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Sugar Shack
Developer MadLife Divertissement
Grab some friends, fire up the boiler, and let the syrup flow! Build the world around your cabin as you fulfill orders of hungry villagers with endless sweet tooths. There's never a dull moment in this cozy forest inspired by Quebec lore and art! From the Steam store page
200 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Sep 29, 2026 · last updated Oct 7, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
68
Fresh
130 positive · 62 negative
95% range 61–74%
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| Steam reviews | 130 | 62 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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8 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Mixed
212 of 321 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Mixed but leaning positive; bugs and design flaws divide players.
Many players praise the cozy atmosphere, charming art, and addictive management gameplay, comparing it to Stardew Valley and Overcooked. However, a significant number report game-breaking bugs, clunky controls (especially carrying one item at a time), and a lack of content. [1][2][4][5][6][8][9][10][12][13][14][15][16][17][19][20][21][23][24][26][27][28][29][30][31][33][34][35][36]
Some players note that the developers are actively fixing bugs, but others warn of abandoned updates and corrupted saves. The game is recommended on sale or for those who enjoy cozy sims and can tolerate early-access-level issues. [9][14][20][28][30][32][34]
Praised cozy atmosphere · charming art · addictive management gameplay · active developers
Criticised game-breaking bugs · clunky controls (single-item carry) · lack of content · corrupted saves
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Reactions
60 of 200 · most liked firstWishing you all a great weekend! ✨ I'm going to the Sugar Shack tomorrow 😋🍁 📷: @bahamutnight.bsky.social #claireredfield #residentevil #cosplay
unlabelledView post →I don't like when I read reviews on a (new) game and seeing they only have less than 30 mins to 1 hour played. In my opinion, that's not enough time to even play the game and figure it out and give it a chance. Does the game have some slight bugs/issues, yes. It's new and it hasn't had a chance to thrive yet to see how where things need tweaking. (If you're in co-op and you don't see an item that someone else does, just pick it up and place it back down and it will re-appear) Does it like to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I thought it was funny reading positive reviews saying people only paid for 10 minutes. Me and my partner tried to play, repeatedly for 2 entire hours. The game freezes, lags, bugs out, etc. The inventory system is unpolished, carrying items, etc is incredibly frustrating. I love the concept of owning/growing things for your own store, but this game was not ready to be released. I tried my best to love it but I just couldn't. With a lot of love this game could be something great.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As cute as Sugar Shack could be, and as interested as I was in the world tile placement, I rage quit and returned this game within 45 minutes because you can only carry one thing at a time. The premise is that you signed a contract with the Devil and now have to rehabilitate a broken-down maple syrup tavern in Canada or purgatory or something. There are loads of interesting world customization options plus a restaurant to run, and everything about this would be perfect for me if you had a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is Stardew Valley mixed with Overcooked mixed with Traveler's Rest... yet it fails at all three! I was looking forward to a chill, cozy game until I realized that there's no inventory. You have to carry everything 1 by 1! For the restaurant management, there's no strategy on items to sell. The day cycle is so short, yet you're not incentivized to prepare anything for the next day. I never felt like I was accomplishing anything! Finally, the tutorial is lacking. It took me way…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game has great potential and it's tons of fun when it works, but sadly I cannot recommend it in its current state due to the sheer amount of bugs, and while the majority of them are goofy and harmless, the world I was playing on with my girlfriend suddenly started having an issue where as soon as she would join my FPS would be capped to 30, 15, or sometimes even as low as 3 FPS for seemingly no reason (game runs perfectly fine at over a hundred when she's not in the world). It's a shame…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've been playing this game for a little bit now and i gotta say the beginning was very rough. between floating signs and playing where ours chests/ workbench it was pretty bad. but after a few patches things seem to be much better. overall i love the mechanics of building, the characters although creepy have their charm and i love the cooking. this is everything i wanted in a sim game. i'm not trying to romance people or get tired after 4 swings of a hammer. i hope the people that down voted…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →you can't turn motion blur off and it made me feel sick instantly. the controls are bad and clunky combined with the over the top motion blur plus the first character I met literally being called 'the devil' I pretty much quit straight away. the character design is pretty bad the customisation limited and generally unappealing and the animation is really quite bad too thank god i didn't pay full price.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is fun when it works After 44 days of gameplay, the game crashed during a save sequence. The game is now crashing when loading this save. Those 44 days took way more then they should have, had to restart many time because of either crashes or game breaking bugs. Asked for Developper help 30 days before getting an answer which was disappointing to say the least: We are not currently working on the game and will try to resolve the situation ASAP. Game is also unoptimized in some way: it…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is cozy and cute; you run a little restaurant but I didn't enjoy the story line. You can cook, forage, farm, and care for some animals later in the game but it feels like either a beta or early release game, there are a lot of bugs that makes the game frustrating to play and sometimes the goal of the quests was not clear.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Abandonware. Time wasting. Don't buy.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I do love this game, but you run out of content that leaves you wishing there was more to the game. The biggest issue for me is I wish that there wasn't a limited amount of world tiles, the game abruptly ends because you cant expand your world anymore. This limits how many resources you can get from things like Cows thus making milk recipes useless as i only get a couple milk every single day. The devs need to allow much larger expanding of the world, and buying of specific tiles such as more…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a cute game and really fun. There's nothing listed about planned updates and it's a little on the pricey side for full price so I would only suggest while it's on sale unless they add a roadmap or something about planned updates. Also pretty buggy, my friends and I didn't get the cow tile from the fair event or the cellar key after the lumberjack/canoe quest. There's no other way to get the cellar key so it's pretty game breaking at it's at the end of the game so there's nothing you can do…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game in its current state is honestly unplayable. Impossible to interact with NPCs and objects 60% of the time. Because of this, beginner/tutorial quests are taking longer than one game day, which also seems to be causing freezing issues. Pretty unfortunate, I bet this will be cool once it's actually... finished. I didn't take the negative reviews seriously, but I should've. If you're thinking of buying this, wait a month or two and see how many patches they can put out first. Had to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am a French Canadian and I really like the vibe of this game, but I can't recommend it since I encountered a bug that make the game unplayable for me after 16 Days (in-game). This game is out of early access, there should not be game breaking bugs anymore! I got a bug that my harbour stalls are stuck in the lighthouse and I can't use them anymore. I tried to restart my game, change the harbour tile placement, repair my game files Nothing work! The review will stay negative as long as the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sugar Shack is a "cooking" game with mainly your restaurant and farming/woodcutting in focus. This game has not been play-tested, otherwise everyone would tell that only being able to pick up 1 item at a time is a terrible ordeal. I cannot recommend this game for what it gives us. It's a Stardew Valley knockoff with a cafe inside your home, but Sugar Shack unfortunately does everything worse. 3.5/10 - I got this through Humble Bundle, but paying 20€ for this is a terrible deal. Anything above…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've played for 5 hours and this game just gets worst every time I play it. I love the genre but when you make the game difficult just for the sake of being difficult then it becomes frustrating instead of fun. You don't have any type of inventory/backpack so you must carry everything 1 at a time, so you have to fill up the wood piles 1 log at a time, lets not forget the box you can use to carry 3 of 3 items (idea wise this may have been a good one but the execution failed) There are truly…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game doesn't run smoothly and the storage system is clunky, same with the controls on both keyboard/mouse and controller. Fun concept but would only recommend on sale. As a fellow Canadian, I must continue on tho >.> the maple gods demand it...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game just freezes can’t even play makes my fan go crazy on the steam deck… I like the concept of the game too
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is definitely a cosy little resource management game. Visually it's very cute and the game mechanics aren't bad. However be prepared for a whole heap of glitches Ranging from the mildly annoying (not being able to pick up/put down items) to the infuriating (not being able to complete quests). Hopefully the developers will address these issues quickly as they can make game play almost impossible in some cases. I could see this being expanded on with DLC and becoming quite a large game if…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Recommend if you are tired of cozy games and need a little bit of business management and chaos. It is a fun game alone, but I can definitely see there being challenges later in the future the more you play. I would 100% recommend you play this with your group of friends. It's like any farming sim but mash it with overcooked. It's chaotic, you have no pockets and you WILL forget the drop and throw button.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A cozy game that's something of a farming/restaurant sim. You can play it slow-placed (e.g. in single-player: leave the restaurant closed for a day and collect resources; next day, open the restaurant). You can also prep a lot of dishes for serving later. When it first launched, it was kinda buggy, but most the major bugs have been fixed as far as I am aware. I was able to complete the game in multiplayer with 1 friend. I would recommend buying this game on sale.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Satan kicks you out of a plane and forces you to make maple syrup. 66/6
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Plodding in the worst way possible. Inventory does not exist; you can only hold one item at a time and have to rely on a carryable basket to get anything done efficiently. Speaking of efficient, nothing in this game is efficient. Crafting anything requires a metric ton of items that take forever to chop or mine, cooking is incredibly slow, there are far too many steps for basic tasks at the start of the game, and to top it off, the in-game clock is already strict on what can be done at what…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it was fun at first but then it got grindy but not in a fun way. the progression is very cookie cutter and because resources are so scarce, it's a long arduous process. you can't really afford to skip serving food so if you don't have someone to help you do chores while you run the restaurant, you get screwed because you can't make enough money to buy more materials or upgrade your equipment. the recipe spawns are also random so we spent a few days stuck because we needed a specific equipment…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game unfortunately still feels like a game in early beta access. The controls don't feel comfortable, there are typos, the game play itself wasn't fun to me. The 3D world feels like it detracts from the game. There are no character portraits, and more often than not an NPC is talking to you while facing away from the camera/the direction your character is facing towards. Your character moves fairly slowly and most of my time was spent running large distances between various buildings. You…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DO NOT BUY!!! It seems the hotfixes have fixed nothing. I was loving the game so much I played almost 4 hours in a row. I logged out for dinner, when I planned to play a bit more before bed my whole save was messed up. Crafting table keeps changing places, all stalls and shops have dissapeared, I'm unable to plant, craft, learn new recipes and continue the story as the ghost wants a blueberry muffin and all my flour has vanished and I can't buy more, or alternatively plant the crop and get…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Rewriting after finishing my solo experience. I still give it a good enough, so imagine this is a neutral but slightly positive; a 6/10, I suppose. I'd say it's worth the money on a sale or if you really enjoy these types of games and want to see more from the devs. I originally said this was a management sim married with a decoration sim; that's not entirely wrong but also not particularly true. The decoration aspect is, well, random. Everyday the shop rotates three different items for…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cute art style, cozy vibe game for relaxing. I would recommend this game to people who are willing to wait out on bug fixes since they have just released the game and there are a lot of bugs that still need to be patched. Because of some bugs, you won't be able to progress through the game. However, the dev teams are very active and interactive with the community and are willing to help out or fix any problems.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you're looking for a sweet treat, Sugar Shack should fulfill that craving. The game offers a cozy atmosphere perfect for relaxing while sipping your favorite hot beverage. Part of its gameplay reminds me of a Overcooked, but less stressful. The art style and graphics are charming and use a pleasing miniature effect that gives the impression of living inside a miniature Christmas village. A perfect game to enjoy some Winter goodness in advance!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game appears to be fun and cozy but isn't any of that at all. Purely frustrating with too much too do and too little time and janky ass controls :/
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun concept and game play. But the game has so many game-breaking bugs. Its hard to enjoy a game when at any moment the shops might clip into each other, or you get stuck or all the stuff get teleported around the map randomly. The developers have done many fixes but they really shouldn't of released the game until all these major glitches were already fixed.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Despite being super buggy (due to the games recent release), I have very much enjoyed role-playing as a Canadian. Although saddened by the lack of toques in my shop thus far, the games drip is unparalleled (I am very cool and a trustworthy source when it comes to swag). This game is super enjoyable (the visitors are holding me hostage in my sugar shack send help), highly recommend ♥
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice game and very addictive as management/production games should be. If you liked Stardew Valley and such, you will probably love this one too. This is a from a brand new studio from Quebec, Canada and they're full of potential, give them a try. Lets go mon chum!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Buggy, clunky, weird UI, strange and restrictive gameplay choices when it comes to the story telling/tutorial/post-tutorial. Lacking any sort of worthwhile customization. Controls are wonky. Game looks cute though, good job art team. Felt like an alpha/beta or barely a demo and wasn't fun or catching enough to make want to explore where this game is going. Feels like 80 hours in unity and an early release. No pun intended but game needs more time to cook in my opinion.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unfortunately I can't recommend the game for Co-op play. There are too many desync bugs, things like the key for underground mining not being offered. NPC's disappearing. Very disappointing.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I found it too repetitive, got boring real quick.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →menu runs fine can start a new game and change settings crashes when starting new game 100% of the time
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Huge fan of this game, co op is a blast and getting your own little factory going is pretty rewarding. Lots of quests to stay engaged as well
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is cosy and cute! I love playing this game. The building mechanic is easy, the progression makes it fun, and I find it easy to get lost playing this game for chunks of time. There were minor bugs when I first started playing but the team has released updates to resolve any major game breaking issues. Overall, I think this game is worth it - especially if you like relaxed and cosy gaming.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honnestly.... I don't understand that the reviews are mostly negative. It's a perfect match between Animal Crossing and Overcooked perfect for multiplayer. I love the fact that you choose how the little village look like, how you decide what to do in your day, harvest, cook, build, etc... Sure they can fix a little thing (but it don't make it unplayable and just funny little bugs) and there's thing I could love to see in that game BUT it's a one of a kind and I sincerely miss it since I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →...Sugar Shack is turning into a wonderful game. I absolutely love it. 2 weeks after release the game plays like a charm. I purchased the game on day 1 & there were a few things to be be addressed early on. But the devs have been on the ball 24/7. A big and honest thumbs up there., brilliant. The game is full of charm & creativity. There are always things to do..... cook, upgrade, farm, chat, missions to do etc. 28hrs in and it's still very fresh with very rewarding game play. I haven't…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →เกมนี้ดีมากๆ ท้ังกราฟฟิกและความสนุกที่ได้ แต่บัคเยอะมากๆยังไม่แนะนำให้ซื้อมาเล่นตอนนี้ คนไหนเห็นรีวิวนี้ก็เก็บไปพิจารณาด้วยครับ This game is really good, in terms of graphics and in how fun it is. But there are a lot of bugs. I still don't recommend buying it to play right now. Anyone who sees this review should take it into consideration as well.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You go at your own rhythm, and there is no penalty if you, for instance, skip a day of cooking to work on your land instead. The theme is Québec folklore (and diabetes-inducing food, oooooh yeah!) and it just pulls at my heartstrings. The progress pace is satisfying. The music is swell. It's a stress-free game, with a customisable map to suit your preference, style, or needs, and it saves when the day is over so it's easy to pop in and pop out for just a bit, if you can resist the urge to play…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm glad the game gave poor Sugar Shack a tasteful sprawl on the pavement after being punched out by the protagonist. All she was doing was threatening to shoot him with the Gun2! Is that a crime, I ask
unlabelledView post →If you're looking for a hidden gem, you've just found yourself a diamond. Sugar shack is filled to the brim with surprises and other marvels that you wouldn't expect from a little indie game. There's crafting, restaurant management, decorating and cooking with the delights of gathering and constructing your own ingredients. You'll even find yourself gawking at the silly physics as you gather or maybe even enthralled by the snow creating desire paths for you during your daily routines. You have…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game has a very cute vibe and I loved the art style. I wanted to keep playing, but the tediousness got to me after a couple of hours. It has some serious quality of life issues: Foraging is a chore without an inventory. Instead you have to use a basket you need to pick up and put down all the time. Your character can only carry one item in their hands. I had no idea how to craft either, maybe I didn't get far enough in but some mechanics are poorly explained and translations aren't the best.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Now That things have been fixed I shall review, When I first started playing there were some big game breaking bugs that the Devs fixed rather quickly for the issues I was having. Great game and now that it seems to working smoothly i recommend it for sure. Relaxing and fun to play. I've not tired multiplayer yet but I bet it would be interesting.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I look forward to revisiting this title when it's more like a game and less like a well crafted demo. It has a cute premise, cute art, cute music and the mechanics will be good enough I'm sure. The progression seems a bit wonky though and I found myself wanting to do certain tasks but having to wait ages to do them. Like patch all the holes up in the sugar shack for instance. I don't think that will get fixed and is a core element of the game so I thought to mention it briefly for those who…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Such a shame. Things I like #1 - Great concept #2 - Cute art-style #3 - Hats Things I dislike #1 - Bugs, quite a lot of them at its current state, from tiles with invisible walls, items falling through the world, basket becoming bugged with ghost items etc #2 - Grind nature that makes the game feel more of a chore to do than a relaxing task #3 - LOTS of random crashes to the main menu, probably once every 30 minutes #4 - Tasks taking 23 years to complete leaving you with nothing going on for…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →game has great graphics cute and adorable but no good tutorial. dont know what to do or actually very complicated alot of things to do very detailed which is causing me a headache!...sorry not for me
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First and foremost, I got this game as a gift from a friend. So my bias will show that I didn't really spend anything on this game. That said, I think it's charming and fun. It's got problems. Pathing is a bit janky and objectives aren't always well explained. It also suffers the "that's it?" angle. It's not a difficult game to see through to the end, and playing with others will feel like a speed run. You can play it to unlock cosmetics and build up your shack to look nice. But that's sort of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Could use a little work, but overall I am liking the game very much. Personally, I love the grindy-ness of the game. My girlfriend and I are lowkey obsessed. Pros: -Cute Aesthetic -Similar to Stardew Valley, so if you like Stardew you will probably like this game. -Grindy, if you like those sort of games. -I love that we're not only farming, but cooking food, upgrading our house, etc. -Many things to do in the game so you will never be bored. Cons: -Cannot change keybinds, game seems to be…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I play a lot of resource collection/mining/cooking/cozy games and this is quite possibly one of the worst ones I've ever tried. I got this as part of the Cooking Humble Bundle, so only relatively glad I didn't pay for this outright. This game is an exercise in frustration due to the poorly thought out inventory system and inability to stack items. EVERYTHING has to be moved ONE. AT. A. TIME. If I wanted to play a game that is aimed at frustration, I'd play Getting Over It, or Surgeon…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the game isnt well thought out for user interaction. they have a weird inventory system that gives you a basket as a backpack that you have to pick up in your hands and set down whenever you want to move stuff around in it. The cooking time takes too long for no reason and its also not interactive while its cooking on the stove. the first major obstacle I had to face was rebuilding the dining table requiring 5 logs. I can not get the last log to finish the table since the axe I have doesnt chop…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →fun game but need add more content and items
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have mixed feelings about the game play though it has a lot of great aesthetics. The graphics are very fun and the map/world building mechanics in it are very creative and flexible. I was expecting a more casual game and there is a constant press for time management that makes me feel like I am missing out on what I could discover in the game if I was able to take my time. The tutorial was very frustrating but I kept playing because I wanted to see how the game played without the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The lack of a real inventory makes this game play so unnecessarily slow...That's a really poor design choice in my opinion, as nothing hinders progress like a lack of being able to store items on one's character. The aesthetic is so cute, it's a shame I won't be able to play any further. Also I feel this game is poorly optimized as it makes my Ryzen 7 run a bit hot...Dragon Quest Builders 2 doesn't even make my processor spike past 55 degrees C. I got a reading of 70 degrees C after closing the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love this game! It's extremely cute and I haven't encountered any issues that make me want to not play. The only small bug I had encountered was my own fault when I accidentally threw my basket instead of setting it down. It got stuck in the air, but I walked away and after a few minutes it set itself on the ground. I like that I can customize my layout with the hexagons and move them around to make it unique to how I want to play. Super cute and definitely recommend! Especially if you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was very on the fence with this game at first, but I am glad I made the leap and gave it a shot despite the mixed reviews. In short, I think this game is worth your time for the price point. Even better if you can pick it up on a sale. I started playing this game before two major patches were released for it, and pre-patch I can understand a lot of the user complaints. I restarted this game under a new save file to try it out with the quality of life updates and a lot of issues I…
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