Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game
The first 2 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (57%); after 10h it's 1 in 6 (16%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 86% of games we track.
- Only 59% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 1,516 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 12.2h for positive, 4.4h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (58.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (14)
- New Opening You opened your first restaurant! 100%
- Dweller You opened a restaurant in a Residential District 73%
- Farmer You opened a restaurant in a Countryside Area 46%
- Desperate Cook You opened a restaurant in a Suburbs Area 25%
- True Restaurant Tycoon You have more than 100'000 in your account 21%
- Shopper You opened a restaurant in a Commercial District 18%
- Prestigious You opened a restaurant in the Old Town 18%
- Capitalist You opened a restaurant in a Business District 14%
- Manufacturer You opened a restaurant in an Industrial District 14%
- Provincial You opened a restaurant in a Small Town 12%
- Master Chef You spent 250 Skill Points! 12%
- First Star Your restaurant got one WebGuide Star! 6.1%
- Second Star Your restaurant got two WebGuide Stars! 4.1%
- Third Star You achieved the third WebGuide Star! 2.4%