Quick answer: Both Overcooked games plus every expansion, rebuilt and bundled together. 200+ levels, 80+ chefs, online added to the first game, cross-play across everything, and an assist mode. Critics loved it: 88 on OpenCritic with 92% recommending, and 87 on Switch. Players are cooler at 70% on Steam, almost entirely because owners of the originals felt they were paying twice. List price is $39.99 and it drops to about $12. If you have never played Overcooked, buy this one and nothing else.
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Overcooked is a game about four people in a kitchen shouting at each other. One chops, one fries, one plates, one washes up, and the moment anyone stops talking the whole thing falls apart. It is the best argument-generator in co-op gaming, and the developers know it. When Ghost Town Games announced their next project in 2026, co-director Oli De-Vine described it as the apology: "Overcooked broke you apart and Stage Fright is there to put you back together."
All You Can Eat is the version to own. One purchase, both games, every expansion, rebuilt from scratch.
What is actually in the box
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| Included | What it adds |
|---|---|
| Overcooked (2016) | Rebuilt in the second game's engine, and given online play for the first time |
| Overcooked 2 (2018) | The stronger of the two, with throwing and better level design |
| Every paid expansion | Campfire Cook-Off, Night of the Hangry Horde, Carnival of Chaos, Surf 'n' Turf and the rest |
| Every free seasonal update | Chinese New Year, Winter Wonderland and the Survival mode that came with them |
| The Peckish Rises | Exclusive to this version. Seven spooky kitchens and three chefs: Axolotl, Unbread and Everpeckish |
| Totals | 200+ levels, 22 of them new. 80+ chefs, 3 of them new. 4K at 60fps, or 30fps on Switch |
Two changes matter more than the level count. Cross-play works across every platform, so a Switch player and a PC player can cook together. And there is a proper assist mode, with longer or disabled timers and inflated scoring, which finally lets a group with mismatched skill levels play together without one person ruining it.
Critics loved it. Owners were less sure.
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| Measure | Score | Based on |
|---|---|---|
| OpenCritic | 88, "Mighty" | 37 critics, 92% recommend, top 2% of all games |
| Metacritic, Switch | 87 | 8 reviews, every one positive |
| Metacritic, PS5 | 84 | 13 reviews |
| Metacritic users | 7.4 | 197 ratings |
| Steam users | 70% positive | About 1,700 reviews, with recent reviews sliding to Mixed |
That gap has one cause, and it is not the game. Critics were judging a package: two acclaimed games, every expansion, remade, at a fair price. Many Steam reviewers already owned those games and their DLC, and discovered that the remade versions are a separate purchase. Owning Overcooked 2 and all its content gets you nothing here.
Both positions are reasonable. Which one applies to you is simply a question of what is already in your library, which is the same calculation we worked through in our Kamiwaza review.
What the expansions actually change
These are not reskins, which is the main reason the collection holds up. Each one rewrites a rule.
- Campfire Cook-Off swaps knives for axes and makes you chop firewood to keep the heat going, while some levels strap ingredient-carrying backpacks to your chefs permanently
- Night of the Hangry Horde is the best of them. It adds a survival mode where Unbread zombies attack multiple delivery windows, and you spend your earnings boarding them up. Main levels bring coal furnaces and a guillotine that chops instantly
- Carnival of Chaos adds a cannon that fires one chef across the map while another presses the button, plus combo meals needing drinks and condiment machines
- Surf 'n' Turf usually removes the sink entirely. You clean plates and put out fires with a water gun, and keep kebab fires alive with bellows
- The Peckish Rises, exclusive here, is seven hard spooky kitchens with shifting layouts and rats that steal your ingredients. Do not start here
Taken together the expansion content roughly doubles the base game. It also skews hard, so a new player who dives straight into the DLC list will have a miserable time. Work through both campaigns first.
Where the series is now
Plenty has happened since this collection launched, and most of it changes where you should buy.
| When | What happened |
|---|---|
| Nov 2020 to Mar 2021 | All You Can Eat on PS5 and Xbox Series, then Switch, PS4, Xbox One and PC on 23 March 2021 |
| Aug 2021 | Free Birthday Party update: five more kitchens, a chef and a recipe |
| 6 Nov 2025 | Overcooked! 2 – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition, $29.99, or $9.99 to upgrade from the Switch version. Keeps your DLC, transfers progress, plays with Switch 1 owners |
| Nov 2025 | A24 and Netflix announced an Overcooked reality competition series, with Ghost Town's founders executive producing |
| 5 Mar 2026 | All You Can Eat arrived on Netflix Games cloud streaming, with exclusive Stranger Things and KPop Demon Hunters chefs. Streams on smart TVs and browsers, no download |
| Aug 2026 | The franchise passed 100 million players on its tenth anniversary |
| Spring 2027 | Stage Fright, Ghost Town's first non-Overcooked game, a two-player escape-room adventure published by Hello Games for Switch, Switch 2 and Steam |
Worth sitting with that last row for a second. Ghost Town Games is three people in Cambridge. They made a BAFTA-winning series that has now been played by a hundred million people, and they spent five years on the follow-up. Set that against the studio closures in our Saints Row review and the pattern we keep running into in why big budget games stopped being fun.
The honest downsides
Solo play is still the weak point. You swap between two chefs with a button press and the difficulty drops to compensate, and it works, but this is a game built for people shouting in the same room. Push Square listed playing alone as a con and that has not changed.
The two games do not feel identical even after the remake. The first was rebuilt in the second's engine but still lacks food throwing, and reviewers noted small mechanical inconsistencies between them.
And if you own the originals with their DLC, the genuinely new material is seven kitchens and three chefs. That is the entire case against, and for a lot of people it is decisive.
Buy, wait or skip
| You are | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|
| New to Overcooked | Buy this, not the originals | Everything in one purchase, better looking, with online on both games |
| You own both games and the DLC | Skip unless it's cheap | Seven new kitchens and three chefs. Fine at $12, not at $40 |
| On Switch 2 | Compare carefully | The Switch 2 Edition of Overcooked 2 is a different, newer product. This collection has more content, that one is better optimised |
| A Netflix subscriber with a smart TV | Try it free first | Streaming since March 2026 at no extra cost, with crossover chefs you cannot get elsewhere |
| Playing alone | Think twice | Entirely playable, but you are buying a party game without the party |
| Playing with mismatched skill levels | Buy | The assist mode added here is the reason this version works for families |
Where to get it
List price is $39.99 on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch. It discounts hard and often, down to about $12 on Steam and lower through key resellers. The Switch download is roughly 10 GB.
Two things to check before buying. It has appeared on PlayStation Plus, so look in your library. And if you have Netflix, it is on their cloud gaming service as of March 2026 at no extra cost, which is the cheapest possible way to find out whether your household enjoys it.
Verdict
The best couch co-op purchase on any console, if you don't already own it twice. Two excellent games, every expansion, rebuilt, with online added to the first and cross-play across all of it. The expansions genuinely change the rules rather than reskinning levels, and the assist mode makes it work for mixed groups. The only real objection is the one Steam reviewers raised: existing owners pay again for seven new kitchens. Assessed against the current build across all platforms.
Frequently asked questions
Does it include everything from both games?
Yes. Both Overcooked games, every paid expansion and every free seasonal update, remade. More than 200 levels and over 80 chefs, plus the exclusive Peckish Rises campaign.
Should I buy it if I already own Overcooked 1 and 2?
Only on sale. The remade versions are a separate purchase and your existing DLC does not carry over. What is genuinely new is seven kitchens, three chefs, online play in the first game and the assist mode.
Why do players rate it lower than critics?
Critics scored the package at 88 on OpenCritic. Steam sits at 70%, largely from owners of the originals who expected an upgrade and got a full-price re-release. It is a value complaint, not a quality one.
Is there cross-play?
Yes, across PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Switch. The first Overcooked also gained online play for the first time in this version.
Can I play it solo?
Yes. You swap between two chefs with one button and the difficulty is lowered. It works, but reviewers consistently flag solo as the weakest way to experience it.
Is it on Netflix?
Since 5 March 2026, on Netflix's cloud gaming service via smart TVs and browsers with no download. That version adds Stranger Things and KPop Demon Hunters chefs not available elsewhere.
Is there an Overcooked 3?
Not announced. Overcooked 2 got a Nintendo Switch 2 Edition on 6 November 2025, and Ghost Town Games' next project is Stage Fright, a two-player escape-room adventure due Spring 2027 from publisher Hello Games.
Where to go next
- Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed, another game best played with someone on the sofa
- Live by the Sword: Tactics, and what happens when local co-op is the only co-op left
- Kamiwaza: Way of the Thief, another re-release judged mostly on its price
- Hotline Miami Collection, a two-game bundle done right
- Saints Row, and why a three-person studio outlasted a three-hundred-person one
- Why small teams keep making the games people actually finish
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