Cafeteria Nipponica
Fair · Strategy · 2022
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Fair at $4.58, the lowest Steam price we have tracked since Jul 2022. Buy it now if you want it.
- Length
- 9.9h
- Value
- $0.46/hr
- Reviews
- 87% of 203 positive
Full price
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Discounted in 7 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
Find ingredients, make menus, and run your own restaurant in this sizzling sim!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 246 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
October 2026 is where it bottomed out, at $4.58. It has been discounted 27 times in the 4 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 35 percent, about 7 weeks apart.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 6 percent on value. It is better reviewed than 86 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Game Dev Story ($8.99, scores 73) beats it on value, while it beats Sword and Fairy Inn 2 ($19.99, scores 0).
More about Cafeteria Nipponica
At 9.9 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
82% start to 13% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 21 when we last checked, on Oct 9, 10:56 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
I played this over a dozen years ago and I'm so happy it's finally released on Steam! This is my favorite Kairosoft game, and I think the older Kairosoft titles have a unique charm. The "Button Era," where mobile games had navigation buttons, was perfect to me; they didn't have too many things to manage, they were simple and cozy. Compared to new games that require you to pay attention to so many things, this game...
2 more reviews
Cafeteria Nipponica, developed and published by Kairosoft Co., Ltd., is a charming restaurant management simulation that captures the studio's signature blend of accessibility, depth, and retro personality. It places the player in charge of a small eatery with the simple goal of growing it into a culinary empire. From humble beginnings serving a few dishes to a handful of customers, you gradually transform your...
I adore this game. I played the cell phone version for years, but it's nice to have the pc version since it makes using the website tools and stuff a little easier, and I can just have it up on the side while I do other things to occasionally click through messages. It's a great management sim including a new game plus that rewards you for playing through the game multiple times taking advantage of what you did...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
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Cite this score
Cafeteria Nipponica scores 66/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 20, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1952170/cafeteria-nipponicaReviews 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 Sep 27, price as of Oct 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.