Lemon Cake

Lemon Cake

Steam Deck Playable

Cozy Bee Games · Simulation · Feb 18, 2021

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $14.99. It has been as low as $4.49.

84%
Very Positive
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 64 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 55 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 53 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 17 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated 4 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 praise10% are divided10% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
And honestly, I wasn't too bothered by that--I could forgive that one hiccup more than I can forgive the frustrating gameplay choices that were deliberately baked (no pun intended) into the game.
64 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
I regret not listening to the warnings from negative reviews back when this game was rated "Mostly Positive"; I'm genuinely shocked that now, at the time of writing this, the rating has increased to "Very Positive", but to each their own.
55 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
If you looked at the name and the graphics and thought, "Aw, cute, I'm going to run a cute little bakery!"
53 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
The controls are extremely awkward and clunky, your character and everything else performs actions too slowly, the menu is a constant hassle to deal with if you want to maximize profits every day (especially since all upgrades quickly become quite expensive pretty early on, forcing you to grind through several play loops before anything new is unlocked)... it's a real test of patience to get through this one.
40 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
I played it on they keyboard by the way, not sure if controller is supported.
22 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
All of my playtime is on Steam Deck, and it runs well, but you'll have to use both input sets (controller and trackpad as mouse) to play, making it weird to control.
11 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+2 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

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

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love8 themes
Gameplay64 reviews
Story and characters55 reviews
Graphics53 reviews
Interface40 reviews
Controls22 reviews
Steam Deck11 reviews
Audio7 reviews
Monetization7 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty9 reviews
78%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs17 reviews
53%

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. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

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

Prices have been lower

Currently $14.99. The lowest we've tracked is $4.49.

4 points recordedtoday · $14.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
84%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
17
total to unlock
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Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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