Overcooked

Overview

Overcooked is a 2016 cooking simulation game developed by Ghost Town Games and published by Team17. In a local cooperative game, players control a number of chefs in kitchens filled with obstacles and hazards and rush to prepare meals to order under a time limit. It was released for PlayStation 4, Windows and Xbox One on August 2, 2016, and a Nintendo Switch version followed in July 2017.

Players take the role of chefs who prepare ingredients, cook, serve and clean up while the clock runs. Orders arrive in a queue, and finishing each one correctly earns coins, with bonuses for speed. Orders served wrongly earn nothing and only waste time. You are ranked on a three-star system based on the coins you collect.

The kitchen layouts change from level to level and are built to split the work. One kitchen is on the back of two trucks moving at different speeds, another sits on an iceberg, and in another a crosswalk lets pedestrians get in your way. There are about 28 different kitchens in the campaign, plus a final boss level.

Overcooked was designed as a local co-op game for up to four players. There is also a competitive multiplayer option where chefs try to score the most points in a limited time. In single player you control two chefs and switch between them. There are no online multiplayer modes in the original game.

Ghost Town Games was founded by Phil Duncan and Oli De-Vine, who had worked at Frontier Developments for around eight years, and Overcooked was their first game. The kitchen setting came from Duncan's past work as a barman and waiter. They took the game to festivals and conventions for feedback, and the feedback moved the focus from recipes to level design. Team17 announced in May 2016 that it would publish the game.

Overcooked got generally positive reviews, with praise for the dynamics of co-op play. It was nominated for four awards at the 13th British Academy Games Awards and won two, Best British Game and Best Family Game. A sequel, Overcooked 2, came out in August 2018, and a remastered bundle of both games, Overcooked! All You Can Eat, launched in November 2020.

Official trailer

Overcooked Launch Trailer, XBOX. Watch on YouTube

Gameplay

Overcooked Gameplay No Commentary - Xbox One Gameplay Level 1 1, URBAN GAMEPLAY. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Simulation

Developer

Ghost Town Games

Publisher

Team17

Engine

Unity

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

4

Online multiplayer

No

Release dates

Editions

Buy this game

Subscription history

Achievements

Achievements11 (1,000G)

1000G possibleYes

Total

11

Gamerscore

1000

100% time

8 to 10 hours

Difficulty

4 out of 10

Playthroughs for 1000G

1

Playthroughs for 100%

1

1000G without online

Yes

Online trophies

0

Boosting needed

No

Local co-op is enough

Yes

Online note

Every achievement is offline. Only the host earns All the Trimmings and Hero of Thyme in co-op.

DLC has trophies

No

1000G includes DLC

No

100% includes DLC

No

DLC comes in

Gourmet Edition (The Lost Morsel)

DLC still for sale

Yes

DLC note

The two content packs add no achievements. The Lost Morsel is US$4.99 and Festive Seasoning free on the Xbox store.

Missable trophies

0

Chapter select fixes a miss

Yes

Separate trophy lists by region

No

Only in a language other than English

No

Online-only version

No

Digital-only

No

Disc-only

No

Trophy list shared with other versions

No

Other versions

Overcooked! All You Can Eat on Xbox Series X|S has its own list.

Players with 1000G

7.98%

Gamerscore, base game

1000

Gamerscore with DLC

1000

Grind

• Three stars in every kitchen for All the Trimmings

• Lettuce Begin Deliver a recipe to the Great and Terrifying Ever Peckish 1G 97% of players
• All the Trimmings Be awarded three stars in every kitchen 199G 9% of players
• Hero of Thyme Complete Overcooked and save the Onion Kingdom! 150G 11% of players
• Kitchen Nightmares Complete a kitchen in the haunted forest 60G 29% of players
• The Pieces I Ate (sorry) Complete a kitchen on a pirate ship 60G 68% of players
• Out of this world Complete a kitchen in low earth orbit 150G 22% of players
• Chef Flambe Complete a kitchen of the underworld 150G 20% of players
• Best Served Cold Complete a kitchen in the Arctic 60G 43% of players
• Meals on Wheels Complete a kitchen on the road 60G 55% of players
• Does not play well with others Complete a kitchen in versus mode 60G 26% of players
• Overcooked Extinguish a burning kitchen 50G 69% of players

Space and patches

Space needed0.93 GB

DLC

Two content packs came out for the Xbox One version in 2016. Both are still on the Xbox store: The Lost Morsel at US$4.99 and Festive Seasoning free.

Items

Name	Date	Adds	Obtainable today	Price
The Lost Morsel	2016-11-15	Six new campaign levels in a jungle world, a helicopter on the world map, a jungle theme and six chefs.	Yes	US$4.99
Festive Seasoning	2016-12-06	Eight co-op levels in a Winter Lodge theme, two new dishes (turkey dinner and stew), a reindeer and a snowman chef, a flamethrower, Santa hats and a snowmobile on the world map.	Yes	Free

Playable today

Playable offline todayYes

A local game with no online parts: the campaign, couch co-op, Versus and both content packs all play offline.

Online

Online servers runningNo online features

Plays offlineYes

The original Overcooked has no online multiplayer. Up to four people play on one console.

Services

Service	Status
Online multiplayer	Does not exist

Reception

Aggregates

Outlet	Platform	Score	Scale	Reviews
Metacritic	Xbox One	80	100	13

Staff and cast

Staff

Role	Name
Developer	Phil Duncan
Developer	Oliver De-Vine
Producer	Hollie Emery
Art Director	Nicholas Gomersall

Notes for collectors

• In single player you run two chefs and switch between them, or use a control scheme that moves both at once.
• The kitchens include trucks moving at different speeds, an iceberg and a haunted forest, and there is a final boss level.
• Festive Seasoning came out for free on December 6, 2016 on Xbox One and PS4.
• The boxed Gourmet Edition came out in Europe a month earlier than in the US.
• The Xbox One list has 11 achievements worth 1,000 gamerscore, and the first one is worth only 1 point.

Credits

Publisher

Team17

Developer

Ghost Town Games

Released

2016-08-02

Age rating

E (Everyone)

Region

US

Time to beat

about 8 hours

Copies in the shop

• Overcooked (XBOX ONE) CA$25.99