Steam Cooking Fest Is Here: The Best Cooking Game Deals in Türkiye, Including PlateUp! for $1.04
Steam's Cooking Fest for cooking and restaurant games runs until October 19. We list PlateUp!, Chef Life, Venba and Overcooked! 2 with the MENA prices seen in Türkiye and their Turkish support.
What is Cooking Fest?
Cooking Fest is one of Steam's themed festivals held throughout the year. Unlike major seasonal sales such as the Summer or Winter Sale, these events focus only on games that fit a specific theme, and developers decide for themselves whether to participate with a discount. That means some of the deals are genuinely excellent, while others are fairly ordinary.
The festival runs until October 19. We previously covered Steam's remaining sales and festivals for the rest of the year in a separate article.
An important note about prices
Steam accounts in Türkiye see regional MENA pricing rather than U.S. pricing. These prices are generally lower than those in the United States. So the discounted prices you see on English-language websites may not match what appears in your own store. The prices below are the ones we saw on Steam for the Türkiye region; since prices can change, we recommend checking Steam again before buying.
Highlighted deals
| Game | Regular price | Sale price | Discount | Turkish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PlateUp! | $10.49 | $1.04 | 90% | Yes (interface) |
| Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator | $14.99 | $1.49 | 90% | No |
| Venba | $7.99 | $1.99 | 75% | No |
| Overcooked! 2 | $12.49 | $3.12 | 75% | No |
PlateUp!
This may be the best deal of the festival. You can build and run a restaurant either with friends or on your own, redesigning your kitchen at the end of each day. It combines the usual frantic cooking-game formula with a structure that starts you on a different layout each time; as you progress, you can even turn your kitchen into a factory full of automated machines. More than 12,000 English-language Steam reviews are 96% positive, and the game includes a Turkish interface. It supports up to four players online or locally on the same screen. At around one dollar, it is hard to beat as a game to play with a group of friends.
Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator
A more detailed and relaxed simulation in which you build your own restaurant and prepare dishes step by step. You choose the menu, select suppliers, organize the kitchen, and eventually chase a Michelin star. English-language reviews are 81% positive. There is no Turkish support, but the English is fairly simple and much of the game is visual. At around a dollar and a half, it is an easy one to try.
Venba
The most distinctive game in the festival. Set in the 1980s, it tells the story of an Indian mother who immigrates to Canada with her family, using cooking puzzles in which you restore missing steps from a worn family recipe book. It can be finished in an hour or two; short, but memorable in the way it handles family, migration, and loss. English-language reviews are 95% positive. There is no Turkish support, and because the game is story-driven, you will need some English. One extra note: its own discount runs until October 26.
Overcooked! 2
One of the first names that comes to mind when people think of multiplayer cooking games. Up to four players race to complete orders in increasingly chaotic kitchens that change from level to level — the kind of game that can seriously test a friendship. Around 14,600 English-language reviews are 93% positive. There is no Turkish support, but you barely need to know the language to play.
Bonus: a sushi restaurant outside the festival
It is not part of Cooking Fest, but if you are looking for a food-themed game, Dave the Diver is difficult to ignore. As part of the Triple-i sale for independent games, it is 50% off at $6.49 until 8:00 PM Türkiye time on October 15. During the day, you dive into the ocean to catch fish; at night, you use that catch to run a sushi restaurant. More than 51,000 English-language reviews are 96% positive, and the game includes Turkish interface and subtitle support. Since this discount ends before the festival does, you will need to act sooner if you are interested.
Before you buy: is this price actually good?
A 90% discount looks huge, but it is difficult to call something an unmissable deal without knowing whether the game has previously dropped to the same price — or even lower. The easiest way to check is SteamDB: on a game's page, you can view its MENA price history and historical low. We explained how to do that step by step in our SteamDB guide.
One more thing to keep in mind: it would not be surprising to see some of these games discounted again during December's Winter Sale. But several of the prices above are already close to one dollar, so there may not be much to gain by waiting.
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