Overcooked! 2
Overcooked! 2
Game
Game2016
Overcooked
Developer Ghost Town Games Ltd.
Overcooked is a 2016 cooking simulation game developed by Ghost Town Games and published by Team17. In a local cooperative experience, players control a number of chefs in kitchens filled with various obstacles and hazards to rapidly prepare meals to specific orders under a time limit. The game was released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One in August 2016. A Nintendo Switch version was released in July 2017. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
326 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
83
LovedLoved
163 positive · 33 negative
95% range 77–88%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 163 | 33 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 12 | 6 | 87 |
| Mastodon * | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| Lemmy * | 3 | 1 | 7 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
5,513 of 6,060 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
82% recommend · 160 yes, 34 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 194 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (15,054 of 16,804 positive).
Players say Overcooked is a hilarious cooperative chaos that tests teamwork and relationships. [1][2][3] Many note the game is best enjoyed locally with friends or family, but lacks online multiplayer. [4][5][6] Some reviewers find solo play frustrating and recommend the sequel for improvements. [6][7][8]
Liked
Representative posts
- [6]
It says the game is for 1-4 players but it's nearly unplayable as a single player and you can't play with other people online. I regret the purchase
- [2]
Overcooked is the purest form of cooperative chaos I’ve played: a deceptively simple cooking game that turns into a hilarious, high-pressure teamwork simulator within minutes. The premise is straightforward—prepare dishes, plate them, and serve them fast—but the way it escalates makes every kitchen feel like a small emergency you’re barely surviving together. What makes it special is how quickly it forces real …
- [3]
The first game that turns "we should hang out more" into "don't ever talk to me again." I didn't know it was possible to hate my own friends until we had to serve three tomato soups in under two minutes.
- [13]
Overcooked You and up to three other players must prepare meals, chop ingredients, cook dishes, and serve them before customers get angry. Sounds easy, right? Now try doing that while the kitchen splits in half, trucks drive apart, or rats steal your food. Yeah… good luck. What works well: • Perfect co-op chaos: Playing with friends leads to hilarious screaming like “WHO BURNED THE RICE?!” • Creative levels: …
- [1]
its fun but can ruin relationships if you start playing too much
Summarised from 34 of the 309 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 10, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Overcooked sits at 83% positive across 196 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Overcooked has received generally positive reviews on release including appreciation for the dynamics during co-operative play, "Overcooked is terrific because of its commitment to uproarious, hilarious and challenging co-operation". Reviews of the Switch edition complained about the framerate which frequently dipped below 30 frames per second.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 326 · most liked firstWARNING: VORE AND MILD COOKING THEMES AND DIGESTION!! I was playing Overcooked 2 with a friend and one of the chefs is this werewolf guy who I thought was very cute :) So, I drew some self-indulgent art of him!
neutral · AI labelView post →Me playing Overcooked with my girlfriend who’s only other video game was animal crossing
neutral · AI labelView post →‘Overcooked’ Reality Competition Series Based On Video Game In Works At Netflix From A24 deadline.com/2025/11/over...
neutral · AI labelView post →Here's a thought: we need more cozy cooperative video games! Couch coop games we can play without much pressure. Like Minecraft, Stardew Valley, that Supermarket Sim game! Imagine Overcooked, but you're just chilling, running a restaurant together on the same screen, without the wild time pressure.
neutral · AI labelView post →It says the game is for 1-4 players but it's nearly unplayable as a single player and you can't play with other people online. I regret the purchase
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My therapist wife has a theory that you can learn a lot about couples in couple’s therapy if you have them play Overcooked together. How well people communicate together when everything is on fire is a key life skill you can observe. Left: us playing Overcooked (part of our wedding photo series!) Right: everything on fire playing last night with a family member #VideoGames #Overcooked
neutral · AI labelView post →NOT friendslop: Baldur's Gate 3, Monster Hunter games, Overcooked 2, Left 4 Dead 1 & 2, Borderlands 2, any co-op game that has STRUCTURE and/or NARRATIVE. Friendslop: Friends, How I Met Your Mother, Seinfeld, Happy Endings, New Girl, any show where they don't share a WORKPLACE and are not RELATED.
neutral · AI labelView post →It made its first-ever public appearance last night at @thegameawards so I’m delighted to tell you I play a character in the new game Stage Fright, from Ghost Town Games, the creators of Overcooked! I can’t tell you more, except it’s wonderful and I’m excited!
neutral · AI labelView post →-Overcooked? Soap thought playing this co-op game he saw with his Lt woud be a relaxing evening together. Well.... #Ghoap #Johnsoapmactavish #Simonghostriley #cod #Overcooked
neutral · AI labelView post →From the makers of OVERCOOKED! comes Stage Fright, a new couch co-op game where only those who can work together will succeed. Coming in 2027 to Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch! #NintendoDirect @stagefrightgame.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Pixel Dailies #323 #Cooked "Too many Moops.. Wait, there can never be too many Moops!" Decided to go for something silly inspired by the Overcooked games and similar! Because why not! 😂 #pixelart #ドット絵 #Moops #pixel_dailies @pixeldailies.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Kitchen chaos has never been more fun in Overcooked for Game Boy! | #pixelart | #Gameboy | #GBStudio
neutral · AI labelView post →I love Ghost town games bc I love Overcooked so I am so down for this new co-op game.
positive · AI labelView post →All the cooking games I've seen don't appeal to me because they're twitch-based (the Papa Louie stuff) or emphasize speed/coordination (Cook Serve Delicious) or it's just a co-op game with cooking aesthetics (Overcooked). NO, I want to watch pieces of chicken slowly turn opaque in boiling water!!!!
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s #PitchYaGame time! SUPER SPELLING DUCKS 🦆 push letters around islands with cute ducks 💎 quack to explode words into gems 🎲 10+ game modes, some chilled, some manic - one roguelike? 👩🏻🤝👨🏼 play with and against your friends ⭐️ “the Overcooked of word games” WISHLIST on Steam #indiegame #indiedev
neutral · AI labelView post →Add me on PSN: elsa_624 So you know when I’m playing Overcooked and know to avoid me becos this game turns me into the hulk
negative · AI labelView post →its fun but can ruin relationships if you start playing too much
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You'll like our cozy indie game if you like: 💪Overcooked 2 🌱 Lemon Cake 💕 Coffee Caravan 🍡Cooking Mama ✨ Avatar the Last Airbender (vibe goals) #gamedev #indiegame #cozygame
neutral · AI labelView post →The aesthetics-driven rather than mechanics driven approach to game categorization left some really awkward gaping holes that current genres cannot account for. For example calling Trauma Center & Overcooked "simulation" games is fucking absurd - they're some kinda action games, but what kind?
neutral · AI labelView post →🎁 STEAM GAME GIVEAWAY 🎁 🪂"Overcooked! Gourmet Edition."🪂1x Steam Key 💟Like + ♻️Retweet ✔️Follow and comment Winner will be announced tonight 🏆1 Winner! #GIVEAWAY #Steam #SteamKey #steamgame #gog #primegaming
neutral · AI labelView post →Played with a friend. Told them to make the pizza. Kept getting incorrect order penalties. Turns out he wasn't cooking the pizza. 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →OVERCOOKED IS A CRAZY GAME
positive · AI labelView post →Good Boy, a WALL-E inspired metroidvania from the developers behind Dredge and Overcooked, is announced for an upcoming release on PC, Playstation, and Switch. …and from the devs of [Yoku's Island Express](https://store.steampowered.com/app/334940/Yokus_Island_Express/), which is an awesome pinball metroidvania. >A cosy, heart-warming, ecosystem driven PET-roidvania! Take control of a LAIKA Space Rover pup, capture and research alien creatures, complete quests for the other doggy Rovers and…
neutral · AI labelView post →As an important note, this isn't a remake of the game, but an Overcooked-style game. If you'd like to play the original in English though, it's on the Sunsoft is Back! set on modern consoles (it also has The Wing of Madoola and Firework Thrower Kantaro's 53 Stations of the Toukaido and translated~
neutral · AI labelView post →there should be a mission where everyone on the team has to learn 1 recipe. Just a little Overcooked style mini game. Taash sets the kitchen on fire. I'm shoving raw meat on buns. Lucanis is in tears.
neutral · AI labelView post →SPINE is getting a physical edition. @fireshinegames.bsky.social one of the leading names in physical game publishing, including Balatro, Overcooked!, Lies of P, and Jurassic World Evolution. Finding the right partner mattered. And this was the obvious choice. More details soon.
neutral · AI labelView post →I lied, we’re not having sex. We’re playing Overcooked and screaming at each other about onions instead. 🧅🔥🎮
neutral · AI labelView post →Spent several hours playing Overcooked with my sister and cousin and feeling better. Good ass game
positive · AI labelView post →'Overcooked' Reality Competition series based on the game in works at Netflix from A24 (Midsommar). deadline.com/2025/11/over...
neutral · AI labelView post →‘Overcooked’ Reality Competition Series Based On Video Game In Works At Netflix From A24.
neutral · AI labelView post →(AT) "Overcooked" for @foxfer64.bsky.social feat. @nekonin.bsky.social and @christian69229.pony.house based on the game of the same name.
neutral · AI labelView post →My pitch for our game releasing Oct 15: “Reason and Rhyme” *no shade on Overcooked that game is a masterpiece, I was just trying to emphasize that our game isn’t as stressful/intense 😅
positive · AI labelView post →Overcooked is a very traumatic game if you worked in restaurants lol
negative · AI labelView post →Stage Fright - a new co-op adventure game from the studio behind Overcooked, published by Hello Games (No Man's Sky). #TheGameAwards
neutral · AI labelView post →Overcooked 2 is a much better option here, unless you enjoy doing 2 people's work all by yourself. The game is still fun, but once you've played Overcooked 2, this just feels like a downgrade version of it. No ingredient throwing, no online co-op, and playing solo can get frustrating very quickly. 5/10
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I need multiplayer cooking game recs (not Overcooked, not Plate Up). Thank you.
neutral · AI labelView post →OMG super hyped for this piece to drop, 2026 Baby Bestiary calendar is all about a video game crossover!! This piece featuring an Overcooked style game, with little kobolds feeding a dragon and their wyrmlings!! #dnd #ttrpg #videogames (link to follow below)
neutral · AI labelView post →You will like my indie game if you enjoyed: -Pikmin2. -Overcooked -Unrailed! -Age of Empires #indiegame #gamedev #indiegamedev #JellyTroops
neutral · AI labelView post →Overcooked is actually “Yelling at each other: the game”
negative · AI labelView post →Sol Mates is a chaotic co-op game that mixes FTL: Faster Than Light with Overcooked www.rogue.site/editorials/s...
neutral · AI labelView post →Overcooked is my favorite co-op game of all time. And Stage Fright looks delightful
positive · AI labelView post →Choose between a variety of characters (and unlock new ones as you go) in our co-op party game. ✨ Ritual Party is similar to Overcooked, but instead of making meals you prepare summoning rituals with your friends! #gamedev #indiedev #partygame
neutral · AI labelView post →this week's Console Archives title: Ripple Island, Sunsoft's 1988 command-driven "animation adventure" for Famicom—you might know this game by its recent loc as part of Sunsoft is Back! Retro Game Selection, and you absolutely won't know it by its recent Overcooked-clone "sequel"
neutral · AI labelView post →How bout Overcooked! a co-op cooking game. Not complicated but can be high stress
neutral · AI labelView post →That was the only reason I bought Bulletstorm, actually. As for what game to put him in.... Overcooked.
neutral · AI labelView post →It's unacceptable that even though two people with computers own this on steam, but because neither of us have a controller, we can't play together. Make it multiplayer like normal games.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Adding ferries to my Overcooked x Mini Metro game Dish Dash, to create sections that can only be reached by one player at a time ⛴️ #indiedev #godot
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm doing Overcooked for this week's Video Game Night at the pinball club and I cannot wait for the absolute chaos that this is going to cause.
neutral · AI labelView post →Fun party game to have with friends. I also have this on my PS4 and Xbox One and the countless sessions playing with family members watching everyone scream at each other while the time is running out is hilarious. Definitely would be a fun drinking game for sure.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Netflix/A24's next videogame project is "OVERCOOKED" game show: deadline.com/2025/11/over...
neutral · AI labelView post →We have two laptops and a desktop, and we have three kids, so they get a bit of a LAN party experience playing Mineclonia. The desktop also has a big screen (34 inch ultra-wide I think) and 4 xbone controllers so we play 4 player games like Overcooked, Stardew Valley, Sackboy, Tux Cart. Generally we don't have screens on when their friends come over but perhaps when they are a bit older they might still have a chance for that gaming with friends experience.
neutral · AI labelView post →- Outer Wilds - Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (but *not* Tears of the Kingdom which I didn't like) - Factorio - Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver - Shadow of the Colossus - Spyro the Dragon - Overcooked 2 I couldn't do 5, so I did 7. The top 3 are solid, I think, in terms of games I thought about a lot while I wasn't playing them and couldn't wait to get back to. They constitute the best time I've had in games. Then the next three were formative experiences, I think, but I haven't played…
positive · AI labelView post →Overcooked based mystery game called Overlooked
neutral · AI labelView post →Comparing PlateUp! to Overcooked is like comparing apples to oranges, really PlateUp! is a fun and engaging roguelite restaurant management game where you roll with the punches and solve problems in realtime with engaging modifiers and clever upgrades But Overcooked lets you be a little mouse guy!
positive · AI labelView post →Overcooked devs are back with a new game. Hayes @solfleet.bsky.social has the story here: www.inverse.com/gaming/stage...
neutral · AI labelView post →I will leave the cat here, so that everybody who passes by can pet it and give it a thumbs up and awards. ／＞ フ | _ _ l ／` ミ＿xノ / | / ヽ ﾉ │ | | | ／￣| | | | | (￣ヽ＿_ヽ_)__) ＼二つ
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →We are doing the annual play through of Overcooked (and Overcooked 2), so it’s safe to say that tensions are… high
neutral · AI labelView post →The indie game we're making and three of the inspirations behind it. #cabbie #indiegame #gamedev #overcooked #micromachines #crazytaxi
neutral · AI labelView post →Ghost Town Games, Creators Of Overcooked, Debut New Co-Op Game, Stage Fright Read more: www.consolecreatures.com/stage-fright...
neutral · AI labelView post →I highly recommend it, levels are way better than in overcooked 2, only problem is that this only has local multiplayer (and remoteplay together) It's a ton of fun to play this! I have way more hours than my review states because when I first bought this I found out it only had local multiplayer and then drove to the friend that also bought it that day to play it with him. 10/10 would accidentally buy the game again to experience it all over again
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