Recipe for Disaster

Recipe for Disaster

Steam Deck Playable

Dapper Penguin Studios · Cooking · Aug 5, 2022

Worth it for the right player.

At $14.99. It has been as low as $3.74.

71%
Mostly Positive
721 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Interface: 41 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 36 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 23 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 15 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 721 player reviews · updated 6 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
57% of themes are praise14% are divided29% are caveats
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
So, the first thing you might want to do is to check your menu and the food storage, as well as how many staff you have before expanding your restaurant.
41 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The game consists of a few tutorials, a Solo campaign of 10 scenarios and a Free Mode of play.
36 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
After finishing the tutorial, I jumped straight into the Scenarios, and after 15 hours of gameplay, I finished 5 scenarios out of 10.
23 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
+ Great graphics
18 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

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

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Interface41 reviews
Story and characters36 reviews
Gameplay23 reviews
Graphics18 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty16 reviews
69%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs15 reviews
47%
Crashes6 reviews
33%

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. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is 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 $3.74.

4 points recordedtoday · $14.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
71%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
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Average playtime
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