The Chef's Shift

The Chef's Shift

Steam Deck Playable

Panitia GameDev · Cooking · Mar 31, 2025

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $12.99. It has been as low as $9.09.

98%
Overwhelmingly Positive
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 212 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 85 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 17 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 2k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
80% of themes are praise20% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
First of all, the good - I was *not* expecting that story.
212 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The gameplay works smoothly with various restuarant themes to change it up which makes the game not too repetitive.
85 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The graphics were pretty simple, lots of repeated emoticon-based effects, with basic character designs, but it worked fine enough for the story.
17 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The sound design was also good but there were some areas where there'd be some sound effects that wound up getting a little grating, like a lab area where there's some alarm beep faintly in the background all the time.
15 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Story and characters212 reviews
Gameplay85 reviews
Graphics17 reviews
Audio15 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty67 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $12.99. The lowest we've tracked is $9.09.

5 points recordedtoday · $12.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
98%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
34
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.