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Cooking Simulator
A realistic cooking sim where every ingredient reacts with real physics. Master 80+ dishes in Career mode or go wild in Sandbox as you cook, experiment, or cause total kitchen chaos in a fully interactive chef’s playground.
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 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
62 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Got it during a good sale so I don't feel like my money anyhow wasted because I'm enjoying it in ONLY sandbox mode, lol... 😅 I know I won't do good if I try to play in career mode. I'll mess up all the settings, nothing…”
“Very fun game to play in your free time, gives you some insight into real life cooking as well.”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“as someone whos worked in kitchens from bars to fancier places, this game was quite fun. seeing some people play it online i was worried how difficult it maybe, but after playing it myself i think it goes on how skilled…”
“It's fun if you're looking for some sort of enrichment (I missed cooking so I bought this game), it's stressful if you're a perfectionist who tries to get 5 stars for each dish. I think the game's good and all but I…”
“This is game is really fun and its really good for beginners!!”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Love that they added the details of gas canisters and blow torches.”
“yeah it has lots of realistic stuff like cutting physics and all the stuff. Idk about the dlcs”
“This game is amazing! The physics system is one of the best features, making everything feel realistic and fun. I love the wide variety of dishes you can cook and serve, which keeps the gameplay fresh and exciting. The…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Cooking Sim is a good game because you can learn how to cook you can make all sorts of meals and if you have DLC's you can have a lot more things to do in the game.”
“here is a list of pros and cons pros: fun game you can make anything you want cool dlc runs nicely cons: sprinklers dont work no limit to items”
“I've been watching this game over at YouTube and it was very satisfying to watch. I've been wanting to get this game since then. Thank you for the sale bundle! I love Cooking Simulator: Pizza. And now, I'm addicted…”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“On paper, it sounds boring. Why cook in a game when you can cook in real life and get something out of it? But I assure you, it is more fun than it seems. I dunno, I prefer fast-paced games, but this game is a breath of…”
“fun game, physics can be a little iffy, and the base game without the DLCs feels more like a demo than a full game, but overall a very fun experience, played darts with knives for hours”
“i cant stop playing”
15 of the 103 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“What have you done to the controls???? Theres no setting to remap the right joystick, it is bugged out and the game ignores any attempt to remap with steam input No longer playable.”
“I placed a plate onto a pile of thinly-cut white bread and it immediately shattered into several pieces. 10/10”
“here is a list of pros and cons pros: fun game you can make anything you want cool dlc runs nicely cons: sprinklers dont work no limit to items”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Laggy mess, no matter what I try it crashes or the screen tears. I have played games more demanding with 0 issues...”
“The sandbox is fun, but the game is badly optimized and filled with bugs. get it on xbox game pass.”
“i don't think its the games fault but the game doesn't work on my laptop. i get onto the home screen and it just comes up saying that cooking sim cant respond.”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“fun game did everything except cooking”
“Honestly kinda boring since it can be difficult to try and get things to do what you want them to do and it’s also not multiplayer so it just you.”
“I think this is is a really chaotic game but i tried to get the make a burger with 5 patties and it didn't work . One star.”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“fun game, physics can be a little iffy, and the base game without the DLCs feels more like a demo than a full game, but overall a very fun experience, played darts with knives for hours”
“Its a very fun game, the only issue I have with it is that there is a lot of content hidden behind the DLCs. But overrall its a very good game with pretty decent graphics”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“nightmare game cant cook for anything without dropping a bottle every second, but good game otherwise <3”
“I will never be able to do this.”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 84.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“I downloaded Cooking Simulator thinking I’d casually fry some eggs. Big mistake. This game is basically a physics-based kitchen chaos simulator disguised as a “fun cooking game.” You’ll start by chopping onions and end up questioning why the tomato you just threw across the room…”
— a player, Steam review · 26 hrs played“This game is amazing to play. HOWEVER, This game is extremely buggy, and a lot of bugs have been around for years, the biggest one I've noticed is sometimes if you place an item down, it might clip through the surface and can also sometimes no longer let you interact with…”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played“its fun but really buggy and also runs kinda badly. Even at ultra graphics, it looks terrible for some reason and also isn't optimised like at ALL. Gonna refund, but if u can look past the bugs and bad graphics definitely worth playing, esp on sale.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
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🎮 New Controls & Controller Support, Challenges & more! | Patch 7.5.0
Cooking Simulator 7.5.0 brings a major overhaul to PC controls, better controller and keyboard/mouse support, fully customizable key bindings, and a fresh set of Cooking Challenge packs with content p
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PATCH 7.4.1
Hey Chefs!A new Cooking Simulator update is now available, bringing a collection of fixes and gameplay improvements across the Base Game, Cakes & Cookies DLC, and Leaderboards.Base GameFixed thermal m
🎂 Happy 7th Birthday, Cooking Simulator! 🎂
Almost Seven years ago (Tomorrow, on 6th of June), we opened the doors to our very first kitchen. Since then, millions of dishes have been cooked, burned, dropped, over-seasoned, and somehow still ser
PATCH 7.3.3
Hi there, Chefs! A new Cooking Simulator update is now live, bringing improvements and fixes across the base game and multiple DLCs. This patch introduces changes to the Automatic Cutter functionality
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Casual, Simulation |
| Player tags | Simulation · Cooking · Singleplayer · Realistic · Sandbox · Funny · Physics · First-Person · Family Friendly · Management · Co-op · Relaxing (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Russian, French, Italian, Korean, Turkish, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese * |
| Achievements | 302 |
| Official site | https://bigcheesestudio.com/en/home-eng/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 x64 Processor: i5 3550 / FX-8350 Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 660Ti 3GB / R9 270X 4GB DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 6 GB available space