Every Overcooked game, ranked
All 2 Overcooked games we hold, spanning 2016 to 2018: 2 ranked by the GamingPickz Score and plotted below, the rest listed in release order so nothing in the series is missing. Together they carry 100,785 Steam reviews.
Where to start
- For the best-reviewed: Overcooked! 2 (GamingPickz Score 8.0), the highest-rated entry we can score.
- For canon order: begin with Overcooked (2016) and follow the release-order timeline below.
- For the money: Overcooked gives the most score per dollar right now.
The Overcooked games on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueThe same 2 games, plotted rather than listed. The two axes below are the ones the ranking is built from, so a game sitting high and right is a game the formula placed near the top. Change either axis to see the field a different way. Where we hold a publisher wordmark, the game is drawn as its mark rather than a dot.
2 games have both
Axes are fitted to these 2 games rather than the full 0 to 100 scale, because a filtered list shares a narrow band and would otherwise sit in one corner. End values are marked. A point on the left edge is the lowest of thesegames, not a low score.
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
- PC
Every point links to that game's entry. The value map and the reception map are fixed views of the same data.
How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
- Placed by the published method, not by us. Every coordinate is computed from the axis definitions and weights printed on this site. Nobody moves a point. See the axes.
- Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
- No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
2 best Overcooked games, ranked
Ordered by GamingPickz Score. Every figure links back to the source that produced it.
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Overcooked! 2
Best for: Handheld play, small install and Deck verified
8.0GamingPickz Scorehigh confidenceOvercooked! 2 at a glance Released 2018 Studio Ghost Town Games Ltd. Player sentiment 90% positive of 84,093 Critics 81/100 Price $24.99 Steam Deck verified Install size 3 GB Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 90% shrinks to 90.0 on 84,093 reviews, then blends with the 81 critic aggregate, giving 8.0.
What the data supports- Valve has tested it and rates it Verified on the Steam Deck.
- Small install at 3 GB.
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Overcooked
Best for: Handheld play, small install and Deck verified
7.7GamingPickz Scorehigh confidenceOvercooked at a glance Released 2016 Studio Ghost Town Games Ltd. Player sentiment 90% positive of 16,692 Critics 81/100 Price $16.99 Steam Deck verified Install size 0.73 GB Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 90% shrinks to 89.9 on 16,692 reviews, then blends with the 81 critic aggregate, giving 7.7.
What the data supports- Valve has tested it and rates it Verified on the Steam Deck.
- Small install at 0.73 GB.
Best and worst entry
The best-received Overcooked game we can score is Overcooked! 2 at 8.0. The lowest is Overcooked at 7.7, a 0.3-point spread across the series. The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Cheapest way in, and best value
- Cheapest right now: Overcooked at $16.99. Prices are read live from Steam and move.
- Best value: Overcooked, the most GamingPickz Score per dollar in the series at its current price.
On a Steam Deck
Valve's own Deck compatibility rating for the Overcooked entries on Steam:
- Verified: Overcooked, Overcooked! 2
Platforms across the series
Where the 2 Overcooked games have landed, counting every entry we hold:
| Platform family | Entries |
|---|---|
| PC | 2 of 2 |
The Overcooked series, game by game
Every Overcooked game we hold, in release order. Each description is the game's own, from Steam where it has a listing and Wikipedia for the older entries, never ours.
- 2016
Overcooked
7.7Overcooked is a chaotic couch co-op cooking game for one to four players. Working as a team, you and your fellow chefs must prepare, cook and serve up a variety of tasty orders before the baying customers storm out in a huff. (Steam)
Reception
Reception 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. Accolades ^ "Overcooked! (Wikipedia)
- 2018
Overcooked returns with a brand-new helping of chaotic cooking action! Journey back to the Onion Kingdom and assemble your team of chefs in classic couch co-op or online play for up to four players. Hold onto your aprons… it’s time to save the world again! (Steam)
Plot
The game is set in the Onion Kingdom, where the player’s chefs travel across regions to stop zombie toast, known as the “Unbread. ” Through the regions traveled, players encounter environments and kitchens reflecting different areas of the kingdom. ^ published, Sam Loveridge (August 7, 2018). (Wikipedia)
Reception
Reception Overcooked 2 received "generally favorable" reviews, according to review aggregator website Metacritic . Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received strong approval, being recommended by 87% of critics. Several reviewers noted that while it did not feel like a significant evolution of the formula established by Overcooked! (Wikipedia)
Overcooked, head to head
Two entries side by side on score, price, specs and reception:
Overcooked vs other series
How Overcooked stacks up against other series in the same genre, as a whole:
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Common questions
How many Overcooked games are there?
We hold 2 Overcooked games in the catalogue, released between 2016 and 2018. 2 of them carry enough Steam data to rank; the rest are listed in release order below, including console-only entries with no Steam listing.
Which Overcooked game is best?
By the GamingPickz Score, Overcooked! 2 rates highest at 8.0. That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, computed the same way for every game, not our opinion. The full ranking is above.
What order should I play the Overcooked games in?
Release order is listed below, from 2016 to 2018. For most series that is also story order, but we list dates rather than telling you a canon; the timeline is read from Wikidata.
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