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Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition

Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition

Cabbage and the Chompettes want to play hide and seek! Can you find all five of them?

Released Oct 6, 2020 Developer Deer Dream Studios Platforms Windows Visual NovelPsychological HorrorAnimeCuteHorror
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-05-15)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-15.

87.7%positive399 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“good game but why i gotta go through a whole process to fix the achievements? seems like lazy devs”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Игра Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition - это одновременно очаровательное и жуткое приключение в глубины кулинарных кошмаров. Визуальный стиль, сочетающий милые элементы аниме с пугающими деталями, создает неповторимую атмосферу напряжения. Игровой процесс предлагает…”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“The game itself is okay: I like the art, some of the horror works (30 unsettling/70 awkward), and the story despite being mostly empty was fun. (don't expect actual hide and seek, you're very clearly told "X is in the bedroom" and taken directly to said bedroom. The hidden lines…”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.

15achievements
29.1%median completion
7.6%rarest: Just a taste.
63.8% of players 59.3% of players 52.5% of players 49.4% of players 48.0% of players 46.2% of players 35.5% of players 29.1% of players 27.2% of players 26.6% of players 24.7% of players 18.8% of players 18.7% of players 18.7% of players 7.6% of players 63.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
63.8%Let the games begin! — You decided to play a game of hide and seek. Lucky you!
59.3%FOUND HER! — You found the leader of the Chompettes!
52.5%Don't cry! — You found Onion!
Rarest badges of honor
7.6%Just a taste. — You saw a special note from the developer.
18.7%Goodbye — Hidden achievement
18.7%Chuckle it up, buttercup! — Hidden achievement

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Aug 15, 2026
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Jun 27, 2026
Sizzling Summer Sale: -50% off!

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Mar 21, 2026
Spring Thaw Sale!

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Sep 29, 2025
GIGANTIC Autumn Sale!

ICYMI: Cooking Companions is OUT on Nintendo Switch / PS4/PS5 / Xbox! With the help of Serenity Forge, all owners of Cooking Companions on Steam will be receiving this gigantic update for free as our

Jun 26, 2025
HUGE HOT Summer Sale!

Have you heard? Cooking Companions is OUT on Nintendo Switch / PS4/PS5 / Xbox! With the help of Serenity Forge, all owners of Cooking Companions on Steam will be receiving this gigantic update for fre

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-15.

GenresCasual, Free To Play, Indie
Player tagsVisual Novel · Psychological Horror · Anime · Cute · Horror · Free to Play · Casual · Choose Your Own Adventure · Interactive Fiction · Multiple Endings · Story Rich · Narration (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements
LanguagesEnglish * *
Achievements15
Official sitehttps://www.deerdreamstudios.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 1.8GHz Dual-Core CPU Memory: 500 MB RAM Graphics: Integrated graphics Storage: 550 MB available space