- #1 Chef RPG
97% matchVery Positive88% of 2,496 reviews2024
Dev: World 2 Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 44.8%, Life Sim 19.2%, Crafting 11.2%, Immersive Sim 8.7%, RPG 7.2%
- #2 Travellers Rest
96% matchVery Positive88% of 16,540 reviews2020
Dev: Isolated Games
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 19.4 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: Farming Sim 38%, Life Sim 23.9%, Crafting 12.3%, Immersive Sim 8.6%, RPG 6.1%
- #3 Sun Haven
96% matchVery Positive81% of 24,588 reviews2023
Dev: Pixel Sprout Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.8 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: Farming Sim 37.7%, Cooking 19%, Life Sim 16%, Crafting 10.4%, RPG 5.7%
- #4 Kynseed
95% matchVery Positive83% of 3,619 reviews2022
Dev: PixelCount Studios
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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: Farming Sim 35.8%, Life Sim 17.4%, Crafting 15.4%, Funny 11%, RPG 6.1%
- #5 Cooking Simulator
94% matchVery Positive85% of 19,369 reviews2019
Dev: Big Cheese Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 14.1 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 66.2%, Simulation 12.4%, Funny 8.6%, Crafting 5.8%, Comedy 5%
- #6 Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator
94% matchVery Positive84% of 2,520 reviews2023
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 42.7%, Life Sim 17%, Immersive Sim 12%, Cartoony 8.1%, Simulation 6.8%
- #7 Echoes of the Plum Grove
93% matchVery Positive88% of 3,019 reviews2024
Dev: Unwound GamesPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A new life awaits in Honeywood! Build a thriving community that will last generations in this cozy farm simulator. Farm, socialize, make friends, cook, craft, forage and uncover the secrets of the island! If someone doesn’t want to be friends? There are always other means.
Why similar: Farming Sim 26.8%, Cooking 25.2%, Life Sim 13.1%, Crafting 11%, Story Rich 6%
- #8 Immortal Life
92% matchVery Positive80% of 4,255 reviews2024
Dev: YiFang StudioPub: 2P Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Embark on a magical journey in this captivating life simulation game. Escape to a welcoming valley, farm with spells, and master skills like fishing, crafting, and cooking. Engage in epic battles, strengthen the bonds with your companions, and build your dream home to achieve Immortal Life!
Why similar: Cooking 26.1%, Farming Sim 26.1%, Life Sim 13.3%, Crafting 12.2%, Story Rich 6%
- #9 Everdream Valley
91% matchMostly Positive71% of 944 reviews2023
Dev: MooneatersPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A farming adventure with a dash of magic. Play solo or up to a 4-player coop. By day, restore your quaint farm into a summer paradise. Explore, raise crops, care for animals and rebuild your home. At night inhabit various creatures through your dreams and bring enchantment to the valley.
Why similar: Cooking 30.2%, Farming Sim 28%, Life Sim 13.3%, Crafting 11.6%, Simulation 4.4%
- #10 Cooking Clash
90% matchMostly Positive80% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Tyche Mobile Technology Inc Limited
Windows
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 36.4%, Comedy 14%, Life Sim 12.6%, Crafting 9.7%, Cartoon 9.4%
- #11 Big Farm Story
91% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,339 reviews2021
Dev: Goodgame Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Build your dream farm with your friends & animals in Big Farm Story. Grow crops, tend your fields, craft and explore the world in this farming adventure. Meet new friends around each corner, shape your own community and have fun writing your own story.
Why similar: Farming Sim 26.1%, Cooking 22.5%, Life Sim 15%, Crafting 9.9%, Story Rich 8%
- #12 Lemon Cake
89% matchVery Positive85% of 2,012 reviews2021
Dev: Cozy Bee Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 9.3 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 32.7%, Farming Sim 32%, Life Sim 12.5%, Simulation 7.1%, Crafting 5.9%
- #13 SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off
89% matchMixed63% of 115 reviews2025
Dev: Entalto StudiosPub: Tilting Point
Windows · Mac
Let’s Get Cookin’! Team up with SpongeBob SquarePants for a laugh-out-loud, fast-paced cooking adventure in Bikini Bottom. Test your time-management skills, serve iconic customers, and fire up the grill in nonstop kitchen chaos!
Why similar: Cooking 34.7%, Comedy 12.8%, Life Sim 10.1%, Cartoon 9.9%, Funny 9%
- #14 Space Chef
88% matchMostly Positive80% of 129 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 37.3%, Life Sim 14.9%, Crafting 12.9%, Cartoony 11.3%, Colorful 7.2%
- #15 Fruitbus
86% matchVery Positive87% of 1,079 reviews2024
Dev: Krillbite Studio
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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 52.5%, Crafting 11.4%, Simulation 9.3%, Exploration 6.3%, Stylized 6.1%
- #16 Grow: Song of the Evertree
87% matchVery Positive81% of 2,538 reviews2021
Dev: Prideful SlothPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Grow your own worlds and nurture a deep natural connection with everything they hold. See your actions change the world for better! Bring the Evertree back to life in this breathtaking world-crafting sandbox, with life management and adventure elements.
Why similar: Farming Sim 45.8%, Life Sim 21.7%, Simulation 8.7%, Exploration 7.3%, Colorful 6.9%
- #17 Chefs Together
86% matchVery Positive83% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Musa GUNGOR
Windows
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 52%, Comedy 16.8%, Funny 12.6%, Simulation 7.2%, Colorful 4.5%
- #18 Cook Serve Forever
84% matchMixed67% of 448 reviews2025
Dev: Vertigo Gaming Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 44%, Life Sim 19.4%, Funny 12.7%, Story Rich 10%, Simulation 6.3%
- #19 Star Chef 2: Cooking Game
85% matchMostly Positive70% of 553 reviews2021
Dev: 99Games Online Private Limited
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Kitchen Simulation | Learn Cuisines | Cook Delicious Food | Become A Chef
Why similar: Cooking 32.6%, Farming Sim 29.3%, Life Sim 14.8%, Crafting 8.8%, Immersive Sim 7.7%
- #20 Go! Go! Hamster Chef!
82% matchVery Positive98% of 321 reviews2024
Dev: Loafsoft
Windows
Help Hamster Chef cook yummy dishes and deliver them to his animal pals in this short, colorful, and definitely-not-spooky adventure.
Why similar: Cooking 44.3%, Life Sim 17.6%, Crafting 14.1%, Story Rich 6%, Exploration 5.1%
- #21 Sky Harvest
82% matchVery Positive90% of 73 reviews2026
Dev: Hamzah KirmaniPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Armed with hand-me-down tools and some cash, you begin your new life as THE Chief Farmer, a position your grandfather once excelled in. Can you honor his legacy and transform the overgrown, untamed and desolate floating island into a flourishing farm abundant with produce?
Why similar: Cooking 28.7%, Farming Sim 28.6%, Life Sim 14.5%, Crafting 11.7%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #22 Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,478 reviews2020
Dev: Innervoid InteractivePub: Digital Tribe
Windows
Median: 3.3 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 75.4%, Simulation 20.3%, Indie 2.2%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #23 Garden Witch Life
83% matchMixed63% of 182 reviews2024
Dev: FreetimeStudioPub: SOEDESCO
Windows
Experience a cute, cozy witch life! After losing your job your life just took a whimsical turn. You're now on a quest to create a magical food forest and make it a home for all kinds of adorable creatures!
Why similar: Farming Sim 27.3%, Cooking 21.2%, Life Sim 13.5%, Immersive Sim 7.8%, Crafting 7.8%
- #24 The Road To Harvest: Food From Across The Ocean
81% matchVery Positive82% of 114 reviews2025
Dev: MuccyGames
Windows · Mac
Become the God of Harvest, explore the world of food and adventure, plant, trade, and spread deliciousness to create your own path to prosperity!
Why similar: Cooking 43.8%, Story Rich 12.7%, Cartoon 10.1%, Simulation 9.8%, RPG 8.3%
- #25 Luma Island
79% matchVery Positive84% of 12,128 reviews2024
Dev: Feel Free Games
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 24.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Get ready to explore, farm, fish, mine, craft, and raise magical Lumas as you solve puzzles and embark on quests across Luma Island. Play solo, or team up with friends in 1-4 player online co-op. Choose relaxing Cozy, challenging Adventure, or epic Hero mode to match your mood and playstyle.
Why similar: Farming Sim 39.7%, Crafting 18.2%, Life Sim 15.4%, Simulation 7.4%, RPG 7.1%
- #26 Be Hero
81% matchVery Positive86% of 97 reviews2021
Dev: Mirabolis Studios
Windows
Be Hero is a farming/crafting RPG about an aspiring hero who arrived late to the final battle and needs to work in a tavern to be able to return home.
Why similar: Farming Sim 30.7%, Cooking 26.2%, Crafting 14.1%, Funny 10.7%, RPG 6%
- #27 Hokko Life
79% matchMixed66% of 2,650 reviews2022
Dev: Gizmo GardenPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Hop off the train and into your new life in the village of Hokko! Take over the old workshop and get creative; use crafted materials and design everything in town! With complete creative freedom, what type of town will you build?
Why similar: Farming Sim 40.4%, Life Sim 21.4%, Crafting 13.1%, Simulation 7.2%, RPG 6.2%
- #28 Candy Shop Simulator
78% matchMixed65% of 81 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 36.4%, Life Sim 17.3%, Comedy 12.7%, Funny 9.8%, Simulation 6.8%
- #29 Automachef
80% matchMostly Positive72% of 908 reviews2019
Dev: Rhombico GamesPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Welcome to Automachef, a resource management puzzler where you design kitchens, program machinery and watch your genius come to life! It’s time to engineer tomorrow’s kitchen, today!
Why similar: Cooking 41.2%, Simulation 29.8%, Funny 20.3%, Indie 7.9%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #30 Ale & Tale Tavern
75% matchVery Positive90% of 9,445 reviews2024
Dev: Scienart GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Get ready for a thrilling mix of genres: a cooperative, first-person, open-world fantasy tavern simulator, action, fishing, hunting, exploration, and completing fun and diverse quests. And, of course, COOKING! Play with friends, feed and quench the thirst of the entire world!
Why similar: Cooking 70.6%, Simulation 12.2%, Adventure 7.9%, Exploration 6.9%, Indie 2.4%
- #31 Restaurant Owner: Prologue
77% matchMixed62% of 103 reviews2024
Dev: Workaround GamesPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 22%
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 43.5%, Life Sim 16.8%, Funny 12.8%, Immersive Sim 11.6%, Simulation 6.7%
- #32 Stranded Sails - Explorers of the Cursed Islands
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 975 reviews2019
Dev: Alchemist InteractivePub: rokaplay
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Farm, cook, craft and decorate in this casual open world farming adventure! Set up camp with your crew after being shipwrecked on a mysterious archipelago. Your quest is to survive, explore and uncover the secrets of the Cursed Islands. Take care of your crew to build relationships and earn rewards!
Why similar: Farming Sim 29.8%, Cooking 28.2%, Crafting 11.9%, Story Rich 7.9%, RPG 4.8%
- #33 Homestead Arcana
77% matchMixed62% of 164 reviews2023
Dev: Serenity ForgePub: Skybound Games
Windows
Become a farming Witch and pioneer the range that has been mysteriously corrupted with Miasma. Discover the secret behind its appearance, grow plants to power up your spells, and use nature’s magic to heal the land.
Why similar: Farming Sim 30.4%, Cooking 27.7%, Crafting 10.3%, Cartoony 7.3%, RPG 5.8%
- #34 World End Diner
74% matchVery Positive94% of 421 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 33.7%, Farming Sim 26.4%, Life Sim 13.3%, Immersive Sim 9.3%, Crafting 8.9%
- #35 Sprout Valley
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 121 reviews2023
Dev: Vadzim LiakhovichPub: RedDeer.Games
Windows
Sprout Valley is farming simulator game where you can step back from the busy life and grow the garden of your dreams. Captivating story, hand-crafted experience, cute graphics and many more!
Why similar: Farming Sim 33.3%, Life Sim 16.7%, Crafting 10.5%, Immersive Sim 10.3%, RPG 6.9%
- #36 Sushi Clicker
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 64 reviews2022
Dev: NushiPub: Nushi Studio
Windows
A clicker game revolving around Sushi! Create sushi, Sell sushi and buy upgrades in an endless cycle to continue creating infinite sushi to become the ultimate sushi chef!
Why similar: Cooking 37%, Farming Sim 26.4%, Cartoon 12.5%, Funny 9.7%, Simulation 8.5%
- #37 Food Truck Simulator
75% matchMixed69% of 1,318 reviews2022
Dev: DRAGO entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 50.5%, Crafting 18.9%, Simulation 9.5%, Funny 9.1%, Life Sim 8.3%
- #38 Bear and Breakfast
73% matchVery Positive90% of 5,218 reviews2022
Dev: Gummy CatPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.1 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 20.7%, Cartoon 17.7%, Crafting 17.4%, Funny 11.2%, Story Rich 10.9%
- #39 Little Chef: Cozy Cooking
71% matchVery Positive98% of 124 reviews2026
Dev: Julien TruebigerPub: julien & erika
Windows · Mac
Little Chef: Cozy Cooking is a physics-based cooking game full of discovery and playful chaos. Experiment with everything in the kitchen and unlock over 150 recipes on your way to becoming a master chef!
Why similar: Cooking 80.1%, Funny 7.3%, Exploration 6.3%, Colorful 3.3%, Indie 2%
- #40 My Time at Portia
73% matchVery Positive92% of 44,040 reviews2019
Dev: Pathea GamesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 36.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Start a new life in the enchanting town of Portia! Restore your Pa's neglected workshop to its former glory by fulfilling commissions, growing crops, raising animals, and befriending the quirky inhabitants of this charming post-apocalyptic land!
Why similar: Farming Sim 37.8%, Life Sim 20.9%, Crafting 17%, RPG 7.4%, Simulation 6.5%
- #41 Farmer's Dynasty
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,227 reviews2019
Dev: UMEO StudiosPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Live – Build – Farm: Enjoy a unique mix of farming, constructing and life simulation that takes you to the countryside and holds plenty of challenging gameplay in stock!
Why similar: Farming Sim 48.2%, Life Sim 23.8%, Crafting 9.9%, Simulation 9.3%, RPG 7.3%
- #42 BBQ Simulator: The Squad
73% matchVery Positive81% of 1,092 reviews2022
Dev: CubeCube Sports Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Dive into a hilarious sandbox BBQ experience with friends! Grill, serve, and manage mayhem as meats soar and sizzle. Craft your grill, cook steaks, and feed everyone before hunger strikes!
Why similar: Cooking 43.9%, Life Sim 19.2%, Funny 13.5%, Comedy 11.9%, Simulation 7.1%
- #43 Oriental Valley
71% matchVery Positive84% of 369 reviews2024
Dev: 猫多游戏Pub: ETime Studio
Windows
Welcome to the weird and wonderful world where modern country life meets quirky simulation adventure! Here you'll immerse yourself in a laid-back lifestyle full of traditional customs, make a bunch of quirky new friends, and embark on bizarre adventures.
Why similar: Farming Sim 24.7%, Life Sim 17.1%, Comedy 15%, Funny 11.6%, Immersive Sim 9.4%
- #44 Chocolate Factory Simulator: Prologue
70% matchVery Positive90% of 290 reviews2024
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 51%
The Prologue is just part of the gameplay that awaits you in the full version of the game. Enter the world of steam and sugar and become a master chocolatier in Chocolate Factory Simulator: Prologue. Craft gourmet chocolate for your customers in your steampunk workshop with the help of Nougat.
Why similar: Cooking 47.1%, Life Sim 14.7%, Funny 12.4%, Crafting 8.9%, Simulation 8.2%
- #45 Pizza Slice
70% matchMixed63% of 180 reviews2026
Dev: Quest CraftPub: Gaming Factory
Windows
More than just a simulator, Pizza Slice is a true Italian adventure! Take on the role of Tonio, manage your family pizzeria, bake authentic Italian pizzas, fight the competition and grow your business. See if you can win the title of the best pizzeria in the area!
Why similar: Cooking 52.3%, Life Sim 13.5%, Immersive Sim 13.4%, Funny 9.3%, Simulation 7.9%
- #46 Spirit of the Island
72% matchMixed66% of 1,862 reviews2022
Dev: 1M Bits HordePub: META Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A beautiful Life Sim Sandbox RPG with Cross-Platform Online COOP set on a tropical Archipelago. Build your farm, grow crops and animals, craft various items, cook dishes, gather resources, build shops and museum to attract visitors, and turn a desolate Island into a prosperous tourist destination!
Why similar: Farming Sim 40.7%, Life Sim 21.3%, Story Rich 11.9%, Simulation 7.7%, RPG 7.7%
- #47 The Magical Mixture Mill
70% matchVery Positive84% of 601 reviews2024
Dev: GlowlightPub: 505 Pulse
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Gather exotic ingredients, brew complex mixtures, and expand your magically automated production lines -- keeping your shelves stocked, your customers happy, and your pockets full.
Why similar: Life Sim 17.9%, Crafting 14.8%, Funny 14.1%, Immersive Sim 14%, Cartoony 12.4%
- #48 Everdream Village
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 133 reviews2025
Dev: MooneatersPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Build your ideal, cozy farm in a living village. Form bonds with fellow villagers to lend a hand as you grow crops, care for animals, and craft a corner of paradise. Sail across enchanted islands to discover new resources and adventures along the way.
Why similar: Farming Sim 29.9%, Cooking 24.6%, Life Sim 13.3%, Crafting 9.4%, Cartoony 5.7%
- #49 Bakery Simulator
71% matchMixed67% of 2,258 reviews2022
Dev: Live Motion GamesPub: Ultimate Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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 41.1%, Life Sim 19%, Crafting 16.9%, Funny 10.8%, Simulation 8.2%
- #50 Ooblets
68% matchVery Positive91% of 1,527 reviews2023
Dev: Glumberland
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 35.6%, Farming Sim 34%, Crafting 13.8%, RPG 6.5%, Colorful 5%
- #51 My Universe - Cooking Star Restaurant
72% matchMixed60% of 50 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 72.5%, Simulation 10.9%, Cartoony 5.9%, Crafting 5.5%, Colorful 4.2%
- #52 Kitchen Sync: Aloha!
67% matchVery Positive99% of 159 reviews2025
Dev: Lemonpepper Games
Windows · Mac
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 47.3%, Crafting 19.6%, Story Rich 12.2%, RPG 7.5%, Simulation 7.3%
- #53 Potion Permit
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 5,226 reviews2022
Dev: MassHive MediaPub: PQube
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 13.4 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 31.3%, Crafting 25.8%, Colorful 12.4%, Simulation 9.8%, RPG 9.8%
- #54 Farming & Supermarket Simulator
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 815 reviews2025
Dev: Bull Games
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Embark on a relaxing yet challenging journey to manage your own supermarket. Grow organic crops, care for your animals, and sell products to your customers. Build and expand your shelves. Can you transform your supermarket into an empire?
Why similar: Farming Sim 47.2%, Crafting 20.8%, Immersive Sim 15.7%, Simulation 9.5%, Adventure 4.6%
- #55 Nerd Simulator
68% matchMixed61% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Radikate
Windows
You're forty, living with your mom, and your life is one big meme. Time to change that! See if you can get your act together and become independent in this absurd mash-up of a simulator and an RPG.
Why similar: Life Sim 19.9%, Comedy 18%, Funny 13.8%, Immersive Sim 11.8%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #56 Mirthwood
67% matchMostly Positive70% of 2,326 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Ridge GamesPub: V Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: Farming Sim 37.3%, Crafting 15.4%, Life Sim 14.3%, Immersive Sim 11.4%, RPG 7.9%
- #57 Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 456 reviews2023
Dev: Snowcastle Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Ikonei Island is yours to discover! Explore and gather resources. Farm the land, craft tools and gear, and build your base or a cozy home. Befriend magical creatures and fight monsters with your friends or solo!
Why similar: Farming Sim 32.9%, Crafting 13.3%, Cartoony 11.3%, Story Rich 8.5%, Simulation 8.4%
- #58 Fields of Mistria
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 27,018 reviews2024
Dev: NPC Studio
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 23.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Start your new life! Build the farm of your dreams as you discover a world brimming with possibilities. Magic, romance, and adventure all await you in this nostalgic farming / life sim RPG!
Why similar: Farming Sim 39%, Cooking 21.2%, Life Sim 18%, Crafting 9.5%, RPG 6.5%
- #59 The Palace on the Hill
66% matchVery Positive97% of 97 reviews2024
Dev: Niku Games
Windows · Mac
A heartfelt story of ambition, struggle, and friendship told from the perspective of a young boy in fictional 90s rural India. Explore ancient palace ruins, set up your garden, cook Indian food, run errands for quirky characters, and learn about your history by making art.
Why similar: Cooking 39.4%, Life Sim 20.9%, Crafting 11.8%, RPG 8.7%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #60 Cozy Caravan
63% matchVery Positive93% of 1,169 reviews2026
Dev: 5 Lives Studios
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Grab your backpack and climb on in, it’s time to hit the road! Head out on a gentle journey in your reliable old caravan, crafting hearty meals, running market stalls and sharing goodies with local townsfolk. Spread kindness, share, and help prepare for the annual Whizz Bang Fair!
Why similar: Crafting 26.3%, Life Sim 21.4%, Story Rich 14.2%, Cartoony 9.9%, Exploration 9.7%