Epic Chef
Fair · RPG · 2021
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $4.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 32.2h 53.9h to 100%
- Value
- $0.15/hr
- Reviews
- 78% of 759 positive
Full price
Today
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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About the game
Get ready to embark on a comedic culinary quest unlike any other as you take on the role of Zest in this story-driven adventure game; from humble beginnings you will build a farm, grow delectable ingredients, craft machinery and cook your way to becoming the most Epic Chef in Ambrosia!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 6 GB of memory, Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 2GB, or Radeon HD 7850 2GB, 3 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
44 discounts in the 5 years on record, a median of 80 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today's $4.99 at 80 percent off still sits 100 percent above the floor, so a deeper cut exists in its history.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 17 percent on value. It is pricier than 92 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 68 percent. Snacko ($24.99, scores 81) outscores it, and so does Reigns ($2.99, scores 76). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about Epic Chef
Steam's global achievement data puts about 3 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 32.2-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. 4 of the 403 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written November 2021 to August 2026.
The drop-off
83% start to 3% finishSteam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. Steam global achievements
What players say
An extremely unique game, gave me cooking shounen energy. Especially since some moments looked straight out of food wars. The first 2 in-game days are a bit slow and handholdy but it quickly opens up afterwards. There are missions, side quests, cooking tournaments. You save by sleeping but it's less restrictive than it sounds, u can speed up time and save sooner if u want, you also don't faint at 2am (the clock...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
The game is fun but reminded that there is some problem with the achievement (add a little zest).
just started but lost one hour of play because nobody explain that game saves only in a bed during night... what a stupid system - I understand that it could make some sense in farming simulators but even there they have implemented quick save alrady. or at least save & quit... story is long, movement slow... you really don;t want to do this again and again.. why there is no autosave after some certain points in...
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Cite this score
Epic Chef scores 52/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1312960/epic-chefReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 1, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.