Katy & Bob: Cake Cafe

Short version: 50%

Despite the new theme, the third Katy and Bob game is still the same as ever, only even less challenging. If you like time managers aimed at kids, you may enjoy it, to a degree.

Long version:

Cake Café is an interesting item. At its core, it is the same Cooking Dash clone as its two predecessors. It also borrows heavily from the Cake Mania games, including the theme and some of the cake-baking game mechanics.

Additionally, it is easier than the first two Katy and Bob entries—if you can believe that.
We do not have a time limit on any of the levels. All we do is bake the same four cakes with the same four frostings and three dressings, with the occasional snack on the side. The customers are incredibly and equally patient, so we do not have to deal with the hurrying types. Even the bonus objectives are nigh impossible to fail.

Maybe Cake Café wants to be a kids' time manager, but some of the repetitiveness contradicts that. Perhaps it is for adults who want something with zero challenge. In the end, it is mostly harmless, if mediocre. At least it is cheap, so, if you enjoyed the Katy and Bob series thus far, you could give it a try.

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Approximate amount of time to 100%: 5,5h+
Estimated achievement difficulty: 3/10
Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1
Has it been in a bundle: No
Is there a good guide available: You don't need a guide
How many people have completed this game at the time I'm writing this review: 19 on Astats

Multiplayer achievements: No
Missable achievements: No
Grinding Achievements: No
DLC-Only achievements: No
Time-gated achievements: No
RNG-achievements: No
Does difficulty affect achievements: No difficulty option
Unobtainable/glitched achievements: No

I wanted to play a time management game where you have to fulfil orders, this is the type of time management game I enjoy the most and since I enjoyed the first 2 titles in the Kate & Bob series, I decided to give this third one a try.

This third one is a little bit harder than the other two in the series because you have achievements to get the expert score on each level. This sounds harder than it was. Mostly because you can go on and come later back to the levels you weren't able to get it the first time. By going back you keep the upgrades you bought and have the artifacts to help out a little bit as well. I was a bit afraid after seeing those achievements for expert.. because of the "developer records" achievements in the 12 labours of Hercules games, but this wasn't bad at all. I only had to replay 1 level, all the others I managed to get the expert record in one try.

Very soon in the game, you'll also get a goal in each level which are also tied to achievements. I always did the goal with the first set of 5 customers to get it out of the way. It seems that the further the level progresses, the fewer customers will be there at once, which makes most of those goals harder, so I would recommend just focus on it at the start of each level.

I really did enjoy the game, it doesn't do anything special or innovative, but it still is so much fun and I love just hunting achievements in this type of time management game. The only negative I can say is that there is a small mini-game, which you will encounter like 5 times or so during your playthrough that sucks and is later on a bit buggy. The good news is, you don't need to play it or doing good in it. You can just ignore it and still will be able to get all the achievements. I've sent a video to the developer and publisher to show that it is buggy, so it might get fixed, but it is already an older game, so I don't expect it fixed anytime soon. If you don't enjoy it, just skip the mini-game :D

I hope there will come more games in the Katy & Bob series since I enjoy this type of time management so much, and it doesn't seem to get as many entries as the type where you have to clear the road.