- #1 Travellers Rest
97% matchVery Positive88% of 18,257 reviews2020
Dev: Isolated Games
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 20.7 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 28.2%, Management 16%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Building 10.6%, Crafting 9%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares the pixel-art aesthetic and the core loop of managing a tavern while gathering resources and crafting unique items.
- #2 DAVE THE DIVER
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 162,908 reviews2023
Dev: MINTROCKET
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.5 hrsMean: 27.2 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 26.2%, Pixel Graphics 19.6%, Crafting 12.9%, RPG 12.3%, Relaxing 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly mirrors the loop of exploring a dangerous world to gather ingredients by day and managing a bustling restaurant by night.
- #3 Magical Delicacy
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 287 reviews2024
Dev: SkaulePub: Whitethorn Games
Windows
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 43.7%, Life Sim 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Management 7.5%, Relaxing 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: This title features a beautiful pixel-art world focused on cooking and exploration, emphasizing the discovery of new ingredients and recipes.
- #4 Kynseed
95% matchVery Positive83% of 3,904 reviews2022
Dev: PixelCount Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Embark on a lifetime of adventure in a beautiful world of creativity and intrigue. Raise a family, customise your farm, run a business, craft items, and battle some marvellously malevolent monsters.
Why similar: Life Sim 23.2%, Management 14%, Crafting 12.6%, Open World 12.6%, RPG 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This deep life-sim offers extensive exploration, crafting, and management elements within a rich, evolving sandbox world.
- #5 Cuisineer
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,095 reviews2023
Dev: BattleBrew ProductionsPub: Marvelous Europe
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 57.1%, Management 21.9%, RPG 10%, Simulation 7%, Atmospheric 4%
Why You'll Like It: It combines fast-paced action-roguelike combat with restaurant management, making it a great fit for those who enjoy the active side of Chef RPG.
- #6 Stardew Valley
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,040,983 reviews2016
Dev: ConcernedApe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 23.0 hrsMean: 85.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Why similar: Life Sim 31.4%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, Crafting 10.8%, RPG 10.8%, Building 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: As the quintessential life-sim, it provides the foundation for the community building, farming, and exploration mechanics found in Chef RPG.
- #7 Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator
93% matchVery Positive84% of 2,817 reviews2023
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Create and manage your dream restaurant! Menus, purchasing, décor, staff, equipment, customers… and don't forget the actual cooking! Experience the daily life of a restaurateur and earn your awards from the Michelin Guide.
Why similar: Cooking 34.4%, Life Sim 19.9%, Management 13.4%, Immersive Sim 12.1%, Resource Management 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a more realistic and detailed look at the day-to-day operations of running a professional kitchen.
- #8 Epic Chef
92% matchMostly Positive78% of 759 reviews2021
Dev: Infinigon GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Get ready to embark on a comedic culinary quest unlike any other as you take on the role of Zest in this story-driven adventure game; from humble beginnings you will build a farm, grow delectable ingredients, craft machinery and cook your way to becoming the most Epic Chef in Ambrosia!
Why similar: Cooking 44.6%, Life Sim 19.1%, Crafting 11.1%, Immersive Sim 8.7%, RPG 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the creative and humorous side of cooking, featuring a story-rich campaign that keeps the gameplay engaging.
- #9 Moonlighter
91% matchVery Positive81% of 24,610 reviews2018
Dev: Digital SunPub: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: Management 24.7%, Action RPG 19.7%, Pixel Graphics 18.2%, RPG 14.5%, Exploration 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a compelling mix of dungeon-crawling for loot and managing a shop to sell your findings, much like the gathering and selling loop in Chef RPG.
- #10 Potion Permit
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 5,463 reviews2022
Dev: MassHive MediaPub: PQube
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Life Sim 30.7%, Crafting 15.8%, Action RPG 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, RPG 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: It features a similar life-sim structure where you gather materials from the wild to craft items for the local townsfolk.
- #11 Bear and Breakfast
90% matchVery Positive89% of 5,374 reviews2022
Dev: Gummy CatPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Bear and Breakfast is a laid-back management adventure game where you build and run a bed and breakfast...but you’re a bear.
Why similar: Life Sim 26.6%, Crafting 18.9%, Management 15.2%, Resource Management 11.7%, RPG 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focusing on management and exploration, this game tasks you with building and running a business in a charming, stylized environment.
- #12 World End Diner
89% matchVery Positive93% of 427 reviews2025
Dev: Andymente
Windows
Run a diner on the last island in the world after the destruction of humankind! For the cute animals and robots that survived, cook delicious food, run a farm, explore the forest, and create the best diner!
Why similar: Cooking 34.3%, Life Sim 19.9%, Immersive Sim 11.9%, Crafting 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the rewarding cycle of cooking and restaurant management within a unique, post-apocalyptic sandbox setting.
- #13 Sun Haven
89% matchVery Positive80% of 25,583 reviews2023
Dev: Pixel Sprout Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.6 hrsMean: 31.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Build your farm and relationships with townsfolk, or forge ahead on a quest of magic, monsters, and dragons. Level up through a skill tree in 8 person multiplayer, or adventure solo!
Why similar: Life Sim 26.4%, Cooking 21.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Crafting 10.6%, RPG 10%
Why You'll Like It: This fantasy-themed life-sim adds RPG progression and magic to the traditional farming and management formula.
- #14 Littlewood
87% matchVery Positive93% of 6,833 reviews2020
Dev: Sean YoungPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The world has already been saved. Now it's time to rebuild your town, learn new hobbies, and forge lifelong friendships in this peaceful and relaxing RPG.
Why similar: Life Sim 26.2%, Building 12.8%, Crafting 12%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Open World 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing life-sim that focuses on town building and social interactions, perfect for players who enjoy the cozy side of Chef RPG.
- #15 Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,533 reviews2010
Dev: EasyGameStationPub: Carpe Fulgur LLC
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: RPG 36.9%, Management 29.2%, Action RPG 21.2%, Simulation 11.7%, 2D 1%
Why You'll Like It: A classic title that defines the shop-management genre, requiring you to balance inventory and customer service with dungeon exploration.
- #16 Roots of Pacha
85% matchVery Positive94% of 4,567 reviews2023
Dev: Soda Den
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 21.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The charming and relaxing stone-age farming sim where you live in a thriving community exploring the wonderful world of Pacha. Discover "ideas," domesticate crops, befriend animals, and help your village grow. Play co-op with friends or explore the early days of civilization in single-player.
Why similar: Life Sim 24.8%, Building 13.8%, Crafting 13%, Immersive Sim 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: This life-sim focuses on community development and resource gathering, offering a relaxing pace similar to the social aspects of Chef RPG.
- #17 Recipe for Disaster
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 729 reviews2022
Dev: Dapper Penguin StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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 41.3%, Life Sim 19.7%, Management 16.4%, Building 12.4%, Resource Management 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a focused look at restaurant management, challenging you to handle staff and customer needs efficiently.
- #18 Cafeteria Nipponica
86% matchVery Positive87% of 204 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Find ingredients, make menus, and run your own restaurant in this sizzling sim!
Why similar: Cooking 35.3%, Life Sim 20.2%, Building 11.4%, Management 11%, RPG 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A classic management sim that allows you to build a restaurant empire with deep RPG-like progression systems.
- #19 To Pixelia
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,300 reviews2025
Dev: Pixeduo StudiosPub: Crytivo
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Meet the Pixelians and discover the ultimate life simulator in To Pixelia. As you climb your career ladder of choice, step into the world of politics, art, sports, music, and even crime. Live your dream life in pixels!
Why similar: Life Sim 21.6%, Cooking 19%, Open World 11.4%, Management 10.7%, Immersive Sim 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A life-sim that captures the open-world freedom and pixel-art aesthetic found in Chef RPG.
- #20 My Time at Sandrock
83% matchVery Positive88% of 29,103 reviews2023
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 39.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Travel to the desert community of Sandrock and take on the role of a fledgling Builder. Use your trusty toolset to gather resources, construct machines, and turn your run-down workshop into a well-oiled production facility to save the town from the jaws of economic ruin!
Why similar: Life Sim 37.7%, Building 20.2%, Crafting 15.1%, Open World 14.2%, RPG 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It excels at blending life-simulation with crafting and management in a large, explorable open world.
- #21 The Sushi Spinnery
84% matchVery Positive93% of 457 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Revolutionize the revolving sushi bar in this fresh new sim!
Why similar: Cooking 41.9%, Life Sim 19.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Management 8.3%, Building 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-heavy management game that allows you to customize your restaurant and menu in a charming pixel-art style.
- #22 Tavern Manager Simulator 🍻
82% matchVery Positive92% of 4,482 reviews2024
Dev: One More Time
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 12.3 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 26.1%, Life Sim 17.4%, Management 13.5%, Building 13%, Immersive Sim 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the renovation and management of a business, providing a satisfying sense of progression as you expand your establishment.
- #23 Kebab Chefs! - Restaurant Simulator
79% matchVery Positive83% of 8,126 reviews2026
Dev: Biotech GameworksPub: Flagship Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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 40.8%, Life Sim 12.1%, Management 11.3%, Building 8.4%, Immersive Sim 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a chaotic and fun multiplayer-focused cooking experience that emphasizes physics and management.
- #24 Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,498 reviews2020
Dev: Innervoid InteractivePub: Digital Tribe
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.3 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 47.1%, Management 36.8%, Simulation 11.5%, Relaxing 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers deep customization options for your restaurant and menu, appealing to those who enjoy the business management side of Chef RPG.
- #25 Graveyard Keeper
81% matchVery Positive85% of 56,175 reviews2018
Dev: Lazy Bear GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 27.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build and manage a medieval graveyard while facing ethical dilemmas and making questionable decisions. Welcome to Graveyard Keeper, the most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim of the year.
Why similar: Crafting 24.1%, Pixel Graphics 19.9%, Management 19.4%, Building 14.3%, RPG 14%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a quirky, management-heavy experience with deep crafting systems and a unique world to explore.
- #26 TasteMaker
81% matchVery Positive83% of 1,298 reviews2023
Dev: Jelle Booij
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
TasteMaker is a restaurant tycoon game. Design your own restaurant from the ground up, decorate, create a menu, hire and manage staff, and much more. Keep your customers happy and make a profit to keep the restaurant of your dreams from turning into a nightmare.
Why similar: Cooking 35.8%, Management 15.4%, Building 15%, Crafting 11.8%, Immersive Sim 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a sandbox approach to restaurant building, allowing for significant creative freedom in how you design your space.
- #27 Barista Simulator
80% matchMostly Positive77% of 695 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 32.5%, Life Sim 15.3%, Management 11.5%, Crafting 11.1%, Immersive Sim 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: This simulation game offers a hands-on approach to crafting drinks and managing the daily flow of a coffee shop.
- #28 Coffee Talk
79% matchVery Positive95% of 12,615 reviews2020
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 31.6%, Crafting 24.7%, Relaxing 20.5%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Simulation 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: This cozy game focuses on the art of beverage-making and the personal stories of your customers, mirroring the social depth of Chef RPG.
- #29 Tasty Chef
77% matchVery Positive94% of 252 reviews2026
Dev: Xpercent Games
Windows · Mac
Tasty Chef is a cozy restaurant management and cooking game where you build and expand unique restaurants, design menus, order ingredients, prepare dishes step by step, hire helpful staff, and serve customers alone or with friends.
Why similar: Cooking 38.2%, Management 12.7%, Crafting 12.3%, Life Sim 12.1%, Immersive Sim 12%
- #30 Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition
78% matchVery Positive95% of 53,432 reviews2020
Dev: Thunder Lotus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Management 27.2%, Building 25.3%, Crafting 14.9%, Relaxing 12%, Exploration 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: It masterfully combines management and exploration with a touching narrative, emphasizing the care and growth of your environment.
- #31 Call of Boba
78% matchMixed70% of 167 reviews2025
Dev: Tomatoast
Windows
A cozy pixel art adventure about saving a struggling Boba Tea shop. Brew up tasty drinks, battle enemies for inspiration, make friends with customers, and much much more, on your quest to serve up the best tea in town!
Why similar: Cooking 29.6%, Life Sim 24.5%, Management 14.8%, Pixel Graphics 10%, RPG 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: This casual simulation game focuses on the management of a bubble tea shop with cute, relaxing gameplay loops.
- #32 Space Chef
77% matchMostly Positive80% of 143 reviews2025
Dev: Blue Goo GamesPub: Kwalee
Windows
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 25%, Life Sim 14.6%, Resource Management 11%, Management 8.6%, Crafting 7.9%
- #33 Farm to Table
75% matchVery Positive91% of 689 reviews2026
Dev: indieGiant
Windows
A farming & restaurant management sim with base building elements. Grow in backyard to cook & serve! Discover new recipes by exploring ingredients on the island; gather, fish, raise animals & produce with machines. Manage resources, hire staff & grow your organic business into a 5-star restaurant!
Why similar: Cooking 32.5%, Building 13.4%, Management 13.1%, Immersive Sim 10.9%, Crafting 10.5%
- #34 Tailside: Cozy Cafe Sim
74% matchVery Positive96% of 280 reviews2026
Dev: Coffee Beans Dev
Windows
Run your own cozy café in Tailside! Brew coffee, decorate your café, and follow small stories in the daily newspaper. Progress through days and levels to unlock new items, skills, villagers, and creature visitors.
Why similar: Cooking 27.5%, Life Sim 17.8%, Management 11.3%, Building 11%, Crafting 9.3%
- #35 Coastal Kitchen Simulator
75% matchVery Positive83% of 156 reviews2025
Dev: Bewolba Studios
Windows
Cook and serve dishes as you run your own seafood restaurant! Unlock new recipes, grow your kitchen with the help of employees, and satisfy every customer’s craving. Expand your reputation, manage resources wisely, and build a seafood restaurant that becomes the talk of the town.
Why similar: Cooking 45.9%, Management 11.3%, Crafting 10.4%, Resource Management 10.2%, Simulation 10.2%
- #36 Burger Bistro Story
76% matchVery Positive83% of 356 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Open your own diner and create custom burgers in this management sim game.
Why similar: Cooking 47%, Life Sim 19.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Management 10%, Simulation 7.3%
- #37 Service Please
74% matchVery Positive81% of 111 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 28.4%, Life Sim 14.1%, Management 10.8%, Building 10.6%, Crafting 8.2%
- #38 The Ramen Sensei
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 216 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Build the ultimate bowl to leap past your ramen rivals and achieve greatness!
Why similar: Cooking 34%, Life Sim 25%, Building 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Management 7.2%
- #39 Corner Kitchen Fast Food Simulator
73% matchVery Positive85% of 427 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 38.7%, Life Sim 20.9%, Management 15.7%, Resource Management 11.5%, Simulation 6%
- #40 KuloNiku: Bowl Up!
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,582 reviews2026
Dev: Gambir StudioPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 34.5%, Life Sim 19.8%, Management 13.6%, Immersive Sim 11.5%, Crafting 10.5%
- #41 Chef Knight
69% matchNo user reviews95% of 2,674 reviews2026
Dev: Clover Bite
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Cook what you kill in this cozy fantasy incremental game! Dive into dangerous dungeons, harvest fresh monster ingredients, and serve delicious dishes to hungry adventurers. Slay, cook, sell and upgrade your way to a sprawling dungeon-food empire!
Why similar: Cooking 40.9%, Management 23.9%, Resource Management 19.8%, Simulation 8.8%, Relaxing 3.8%
- #42 Restaurant Owner: Prologue
73% matchMixed59% of 112 reviews2024
Dev: Workaround GamesPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 20%
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 34.5%, Life Sim 19.5%, Management 14.4%, Immersive Sim 11.6%, Resource Management 9.5%
- #43 Conveyor Belt Sushi Simulator: Prologue
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Mizuki Games
Windows
Run your own conveyor belt sushi restaurant. Make sushi, serve customers, process payments, clean tables, hire staff, and design your restaurant’s conveyor belt. Set your own prices, manage troublesome customers, and expand your sushi restaurant.
Why similar: Cooking 24.9%, Life Sim 22.7%, Immersive Sim 12.5%, Building 11.8%, Management 8.2%
- #44 Drive Thru Miami - Restaurant Simulator
73% matchMostly Positive69% of 131 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 40.6%, Life Sim 20%, Management 12.5%, Immersive Sim 12.2%, Open World 9.4%
- #45 Cornucopia®
72% matchVery Positive88% of 664 reviews2023
Dev: David DolynnyPub: Subconscious Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A cozy 2.5D farm-life RPG that runs deep. Grow living soil into legendary harvests, romance 34+ villagers, breed magical animals, cook, fish, and dive the dungeons below for loot. No forced bedtime, no stress, just your dream farm at your own pace.
Why similar: Life Sim 26.4%, Building 13.1%, Crafting 12.9%, Open World 12.1%, RPG 9.8%
- #46 Pixel Cafe
71% matchVery Positive92% of 886 reviews2023
Dev: Baltoro Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Step into Pixel's shoes in this one-of-a-kind journey that bridges time, memories, and the aroma of fresh coffee. Dive deep into a city balancing its past and future. Engage in intense arcade challenges, immerse yourself in heartfelt stories, and navigate a world crafted in pixel art.
Why similar: Cooking 32.9%, Life Sim 20.6%, Management 14.1%, Crafting 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%
- #47 SkyBrew: Entropic Strategist
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 565 reviews2025
Dev: ATRIC Games
Windows
Experience entrepreneurship in a floating cloud cafe. Manage your flying cafe, customize construction, train staff, handle random events, and uncover the secrets of the commercial empire, growing from a small shop to the sky's brightest star.
Why similar: Cooking 35.2%, Building 15.8%, Management 13%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Resource Management 10.1%
- #48 Wrap House Simulator🌯
69% matchVery Positive88% of 3,427 reviews2025
Dev: Broken Lyre EntertainmentPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 40.7%, Life Sim 15.5%, Management 11.4%, Immersive Sim 10.2%, Resource Management 7.3%
- #49 Restaurant Owner: A Restaurant Simulator
71% matchMixed59% of 103 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 35.9%, Life Sim 18%, Management 15.1%, Immersive Sim 11.4%, Resource Management 8.9%
- #50 Cafe Business Manager
68% matchVery Positive87% of 379 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 30.5%, Life Sim 18.5%, Management 14%, Building 13.8%, Immersive Sim 10.2%
- #51 Magic Inn
70% matchVery Positive82% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Purpledoor Studios
Windows
Reclaim glory in Magic Inn, a charming tavern life simulator. Take on the role of an exiled wizard-turned-innkeeper, overseeing everything from menus, rooms, guests, and staff in a fully magical customizable inn. Engage in card battles to spark conversations and foster relationships with guests.
Why similar: Cooking 35.7%, Life Sim 25.2%, Management 15.6%, Crafting 12.1%, Immersive Sim 6.8%
- #52 Nivalis Nights
69% matchMixed61% of 292 reviews2026
Dev: ION LANDSPub: 505 Games
Windows
Grow your business, manage restaurants and nightclubs, make friends and enemies, buy and decorate apartments, go fishing and maybe even find love in a cyberpunk city that stretches from the ocean to the clouds.
Why similar: Cooking 25.5%, Life Sim 21%, Management 12.4%, Immersive Sim 10.8%, RPG 6.2%
- #53 Welcome to Elderfield
66% matchVery Positive85% of 2,165 reviews2026
Dev: Chris CotePub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Welcome to Elderfield, a cozy horror RPG with hand-drawn art and dark lofi music. Manage your farm, befriend or romance the locals, investigate mysteries, decorate your home, fight terrifying creatures, fish, cook, seek the Old Gods, die in your sleep, and more... There's lots to do in Elderfield!
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 24.4%, RPG 24.1%, Exploration 13%, Crafting 11.9%, Atmospheric 8.4%
- #54 Drive Thru Simulator : Prologue
70% matchMostly Negative38% of 140 reviews2025
Dev: Red Axe Games
Windows
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 72.2%, Simulation 7.7%, Life Sim 5.8%, Open World 3.4%, Management 3.4%
- #55 Gaming Cafe Simulator
67% matchVery Positive84% of 422 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 36.7%, Life Sim 21.5%, Management 16.1%, Immersive Sim 11.7%, Simulation 6.4%
- #56 Spirittea
68% matchVery Positive84% of 797 reviews2023
Dev: Cheesemaster GamesPub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Hey human, we've got problems! This town is crawling with troublesome spirits, and you're the only one who can see them. You'd better get that old bathhouse up and running, maybe that'll help them chill out!
Why similar: Life Sim 29.6%, Building 13.8%, RPG 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Management 9.8%
- #57 Tavern Legends
65% matchVery Positive91% of 183 reviews2026
Dev: CROWFORGE Games
Windows
Build and run your own medieval tavern. Cook meals, brew drinks, design every room, hire and manage staff, serve unique guests, handle fights and chaos, and grow from a humble innkeeper into a tavern legend. This game has a Twitch Integration!
Why similar: Cooking 23.2%, Life Sim 16.3%, Management 12.8%, Building 12.5%, Crafting 10.8%
- #58 Moonstone Island
67% matchVery Positive84% of 5,087 reviews2023
Dev: Studio SupersoftPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Moonstone Island is a creature-collecting life-sim set in an open world with 100 islands to explore. Make friends, brew potions, collect Spirits, and test your strength in card-based encounters to complete your Alchemy training!
Why similar: Cooking 30.8%, Life Sim 22.2%, Building 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 10%, RPG 8.5%
- #59 Mirthwood
67% matchMostly Positive70% of 2,381 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Ridge GamesPub: V Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Embark on an enchanting journey and brave ferocious creatures in an immersive medieval fantasy world. Will you settle a new homestead to live a life of farming and trade, or pick up the sword and take up the adventurers' path?
Why similar: Life Sim 19.5%, Management 13.8%, Immersive Sim 13.3%, Crafting 13%, RPG 11.3%