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Chef is a Restaurant Management game in which you create your own character, acquire supreme cooking skills, customize restaurants, design unique menus, and devise innovative recipes with a realistic editor.

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 73% — of 1,478 reviews
Released: 2020-08-20
Developer: Innervoid Interactive
Publisher: Digital Tribe
Genres: Simulation
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 3.3 hrs
Mean playtime: 7.4 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 82%

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    Windows
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    Windows

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    Why similar: Management 38.1%, Cooking 27.8%, Simulation 26%, 3D 3.8%, Family Friendly 2.3%

  56. #56 Another Brick in The Mall
    64% matchVery Positive83% of 2,421 reviews2020
    Dev: The Quadsphere
    Windows
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Design, build and manage a giant shopping center. Open shops, supermarkets, restaurants, movie theaters, bowling alleys and more. Hire and manage the best staff for the job and milk your customers for all they're worth!

    Why similar: Management 51.7%, Simulation 18%, Capitalism 15.9%, Sandbox 7.6%, Moddable 4.1%

  57. #57 Animal Shelter
    63% matchVery Positive88% of 3,970 reviews2022
    Dev: Games Incubator
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    In Animal Shelter, your main target is to make your four-legged friends happy. Pet them, hand out treats, play with toys - and they will pay you back with great trust. Get to know the animals well enough to find them the best home! Don't wait any longer, open your animal shelter now!

    Why similar: Management 45.8%, Simulation 25.3%, Family Friendly 14.4%, Relaxing 7.7%, Indie 3.5%

  58. #58 My Universe - Cooking Star Restaurant
    65% matchMixed60% of 50 reviews2020
    Dev: Old Skull GamesPub: Microids
    Windows · Mac

    Enter the world of elite gastronomy and manage your own restaurant from A to Z: hospitality, cooking, waitering, you do it all! Learn from the best chefs in the world, prepare the most delicious meals to make your customers happy and become a true cooking star.

    Why similar: Cooking 50.9%, Management 27.2%, Simulation 17.9%, Family Friendly 2%, 3D 1.2%

  59. #59 Brewmaster: Beer Brewing Simulator
    64% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,203 reviews2022
    Dev: Auroch DigitalPub: Fireshine Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Brew your perfect beer in this relaxing home brewing sim. Use a realistic chemistry simulation to brew hoppy IPAs to creamy stouts. Customise your brewing space, create recipes and label your beer, unlock new equipment and enter competitions. Learn to brew, refine your craft and become a Brewmaster!

    Why similar: Cooking 31.4%, Management 29.7%, Simulation 15.1%, Sandbox 11.9%, Relaxing 5.9%

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