes
CuteFunny
How you play together
Single-player
Platform features
AchievementsTrading cardsSteam Cloud
Business model
Buy to play
Sources: Valve store fields · community tag votes · AI-inferred values are marked and drawn from a fixed vocabulary.