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Should I ship a Logic Cooking game?
Cooking + Logic
Of 27 developers who shipped a Logic Cooking game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 26 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.6k, ×3.3 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $540. Revenue is up 40% on the market; 26 games are announced against 17 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $539 (exactly $539) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.6k (exactly $1,556) |
| Top 25% | $5.5k (exactly $5,456) |
| Top 5% | $64k (exactly $64,214) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 27 |
| Released games | 67 |
| Announced | 26 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
momentum: how a niche's revenue percentiles and developer count moved between two equal, adjacent periods, divided by the market's own move. See method., 12 months: revenue up 40% on the market, supply 70% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Cooking, Logic; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Point & Click
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 9 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Colorful, Cute, Relaxing
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 894 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $540. All of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 26 games are announced against 17 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Cooking with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + DogsFair
- + Turn-Based CombatFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + Score AttackFair
- + Hidden ObjectFair
- + PuzzleFair
- + Artificial IntelligencePoor odds
- + JRPGPoor odds
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + Post-apocalypticPoor odds
Comparable games
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Bento Blocks 2026 · $165k 
Freshly Frosted 2022 · $99k 
UMAMI 2025 · $64k 
Neon Noodles 2023 · $52k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Cafe Owner Simulator | older | $18.99 | 862 65% | 26k | $491k (exactly $491,081) | Second Reality |
| | Bento Blocks | $14.99 | 367 97% | 11k | $165k (exactly $165,040) | SOMETIMES LIMITED | |
| | Freshly Frosted | older | $9.99 | 331 98% | 9.9k | $99k (exactly $99,201) | Ty Taylor, Amanda End, Ally Taylor, Jos… (Ty Taylor, Amanda End, Ally Taylor, Josie Brechner) |
| | UMAMI | $13.99 | 153 98% | 4.6k | $64k (exactly $64,214) | Mimmox | |
| | Neon Noodles | older | $19.99 | 86 75% | 2.6k | $52k (exactly $51,574) | Vivid Helix |
 | Snacktorio | $7.99 | 215 90% | 6.5k | $52k (exactly $51,536) | ellraiser | |
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 | Katy & Bob: Cake Cafe | older | $14.99 | 84 82% | 2.5k | $38k (exactly $37,775) | Workroom7 |
 | looK INside - Chapter 2 | older | $6.99 | 104 71% | 3.1k | $22k (exactly $21,809) | Unexpected |
 | Cooking Trip | older | $14.99 | 37 75% | 1.1k | $17k (exactly $16,639) | GameOn Production |
 | Cook For Love | $15.99 | 33 51% | 990 | $16k (exactly $15,830) | RedDeer.Games | |
 | Proto Garden | $14.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | arreyne | |
 | Spring Tales | $5.99 | 32 75% | 960 | $5.8k (exactly $5,750) | RAF Games | |
 | Pack my LunchBox | $3.99 | 46 80% | 1.4k | $5.5k (exactly $5,506) | Owl's Howls | |
 | Ominous Stew | $12.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $5.5k (exactly $5,456) | bloomgeist | |
 | Cookie Flipper | $9.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | 0100010 Industries | |
 | Mom Life Simulator | · EA | $7.99 | 10 20% | 300 | $2.4k (exactly $2,397) | RioverseGames |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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