Games Like Cuisineer

Battle Chef Brigade pairs combo-based hunting and puzzle-based cooking in a hand drawn, fantasy adventure. Cook your way into the Brigade while subduing Victusia’s destructive monsters. Follow Mina and Thrash in the single-player campaign or challenge your friends in Local Multiplayer and Daily Cook-Offs.

Why similar: Cooking 43.8%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Anime 13%, RPG 8.5%, Hand-drawn 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Combines fast-paced monster hunting with creative cooking challenges in a vibrant, anime-inspired world.

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: Character Action Game 27.9% ★, Cooking 25.7%, Management 12.3%, Anime 8.6%, Female Protagonist 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Combines high-energy action-adventure exploration with the management of a charming bakery.

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: Dungeon Crawler 22.4%, JRPG 19%, Anime 18.6%, Management 9.2%, Female Protagonist 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A classic title that defines the genre of combining dungeon crawling for loot with shop management to pay off debt.

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 44%, Roguelite 19.2%, Simulation 13.4%, RPG 13.1%, Casual 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly mirrors the loop of exploring dangerous waters by day and managing a bustling restaurant by night.

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 37.3%, JRPG 18.4%, Anime 12.7%, Female Protagonist 9.5%, Simulation 9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the management and ingredient-gathering loop, capturing the same cozy restaurant-running satisfaction.

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: Character Action Game 20.5% ★, Hack and Slash 15.7%, Dungeon Crawler 14.4%, Action Roguelike 12%, Management 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: Players explore procedurally generated dungeons to gather items, which are then sold in their own shop during the day.

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 56.9%, Management 22.4%, RPG 9.7%, Simulation 7%, Atmospheric 4%

Why You'll Like It: Allows players to explore a beautiful world while focusing on building their restaurant and developing new recipes.

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 63.3%, Anime 24.4%, RPG 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: An action-platformer where you defeat monsters and cook them into meals to gain new abilities and buffs.

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 39.8%, Management 20%, Roguelite 12%, Action Roguelike 10.4%, Procedural Generation 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the frantic, satisfying, and strategic loop of restaurant management and kitchen efficiency.

"Awaken the Forbidden Flavors of the Gods!" Join Lanya, the adorable and charming chef-hero, on a forbidden culinary adventure in another world! Hunt, gather, and cook to grow stronger and challenge the authority of the gods. Cooking is freedom! A roguelike action RPG to satisfy everyone's tastes!

Why similar: Cooking 37%, Action Roguelike 19.6%, Anime 11.7%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Cute 7%

Why You'll Like It: Directly mirrors the action-roguelike combat and cooking-focused progression found in the seed game.

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 30.7%, Wholesome 29.8% ★, Management 13.4%, Anime 9%, Cute 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A cooking-focused management game that shares a similar cute aesthetic and simulation depth.

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 55.6%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Management 10.5%, Cute 10.3%, Fantasy 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A cozy platformer that emphasizes gathering ingredients and cooking specific dishes for a variety of customers.

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 56.2%, Simulation 23.5%, Anime 20.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features a deep blend of side-scrolling action combat and detailed, rewarding farming simulation.

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: Wholesome 34.2% ★, Cooking 34%, Management 14.8%, Cute 6.4%, Simulation 5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the social and management aspects of running a restaurant in a wholesome, cute environment.

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: Wholesome 42.8% ★, JRPG 30.2%, Cute 8.8%, Simulation 7.3%, RPG 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Involves gathering ingredients through exploration and combat to craft potions for the local townspeople.

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: Wholesome 35.2% ★, Cooking 33.7%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Hand-drawn 10.5%, Simulation 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven cooking game that emphasizes the management and service aspects of the culinary experience.

Garden of Witches is a cute roguelike action game full of danger. Help the protagonist, Sil, as she tries to round up her unruly fellow witches and save the Garden.

Why similar: Hack and Slash 21.3%, Action Roguelike 20.7%, Dungeon Crawler 13.7%, Roguelite 13.4%, Female Protagonist 10%

Why You'll Like It: A cute, action-roguelite that shares a similar visual style and combat-focused gameplay.

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 37.7%, Wholesome 32.7% ★, Management 12%, Simulation 7.9%, Cute 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a cozy, whimsical exploration experience centered around cooking and serving food from a mobile kitchen.

Fight your way through a procedurally generated labyrinthic castle in this rogue-like dungeon crawler, set in a vibrant and colorful anime world. You’re lost in a spiritual realm, but powerful monster girls will help you get back home with new powers and weapons if you bring them the right presents!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 25.2%, Hack and Slash 17.5%, Dungeon Crawler 15.8%, JRPG 15.2%, Roguelite 10%

Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelite with a distinct anime aesthetic and a heavy emphasis on hack-and-slash combat.

RemiLore: Lost Girl in the Lands of Lore is a “rogue-lite” anime-style adventure set in a colorful fantasy world where players hack-and-slash their way through an army of mechanical monsters using a huge variety of unique melee weapons and devastating magic attacks!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 39%, Hack and Slash 19.7%, Anime 16.5%, Roguelite 12.8%, Female Protagonist 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: Features the same cute, anime-inspired hack-and-slash roguelite combat found in the dungeon segments.

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: JRPG 28.1%, Cute 21.2%, Female Protagonist 18.3%, Anime 13.2%, RPG 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A cute, story-driven RPG that features crafting, gathering, and exploration in a charming world.

Delicious Dungeon is a combination of action-adventure and simulation game. The player is the owner of a local restaurant in a fantasy world. But to run the restaurant they have to explore dungeons full of dangers and enemies to get the ingredients needed to cook delicious meals for their guests.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 30.7%, Cooking 24.6%, Hand-drawn 14%, Casual 9.9%, Cute 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Directly mirrors the dungeon-crawling and cooking theme with a casual, accessible approach.

Ready to run a tavern with a Dragon companion? On this charming island, you can live out your tavern-keeping dreams. Along the way, you'll meet all kinds of guests, Encounter unicorns, battle Giant Elementals, and embrace adventures! Begin your journey as the Dragon Song calls!

Why similar: Cooking 37%, JRPG 13.8%, Anime 10.4%, Management 10.4%, Cute 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines tavern management with light adventure elements in a cozy setting.

A goblin as a sushi chef? Why not! But hurry up rent is due in minutes! Upgrade the restaurant, the menu and your ingredients to feed your fellow goblins the best and most expensive sushi any goblin can find in the cave!

Why similar: Cooking 49.9%, Dungeon Crawler 28.2%, Action Roguelike 22%

Why You'll Like It: A dungeon-crawler that incorporates a cooking theme into its core gameplay progression.

Wielding magical blades, four girls must fight back the encroaching waves of monsters in this exhilarating hack-and-slash action game!

Why similar: Character Action Game 23.5% ★, Hack and Slash 19.8%, Anime 12%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Casual 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: Provides fast-paced, anime-style hack-and-slash combat that feels very similar to the dungeon exploration.

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

Why similar: Cooking 48.1%, Management 16.5%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Cute 8.8%, Simulation 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A management simulation that focuses entirely on the restaurant business side of the culinary experience.

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 37.3%, Management 17.5%, Anime 11.3%, Female Protagonist 10.2%, Cute 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management and crafting aspects of running a business in a cozy, story-rich environment.

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 31.6%, Management 17.3%, Roguelite 12.2%, Cute 10.1%, Procedural Generation 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Features a cozy, management-focused gameplay loop centered around running a boba shop.

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 37.9%, Action Roguelike 22.4%, Roguelite 16.1%, Hand-drawn 10.6%, Cute 9.3%

As the Debugging Hero chosen by the Legendary Sword, you have gained the ability to manipulate character variables! Use this powerful ability to overcome the dungeons blocking your path and defeat the Demon Lord!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 28.4%, Hack and Slash 28.1%, Roguelite 14.3%, Fantasy 8.6%, Cute 7.6%

A fast, brutal action roguelite with razor-sharp controls and insane build freedom. Fuse embers, skill cards, and gear into wildly overpowered combat styles — and break each run in a world consumed by the Ash Witch.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 21.9%, Hack and Slash 20.8%, Dungeon Crawler 19.9%, Roguelite 13.6%, Procedural Generation 9.2%

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 53.8%, Action Roguelike 25.2%, Roguelite 17.4%, Casual 3.6%

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 55.6%, Management 14.3%, Simulation 9.8%, Anime 8.5%, Casual 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward restaurant management game that captures the service-oriented gameplay loop.

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 72.4%, Simulation 14.6%, Cute 13%

Ooblets is a relaxing and offbeat farming, town life, and creature collection game. Manage your farm, grow and train your ooblets, explore strange lands, and have dance-offs!

Why similar: Cooking 59%, Cute 14.8%, RPG 11.5%, Casual 7.8%, 3D 6.9%

Zengeon is an anime infused Action RPG and Roguelite with a selection of unique characters and varying play-styles. Slaughter your way through demonic hordes and colossal bosses with hundreds of combination and skill possibilities!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 29%, Hack and Slash 16.3%, Anime 14.8%, Roguelite 12%, RPG 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: Provides the action-roguelite combat experience found in the dungeon segments with a similar anime-inspired art style.

Embark on an epic journey into the anime world of Asteria. Bring your favorite hero along and delve into endlessly different scenarios in this action-packed cooperative roguelike.

Why similar: Hack and Slash 20.8%, Action Roguelike 20.6%, Dungeon Crawler 17.2%, Anime 14%, Female Protagonist 11.6%

Join the genius alchemist Noah and her cat companion Zipper as they explore ancient ruins to uncover the secrets hidden within! Create unique teams and combos from 40+ recruitable allies in this casual but compelling game!

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 20.6%, Action Roguelike 20.6%, JRPG 18.9%, Roguelite 12.4%, Female Protagonist 11.4%

Run your own sushi shokudo in a mysterious underworld. Satisfy the appetite of your customers, collect suspicious ingredients from bizarre fantastical creatures, and realize your dream of creating ... the legendary Chawanmushi!

Why similar: Cooking 49.4%, Hand-drawn 16%, Cute 12%, Fantasy 10.4%, Casual 5.9%

A mixture of incremental/idle and roleplaying game set in fantasy world filled with monsters and things to explore, where battling is constant, almost everything can be upgraded, and with wide array of various prestige mechanics to always keep things interesting and moving forward!

Why similar: Hack and Slash 18.5%, JRPG 18.1%, Management 14.4%, Anime 10.4%, Hand-drawn 9.9%

Eat everything. Grow stronger. Save the Gourmet Kingdom. A charming action-adventure where you devour foes, solve clever dungeon puzzles, and battle monstrous bosses in a whimsical, food-filled world. Find the five Divine Spices and save the Gourmet Kingdom from the Demon Chef!

Why similar: JRPG 32.7%, Dungeon Crawler 27%, Fantasy 12.5%, Cute 10.7%, RPG 9.3%

A creepy-cozy cooking simulator where you befriend local wildlife and feed them their favorite snacks! With a strange house to search and forest to explore, the witching hour has only begun.

Why similar: Cooking 60.3%, Cute 11.7%, Fantasy 6.9%, Simulation 6.1%, Atmospheric 5.8%

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 45%, Management 21.1%, Roguelite 13.2%, Cute 8.3%, Simulation 7.8%

Join the witches in their quest to restore the Grimoire Groves! Master magic, grow cute plant creatures and discover the mystery of the Rainbow Socks in this cozy, rogue-lite dungeon crawler.

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 27.2%, Action Roguelike 24.1%, Roguelite 16.7%, Hand-drawn 15%, Fantasy 9.3%

A Metroidvania x Roguelite where you journey with the aid of a cursed hat. Use a variety of magic or possess your enemies to reach the lowest levels! Bring back loot, build new facilities in your village, make a living and strengthen yourself for the next battle! Supports up to 4-player multiplayer.

Why similar: Cooking 25.7%, Action Roguelike 19.6%, Hack and Slash 19.2%, Anime 11.1%, Female Protagonist 11.1%

Welcome to Cooking Clash, the VR restaurant game that lets you unleash your creativity! Run your fast-food spot, delighting both human and animal guests with your culinary flair. Utilize endless ingredient combinations to keep guests pleased and beware of cunning customers who might rob your tips!

Why similar: Cooking 54.1%, Anime 11.3%, Simulation 9.3%, RPG 9.1%, Cute 6.5%

Explore the halls of the Neverinth and uncover the history of the Valkyrie. Do glorious battle against the beasts and monsters of Norse legend and uncover the hidden pasts of each heroic woman. But their trials will not be easy as they face down those that haunt the sacred halls of Valhalla.

Why similar: Hack and Slash 17.1%, Dungeon Crawler 16.9%, Action Roguelike 16.5%, Anime 10.9%, Female Protagonist 10.5%

Touhou Project's Brand New Action Roguelite Fan Game! Strange incidents erupt in the Animal Realm and Primate Spirit Garden. Embark on an unknown journey, uncover the truth behind the anomalies, and break through this 'Touhou Dystopian'!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 31.6%, Female Protagonist 18.7%, Roguelite 17%, Anime 9.6%, Cute 8.6%

Fantasy story-driven roguelite with chaotic inventory management. Combine items in real-time to create powerful skills and use them in fast-paced combat. Explore randomly generated dungeons in the Underkingdom and discover the secrets of its inhabitants!

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 34.3%, Roguelite 21.6%, Fantasy 13%, Cute 11.8%, Procedural Generation 11%

Escape the department store and uncover the hidden truth in this full 3D roguelike dungeon crawler

Why similar: Hack and Slash 19.3%, Dungeon Crawler 16.5%, Action Roguelike 16%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Roguelite 11.4%

Date your weapons! Romance swords, daggers, and polearms to level them up in this “shack-and-slash” dungeon crawling adventure.

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 23.8%, Hack and Slash 21.6%, Action Roguelike 21.3%, Roguelite 15.1%, Cute 10.8%

In this exhilarating roguelike action game, the main character, Rustil, acquires abilities from the souls of various heroes in a huge and mysterious labyrinth castle, and aims to reach the top floor while strengthening the main character. All monsters can be captured, raised, and summoned!

Why similar: Hack and Slash 22.9%, Action Roguelike 21.4%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Anime 12.4%, Roguelite 9.4%

Join Pupuru, a hard working student, on a delectable roguelike adventure filled with excitement, humour, thrills and all the curry you can eat as you quest to save your favourite local curry restaurant from being swallowed up by the big bad curry chain that's moved into town!

Why similar: JRPG 23.9%, Dungeon Crawler 21.7%, Roguelite 14.4%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Cute 7.3%

Wonderful maze “HoloDungeon” changes form with each challenge—within it lurks Hollow, beings not unlike Holomen. To rescue her snatched friends and make special Live a success, Hakui Koyori tries an unknown adventure! Roguelike RPG where you play using wisdom and brains remain even after down.

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 29.1%, Female Protagonist 16.2%, Procedural Generation 14%, JRPG 12.5%, Cute 10.6%

In this delightful farm-to-table cooking game, you’ll restore a cozy Japanese restaurant, cultivate a bountiful garden of fresh ingredients, and prepare mouth-watering Japanese dishes for hungry locals. Use your culinary skills to help bring a little life back to the spirit world!

Why similar: Cooking 54.6%, Management 15.1%, Simulation 10.4%, Cute 8.3%, Casual 6.6%

Dungeon Clawler is a Roguelike Claw Machine Deckbuilder. Build your deck, grab weapons and items from the claw machine to battle enemies, discover powerful perks that create game-changing synergies and unleash crazy combos as you fight your way through the dungeon!

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 28.5%, Procedural Generation 18.1%, Roguelite 18%, Cute 12%, Simulation 9.3%

Explore, fight, and produce items to grow stronger as seven distinct heroes in this silent world. Guided by the Princess, you'll delve into the Abyss and learn the mysteries of the King and his now-ruined kingdom. In a world without words, what hope is there for humanity?

Why similar: Hack and Slash 22.6%, Dungeon Crawler 21.3%, JRPG 21.2%, Anime 11.7%, Cute 7.3%

Scarlett's Dungeon is a retro-inspired action RPG dungeon crawler with roguelite elements. Explore randomly generated dungeons, fight monsters, and collect loot in beautifully crafted pixel art reminiscent of the Game Boy Advance era. Test your skills as you dive deep into ever-changing challenges!

Why similar: Character Action Game 28.6% ★, Action Roguelike 16.8%, Dungeon Crawler 16.7%, Hack and Slash 12.4%, Procedural Generation 9.3%

Roguelike Romance JRPG with a female protagonist. Customize your characters, take open-ended quests and write your own story in the town of Ecallia. A game with town building, dating and life sim elements, but also a randomly generated Dungeon with lots of companions and loot!

Why similar: Female Protagonist 19.8%, JRPG 18.3%, Dungeon Crawler 17.2%, RPG 14.4%, Roguelite 12.3%

Enroll in the Ancient Magic Academy and become a Great Mage in this charming dungeon-crawling RPG!

Why similar: JRPG 23.8%, Dungeon Crawler 21.1%, Female Protagonist 16.1%, Anime 15.8%, RPG 8.8%