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Meat Grinder: Hotdog Simulator

Meat Grinder: Hotdog Simulator

Run your own hot dog shop in the foggy town of Grimshore. Cook and serve by day, solve your meat shortage by night, and try not to ask too many questions. How far will you go to keep the grill running?

Released Aug 11, 2026 Developer Panic Panda Publisher Ultimate Publishing, Ultimate Games S.A., PlayWay S.A. Platforms Windows AdventureSimulation3DFirst-PersonPixel Graphics
View on Steam ↗ $7.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

81.2%positive202 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“UPDATE: I've changed my review from Not Recommended to Recommended following the recent updates. The game has the potential to be excellent and the developers are clearly working towards that. Preparing the hot dogs and serving customers is enjoyable, and the "sauces" have some…”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Recommended · 9 found this helpful

“This could use a story expansion in the future it's pretty short. But for what it is, it's fun! Also you DON'T have to pick up the trash item by item, just buy a garbage bag lol.”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
Not recommended · 15 found this helpful

“It's got some potential that it fails to meet. The story starts off interesting only to fizzle out into a nothing burger towards the end with no real resolution, which took about two hours for me to reach and I feel was a such a cop out of an ending that it's made me write this…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2026-08 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.

63all-time peak
0 25 50 20 avg · Aug 2026

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

17achievements
50.9%median completion
6.3%rarest: Obsessive Cleanliness
95.9% of players 94.5% of players 92.1% of players 92.0% of players 77.2% of players 69.9% of players 64.1% of players 55.9% of players 50.9% of players 47.7% of players 37.2% of players 33.6% of players 29.0% of players 27.1% of players 23.5% of players 10.5% of players 6.3% of players 95.9% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
95.9%Sausage Maker — You produced your first sausage
94.5%Freshly Dug — Dig a grave for the first time
92.1%Human à la Carte — Congratulations! Customers will love these meats
Rarest badges of honor
6.3%Obsessive Cleanliness — Clean the shop 80 times
10.5%Master of Secret Flavors — Discover all hidden sauces
23.5%Feeding the Masses — Complete 100 orders

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 17, 2026
Game Update | 1.0.3

Hello everyone! This one is all about stability and polish. We went through the systems that were causing the most trouble, from save files and story progression to customer behavior and the police, a

Aug 15, 2026
The Meat Grinder Roadmap is here!

Hello everyone! We promised you a roadmap, and here it is. Below are the main areas we plan to work on and the order we intend to tackle them in. Major Update 1: Story Expansion The main story will be

Aug 14, 2026
Game Update | 1.0.2

Hello everyone! A new update just went out. The biggest change: you now open the shop yourself in the mornings. Customers won't show up until you're ready, so you finally have time to prepare before t

Aug 12, 2026
Game Update | 1.0.1

First patch since launch, and most of it comes straight from what you have been posting in the reviews and Discussions over the last few days. Thank you for that, genuinely. It made this list very eas

Aug 11, 2026
Meat Grinder Full Release!

Well, here we are. Welcome to Grimshore. Meat Grinder has escaped into the unknown! Your hot dog restaurant is open for business, the grill crackles with promise, and the townsfolk are gathering some

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresAdventure, Indie, Simulation
Player tagsAdventure · Simulation · 3D · First-Person · Pixel Graphics · Cooking · Atmospheric · Violent · Mystery · Dark Humor · Dark · Gore (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Custom Volume Controls · Playable without Timed Input · Stereo Sound · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Italian *
Achievements17
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 / 11 Processor: Intel® Core™ i3 / AMD Ryzen™ 3 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 950 / AMD Radeon™ R7 370 DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 500 MB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible