Kitchen Simulator 2015

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Kitchen Simulator 2015 is a single player casual management game with horror, violence and erotic themes. It was developed by WhackAKey Games and was released on September 2, 2015. It received negative reviews from players.

Kitchen simulator, The game that turns you into the chef. As the owner and chef of your very own restaurant, you now have the responsibilities to keep your place clean, serving quality meals to your hungry customers, Impressing the high class to get to that fancy five star restaurant,more…

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39%

Audience ScoreBased on 140 reviews

humor5 positive mentions

graphics4 negative mentions

Offers a unique, chaotic physics-based cooking experience that can be amusing and entertaining in short bursts.
Simple mechanics with sandbox-style interaction create moments of unexpected humor and experimentation.
Includes some customization options and features like shooting potatoes at customers and drinking vodka, adding quirky fun elements.

Extremely buggy and glitchy with poor controls that make it difficult to pick up or interact with food items, rendering the gameplay frustrating or unplayable.
Outdated and low-quality graphics combined with poor optimization cause lag and visual displeasure.
Lacks depth, tutorial guidance, and replay value with repetitive tasks and minimal restaurant management features.

gameplay
17 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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64%
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The gameplay offers a simplified, first-person cooking experience focused on basic mechanics and sandbox-style interaction within a small kitchen, creating moments of mild tension and humor through kitchen organization and chaotic physics. However, it suffers from repetitiveness, lack of clear guidance, and occasional frustrating or poorly executed elements that hinder long-term engagement. Overall, it provides a casual but flawed experience with limited depth and polish.
- “Instead of focusing heavily on realistic recipes or detailed restaurant systems, the game emphasizes basic cooking mechanics and sandbox-style interaction within a small kitchen environment.”
- “Gameplay is presented from a first-person perspective, allowing players to freely move around the kitchen while interacting with appliances, ingredients, and utensils.”
- “The combination of simple cooking mechanics and chaotic physics interactions creates moments of unexpected humor.”
- “The gameplay loop remains quite repetitive, with most activities revolving around preparing food and serving customers in the same environment.”
- “The gameplay makes little sense and the game does nothing to try to teach you what to do.”
- “I tried getting past the horrific gameplay and actually complete an order but it's really way too broken to bother and I don't believe there will be any suitable reward for the huge amount of effort that would be involved.”
graphics
17 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
18%
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The graphics are generally seen as outdated and lacking polish, with many users describing them as poor, glitchy, or laggy. However, a few note that the visuals serve functional purposes and appreciate some aspects like animation and artwork despite the overall low fidelity and technical issues.
- “Really good graphics :)”
- “This was a forerunner in graphics, AI, controls, etc. I have never been so impressed with a single piece of media in my whole life.”
- “I love the beautiful animation and the artwork.”
- “Buggy game with bad graphics.”
- “The game is glitchy and laggy, and the graphics are horrible.”
- “The graphics are so bad that your eyes start to cry.”
music
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
43%
14%
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The music creates an ambient restaurant atmosphere and can be relaxing, but some users find it boring, too quiet, or irritating due to repetitive sounds and notifications. Overall, reactions to the music are mixed.
- “Background music plays during the cooking process, helping create a sense of activity in the restaurant environment.”
- “I relaxed for 5 minutes listening to this music, long enough to realize that I would be okay.”
- “[0.2] sound & music”
- “Boring music and lack of sounds.”
- “So the music is way too quiet, turning it up leads to excruciating beeps and boops that I guess serve as a notification.”
- “-A single music track can't calm your growing rage.”
humor
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
83%
17%
The game's humor stems from its chaotic physics and clumsy mechanics, leading to unexpected and often hilarious moments. While some find it genuinely funny and enjoyable, others feel the humor is unoriginal and less appealing. Overall, humor is a key, though divisive, aspect of the experience.
- “The combination of simple cooking mechanics and chaotic physics interactions creates moments of unexpected humor.”
- “Far from a serious simulator, but it made me laugh.”
- “And they were not ashamed to roll it out for sale, hilarious :d”
stability
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game suffers from significant stability issues, including frequent bugs and glitches that severely impact playability. Controls are often unresponsive or fail completely, making the experience frustrating rather than challenging. Overall, the game is unstable and poorly optimized.
- “The game is really buggy and clunky and doesn't work very well, to the point it's really not possible to be played (even Goat Simulator has some playability despite the comical physics engine).”
- “It's buggy as hell and the controls seem to fail all of the time.”
- “Making the controls bad isn't challenge, it's just bad controls. Another very bad thing about this is the glitches, allow me to list some of them.”
story
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
67%
33%
The story is praised for its inspiring moral about perseverance and life's unpredictability, delivering a powerful and emotionally impactful narrative. Users appreciate the game's integrity and its compelling, jaw-dropping storyline.
- “Moral of the story: you never know what life has in store for you, and if I had given up when all odds were against me, I wouldn't be where I am today.”
- “Once again, thank you Greenlight users for voting for a game with great integrity and a jaw-dropping storyline.”
optimization
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's optimization is lacking, resulting in poor performance especially on older computers, along with noticeable clipping issues. However, the game shows potential with interesting features and creative ideas despite these technical shortcomings.
- “Optimization has clearly missed something.”
- “Unoptimized.”
- “The game had poor performance on my old computer, and there was also a lot of clipping from my character around walls.”