Potato Please

Worth buying? What 152 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 152 Steam reviews actually say.

Very Positive · 91%Very Positive · 91%2026

−10%~~$9.99~~$8.99

US Steam price, checked 3 h ago

The verdict

A short (~4-5 hour) incremental about peeling potatoes in a Soviet setting, with charming story and changing mechanics. Skip it if you want long replayable content or dislike physics jank and sack-hauling.

Great for

Players who like short, relaxing incremental games with story flavor and chore-sim satisfaction

Main risk

Short runtime and late-game hauling jank may feel not worth the price

What players love

Engaging story with choices and endings

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“Addictive gameplay + the story is dark and haunting.”
Steam review · 6.6 h played ↗

“the storyline so far is even better! It's not just a game about peeling potatoes”
Steam review · 0.9 h played ↗

“A seemingly jokey game, yet with a serious narrative and 3 endings.”
Steam review · translated · 3.8 h played ↗

Satisfying, relaxing peeling loop

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews

“Relaxing and enjoyable! Great for playing and listening to an auidobook.”
Steam review · 2.4 h played ↗

“A very relaxing game for about 5 hours, I didn't even notice I played 5 hours.”
Steam review · translated · 6 h played ↗

Humor, atmosphere and charm

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“Awesome incremental game with ton of charm.”
Steam review · 5.9 h played ↗

“The contrast of absurdity and harsh wartime spirit keeps being funny.”
Steam review · translated · 5.5 h played ↗

Varied mechanics and good progression

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“constantly changing the incremental nature and doing different stuff rather than grinding exactly the same thing”
Steam review · 4.5 h played ↗

“They really know how to break the gameplay loop when things get a bit too repetitive.”
Steam review · 3.9 h played ↗

“Great game with very good pacing and progression.”
Steam review · 3.9 h played ↗

Good visuals and performance

Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews

“Beautiful graphics, good optimization, interesting gameplay.”
Steam review · translated · 3.1 h played ↗

“it runs amazing with the highest settings!”
Steam review · 7.3 h played ↗

Responsive devs and accessibility

Mentioned in ~1 in 34 positive reviews

“They put in an accessibility option to turn off the shaking.”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗

“the dev released a hotfix within hours”
Steam review · 4.9 h played ↗

What players complain about

Too short for the price

Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews

“Not much to this game for 12 bucks. Took me 5 hours to complete.”
Steam review · 5.7 h played ↗

“Not enough content to warrant the 9 dollar price tag.”
Steam review · 3.5 h played ↗

“400 rubles is too much for this game. Sorry for the money and time spent.”
Steam review · translated · 5 h played ↗

Linear progression, late tools barely used

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews

“The good tools come near the end for about 5 minutes and the game ends.”
Steam review · translated · 4.1 h played ↗

“Progression is linear, there's no choice.”
Steam review · translated · 3.3 h played ↗

Repetitive hauling after peeling is automated

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews

“About an hour in, the game completely abandons its premise of actually peeling potatoes”
Steam review · 3.2 h played ↗

“you mindlessly engage with it for 30 minutes without any real thinking”
Steam review · 3.2 h played ↗

Sack spilling and potato clogging bugs

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews

“If you hand over the sack wrong, half the sack ends up on the floor.”
Steam review · translated · 4.1 h played ↗

“you can't pick up potatoes fast enough for the upgraded machines and the wheelbarrow is a novelty”
Steam review · 3 h played ↗

Story choices don't matter; suspected AI use

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“Story choices affect nothing except the last one after opening the door.”
Steam review · translated · 4.2 h played ↗

Poor tutorial and intrusive events

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“There are way too many random, pain-in-the-ass events.”
Steam review · 1.5 h played ↗

“Hotkeys aren't shown at all and it's unclear what to do.”
Steam review · translated · 0.2 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Unknown

Minimum

OSWindows 10/11 64-bit

ProcessorIntel Core i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 5 2600

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsGeForce GTX 1060 or Radeon RX 580

Storage2 GB available space

Recommended

OSWindows 10/11 64-bit

ProcessorIntel Core i5-10400 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Memory16 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT

Storage4 GB available space

OSWindows 10/11 64-bit

ProcessorIntel Core i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 5 2600

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsGeForce GTX 1060 or Radeon RX 580

Storage2 GB available space

More games to check

Other games we’ve read the reviews for

See all →

−10%

Can 'Em All

Overwhelmingly Positive

+ Addictive, satisfying progression loop

− Repetitive and boring over time

analyzed 3 h ago

Fuck the Ocean

Very Positive · 86%Early verdict

+ Funny writing and silly premise

− Full resets each level undo progress

analyzed 2 h ago

−25%

Feed The Forest

Very Positive · 93%Early verdict

+ Witty satirical story and humor

− Very short with little replayability

analyzed 2 h ago

−20%

Monster Hatcher

Mostly Positive · 77%Early verdict

+ Addictive 'one more' progression

− Grindy, repetitive, no real ending

analyzed 2 h ago

Weekly digest

Fresh games worth a look, in your inbox

The most interesting games we’ve just analyzed, once a week.Once a week we send the most interesting games we’ve just analyzed: the verdict, top pros and cons, and what changed. No spam.

One email a week · unsubscribe in one click