Epic Chef

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 775 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 293 reviews: 18.4h for positive, 1.3h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.

Where players quit

Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (83% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.

All achievements (49)

• Cliffhanger Spend the night in your new house 100%
• Ground Provisions Cook a dish using 3 different ingredients that have the Land property 90%
• Veg Fund Baby Cook a dish using 3 different ingredients that have the Vegetable property 89%
• It's a Syn Cook a dish that triggers a synergy 85%
• My Cherie Armour Defeat the Mysterious Knight 79%
• Son of a Birch Obtain Birch 48%
• Bureaucracy Obtain the Cooking License 47%
• Add a Little Zest Wear 10 different outfits or hats 44%
• Rookie Cutter Win the Amateur Tournament 39%
• Light Bite Cook a dish with more than 50 points 31%
• I Tame, I Saw, I Conquered Use the Ancient Tamer for the first time 28%
• Groundskeeper Buy some land for the first time 27%
• You Say Potato... Defeat Chef Torapio in Culinary Battle 24%
• Culture Vulture Craft a dish with 50+ Sophistication points 23%
• Pump Up the Gem Place the Blue gem in the Statue 19%
• Have Some Decorum Increase the Restaurant Decor Score to 500 or more 19%
• Spirited Filet Craft a dish with 50+ Spirit points 19%
• Food of a Took! Interact with the Mage in Deep Forest for the first time 18%
• Vigor Happy Craft a dish with 50+ Vigor points 18%
• Property Mogul Cook a dish that contains all 6 Ingredient Properties 17%
• Cryptonite Solve the Crypt puzzle 17%
• Magic Seasoning Cook a dish using 3 different ingredients that have the Magic property 16%
• Nice to Meat You Cook a dish using 3 different ingredients that have the Animal property 15%
• Run 'n' Gun Hunt the Pangun 13%
• Stat's The Way to Do It Have the MAX modifier active for all Zest's Skills at the same time 13%
• Cull the Narim Defeat Chef Bolton in Culinary Battle 12%
• A Prize, Mother Cooker! Buy a tournament reward 11%
• Meat Sweats Cook a dish that contains Meat Feast 11%
• Sing A Song of Silkspence Defeat the Tenor Spider 9.3%
• Hearty Meal Cook a dish with more than 300 points 8.6%
• I Seafood, I Eat It Cook a dish using 3 different ingredients that have the Sea property 8.2%
• Feline Hungry Defeat Chef Anzhashi in Culinary Battle 8.1%
• I Squid You Not Catch a King Squid 7.8%
• Braise the Lord Cook a dish that contains Braised Uni Steak 7.3%
• House Salad Fully upgrade the villa 7.1%
• Calorific Cook a dish with more than 700 points 5.8%
• Baby, Drag Do Do Do Do Do Do Obtain the Dragon Egg 5.5%
• Natural Venomena Cook a dish that contains Venom Glaze 5.5%
• Winergy Unlock every synergy 5.4%
• Fast Food Cook a dish using 3 different ingredients that have the Processed property 5.3%
• Feast from the East Defeat the Festumancers in Culinary Battle 5.2%
• Chef Bezos Obtain 100,000 Gold 4.7%
• Your Egg Is On Fire Cook a dish that contains Fiery Omelette 4.6%
• G.O.A.T. Cheese Win every tournament 4.0%
• Fully Booked Unlock all customers in the Restaurant 3.9%
• Bossed It Defeat the Final Boss in Culinary Battle 3.7%
• The Way Momma Cooked It Create the dish: Chunky Curds and Meaty Strips in Bread Sauce 3.0%
• Secret Recipe Create the dish: Unicorn Eggs and Mashed Scales with Snow White Coulis 2.9%
• Chef's Special Create the dish: Sunshine Jelly Steak and Fruit Splinters in Phantom Relish 2.8%