How many people are playing The Chef's Shift right now?

120 people are playing The Chef's Shift on Steam right now, making it the 1650th most played game on Steam. In the last 24 hours it peaked at 158 players. The number updates every few minutes.

What is The Chef's Shift's all-time peak player count?

The Chef's Shift's highest concurrent player count on Steam is 548, reached in October 2026.

Is The Chef's Shift good? What do Steam reviews say?

97% of 2,175 Steam user reviews are positive (Overwhelmingly Positive).

How much does The Chef's Shift cost on Steam?

The Chef's Shift costs $12.99 on Steam (US).

Does The Chef's Shift work on Steam Deck?

The Chef's Shift is Playable on Steam Deck (with small issues), according to Valve's Steam Deck compatibility check.

The Chef's Shift

by Panitia GameDev · published by Catoptric Games · Released Mar 31, 2025

Steam Deck PlayableLinux & Deck: Platinum

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Players now

#1,650

120

▼ 7.7%vs 24h ago · updates every minute

Review score

97% positive

Overwhelmingly Positive2,175 reviews

Owners (est.)0–20K

24h peak

158

Highest seen548

Oct 19, 202615 days ago

Price on Steam

$12.99

Lowest ever $12.99 Oct 2026

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Players -7.7% in the last 24 hoursUpdated 11:50 UTC · tracking since 2025-04-01

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Reviews

97% positive of 2,175 · Overwhelmingly Positive · Live from Steam

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Steam Deck

Works, but may need extra effort. Results from Valve's own testing.

Steam Deck Playable

!Controller glyphs do not match deck device
!Not fully functional without external keyboard
✓Default controller config fully functional
✓Interface text is legible
✓Default configuration is performant

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Patches & builds

Every build released on Steam for this game since we started tracking it, with the developer's patch notes. Updated within minutes of each new build.

Sep 9, 2026, 7:01 AM UTC
Build 25197691the current build when we started tracking707 MB on Windows

Patch notes

Sep 5, 2026
PatchPolish Language Added, In Game Achievement, Visual Bug Fix - v1.1.4
Hey everyone, we are on the road to 2000 reviews! 🎉🎉🎉 And we will soon have another daily deals and Cooking Fest in October... I hope this game will have wider audience.And talking about wider audience, we got another volunteer to translate the game into Po…
Mar 5, 2026
PatchDutch Language Added, Improvement for English and Portuguese - v1.1.3
Hi everyone, we are glad that we got 1000 Overwhelming Positive reviews! Thank you for everyone that spent the time to leave the reviews for us, it means a lot! And I'm glad that the community helping to improve the game, mainly adding a new language and fixin…
Apr 28, 2025
PatchChangelog v1.0.36
Hi everyone, sorry for really late update. We have fixing several bugs, and rebalance several stuff. Major Bugs When cancelling some Minigame, the game stucks, and cannot type anything. It seems the animation bugged, so it crashes the whole game. VIP customer …
Apr 2, 2025
PatchChangelog v1.0.33
Localization Bugfixes: - For French, there's a bug in Tortilla Mini Game in Mexican Restaurant, the word "trancher" should be written with "tr" rather than "t" only, to prevent clashing with "tortilla" and "tomato" - For Portuguese, So many fixes here, mainly …
Apr 2, 2025
PatchChangelog v1.0.32
We kinda break some challenge from previous update, but it fixed now.
Apr 2, 2025
PatchChangelog v1.0.31
Bugfixes: Completion Time Inconsistency: There’s a different from the leaderboard and the result screen, the correct one is in the result screen. It’s the realtime seconds without pause when opening pause menu, tutorial, or minigame Level End Bug: There’s many…

Other news (9)

Oct 12, 2026
Cooking Fest Sale & The Kitchen Must Grow Announced!
Hi everyone, We have some great news to share with you! Cooking Fest Discount The Chef's Shift is participating in this year's Steam Cooking Fest, with its highest discount yet! You can now grab The Chef's Shift for 40% OFF!The Kitchen Must GrowWe are incredib…
Oct 19, 2025
New Languages & Daily Deal
🧑‍🍳 Fresh Out of the Oven — The Chef’s Shift v1.1.0 Adds New Language Support and Daily Deal Steam Discount!Order up! The kitchen just got a global upgrade! 🌎The Chef’s Shift, the fast-paced typing and restaurant management game with Overwhelmingly Positive…
Apr 16, 2025
Community Items now available for The Chef's Shift!
Hey everyone, We're happy to announce that Steam Community Items are now available for The Chef's Shift! We've added 7 trading cards, 3 profile backgrounds, and 5 emotes. The profile backgrounds and emotes are also available in the Points Shop. You can use the…
Mar 31, 2025
The Chef's Shift is out now!
Hi everyone, We're really excited to announce that The Chef's Shift is out now! For the launch, the game will be available for 10% off for the first week! steam://openurl/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2390230/The_Chefs_Shift/?snr=1_5_1100__1100&utm_source…
Feb 24, 2025
Play the demo for The Chef's Shift in Steam Next Fest!
Hey everyone, The Chef's Shift is taking part in this year's February Next Fest! The demo is available, and offers the Italian restaurant in full and a peek of the Chinese restaurant. steam://openurl/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2432200/The_Chefs_Shift_D…
Feb 7, 2025
The Chef's Shift: First Course is out now! Try out the free prologue!

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History

What changed on Steam for this game since we started following it: prices and sales, builds, name, release date and review score.

Review score: 97% on 2026-11-01 → 97% today (2,175 reviews)

Oct 31, 2026Price$12.99

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Trading cards

7 cards. Buying one of each costs $0.65, which crafts this game's badge; the foil set costs $16.58.

Foil cards (7)

Prices checked 2026-11-02, lowest Steam Community Market listing in US dollars.

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Demo

Free on Steam. The demo has its own app, so its players are counted separately.

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Demo players now: 27
24h peak: 47
Highest seen: 47
Demo : full game now: 1 : 4

The Chef's Shift player count and quick facts

How many people are playing The Chef's Shift right now?: 120 people are playing The Chef's Shift on Steam right now, making it the 1650th most played game on Steam. In the last 24 hours it peaked at 158 players. The number updates every few minutes.
What is The Chef's Shift's all-time peak player count?: The Chef's Shift's highest concurrent player count on Steam is 548, reached in October 2026.
Is The Chef's Shift good? What do Steam reviews say?: 97% of 2,175 Steam user reviews are positive (Overwhelmingly Positive).
How much does The Chef's Shift cost on Steam?: The Chef's Shift costs $12.99 on Steam (US).
Does The Chef's Shift work on Steam Deck?: The Chef's Shift is Playable on Steam Deck (with small issues), according to Valve's Steam Deck compatibility check.

Live data from Steam, tracked by SteamPlayerBase.

Store info

The Chef’s Shift is a fast-paced typing game in a restaurant setting, where you’ll both cook & serve food to hungry customers, all done by TYPING.

Developer: Panitia GameDev
Publisher: Catoptric Games
Release date: Mar 31, 2025
Install size: 200 MB minimum
Platforms: macOS · Windows
Genres: Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy · All
Steam app ID: 2390230

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