- #1 Cooking Simulator
97% matchVery Positive85% of 19,649 reviews2019
Dev: Big Cheese Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 58.9%, Simulation 15.2%, Management 7.5%, Family Friendly 6.3%, Resource Management 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers the most realistic and physics-based kitchen experience, mirroring the hands-on cooking focus of the seed game.
- #2 Chef RPG
96% matchVery Positive88% of 2,706 reviews2024
Dev: World 2 Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 34.3%, Life Sim 19.9%, Management 13.4%, Immersive Sim 12%, Resource Management 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the life-sim and culinary progression aspects of the seed game with its beautiful pixel art and deep recipe discovery.
- #3 Kebab Chefs! - Restaurant Simulator
96% matchVery Positive83% of 8,023 reviews2026
Dev: Biotech GameworksPub: Flagship Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 42.9%, Management 14.6%, Life Sim 13.1%, Immersive Sim 12%, Simulation 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: This title provides a very similar first-person restaurant management loop with a strong emphasis on cooking and kitchen maintenance.
- #4 Recipe for Disaster
95% matchMostly Positive71% of 721 reviews2022
Dev: Dapper Penguin StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Recipe for Disaster is a management sim that captures the fast-paced, drama-filled environment of a professional kitchen and dining room. Build your dream restaurant, create recipes, design menus and manage your staff, all while contending with demanding customers and disastrous situations!
Why similar: Cooking 39.8%, Management 17.4%, Life Sim 17.4%, Simulation 7.2%, Resource Management 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses heavily on the management side of running a restaurant, including staff scheduling and menu planning, which complements the seed game's mechanics.
- #5 PlateUp!
94% matchVery Positive95% of 26,899 reviews2022
Dev: It's happeningPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 62.6%, Management 31.4%, Casual 4.1%, Singleplayer 1.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends restaurant management with roguelite elements, offering a strategic challenge that rewards efficient kitchen design.
- #6 Food Truck Simulator
94% matchMixed69% of 1,334 reviews2022
Dev: DRAGO entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 39.3%, Management 15.5%, Family Friendly 10.8%, Simulation 10.1%, Life Sim 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the first-person cooking and customer service experience while adding a unique mobile business management layer.
- #7 Travellers Rest
93% matchVery Positive88% of 17,917 reviews2020
Dev: Isolated Games
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 20.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Craft, farm, build and cook! In Travellers Rest you will have to use all the available tools to become the best tavern keeper in the realm. Create unique dishes and drinks to please your customers as you discover the world and its colorful characters.
Why similar: Life Sim 30.9%, Management 21%, Immersive Sim 14.3%, Inventory Management 12.5%, Resource Management 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: It combines tavern management with farming and cooking, providing a satisfying loop of sourcing ingredients and serving customers.
- #8 Touhou Mystia's Izakaya
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 32,524 reviews2021
Dev: 二色幽紫蝶
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 35.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 69.8%, Simulation 19.6%, Casual 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A surprisingly deep management sim that features intricate cooking mechanics and a charming progression system similar to the seed game.
- #9 Cafe Owner Simulator
91% matchMixed63% of 1,104 reviews2022
Dev: Second RealityPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Open your dream restaurant at FPP. Create a unique exterior and interior, hire the best workers and chefs, create a place where people will love to eat, spend time and spend their money. Simulation of the restaurant business.
Why similar: Cooking 24.3%, Life Sim 15%, Immersive Sim 11.8%, Resource Management 11.7%, Management 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes the design and renovation aspects of running a cafe, allowing for deep customization of your establishment.
- #10 Lemon Cake
91% matchVery Positive84% of 2,058 reviews2021
Dev: Cozy Bee Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Restore an abandoned bakery and prepare pastries from farm to table! Grow fresh ingredients in the greenhouse, cook pastries & sweets in the kitchen and serve your baked goods to hungry customers in your own shop!
Why similar: Cooking 30.3%, Management 16%, Life Sim 15.6%, Simulation 9.2%, Family Friendly 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a delightful and cozy bakery management experience that emphasizes time management and customer satisfaction.
- #11 Rolling Hills: Cozy Sushi Restaurant
90% matchVery Positive89% of 180 reviews2024
Dev: Catch & Release, LLCPub: Balor Games
Windows
Manage your own sushi restaurant! Collect and upgrade dishes, personalize your dining room, and use special abilities to serve customers in a dash.
Why similar: Cooking 29.2%, Job Simulator 17.7% ★, Life Sim 14.4%, Management 12.8%, Family Friendly 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A wholesome take on the restaurant sim genre that focuses on building relationships and managing a cozy sushi shop.
- #12 Tavern Manager Simulator 🍻
89% matchVery Positive92% of 4,435 reviews2024
Dev: One More Time
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Restore your fantasy tavern to its full glory. Repair, improve and expand the establishment. Cook delicious food and keep an eye on the mood of the visitors. Create a unique atmosphere for unforgettable adventures!
Why similar: Cooking 21.4%, Job Simulator 13.7% ★, Life Sim 13.1%, Management 12.1%, Immersive Sim 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the daily operations of running a business, including cleaning, cooking, and serving, in a fantasy setting.
- #13 Bakery Simulator
89% matchMixed66% of 2,397 reviews2022
Dev: Live Motion GamesPub: Ultimate Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 28.6%, Life Sim 17.8%, Resource Management 12.3%, Management 11.1%, Family Friendly 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a realistic baking experience that mirrors the attention to detail required in the seed game's cooking mechanics.
- #14 DAVE THE DIVER
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 160,198 reviews2023
Dev: MINTROCKET
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.5 hrsMean: 27.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Management 43.4%, Relaxing 25.3%, Simulation 15.3%, Casual 10.5%, Singleplayer 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: The restaurant management segments are incredibly polished, focusing on menu creation and service that feels very rewarding.
- #15 Good Pizza, Great Pizza - Cooking Simulator Game
86% matchVery Positive88% of 6,719 reviews2023
Dev: TapBlaze
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Ready to settle in with a soothing shift behind the counter? Feel the dough, hear the quiet crackle of the oven, and serve warm slices to grateful guests. Good Pizza, Great Pizza is the cozy, asmr-friendly escape you didn’t know you kneaded.
Why similar: Cooking 23.5%, Job Simulator 13.3% ★, Management 12.1%, Life Sim 10.6%, Immersive Sim 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a cozy and humorous take on the cooking sim genre with a focus on customer interactions and recipe management.
- #16 Barista Simulator
87% matchMostly Positive77% of 685 reviews2023
Dev: CubeCube Sports Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Barista Simulator, master the art of brewing with over 30 coffee recipes. Start with a basic setup, upgrade your café, manage your staff, and build your very own coffee haven. Are you ready for the ultimate coffee journey?
Why similar: Cooking 31.5%, Immersive Sim 14.5%, Life Sim 13.5%, Management 12.2%, Relaxing 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a realistic first-person approach to crafting beverages and managing a small shop environment.
- #17 Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game
88% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,489 reviews2020
Dev: Innervoid InteractivePub: Digital Tribe
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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.
Why similar: Cooking 35.9%, Management 30.9%, Simulation 13.3%, Family Friendly 7.4%, Relaxing 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: This title provides a classic management-focused experience that allows for extensive character and menu customization.
- #18 Espresso Tycoon
85% matchVery Positive84% of 1,299 reviews2023
Dev: DreamWay GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Espresso Tycoon - a coffee shop simulator. Create your brand, decorate the coffee shop, manage your employees, and take care of your customers. Use the 3D coffee editor to create coffee recipes, order supplies, and collect rating points. Build the whole coffee business and complete all the missions!
Why similar: Cooking 29.8%, Management 16.8%, Life Sim 13.9%, Immersive Sim 12.4%, Simulation 8%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the niche of coffee shop management with detailed building and customization tools similar to the seed game's decor mechanics.
- #19 Restaurant Owner: A Restaurant Simulator
84% matchMixed59% of 101 reviews2025
Dev: Workaround GamesPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Run your own restaurant. Create your menu, hire staff, decorate the place, take orders, serve guests, and grow your business. Food critics, online orders, events, and kitchen chaos are on the menu!
Why similar: Cooking 23.9%, Job Simulator 13.5% ★, Management 11.1%, Life Sim 11%, Immersive Sim 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward management sim that focuses on the core pillars of running a restaurant in a 3D environment.
- #20 My Café Manager Simulator
82% matchMixed69% of 200 reviews2026
Dev: OUT OF THE ORDINARYPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Cozy café store management simulator: renovate and decorate, stock shelves, and run the checkout. Roll in deliveries with a cart, set up promotions and hire staff as you expand from a tiny shop into a bustling café.
Why similar: Cooking 23.5%, Job Simulator 12.1% ★, Immersive Sim 11.5%, Management 10%, Inventory Management 9%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a relaxing and family-friendly management experience that emphasizes customer service and shop design.
- #21 Corner Kitchen Fast Food Simulator
82% matchVery Positive85% of 424 reviews2025
Dev: Purple Heads Games
Windows
Buy cooking equipment, prepare delicious meals, and serve hungry customers. Upgrade your setup, read customer reviews, and expand your business to become the top fast-food joint in the city.
Why similar: Cooking 30%, Life Sim 14.9%, Management 13.4%, Resource Management 11.7%, Inventory Management 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A casual simulation that focuses on the fast-paced nature of short-order cooking and management.
- #22 Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?!
83% matchVery Positive90% of 2,303 reviews2020
Dev: Vertigo Gaming Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 40%, Management 25.3%, Family Friendly 16.3%, Simulation 10.1%, Casual 6%
Why You'll Like It: While more arcade-focused, it provides the most intense and satisfying cooking-management gameplay loop available.
- #23 My Universe - Cooking Star Restaurant
84% matchMixed59% of 54 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 48.9%, Management 12.7%, Simulation 10.1%, Resource Management 7.6%, Cartoony 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A more casual, family-friendly take on the restaurant management genre that remains accessible while offering core cooking tasks.
- #24 Coffee Bar Simulator
81% matchMixed54% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Digital MelodyPub: Games Incubator
Windows
Open your own café and create a place brimming with aroma and flavor. Serve coffee, pastries, and desserts, expand your bar, decorate the interior, and serve your guests in a way that keeps them coming back for more!
Why similar: Cooking 34.1%, Life Sim 15.6%, Simulation 11.3%, Management 10.7%, Immersive Sim 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends life-sim elements with coffee shop management, offering a relaxing and immersive experience.
- #25 Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
79% matchVery Positive93% of 44,364 reviews2022
Dev: niceplay gamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Potion Craft is an alchemist simulator where you physically interact with your tools and ingredients to brew potions. You're in full control of the whole shop: invent new recipes, attract customers and experiment to your heart's content. Just remember: the whole town is counting on you.
Why similar: Life Sim 21.1%, Management 21.1%, Relaxing 16.7%, Resource Management 16.6%, Simulation 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: While not about food, the process-based crafting and shop management feel very similar to the tactile cooking in the seed game.
- #26 Restaurant Owner: Prologue
80% matchMixed59% of 111 reviews2024
Dev: Workaround GamesPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 21%
Step into the world of a Restaurateur in Restaurant Owner: Prologue, where you create unique recipes, manage your restaurant, and satisfy customers. Unlock ingredients, design your menu, and start your journey toward becoming a top Restaurant Manager. Your culinary adventure begins here!
Why similar: Cooking 23.5%, Job Simulator 13.8% ★, Life Sim 12.2%, Immersive Sim 11.3%, Management 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A focused first-person management experience that serves as a great introduction to the mechanics of running a restaurant.
- #27 Wrap House Simulator🌯
77% matchVery Positive88% of 3,263 reviews2025
Dev: Broken Lyre EntertainmentPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 34.2%, Immersive Sim 12.3%, Inventory Management 12%, Life Sim 11.9%, Management 10.5%
- #28 Big Ambitions
78% matchVery Positive93% of 13,334 reviews2023
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Big Ambitions is a revolutionary role-playing business sim. Go from nothing to the biggest entrepreneur in New York by opening small businesses or slowly building huge corporations any way you like.
Why similar: Management 29%, Life Sim 20.7%, Inventory Management 14.7%, Immersive Sim 11.5%, Resource Management 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a much broader business management scope, perfect for players who want to scale their restaurant empire to the next level.
- #29 KuloNiku: Bowl Up!
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,345 reviews2026
Dev: Gambir StudioPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Prep your stations for a cozy cooking game with attitude! Prepare unique meals for quirky small-town locals, upgrade and customize your shop, compete in thrilling cooking battles to become top chef, and protect your family’s long-running restaurant alongside a cast of curious companions!
Why similar: Cooking 27.4%, Job Simulator 16% ★, Life Sim 14.6%, Immersive Sim 13.1%, Management 12%
- #30 Baker Business 3
79% matchVery Positive86% of 66 reviews2022
Dev: Living Code Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Manage your very own bakery. Discover recipes, bake tasty treats and sell them to your customers. Unlock upgrades such as ovens and display shelves to expand your bakery. Customize the interior and exterior style to create your dream bakery.
Why similar: Cooking 31%, Life Sim 13.8%, Immersive Sim 11.4%, Management 9.2%, Simulation 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A casual and cute shop-keeping simulator that focuses on the basics of baking and inventory management.
- #31 Parisian Bistro Simulator
76% matchVery Positive94% of 520 reviews2025
Dev: Quark Studios
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Run your Parisian bistro in the heart of Paris, solo or in co-op with up to 8 players! Curate your menu, manage supplies, serve customers, and expand with new floors, a terrace, and a rooftop to become a true Parisian institution.
Why similar: Cooking 19.3%, Life Sim 17.9%, Management 15.4%, Resource Management 13.7%, Cartoony 10.7%
- #32 Gaming Cafe Simulator
77% matchVery Positive85% of 420 reviews2025
Dev: Prapancha Studios
Windows
Revive a closed-down gaming café and build it into the ultimate gaming hub! Manage rentals, sell gaming merch, and expand with PCs, consoles, and an in-house café to prepare and sell fresh food. Attract customers with unique gaming sections. Can you turn your dream café into a bustling success?
Why similar: Cooking 29%, Life Sim 15.6%, Management 14%, Immersive Sim 13.1%, Inventory Management 9.5%
- #33 Burger Bistro Story
78% matchVery Positive84% of 340 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Open your own diner and create custom burgers in this management sim game.
Why similar: Cooking 45.1%, Life Sim 17.4%, Management 10.6%, Simulation 10.6%, Casual 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: This pixel-art management game offers a strategic look at running a burger joint with deep customization options.
- #34 Sandwich Simulator
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,024 reviews2026
Dev: FiftyEight Studios
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 30.6%, Immersive Sim 13.7%, Life Sim 11.2%, Family Friendly 10%, Resource Management 9%
- #35 Ice Cream Simulator
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 164 reviews2026
Dev: AM PlayhousePub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Run your dream ice cream shop in Ice Cream Simulator! Create delicious ice cream using a variety of ingredients, manage your business, hire staff, decorate your store, handle changing weather and different customers, and enjoy a relaxing first-person simulation experience.
Why similar: Cooking 25.2%, Life Sim 14.3%, Inventory Management 12.9%, Immersive Sim 12.2%, Management 11%
- #36 Coffie Simulator
74% matchVery Positive93% of 89 reviews2026
Dev: SakneDevPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Coffie Simulator is a coffee simulator game. Run your own café, serve 500+ unique customers, and master the art of coffee-making! Customize, upgrade, and manage your shop while handling orders with precision. Every choice matters—your reputation shapes the experience. Can you succeed?
Why similar: Cooking 23%, Life Sim 14%, Immersive Sim 12.6%, Job Simulator 11.9% ★, Management 9%
- #37 Cooking Simulator 2: Better Together
74% matchMixed49% of 865 reviews2026
Dev: Big Cheese Studio
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Cook, create, and run your dream restaurant. Master realistic cooking mechanics, invent original recipes, satisfy demanding guests, and build your culinary reputation. Play solo or team up with friends in optional co-op. Become the Chef Everyone Talks About!
Why similar: Cooking 34.3%, Life Sim 18.5%, Family Friendly 11.7%, Relaxing 9.6%, Simulation 7.6%
- #38 Supermarket Simulator
70% matchVery Positive92% of 83,595 reviews2025
Dev: Nokta Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 34.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Run your own supermarket! Stock shelves, set your prices, take payments, hire staff, expand your store, handle shoplifters, and design your layout. Purchase goods from online or local markets around town, and personally deliver online orders to your customers.
Why similar: Management 25.9%, Simulation 18.3%, Life Sim 15.8%, Immersive Sim 14%, Inventory Management 11.5%
- #39 Cafemart Simulator
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 684 reviews2025
Dev: Science Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 26.7%, Immersive Sim 16.4%, Management 16.2%, Life Sim 14.5%, Simulation 9.3%
- #40 Inn Tycoon
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 826 reviews2025
Dev: Evil Goose GamesPub: GameDev.ist
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Welcome to Inn Tycoon! Build, design, and manage your dream inn. Serve delightful meals, offer various services, and hire a stellar staff. Create a top-notch hospitality empire and become the ultimate Inn Tycoon!
Why similar: Cooking 23.6%, Management 17.8%, Resource Management 13.6%, Job Simulator 12.6% ★, Relaxing 9.3%
- #41 My Hotel Simulator
73% matchMixed48% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Digital MelodyPub: Games Incubator
Windows
Build and manage your own hotel, from a small property to a luxury resort. Design rooms, maintain cleanliness, develop amenities, and offer guests unforgettable experiences at your hotel!
Why similar: Life Sim 23.6%, Management 17.3%, Simulation 14%, Immersive Sim 13.3%, Relaxing 10.3%
- #42 Ice Cream Simulator - Prologue
71% matchVery Positive90% of 60 reviews2026
Dev: AM PlayhousePub: PlayWay SA
Windows
Prepare ice cream, serve customers, set your prices, and manage your shop in this limited-access prologue of ice cream simulator—get a taste of the full game.
Why similar: Cooking 27.4%, Life Sim 16.5%, Immersive Sim 12.2%, Management 11.1%, Simulation 8.5%
- #43 Candy & Toys Store Simulator
72% matchVery Positive83% of 197 reviews2024
Dev: Ox Games
Windows
Run your own candy and toys store. Order supplies, receive deliveries, stock shelves, hire employees, set prices, and expand your business. Unlock a Gaming Club across the street, place arcade machines and billiard tables, set profits, and collect earnings.
Why similar: Inventory Management 21.2%, Life Sim 20.8%, Management 17.4%, Simulation 10%, Family Friendly 9.9%
- #44 Coffee Express: Barista Simulator
73% matchMixed70% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: Fat Cat InteractivePub: Genco Interactive
Windows
Open your own coffee shop and become a barista in the cozy and colorful world of Coffee Express! A unique experience awaits you with stock tracking, realistic coffee making experience and shop customizations. Make your customers happy by making excellent coffee in your own coffee paradise!
Why similar: Cooking 19.2%, Job Simulator 15.4% ★, Immersive Sim 11.5%, Life Sim 10.9%, Management 8.2%
- #45 Cafe Business Manager
70% matchVery Positive88% of 337 reviews2026
Dev: Caos Interactive
Windows
Build, design and manage your own café in this detailed cafe management simulator. Hire staff, craft your menu, serve customers and grow your coffee shop business in a lively island city.
Why similar: Cooking 27.8%, Life Sim 15.5%, Management 14.1%, Immersive Sim 13.2%, Resource Management 9.6%
- #46 Candy Shop Simulator
71% matchMixed65% of 85 reviews2025
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Dive into a sugary world of sweetness in Candy Shop Simulator! Open your shop, create delectable pastries, manage sales, and expand your candy empire. Satisfy your sweet tooth and build your confectionery legacy now!
Why similar: Cooking 28.3%, Life Sim 18.1%, Management 15%, Family Friendly 11.6%, Relaxing 7.4%
- #47 Onigiri Shop Simulator
69% matchVery Positive96% of 444 reviews2025
Dev: Yagni Lab
Windows
Your own onigiri (rice ball) shop in Japan awaits! Serve perfect rice balls and crispy sides to hungry customers. As a solo operator, you'll manage inventory, perfect your cooking flow, and handle the rush. Can you turn your tiny stand into a beloved town eatery?
Why similar: Cooking 32.7%, Immersive Sim 19.3%, Life Sim 18.7%, Management 16.6%, Simulation 9.5%
- #48 Ugoku Sushi Bar
69% matchVery Positive86% of 253 reviews2026
Dev: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become a sushi chef in a cozy Japanese conveyor belt sushi bar! 🍣 Prepare sushi on your crafting table, serve quirky customers, learn new recipes, unlock fresh ingredients, upgrade your kitchen, and build relationships with your regular customers.
Why similar: Cooking 32.1%, Job Simulator 18% ★, Management 9.5%, Immersive Sim 9.2%, Inventory Management 8.6%
- #49 Service Please
69% matchVery Positive81% of 104 reviews2026
Dev: Dynamic Dice
Windows
Service Please is a top-down restaurant management and tycoon game focused on relaxed gameplay and steady progression. Manage customers, organize staff, upgrade your menu, and build your restaurant step by step.
Why similar: Cooking 27.8%, Life Sim 12.7%, Management 11.7%, Inventory Management 10.9%, Resource Management 10.3%
- #50 Drive Thru Miami - Restaurant Simulator
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 123 reviews2024
Dev: Alkame Games
Windows
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 37.1%, Life Sim 16.8%, Immersive Sim 16%, Management 12.6%, Simulation 7.3%
- #51 Bakso Simulator 2
68% matchVery Positive98% of 80 reviews2026
Dev: Akhir Pekan Studio
Windows
Build, manage, and scale your very own Bakso restaurant in this first-person simulator. Design your layout, hire and train various staffs, upgrade your gear, expand your place and satisfy every customer to become the best Bakso empire in the world!
Why similar: Cooking 42.4%, Simulation 14.3%, Resource Management 13.2%, Management 13.1%, Family Friendly 9.6%
- #52 Retro Rewind - Video Store Simulator
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,829 reviews2026
Dev: Blood Pact Studios
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Manage your very own video store in the early 90s! Rent, sell, decorate and expand your business from the ground up and relive the golden ages of video rentals!
Why similar: Inventory Management 19.5%, Management 16.5%, Immersive Sim 16.2%, Resource Management 13.7%, Relaxing 10.6%
- #53 Food Processing Simulator
66% matchVery Positive88% of 331 reviews2026
Dev: Bewolba Studios
Windows
Build and manage your own food processing factory. Automate production with machines, work together with skilled employees to keep operations running smoothly, expand your facility, and keep inventory under control as you grow from a small workshop into a large scale production facility.
Why similar: Life Sim 17.9%, Inventory Management 17%, Job Simulator 15% ★, Immersive Sim 14.6%, Management 11.6%
- #54 Grocery Store Tycoon
67% matchVery Positive84% of 121 reviews2025
Dev: Spyder Lab Gaming
Windows
Build and manage your own grocery store in first person. Run the register, stock inventory, hire employees, and expand your business from a small market into a thriving retail operation.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 22.5%, Life Sim 19.8%, Management 18.7%, Inventory Management 12.8%, Simulation 9.9%
- #55 Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,673 reviews2024
Dev: stillalive studiosPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Garden Life is a relaxing gardening game in which you create your dream garden in a peaceful, colourful world. Plant and add ornaments at your own pace, transforming an overgrown forgotten plot into a flourishing community garden.
Why similar: Relaxing 20.9%, Family Friendly 17.9%, Simulation 14.8%, Management 12.2%, Job Simulator 9.1% ★
- #56 Coffee Caravan
66% matchVery Positive93% of 1,477 reviews2024
Dev: Broccoli Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Fuel your coffee passion in Coffee Caravan! As a cafe manager, brew, experiment with delicious recipes, and build your dream coffee business on wheels. Serve customers, unlock new flavors, purchase appliances, and enjoy your procedurally generated road trip in this roguelite experience.
Why similar: Cooking 34.9%, Job Simulator 18.1% ★, Management 16.4%, Family Friendly 9.7%, Relaxing 7.1%
- #57 Hotdog: The Videogame
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: Tenth Horizon Games
Windows
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 37.6%, Immersive Sim 12.7%, Simulation 9.4%, Inventory Management 8.1%, Family Friendly 7.9%
- #58 Hotel Manager Simulator
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 53 reviews2026
Dev: Black Sea Studios
Windows
Build and run your own hotel from the ground up. Manage guests, design rooms, hire staff and upgrade floors. Set competitive prices for rooms and turn the tiny 1-floor building into a thriving 100-story luxury hotel.
Why similar: Management 18.3%, Life Sim 17.7%, Job Simulator 16.3% ★, Immersive Sim 12.9%, Simulation 10.6%
