Restaurant Empire II
Skip · Strategy · 2009
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 41, under the fair line, at $7.99.
- Length
- 51h 60.9h to 100%
- Value
- $0.16/hr
- Reviews
- 78% of 405 positive
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Buy now or wait
It is 60% off today.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
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What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
Restaurant Empire 2 is the most realistic and comprehensive restaurant business simulation available, featuring 4 cuisines, 600 recipes, 4 huge cities, 2 campaigns with a total of 34 missions, 1400 interior objects, and a mix of business strategy and role-playing gameplay such as cooking contests.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, DirectX compatible, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
116 discounts in the 14 years on record, a median of 75 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today's $7.99 at 60 percent off still sits 100 percent above the floor, so a deeper cut exists in its history.
On value it sits in the top 28 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 93 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 68 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Winkeltje: The Little Shop ($14.99, scores 76) beats it on value, while it beats Bakery Simulator ($1.11, scores 18).
Players
- Players online
- 8 when we last checked, on Oct 6, 21:55 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
A great old game, and development has apparently re-started. If you don't mind the dated graphics, definitely worth trying out!
2 more reviews
Overall Rating: 7.5 / 10 Restaurant Empire 2 is a true classic in the restaurant management genre. While it's true that the game is getting a bit old and its visuals/engine show its age, it is absolutely worth playing if you enjoy deep simulation and management games. Behind its casual look, there is a very solid layer of strategy. It's not just about cooking; you have to carefully design the layout of your...
Weird to say but even though this is a very old game but nothing really has come close to the management side of running a restaurant. The focus here is much more in managing suppliers/ingredient costs than cooking mini games and recipe experimentation that has dominated this genre. There are new updates coming out now which help modernise it a bit as well. I still go back to this game every couple of years so I am...
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Cite this score
Restaurant Empire II scores 41/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The developer disclosed AI-generated content on Steam, so the score is docked. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/32900/restaurant-empire-iiReviews 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 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.