Overcooked
Give it 2 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (27%); after 5h it's almost 1 in 20 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- 8% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “The Pieces I Ate (sorry)” (Complete a kitchen on a pirate ship): only 54% of starters get there.
- 74% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 16,910 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 6.2h for positive, 3.2h 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 (74.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Pieces I Ate (sorry) Complete a kitchen on a pirate ship Most players quit here 54% −46
- Meals on Wheels Complete a kitchen on the road 43% −11
- Best Served Cold Complete a kitchen in the Arctic 33% −10
- Kitchen Nightmares Complete a kitchen in the haunted forest 22% −11
- Out of this world Complete a kitchen in low earth orbit 16% −6
- Chef Flambe Complete a kitchen of the underworld 15% −1
- Hero of Thyme Complete Overcooked and save the Onion Kingdom! 8% −7
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (12)
story milestone ending side
- Lettuce Begin Deliver a recipe to the Great and Terrifying Ever Peckish 100%
- Overcooked Extinguish a burning kitchen 56%
- The Pieces I Ate (sorry) Complete a kitchen on a pirate ship 54%
- Meals on Wheels Complete a kitchen on the road 43%
- Best Served Cold Complete a kitchen in the Arctic 33%
- Kitchen Nightmares Complete a kitchen in the haunted forest 22%
- Closest Friends Complete a kitchen while playing with a split pad 21%
- Out of this world Complete a kitchen in low earth orbit 16%
- Chef Flambe Complete a kitchen of the underworld 15%
- Does not play well with others Complete a kitchen in versus mode 11%
- Hero of Thyme Complete Overcooked and save the Onion Kingdom! 7.5%
- All the Trimmings Be awarded three stars in every kitchen 3.9%