Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator — Who recommends this game?

Lifetime gross spend

$300Kest

grossAtFullPrice $300K · promo blend

Net to developer

$193Kest

after Valve / VAT / refunds

Lifetime units

66,891▼ 100.0%

0 / day median · launch

Launch window · 30d

$00% of LTD

0 units · $0.00 ASP

Confidence

medium±18%

Based on 2,027 reviews collected over 3.2 years; balanced multi-language audience; non-Early-Access.

01 Revenue · monthly

Gross consumer spend USD

Gross

02 Lifetime breakdown

Launch window vs tail · units & spend

30 days launch window

Launch · units

00.0%

Tail · units

67K

66,891100.0%

Launch · gross

$00.0%

Tail · gross

$300K

$300K100.0%

Net to dev

$193K

$193K64.4%

01 Like Score

qualityScore = Σ inbound · log₁₀(reviews+1) · positive% · rank-bonus

Tier B · ▲ 11 7d

DCB ●AS

Inbound

169

Σ log₁₀(R+1)

Avg pos%

83%

→ 143

Score history · 30d retention

10 (14d ago)143 (now)

02 Top inbound contributors

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qualityScore 143

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+4.0

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+3.5

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+3.4

Good Pizza, Great Pizza - Cooking Simulator Game6.0K reviews · 87% pos · TapBlaze · 2023

+3.3

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+2.9

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+2.8

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+2.7

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+2.6

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+2.4

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+2.4

+ 14 more inbound gamesLong tail · ranks across catalog

+24.6

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Review score

8/ 9

Very Positive

% positive

83.4%cohort 71%

1,667 pos · 332 neg

Total reviews

2.0Ktracked

1,999 crawled

Velocity · 30d

2 / dayest

51 this month

Steam-purchase rate

77.6%flat

22.4% free / EA / key

01 Language distribution

Reviewer interface language · count, share of total, share positive

27 languages · top 12 shown

ENEnglish

31.8%63581%

ZHSimplified Chinese

27.0%54086%

FRFrench

6.9%13790%

DEGerman

6.0%12075%

KOKorean

5.5%11086%

PTBrazilian Portuguese

4.7%9394%

TWTraditional Chinese

3.9%7876%

RURussian

3.9%7876%

ESSpanish

2.7%5381%

ITItalian

1.7%3385%

JAJapanese

1.3%2580%

PLPolish

1.0%2085%

02 Reviews by playtime

Hours played at time of review · positive% per bucket

0-1h 98

33%positive

4.9% of reviewsrefund window

1-10h 667

77%positive

33.4% of reviews

10-100h 1,096

90%positive

54.8% of reviews

100h+ 138

95%positive

6.9% of reviews

03 Monthly timeline

Reviews per month · positive vs negative stacked · since launch

Positive 1,667Negative 332

16212281410

23·0423·0924·0224·0724·1225·0525·1026·0326·04

04 Breakdowns

Reviews segmented · count, % of total, % positive

1,999 reviews

Free product

25/ 1,999

1.3% of total84% positive

Early access

0/ 1,999

0.0% of total— no data

Key activation

422/ 1,999

21.1% of total82% positive

Steam Deck

39/ 1,999

2.0% of total87% positive

Steam purchase

1,552/ 1,999

77.6% of total83% positive

Recommended

1,667/ 1,999

83.4% of total— votedUp

Not recommended

332/ 1,999

16.6% of total— votedDown

Reviews crawled

1,999/ 1,999

100.0% of total83% positive

2,027 reviews · 84% positive

Detailed reviewer overlap is being computed. Check back soon.