Games Like Baking Bad

We need to cook! You are a drug-designing genius, living a bland existence in a middle-class neighborhood in Utah. You decide you want more out of life, so you buy a beat-up RV, drive it into the desert, and cook drugs. Make immense profits! (Made by one dude, hope you enjoy)

Why similar: Cooking 30%, Sandbox 23.1%, Immersive Sim 20.4%, FPS 17.7%, First-Person 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: This title is the closest thematic match, combining illicit production with business management in a gritty, high-stakes environment.

Kebab Chefs! is a Co-Op, cooking and restaurant management game that can be played up to 4 players. Design your own restaurant. Cook delicious foods, fill your menu with various recipes, feed customers and become the biggest kebab restaurant in town!

Why similar: Cooking 34.6%, Multiplayer 13.3%, Sandbox 9.6%, Immersive Sim 9.1%, Co-op 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the chaotic, multiplayer cooking experience with a focus on restaurant management and high-quality food preparation.

What turns a drug dealer into a drug lord? Find out in DDS2, a first-person co-op sim set in a dynamic open world. Make contacts, cook drugs, and manage your cartel on Isla Sombra, where power is the only law.

Why similar: Crime 40.5%, Open World 19.3%, Sandbox 16.9%, Multiplayer 15%, First-Person 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a massive open-world experience focused on building a criminal empire, mirroring the exploration and management aspects of the seed game.

Have you ever considered creating your own crime empire, without the legal and moral consequences? SIMULATE IT! Crawl into the dark alleys of the street business in this OG drug-dealing game, and make a fortune! A co-op sequel – DDS2 – is out NOW

Why similar: Crime 57.9%, Open World 15.6%, Sandbox 8.7%, Co-op 8.3%, First-Person 6%

Why You'll Like It: The original game provides the foundational experience of underground production and distribution that inspired the seed game's premise.

Renovate, equip and restore the shine of the food truck that belonged to your father. Create recipes, cook the food and serve customers across an entire city. Customize and upgrade your food truck to reach more customers and expand your menu.

Why similar: Cooking 59.1%, Sandbox 19.8%, First-Person 12.4%, Funny 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: It perfectly mirrors the mobile kitchen aspect of the seed game, requiring players to manage a vehicle-based business while cooking for customers.

One-armed cook is a chaotic co-op cooking game for up to 4 people. Work as a team or cook on your own, set your own pace, and don't let the stress of a full restaurant catch up to you. The goofy physics-based aspect of the game gives this cooking game a new twist.

Why similar: Cooking 39%, Multiplayer 20.4%, Co-op 19.4%, Funny 8.7%, Sandbox 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a hilarious and challenging co-op cooking experience where physics-based chaos is the primary obstacle.

A realistic cooking sim where every ingredient reacts with real physics. Master 80+ dishes in Career mode or go wild in Sandbox as you cook, experiment, or cause total kitchen chaos in a fully interactive chef’s playground.

Why similar: Cooking 62.9%, Sandbox 14.4%, Co-op 10.9%, Funny 6.6%, First-Person 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: This is the gold standard for realistic, deep cooking mechanics that serve as the foundation for the seed game's culinary activities.

Get up before dawn and see what it's like to be a baker! Learn to bake several dozen types of bread. Use realistic bakery machines. Deliver orders to stores, earn, and invest. Use original recipes or experiment with ingredients.

Why similar: Cooking 69.7%, First-Person 15.5%, Funny 14.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a detailed look at the baking process, focusing on recipes, economy, and the logistics of running a bakery business.

Buy an abandoned gas station and restore it to its full glory. Renovate, upgrade and expand upon the offered services to keep up with your clients demands.

Why similar: Driving 46%, Open World 26.6%, Funny 14.1%, First-Person 13.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game excels at the roadside business management loop, forcing players to maintain their property while dealing with the demands of travelers.

Dive into a hilarious sandbox BBQ experience with friends! Grill, serve, and manage mayhem as meats soar and sizzle. Craft your grill, cook steaks, and feed everyone before hunger strikes!

Why similar: Cooking 40.1%, Sandbox 14.6%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Funny 10%, Character Customization 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-focused cooking game that emphasizes social chaos and the fun of preparing food in a group setting.

Run a roadside Pizza restaurant with your friends. Play solo or in Co-op with other players. Make pizzas fast and fill orders. Keep your customers happy and get more orders. Improve your restaurant as your income increases.

Why similar: Cooking 39.7%, Co-op 16.8%, Immersive Sim 14.1%, FPS 11%, Multiplayer 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: This life-sim focuses on the realities of roadside cooking and business management, capturing the nomadic feel of the seed game.

Cook and serve your dishes, design and decorate your restaurants, and expand your culinary kingdom with new unlocks, abilities and dishes in procedurally-generated locations. Classic cooking action with permanent roguelite progression. Hire your friends - or do it all yourself!

Why similar: Cooking 55.9%, Co-op 35.4%, Funny 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: It combines restaurant management with roguelite elements and co-op play, emphasizing the pressure of keeping a business running under stress.

Welcome to the world's most chaotic place! Play solo or co-op with up to 6 players. Run a fast-food restaurant, and work with your friends to expand your business. Take orders, make burgers, and increase your earnings by dealing with customers.

Why similar: Cooking 52.2%, Multiplayer 16.5%, Co-op 15.6%, Immersive Sim 6.9%, Character Customization 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a first-person management experience centered on running a food business, emphasizing the daily grind of customer service.

Bake, build, and grow your dream bakery cafe! Create delicious pastries, design your space, and serve customers. Play solo or with friends in online co-op to expand your business and experience the excitement of running a bustling cafe!

Why similar: Cooking 47.7%, Sandbox 19.5%, Immersive Sim 17.3%, First-Person 10.3%, Multiplayer 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person simulator that focuses on the day-to-day operations of running a bakery, emphasizing realism and management.

A 4-player online co-op third-person PvE shooter where intense combat meets high-pressure cooking. Battle hordes, coordinate your loadout, and cook under fire to build your pizza empire.

Why similar: Cooking 48.2%, Co-op 24.2%, Shooter 17.3%, Funny 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game adds an action-shooter layer to the food service industry, perfect for those who want more combat in their cooking games.

Hit the road in this massive sequel to the million-selling Cook, Serve, Delicious series. Manage your food truck, cook delicious dishes and serve customers as you take the road trip of a lifetime across war-torn America.

Why similar: Cooking 45.1%, Co-op 24.9%, Multiplayer 16.4%, Funny 13.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on high-speed, mobile food preparation in a post-apocalyptic setting, matching the 'forbidden' theme of the seed game.

Craft your culinary adventure in a beautiful pixel art world. Manage your restaurants, forage and hunt for ingredients, befriend locals, and grow your culinary empire. What kind of chef will you be?

Why similar: Cooking 53.5%, Open World 19.4%, Immersive Sim 18.1%, Exploration 9%

Why You'll Like It: It blends cooking simulation with RPG exploration, allowing players to gather ingredients and manage a business in a vibrant world.

Create the most successful bakso business in this world!

Why similar: Cooking 46.3%, Open World 17%, Sandbox 12.2%, First-Person 9.3%, Exploration 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on managing a food stall with specific resource management and base-building elements that mirror the seed game's progression.

Get ready for a thrilling mix of genres: a cooperative, first-person, open-world fantasy tavern simulator, action, fishing, hunting, exploration, and completing fun and diverse quests. And, of course, COOKING! Play with friends, feed and quench the thirst of the entire world!

Why similar: Cooking 34.3%, Party Game 20.3% ★, Co-op 13.9%, Sandbox 12.4%, Multiplayer 7%

Why You'll Like It: It combines cooking and management with an adventure-based setting, providing a unique twist on the restaurant simulation genre.

You’re out of jail, but the debt isn’t gone. Sneak, steal, and break into houses solo or in 4-player co-op. Use lockpicks, sleeping gas, and brute force to complete jobs, outsmart security, and make enough money before time runs out. Will you pay back what you owe, or lose everything?

Why similar: Crime 33.6%, Multiplayer 14.7%, Driving 13.8%, FPS 11.9%, Immersive Sim 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the multiplayer crime and heist aspects, providing a sandbox for players to engage in illicit activities with friends.

Become the best thief. Gather intel, steal things and sell them to buy hi-tech equipment. Do everything that a real thief does.

Why similar: Crime 35.3%, Co-op 13.6%, Open World 12.9%, Sandbox 8.3%, Immersive Sim 8%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides the open-world crime and stealth mechanics necessary for players who enjoy the 'staying ahead of the law' aspect of the seed game.

Welcome to Wrap House Simulator! Run your own wrap shop, chop, grill, and serve in this cooking adventure. Customize your shop, master the grill, and survive the rush solo or co-op with up to 6 players. Keep up with orders, satisfy customers, and build your dream restaurant!

Why similar: Cooking 40.5%, Co-op 17.2%, Immersive Sim 14.4%, Sandbox 12.7%, Multiplayer 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a co-op cooking experience that focuses on specific food preparation in a realistic simulation environment.

Solo or with friends, manage multiple hot dog stands in a dynamic and realistic business simulator. Sell fast food, customize it with unique toppings, upgrade your equipment and buy your dreamed restaurant. Serve demanding customers against the clock to achieve efficient greatness.

Why similar: Cooking 50.5%, Immersive Sim 16.6%, Multiplayer 16%, Co-op 6.2%, First-Person 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A casual, multiplayer-focused cooking game that provides a lighter take on the food service simulation genre.

Sub Rosa is a multiplayer first-person shooter about tense deals, double-crosses, and the occasional high-speed car chase.

Why similar: Crime 26.2%, FPS 17.7%, Multiplayer 16.5%, Open World 12.5%, Shooter 12%

Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer crime game that emphasizes high-stakes negotiation and action, capturing the tension of underground dealings.

First-person homeless crime sandbox. Steal, drink, hallucinate and crush rival bums in chaotic online co-op.

Why similar: Crime 30.9%, Co-op 15.3%, Immersive Sim 13.7%, Open World 12%, Multiplayer 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: It incorporates crime and life-sim elements in an urban setting, resonating with the seed game's gritty atmosphere.

Ready to create your own world of flavor? Play solo or co-op with up to 8 players, prepare sandwiches with your friends, deliver online orders to the courier and run your sandwich restaurant. Clean, expand, and keep your customers happy!

Why similar: Cooking 40.6%, Co-op 19%, Immersive Sim 17.9%, Multiplayer 14.5%, First-Person 8%

Why You'll Like It: A casual co-op cooking game that emphasizes teamwork and efficiency in a fast-paced kitchen environment.

From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.

Why similar: Crime 31.8%, Co-op 15.5%, Open World 13.1%, Multiplayer 10.6%, Driving 10%

Work your way to a service empire. Get your hands dirty in a highly realistic simulation game that pays major attention to details. Pay a visit to a new Auction house and buy cars in various conditions. Expand your range of services by investing in a new work space and equipment.

Why similar: Driving 36%, Sandbox 23.6%, Immersive Sim 12.9%, Co-op 10.8%, Open World 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game is essential for players who enjoy the vehicle maintenance and upgrading aspects of the seed game's mobile kitchen.

Start bake, build, and grow your dream bakery cafe with prologue now! Create delicious pastries, design your space, and serve customers. Play solo or with friends in online co-op to expand your business and experience the excitement of running a bustling cafe!

Why similar: Cooking 44.8%, Immersive Sim 20.5%, Sandbox 17.3%, First-Person 9.6%, Multiplayer 7.9%

BadLads is a neo-noir multiplayer roleplay game centered around each player having their own job. Cities are ruled by President. Civilians are assaulted by Gangs and protected by Police. Adventure, collect, craft, base build, gamble, socialize, overthrow, customize yourself and your belongings.

Why similar: Crime 31.3%, Open World 15.3%, FPS 14%, Sandbox 13.5%, Multiplayer 11%

Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer action game that leans into the criminal theme, offering a more combat-heavy experience for fans of the seed game.

Search for valuable items stashed in abandoned barns. Take part in storage auctions, bid high and buy yourself a chance to find exclusive items hidden in the past.

Why similar: Sandbox 33.6%, Exploration 22.1%, First-Person 16.9%, Funny 15.8%, Multiplayer 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the exploration and resource-gathering loop, which is vital for players looking to find rare ingredients or equipment.

Start as a street dealer and rise to criminal power — produce and distribute various illegal substances across the dark streets of Hyland Point. Expand your empire by purchasing property, growing your business, acquiring new cars, and building a powerful underground network.

Why similar: Crime 44.2%, Driving 21%, Open World 18.3%, Sandbox 8.7%, First-Person 7.8%

Run a roadside Pizza restaurant with your friends. Play solo or in Co-op with other players. Make pizzas fast and fill orders. Keep your customers happy and get more orders. Improve your restaurant as your income increases.

Why similar: Cooking 36.4%, Immersive Sim 16.7%, Co-op 16.4%, FPS 12.9%, Multiplayer 11.1%

Cook, run, jump, and throw— all in the name of FoodCorp. This chaotic, physics-based spin on the classic cooking formula demands speed, strategy, and just the right amount of panic! Play with up to 4 friends and try to run the restaurant smoothly... or let it all go up in flames.

Why similar: Cooking 45.8%, Co-op 19.3%, Multiplayer 16.7%, First-Person 9.5%, Character Customization 8.7%

Cooking Simulator is back – bigger, better, and with multiplayer! Create your own recipes and take advantage of new and improved controls to become the best restaurant cook in the city! Or just have fun and enjoy cooking at your own pace. You’re the chef here!

Why similar: Cooking 28.6%, Sandbox 13.2%, Co-op 13.1%, Immersive Sim 13.1%, Character Customization 11.9%

Run your own seaside Italian bakery, craft pizzas and breads, and enjoy, fun with up to 4 players online!

Why similar: Cooking 61.4%, Co-op 14.5%, Multiplayer 12.2%, First-Person 11.9%

A cooking and restaurant management game designed for drive thru lovers. Build your own restaurant from scratch. Prepare mouthwatering dishes, expand your menu with unique recipes, serve customers with care, and grow into the most legendary drive thru spot in the city!

Why similar: Cooking 42.4%, Immersive Sim 17.7%, Open World 11.6%, Sandbox 11.1%, Multiplayer 8.6%

Use magic spells and military surplus explosives to topple an evil crime syndicate hidden beneath a prestigious wizarding school. Learn spells, engage in espionage, and spread lore-unfriendly chaos.

Why similar: Nonlinear 20.9%, Co-op 18.1%, Sandbox 16%, Immersive Sim 15.9%, Multiplayer 12.8%

What's more American than Fast Food? How about cooking it with guns! Switch between individual weapons to move ingredients, cook and deliver them to your customers before they lose their patience.

Why similar: Cooking 38.4%, FPS 17.8%, Immersive Sim 13.6%, Shooter 12.8%, Funny 10%

Run the world's most chaotic fast food joint! Play solo or with up to 8 friends as you take orders, make burgers, and hustle to keep customers happy. Grow your business with every shift.

Why similar: Cooking 41.9%, Co-op 17.3%, Multiplayer 14.2%, Immersive Sim 12.3%, Character Customization 7.3%

Join the Early Access journey with this immersive driving-survival game. Explore the harsh American wilderness in the Long Drive North. Drive & repair your trusty RV, scavenge for parts, hunt & cook to survive; all alone or with up to 4 players in separate RVs.

Why similar: Driving 24.6%, Co-op 15.3%, Open World 14%, Sandbox 14%, Multiplayer 11.6%

Drive Thru Simulator is a simulation game that immerses you in the exciting world of fast food restaurant management. Take customer orders, prepare their meals, process payments, and expand your restaurant!

Why similar: Cooking 78.9%, Multiplayer 8.1%, Open World 4.4%, Sandbox 4.1%, Immersive Sim 2.5%

Monster Meals is a fast-paced cooking game where you and a friend control monster chefs in a food truck, preparing meals with exotic creatures for monstrous customers. Play solo, local co-op, or online co-op—but serve quickly, or you’ll be on the menu!

Why similar: Cooking 47.3%, Multiplayer 16.8%, Character Customization 13.9%, Co-op 12.1%, Funny 9.9%

Welcome to Bonnie's Bakery! Play as Bonnie, a cute baker who needs to gather ingredients so she can make pastries! Serve up your fresh, homemade pastries to the local townsfolk and hunt for very fresh ingredients!

Why similar: Cooking 46.2%, Crime 30.7%, Exploration 9.2%, Funny 8.3%, First-Person 5.7%

The mayor of Rockhaven threw you down a hole into the Undercity. Why? Net worth too low. In this open-world simulation, you and up to 3 pals will steal, fight, and scheme to reclaim the city. Customise your rides, buy businesses, and take on the Mayor’s forces. Rockhaven is yours for the taking!

Why similar: Crime 22.3%, Driving 18.8%, Open World 10.5%, Immersive Sim 9.3%, Sandbox 8.9%

Zombie Diner — In a post-apocalyptic world, you run the only diner for the undead. Cook grotesque meals, serve hungry zombie patrons, and blast those who lose patience. Survival, management, and dark humor all on the menu!

Why similar: Cooking 48.8%, Immersive Sim 22.3%, FPS 18.9%, First-Person 10.1%

A journey of flavors and friendships awaits you in your cozy, customisable food truck! Forage for fresh ingredients to create your own menu, then feed tummies and souls with home-cooked meals. Change the world, one apple at a time.

Why similar: Cooking 51.4%, Sandbox 15.3%, Open World 14.7%, Exploration 10.7%, First-Person 7.9%

Run your dream bakery, make friends with adorable animals, collect friendship photos and unique scrapbook elements. Forge ahead, using the power of baking to solve the town’s challenges. Let every animal enjoy its favorite bread—and open up about the secrets they’ve kept hidden.

Why similar: Cooking 59.5%, Comic Book 21.3%, Collectathon 19.2%

Create and decorate your cozy cafe, where guests can enjoy delicious food and drinks. Expand your service with a supermarket offering a wide selection of fresh products, so visitors can not only have a tasty meal but also do some shopping. Play solo or with friends in cooperative mode!

Why similar: Cooking 32.4%, Immersive Sim 19.4%, Character Customization 17.7%, Multiplayer 14%, Sandbox 12.2%

An online co-op burger flipping game with scary and strange customers that you shouldn't anger.

Why similar: Cooking 47.4%, Co-op 19.5%, Multiplayer 15.2%, Funny 9.1%, First-Person 8.8%

You're the last remaining video rental store. From humble VHS clerk to rental racketeer - run your video store and explore Reshoot Springs, building an underground empire. Expand with upgrades, side hustles, store membership, and more. Whatever it takes to survive - solo or in up to 4-player co-op.

Why similar: Co-op 20.2%, Character Customization 15.1%, Collectathon 14.4%, Open World 13.3%, Sandbox 12.3%

Roadside Research is a 1 to 4 player co-op gas station simulator. Except you’re aliens. And undercover. Do very human things like restocking shelves while preparing for the invasion. Just don’t get caught.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 20.3%, Co-op 17.5%, Character Customization 15.2%, Sandbox 14.7%, Multiplayer 14%

"Barbecue with Friends" is a multiplayer simulator of BBQ cooking. You will prepare ingredients and marinades, tend to the coals, and grill BBQ! You'll also be able to put out the flames with water, marinate the meat, skewer a friend, and enjoy a beer!

Why similar: Cooking 38.9%, Immersive Sim 18.4%, Co-op 17.6%, Multiplayer 9.7%, First-Person 7.8%

Start from nothing and rise to the top as you expand your criminal empire in Drug Lord Tycoon.

Why similar: Crime 42.1%, FPS 14.1%, Immersive Sim 14.1%, Sandbox 13.1%, Multiplayer 9.3%

It's bake or die at Cakey's Bakery, where human children are the secret ingredient to strange monsters' delicious pastries. Find the recipe for survival to escape the bakery and it's sweet and scary staff!

Why similar: Cooking 55.8%, FPS 30.2%, First-Person 14%

From RAMEN to RIFLES! This is an immersive first-person simulation game where players can run their own restaurant empire. The game allows players to devise their own business strategies, from hands-on "guns & blazing" food delivery in the open world to staff management at stores.

Why similar: FPS 33.7%, Immersive Sim 33.5%, Shooter 21.6%, First-Person 11.3%