How much revenue did Star Chef Simulator make?

$1k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Star Chef Simulator sell?

Q: How many copies did Star Chef Simulator sell?

347 to 564 copies, based on its 14 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 347–564; $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $2k–$6k before Steam's cut; from 14 reviews (Mixed)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid Star Chef Simulator and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Star Chef Simulator's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 322k–405k

best case 746k (Cooking Simulator)

Games like Star Chef Simulator

A typical game among these

≈ 322k–405k copies

≈ $1.4M–$3.5M after Steam's cut

from ~10k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Cooking Simulator at ≈ 568k–923k copies, ≈ $3.1M–$8.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 2k to 8k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Cooking (7 of 8) and Simulation (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Cooking, priced around $20.
When they shipped: 4 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this genre is actively shipping.

How these numbers were worked out

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

Copies come from each game's reviews times a sales-per-review rate that falls with release age, from about 31 for the most recent game here to about 36 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Fast Food Simulator 2024	Est. copies ≈ 245k–398k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	10k reviews Very Positive	SimulationOnline Co-Op
Cooking Simulator 2019	Est. copies ≈ 568k–923k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.1M–$8.4M after Steam's cut $5.7M–$12.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	20k reviews Very Positive	SimulationCooking
Papa's Freezeria Deluxe 2023	Est. copies ≈ 331k–538k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $546k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $992k–$2.3M before Steam's cut	$5.99	13k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CookingTime Management
Kebab Chefs! - Restaurant Simulator 2026	Est. copies ≈ 202k–327k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $997k–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.1M before Steam's cut	$17.99	8k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessMultiplayer
Ravenous Devils 2022	Est. copies ≈ 246k–400k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $338k–$908k after Steam's cut $614k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$4.99	10k reviews Very Positive	ManagementCooking
Ale & Tale Tavern 2024	Est. copies ≈ 259k–422k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	10k reviews Very Positive	AdventureOnline Co-Op
Papa's Pizzeria Deluxe 2024	Est. copies ≈ 93k–150k too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $152k–$410k after Steam's cut $277k–$631k before Steam's cut	$5.99	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CookingSimulation
Stranded: Alien Dawn 2023	Est. copies ≈ 286k–464k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.8M–$7.4M after Steam's cut $5.0M–$11.4M before Steam's cut	$34.99	12k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalBase-Building