Games Like Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe

A super cute and tasty roguelite-flavored dungeon crawler! Explore a lush world and defeat monsters with your trusty spatula and some boba tea, then gather delicious ingredients and bring them home to cook and serve at your restaurant!

Why similar: Cooking 43.9%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Anime 13%, RPG 8.6%, Hand-drawn 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelike where you explore dungeons to gather ingredients for your own restaurant management sim.

Hunt down monsters to cook and eat them! You’ve been revived in a massive underground complex and you must leave this bizarre facility. Aided by the undead Necro-Chef Simmer, you must stay safe, get fed, find a way to get out

Why similar: Cooking 42.2%, Anime 15.5%, RPG 13.4%, Action 8.2%, Adventure 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling action game where you hunt monsters and cook them into meals that grant you unique abilities.

Discover the true power of rice in Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin! Take on hordes of demons in side-scrolling combat to reclaim the land as Sakuna, a spoiled harvest goddess banished to a dangerous island. Then, return to your mountain village and tend a field full of glorious rice.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 37.1%, Action 17.6%, Beat 'em up 12.3%, Anime 11.6%, Story Rich 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Combines side-scrolling action-combat with deep, realistic farming and cooking management systems.

DAVE THE DIVER is a casual, singleplayer adventure RPG featuring deep-sea exploration and fishing during the day and sushi restaurant management at night. Join Dave and his quirky friends as they seek to uncover the secrets of the mysterious Blue Hole.

Why similar: RPG 38.8%, Adventure 20.4%, Action 11.9%, Story Rich 11%, Indie 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features a perfect gameplay loop of hunting monsters in the ocean and using the ingredients to manage a restaurant.

A magical pixel art platformer. Explore an unfamiliar town and deliver tasty treats to the townsfolk. Cook magical delicacies from your bought and gathered ingredients. Learn new ways to traverse, discover secrets, and figure out the intricacies of your orders.

Why similar: Cooking 62.4%, Female Protagonist 16.8%, RPG 4.6%, Fantasy 4.4%, Cute 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: A cozy platformer centered on exploring a town and cooking magical dishes for its inhabitants.

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 76.5%, RPG 21.3%, 2D 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: An RPG that emphasizes ingredient gathering and culinary mastery in a beautiful, stylized world.

Indivisible is a hand drawn action RPG platformer from Lab Zero, creators of the critically acclaimed Skullgirls! Set in a huge fantasy world, Indivisible tells the story of Ajna, a fearless girl with a rebellious streak who sets out on a quest to save everything she knows from being destroyed.

Why similar: RPG 26.1%, Female Protagonist 18.8%, Action 13.7%, Anime 13.3%, Hand-drawn 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A hand-drawn action-RPG with a focus on character-driven storytelling and combo-based combat.

A brand new pixel art restaurant simulator based on the Touhou Project! Play as Mystia, the owner of a small izakaya. Collect ingredients by day, cater to the customers by night, learn recipes from familiar characters, and become the best izakaya owner in all of Gensokyo!

Why similar: Cooking 48%, RPG 16.1%, Anime 15.7%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Story Rich 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: A charming RPG focused on running an izakaya, gathering ingredients, and cooking for various characters.

A retro-inspired 2D Action RPG set in the distant future. CrossCode combines 16-bit SNES-style graphics with butter-smooth physics, a fast-paced combat system, and engaging puzzle mechanics, served with a gripping sci-fi story.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 27.9%, RPG 20.5%, Puzzle 12.7%, Anime 11.3%, Indie 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: An action-RPG with a strong anime aesthetic, puzzle-heavy dungeons, and satisfying combat mechanics.

Uncover the mysteries at Luna Nova Academy and experience the magical world of Studio Trigger style Japanese animation in Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time.

Why similar: Anime 29.5%, Female Protagonist 24.7%, RPG 19.2%, Action 9.8%, Adventure 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the anime-adventure feel of the seed game with its exploration and RPG progression.

From the creators of Rogue Legacy comes a "true-cooperative" action RPG. FULL METAL FURIES puts an emphasis on team play with a unique combat system where everyone is important. Play on the couch, alone or with friends, or make it an online party for up to four players!

Why similar: Female Protagonist 24.1%, RPG 20.1%, Action 14.8%, Beat 'em up 11.8%, Adventure 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: An action-RPG with a heavy emphasis on co-op combat and distinct character roles.

Moonlighter is an Action RPG with rogue-lite elements that demonstrates two sides of the coin – revealing everyday routines of Will, an adventurous shopkeeper that secretly dreams of becoming a hero.

Why similar: RPG 40.9%, Action 18.1%, Adventure 17.3%, Fantasy 13%, 2D 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Features a similar dual-loop of dungeon crawling for loot and managing a shop to sell your findings.

Welcome to the charming world of Eastward - population declining! Journey through a society on the brink of collapse. Discover delightful towns, strange creatures and even stranger people! Wield a trusty frying pan and mystic powers on an adventure into the unknown…

Why similar: Female Protagonist 26.1%, RPG 22.2%, Action 11.9%, Adventure 11.2%, Story Rich 10%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven action-adventure with a distinct, high-quality pixel art style and charming world-building.

Using Critter Crunch's 'Food Chain' mechanic, players will eat their way through a smorgasbord of levels and gorge on a feast of modes, including Co-op and Versus multiplayer.

Why similar: Match 3 33.9% ★, Puzzle 11.9%, Local Multiplayer 10.8%, Action 10.1%, Anime 9%

Why You'll Like It: A colorful puzzle-action game that shares the quirky, creature-focused vibe of the seed game.

Radical Rabbit Stew is a hare-raising action-arcade game, featuring fast-paced whack-a-rabbit gameplay, scintillating puzzles, super-sized boss fights, juicy pixel graphics and a sizzling soundtrack, perfect for new players and 16-bit retro fans alike!

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 18.9%, Action 17.7%, Puzzle 17.1%, Adventure 13.6%, Indie 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: A whimsical action-puzzle game that requires quick reflexes and spatial planning.

Team up with a friend or go it alone in a sugar-high adventure! Bake your dessert masterpiece and collect new bakers as you rise through a high-stakes bake-off full of cheaters. Fend off their decadent lackeys and against all odds, come out on top in a worldwide baking frenzy!

Why similar: Cooking 49.7%, Female Protagonist 21%, Action 8.1%, Side Scroller 6.4%, Story Rich 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D platformer with a cute aesthetic that emphasizes arcade-style movement.

Take on wild beasts, ruthless soldiers, and ancient gods in this 2D Action-Platformer inspired by Tower-Defense combat.

Why similar: RPG 27.4%, Action 18.3%, Adventure 12.7%, Indie 11.6%, Local Multiplayer 10%

Why You'll Like It: An action-platformer that incorporates tower defense and puzzle-solving mechanics.

A bread revolution across the world now begins! Aeruta is a side-scrolling action game with a shop management twist, fight monsters for materials and use them to make breads, then finally make the deserted town popular again!

Why similar: Cooking 40.5%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, Anime 12.8%, RPG 12%, Action 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: An action-adventure game that integrates bakery management into its core gameplay loop.

In a world of magic, your mind is your greatest weapon. Learn the ways of magic and design your own spells to fight enemies, navigate treacherous terrain, and right past wrongs in the kingdom of Mystralia.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 31.2%, RPG 15.7%, Action 15.5%, Adventure 14.5%, Indie 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: An action-adventure game featuring a creative magic-crafting system that functions like a puzzle.

WitchSpring R is a story-driven RPG combining elements of collecting, simulation, and battling. Experience the joy of training a young witch and accompany her on a grand adventure!

Why similar: Female Protagonist 28.3%, RPG 26%, Anime 17.8%, Cute 9.3%, Story Rich 6%

Why You'll Like It: An RPG that blends turn-based combat with crafting and ingredient gathering in a cute anime style.

Recettear is the story of an item shop, the girl who lives in it, and the fairy who turned her life upside down. Recette Lemongrass finds herself in charge of an item shop built into her house, in order to pay back a loan her father took and then skipped out on - and Tear, her newfound fairy "companion", won't take no for an answer!

Why similar: Anime 37.5%, RPG 25.2%, Female Protagonist 18.4%, Indie 6.5%, Cute 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A classic management-RPG hybrid that balances dungeon exploration with shop-keeping mechanics.

Moonbury's residents need healing, and you're the best chemist around! With your trusty tools, a brewing cauldron, and a canine companion at your side, you'll need to diagnose symptoms, gather ingredients, brew potions, and cure ailments in this open-ended sim RPG.

Why similar: RPG 38.6%, Wholesome 18.6% ★, Adventure 18.5%, Cute 9.7%, 2D 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on gathering ingredients in the wild and crafting them into potions through mini-games.

Code of Princess offers players an exciting yet unconventional experience, deftly blending the combo-heavy fighting gameplay of beat ‘em ups with the stat-boosting character customization of RPGs.

Why similar: RPG 28.2%, Action 17.7%, Anime 16.7%, Female Protagonist 15.2%, Adventure 12%

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling beat-em-up with RPG elements and a distinct anime aesthetic.

Kitchen Sync: Aloha! is a cozy, story-driven cooking RPG. As head chef of your family's restaurant in Hawaii, build a trusty team of chefs and dish up tasty Hawaiian food. Manage kitchens, build friendships, find romance, explore tropical venues, and discover the power of cooking together.

Why similar: Cooking 46.2%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Anime 13.2%, RPG 12.6%, Adventure 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A cozy RPG that focuses on crafting and management within a relaxed, story-rich environment.

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 60.1%, Local Multiplayer 13.9%, Action 10.8%, Family Friendly 8.7%, 2D 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a high-intensity cooking management experience for players who enjoy the pressure of the kitchen.

Bathe in the sights, sounds, and smells of Cook Serve Forever, a narrative-focused cooking adventure where you serve food to the hungry masses on your quest for greatness.

Why similar: Cooking 48.3%, Female Protagonist 18.4%, Hand-drawn 11.5%, Action 6.7%, Wholesome 6.1% ★

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-focused cooking game that emphasizes rhythm and timing in its management mechanics.

Spiritfarer® is a cozy management game about dying. As ferrymaster to the deceased, build a boat to explore the world, care for your spirit friends, and release them into the afterlife. The Spiritfarer Farewell Edition includes the heartwarming base game and three major content updates.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 34.4%, Hand-drawn 25.9%, Story Rich 14.1%, Adventure 13.1%, Indie 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: Features a strong cooking and management loop tied to a deeply emotional narrative.

Battle Chasers: Nightwar is an RPG inspired by the classic console greats, featuring deep dungeon diving, turn-based combat presented in a classic JRPG format, and a rich story driven by exploration of the world.

Why similar: RPG 71.2%, Fantasy 11.6%, Indie 7.9%, Story Rich 4.3%, Singleplayer 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based RPG that features beautiful, hand-drawn art and a fantasy setting.

The cozy chaotic cooking roguelike. Assemble omelets for quirky students using ingredients from a conveyor belt. Discover wacky combinations to satisfy the ever-demanding Principal Clucker.

Why similar: Cooking 83.1%, Action 9.5%, Family Friendly 7.4%

Bake ‘n Switch is a cute, yet tough couch co-op and PvP party game for 1-4 players. Embark on a 'Bun Solo' single-player adventure or team up with other Bakers to catch, throw, and bake a'dough'rable living bread creatures!

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 22.9%, Beat 'em up 17.8%, Action 16.6%, Adventure 12.8%, Family Friendly 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: A co-op action game that turns cooking into a chaotic, physics-based challenge.

Hunt, cook, and deliver cosmic cuisine using ingredients from across the galaxy to become the greatest chef in the Horseshoe Nebula. Explore alien worlds teeming with (edible) life, win the hearts of your customers, and thwart the rise of an evil interstellar burger chain.

Why similar: Cooking 58.2%, Hand-drawn 16.9%, RPG 16.9%, Adventure 6.2%, Singleplayer 1.8%

The massive sequel to the original cult classic! Plan your menu, decorate your restaurant, cook hundreds of foods, and for the first time ever - earn medals by mastering dozens of themed restaurants!

Why similar: Cooking 61.4%, Local Multiplayer 12.1%, Action 11.4%, Family Friendly 8.3%, 2D 5.6%

Vanguard Princess is a classic 2D fighting game that features an all-female cast each with its own unique fighting style. Choose from ten girls and pair them with a powerful partner to form an unstoppable team. Navigate their journeys in Story Mode or engage in head-to-head battles in Versus Mode.

Why similar: Anime 33.5%, Female Protagonist 25.3%, Local Multiplayer 13.2%, Action 10.5%, Indie 7%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D fighting game featuring a cast of female protagonists and anime-inspired visuals.

Hungry? Take your restaurant from a one star abomination to a five star wonder in Cook, Serve, Delicious! Plan your menu, upgrade your equipment, and master challenges with easy-to-learn, hard-to-master gameplay!

Why similar: Cooking 65.4%, Local Multiplayer 12.4%, Indie 9.1%, Family Friendly 7.3%, 2D 4.5%

Overcooked is a chaotic couch co-op cooking game for one to four players. Working as a team, you and your fellow chefs must prepare, cook and serve up a variety of tasty orders before the baying customers storm out in a huff.

Why similar: Cooking 68.7%, Local Multiplayer 13.1%, Indie 6.9%, Family Friendly 5.2%, Action 4%

SEDAP! is a vibrant couch co-op cooking adventure where you and a friend work together to prepare iconic Southeast Asian dishes in a colourful hand-painted fantasy world inspired by the region’s cuisine and culture. Team up, hunt for food, coordinate kitchen chaos, and master delicious favourites!

Why similar: Cooking 55.1%, Local Multiplayer 10.3%, Action 7%, Wholesome 6.7% ★, Adventure 6.4%

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 67.6%, Local Multiplayer 12.9%, Action 8.8%, Family Friendly 4.8%, Cute 4.3%

A coop coking game with light RPG features. Discover new recipes, level up your restaurant, and make sure your customers leave happy in this kitchen game. Best cooking simulator with multiplayer features

Why similar: Cooking 71.3%, RPG 9.8%, Family Friendly 6%, Indie 5.1%, Cute 3.8%

Skewer Squad is a cute yet chaotic tower defense roguelite. Step into the apron of a Grillmaster, draft random ingredients, mix wild seasonings, and build a squad of skewers that are both delicious and powerful to defend your grill.

Why similar: Cooking 61.7%, Hand-drawn 13.3%, Action 10.4%, 2D 4.7%, Cute 4.6%

Rescue breakfast in this arcade-style bullet hell shoot 'em up!

Why similar: Female Protagonist 35.4%, Hand-drawn 19.2%, Action 19.1%, Fantasy 7.5%, Cute 7.2%

Craft delicious lunch boxes in this cozy-yet-challenging ingredient-cutting puzzle game.

Why similar: Cooking 60.5%, Puzzle 12%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Wholesome 7.4% ★, Indie 3.1%

Blast off in a 2D metroidvania adventure bursting with platforming thrills, deep exploration, and explosive action. Assemble a crack team of heroes to save the world in Blast Brigade!

Why similar: Action 25.5%, Adventure 20.3%, Story Rich 14.3%, Side Scroller 13.7%, Cute 11.6%

The Diner Bros are back! With the same hectic cooking and serving, and now customization of your bustling restaurant! Serve quirky customers, earn cash to buy equipment, and discover new recipes in Diner Bros 2. Team up for 4 player local co-operative fun. No friends? Hire servers!

Why similar: Cooking 76.4%, Action 9.8%, Family Friendly 5.7%, Cute 4.1%, Local Multiplayer 2.8%

Find ingredients, make menus, and run your own restaurant in this sizzling sim!

Why similar: Cooking 56%, RPG 14.3%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Adventure 4.8%, Indie 3.9%

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 89.6%, Action 5%, Cute 4.5%, Singleplayer 0.9%

There's trouble once again in River City, and this time only the girls can save the day! Using a variety of attacks, weapons, and items, these hot-blooded heroines are ready to teach the city’s lowlifes a lesson - either solo or in 2-player co-op! It’s an old-school rumble for a new generation!

Why similar: Female Protagonist 28.5%, Anime 21.3%, Beat 'em up 16.4%, Action 13.7%, Local Multiplayer 7.7%

Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds! Enjoy fast and frantic arcade-style beat 'em up gameplay with cute characters. Beat up hordes of weird enemies with awesome special attacks. Local co-op and PVP supported for up to 4 players!

Why similar: Anime 35.3%, Female Protagonist 19.4%, Beat 'em up 16.7%, Action 13.6%, Cute 4.5%

Embark on a wholesome adventure to save The Grove! Forage resources, combat the invasive Rot, and restore the community. Relax and enjoy the fruits of your labor in this charming action-RPG starring a grape.

Why similar: RPG 24.8%, Action 14.5%, Adventure 12.1%, Fantasy 12.1%, Family Friendly 10.7%

Pushy and Pully in Blockland is an endearing co-op arcade game that will take you and a friend through ever-challenging levels. Kill monsters, match blocks, defeats bosses. Recover your spaceship and escape Blockland.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 31.5%, Anime 22.8%, Wholesome 11.5% ★, Action 10.9%, Family Friendly 9.6%

When a group of unsanitary chefs threaten all that is good and just in Cakeland, it's up to Cakeboy to serve up punishment. Fight your foes with pastry-themed items in this bite-sized 2D platforming adventure!

Why similar: Cooking 56.9%, Action 16%, Side Scroller 8.9%, Family Friendly 7%, 2D 5.9%

Diner Bros is a cooking and restaurant management game. Cook and serve meals as fast as you can, but don’t get the orders wrong or else your customers will get angry – and hungry! Upgrade your restaurant and hire staff to help you… or play with your friends in 2-4 local co-op!

Why similar: Cooking 75.9%, Action 10.8%, Family Friendly 8.7%, Cute 4.5%

Bone's Cafe is a fast paced, 1-4 Players couch co-op, cooking game. Customize the layout of your kitchen to guarantee your success. Specialize your menu in ingredients and recipes to design your ultimate cafe. Put your necromancy skills to the test and raise your own undead kitchen staff.

Why similar: Cooking 93.7%, Cute 5.1%, Singleplayer 1.2%

Beasties is a lovingly 🧡 hand-drawn 2D monster trainer game with a turn-based puzzle combat, where you take on the role of a Beastie trainer.

Why similar: Match 3 37.6% ★, Anime 21.1%, Puzzle 12.2%, Indie 8.1%, Adventure 7.1%

A cooking puzzle game about arranging beautiful bento lunches! Solve 120+ recipes, play with food, think inside the box and enjoy a heartwarming story in this culinary brain-teaser!

Why similar: Cooking 48.5%, Female Protagonist 18.1%, Hand-drawn 10.9%, Puzzle 9.9%, Indie 4.7%

Witchtastic is a challenging 2-4 player coop game about brewing and delivering magic potions as fast as possible. Take on the role of aspiring witches and experience charming adventures. Need a break from all the yelling of your friends? You can practice in a single player campaign as well!

Why similar: Cooking 56.3%, Local Multiplayer 14%, Action 10.3%, Family Friendly 7.6%, Indie 6.7%

A top-down adventure game in a coloring book world full of vibrant characters. Use painting powers to explore, solve puzzles, make friends, and draw on anything! From creators on Wandersong + Celeste.

Why similar: RPG 36.2%, Adventure 20%, Indie 18.2%, Puzzle 9.4%, Story Rich 6.4%

Plan your next move wisely, every additional combo can make the difference! Whether in solo or duo, online or offline, mix and match your units to defeat your enemies in this Definitive Edition of Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes!

Why similar: Match 3 34.7% ★, RPG 15.7%, Female Protagonist 13.5%, Puzzle 9.7%, Local Multiplayer 8.5%

Patty's brother has been possessed by the God of Poverty and the whole family has become poor. Run an adventure tavern in a fantasy land with Patty to pay their dept! A turn-based RPG where you cook, eat, collect, fight and explore!

Why similar: RPG 49.9%, Anime 21.6%, Adventure 20.8%, Fantasy 7.8%

Embark on a journey to save the prince’s eyesight in this 2D puzzle-adventure game featuring beautiful hand-drawn art and a bittersweet tale of wishes and what we’re willing to do to make them come true. Utilize your wolf and princess forms to lead the way!

Why similar: Hand-drawn 26.5%, Female Protagonist 18.9%, Action 13.2%, Puzzle 10.4%, Adventure 10%

Venba is a short narrative cooking game, where you play as an Indian mom who immigrates to Canada with her family in the 1980s. Cook various dishes and restore lost recipes, hold branching conversations, and explore South Indian food in this story about family, love, and loss.

Why similar: Cooking 55%, Female Protagonist 18.1%, Hand-drawn 9.2%, Puzzle 8.9%, Story Rich 4.4%