Recipe for Disaster

Buy71%

Mostly Positive · 731 player reviews · Medium confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows

Dapper Penguin Studios · Cooking · Aug 5, 2022

Player review score
71%
Mostly Positive
Price
$3.74−75%
Lowest ever
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
0
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
7
Full audio0 of 7
Subtitles0 of 7

Should I buy Recipe for Disaster?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 64 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 21 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 14 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Interface: 29 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 12 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 731 player reviews · updated

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 praise300 helpful reviews43% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
64 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I love the customisation in this game, and it is pretty much everywhere, from the building aspect to staff uniforms to editing or creating new recipes.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
21 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
One of the things that I appreciate a lot about this game is that it offers a decent level of difficulty without being too overbearing.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
14 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
*GRAPHICS/ performance- this game is cute and charming, the staff all have animations for whatever job they do.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Edit: i change my mind about the game. yes it is a fun game. the campaign is challenging and enjoyable. and sandbox is ok but only for like an hour.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay64 reviews
Difficulty21 reviews
Graphics14 reviews
Story13 reviews
Divided opinion

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain
Interface
76% still recommend
Bugs
58% still recommend
Crashes
40% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Workshop

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded
$3.74$14.99−75%

That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

7 points recordedtoday · $3.74

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