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Should I ship a Tabletop Cooking game?
Cooking + Tabletop
Only 12 developers shipped a Tabletop Cooking game in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, Fish to Dish: Idle Sushi, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $5.4k, ×11 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $960; 1 in 20 cleared $450k, ×955 the market median. Revenue is up 30% on the market; 16 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $959 (exactly $959) |
|---|---|
| Median | $5.4k (exactly $5,398) |
| Top 25% | $79k (exactly $79,121) |
| Top 5% | $454k (exactly $453,742) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 16 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 30% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, 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, Tabletop
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 3,352 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $960. 5 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 16 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Cooking with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Hidden ObjectFair
- + PuzzleFair
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- + JRPGPoor odds
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
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Comparable games
Fish to Dish: Idle Sushi 2025 · $454k 
Feed the Scorchpot 2026 · $167k 
Betrayal At Club Low 2022 · $161k 
Sizzle & Stack 2025 · $79k 
Space Food Truck 2016 · $65k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Fish to Dish: Idle Sushi | $5.99 | 2,525 96% | 76k | $454k (exactly $453,742) | Kygua Tech | |
| | Feed the Scorchpot | $14.99 | 371 87% | 11k | $167k (exactly $166,839) | Moravian | |
| | Betrayal At Club Low | older | $9.99 | 538 97% | 16k | $161k (exactly $161,239) | Cosmo D Studios |
| | Sizzle & Stack | $9.99 | 264 72% | 7.9k | $79k (exactly $79,121) | Arvis Games | |
| | Space Food Truck | older | $9.99 | 216 71% | 6.5k | $65k (exactly $64,735) | One Man Left Studios |
 | Burger Bots Inc. | $7.99 | 109 91% | 3.3k | $26k (exactly $26,127) | Normogames | |
 | Takoyaki Party Survival | older | $2.99 | 222 94% | 6.7k | $20k (exactly $19,913) | KIMIDORI SOFT |
 | Ramen Simulator | $5.99 | 32 84% | 960 | $5.8k (exactly $5,750) | SECRET CHARACTER, HaconN | |
 | Rascal's Escape | $29.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $5.4k (exactly $5,398) | the Good Evil GmbH | |
 | SnackHunter | older | $9.99 | 18 94% | 540 | $5.4k (exactly $5,395) | PolyPirates UG |
 | Mage Food Truck | $9.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | One Man Left Studios | |
 | Yakiniku Party Survival | $2.99 | 27 92% | 810 | $2.4k (exactly $2,422) | KIMIDORI SOFT | |
 | Cook with Card | · EA | $7.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | Genco Interactive |
 | Furious Kitchen | $0.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Light Feather |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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