Selera Nusantara: Chef Story
74
Quality Score
Strong
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Selera Nusantara: Chef Story is an Android app from Gambir Game Studio, currently rated 4.4★ across 77,502 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 74: Strong (healthy traction). For an app like this, that means healthy traction. The full BU Investment Matrix below scores 8 dimensions including monetisation, growth, and operational risk.
Track changes month-over-month in the Performance section below: live snapshot history and revenue forecast included.
💰 Monthly revenue · now vs forecast
● Right now
$5.0K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$5.2K – $10.8K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$6.4K – $19.2K
per month
MID tier
💡 Grow this revenue
Free AI audit of this app’s store listing
- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
- Screenshots, ratings, reviews strategy
Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
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Rating
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Reviews
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Forecast Revenue / mo
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Snapshots tracked
0
since first record
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$90K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $70K – $120K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
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Pays back in ~3.4y at current MRR
Synthetic estimate. Inputs: category complexity, file size, screen count, monetization layer, platform reach, age × team-size proxy. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-agency rate surveys. Full math + source list on /methodology.
Where the money goes
| 🧱 MVP baseline (design + 1-store ship) | +$28K |
| 📱 5 unique screens × $4.5K | +$22K |
| 💎 In-app purchase plumbing | +$9K |
| 🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android) | +$32K |
Total estimate
$90K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$75K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $50K – $75K · 30× MRR multiple
💸
~0.8× build cost (under-water)
Synthetic estimate. Multiple band derived from iap / freemium model + age, rating quality, category demand, and user-base maturity. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-app-marketplace closed-deal medians. Full math + comparable deal list on /methodology.
How the multiple was built
| 💎 IAP / freemium model base | 28× MRR |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
Final multiple
30× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
11.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
1.7M
Daily active
340K
Synthetic estimate from ratings × category benchmarks. Calibrated against 2024-2026 mobile-attribution retention + DAU/MAU reports. Numbers are US-storefront-equivalent — true global audience can be 5-10× larger for international apps. Full math + source list on /methodology.
How we sized it
| 📲 category engagement | ~150 installs / rating |
| 🔁 category D30 retention | 15% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU
20% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$5.0K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$4.7K – $7.9K
12 months
$5.2K – $10.8K
24 months
$6.4K – $19.2K
Compound growth at +4.0% MoM (tier baseline for MID). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±25% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
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BU Investment Matrix
Building · 59/100MID TIERcompetitive build-outGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.6
Product Quality
8.9
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
5.0
Defensibility
8.7
Market Position
0.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.43★ across 77,502 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Low — no material risk signals detected.
🎯 For competitors: Strong subscription moat. Hard to outcompete on retention. Better angle: free alternative with one-time purchase, or feature parity for an underserved sub-niche.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $90K-$160K.
Composite of 8 dimensions computed deterministically from public signals — no LLM, every score traces back to a measurable input. Default weights shown; "compete" / "acquire" / "invest" lenses re-weight without re-fetching.
Range:
💰 Forecast Revenue / mo
MODELRevenue forecast computed from BU's 234 trigger model on each snapshot. Calibrated against ground-truth from 58 verified-revenue apps.
🔬Forecast Breakdown — Why This Estimate?Top 5 of 5 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Mid install base (77,502 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| Good rating (4.4★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Established app (4y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 |
METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)
📈 Reviews Growth
LIVECumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.
⭐ Rating Trend
LIVEAverage rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Selera Nusantara: Chef Story
- Developer
- Gambir Game Studio
- Bundle ID
- com.gambirstudio.makanan
- App Store URL
- Not found
- Category
- Not found
- Content rating
- Not found
- Languages
- Not found
Company
- Website
- gambirstudio.com
- Tagline
- Not found
- Description
- Not found
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Not found
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- $218/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Not found
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- $0.49 - $3.49 per item
Founder
Founder data not yet collected for this app.
Funding
Funding data not yet collected for this app.
Press & Links
Press & Links data not yet collected for this app.
Contacts & Socials
Contacts & Socials data not yet collected for this app.
📈Ratings growth77,502 ratings+74% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (3 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
Profile is built from iTunes Lookup + developer site scrape + ML revenue model. Empty fields show "Not found" — additional sources (Crunchbase, X, IndieHackers, Acquire.com) coming.
📝 About this app
Help Siska in her journey to be a MASTER CHEF in Selera Nusantara, the award-winning cooking game. Simply tap away and enjoy the fun and fast-paced gameplay in this chef simulator.
Explore the rich tapestry of authentic Indonesian food in this game. Pecel Lele, Nasi Goreng, Sate Ayam & Kambing, Mi Rebus, Mie Goreng, Bakso, Mie Ayam, Bubur, Ketupat, Martabak, Seblak, and so much more. New menu items to come!
Follow the story of the young chef Siska as she reaches for her dream, taste the sweetness of romance, and the spice of competition with other chefs.… View full description on the official store →
Explore the rich tapestry of authentic Indonesian food in this game. Pecel Lele, Nasi Goreng, Sate Ayam & Kambing, Mi Rebus, Mie Goreng, Bakso, Mie Ayam, Bubur, Ketupat, Martabak, Seblak, and so much more. New menu items to come!
Follow the story of the young chef Siska as she reaches for her dream, taste the sweetness of romance, and the spice of competition with other chefs.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →🔖 v1.35.6🔄 updated 0d ago💰 Free📺 Ad-supported💎 IAP $0.49 - $3.49 per item
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
2 EVENTS TRACKEDDetected changes in this app over its tracked lifetime — each event links cause (what changed) to effect (what moved). Sorted newest first.See full history →Version history →
2026-07
📸
Replaced 1 store screenshot
2026-05
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First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: reviews +447 high confidence
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Store Page History
1 SCREENSHOT CHANGEEvery time a developer swaps a store screenshot we archive both versions. Compare side-by-side to see what messaging / visuals changed.
iPhone screenshots
Slot 1
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-09
2026-07-13
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Selera Nusantara: Chef Story: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
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About this analysis
Why high confidence: 77,502 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
3 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Selera Nusantara make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Selera Nusantara earns approximately $2.2K/mo. This is a US-storefront-equivalent estimate; global revenue can be several times larger for internationally-distributed apps. See the methodology page for the full formula and confidence bands.
Who makes Selera Nusantara?▴
Selera Nusantara is published by Gambir Game Studio on the Google Play Store. See the full publisher portfolio (other apps by the same developer) via the More by developer block on the product page above.
What is Selera Nusantara's BU Score?▴
Selera Nusantara has a BU Score of 74/100 (Strong). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.