- #1 PlateUp!
97% matchVery Positive95% of 26,299 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 48.6%, Management 18.9%, Co-op 15.2%, Building 11.6%, Funny 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines restaurant management with roguelite elements and co-op chaos for endless replayability.
- #2 Cooking Simulator
96% matchVery Positive85% of 19,474 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 53.2%, Simulation 13.5%, Sandbox 7.9%, Physics 6%, Management 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a more realistic, physics-driven approach to professional kitchen management and recipe execution.
- #3 One-armed cook
96% matchVery Positive92% of 31,019 reviews2022
Dev: Duhndal
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 50%
One-armed cook is a chaotic co-op cooking game for up to 4 people. Work as a team or cook on your own, set your own pace, and don't let the stress of a full restaurant catch up to you. The goofy physics-based aspect of the game gives this cooking game a new twist.
Why similar: Cooking 39.4%, Multiplayer 22.2%, Co-op 9.8%, Simulation 8.4%, Funny 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features similar physics-based cooking and hilarious multiplayer mishaps that make every meal a challenge.
- #4 Overcooked! All You Can Eat
95% matchMostly Positive73% of 7,727 reviews2021
Dev: Team17 Digital
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Experience all the Onion Kingdom has to offer, Overcooked! 1 & 2 infused with 4k goodness running at a smooth 60 FPS. Fully remastered and cooked up from scratch. Enjoy 200+ levels (22 new) and 80+ chefs (3 new), this is the ultimate Overcooked! experience.
Why similar: Cooking 51.6%, Multiplayer 21.2%, Co-op 9.7%, Simulation 9.5%, Funny 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive chaotic co-op cooking experience that challenges your coordination and communication under pressure.
- #5 BBQ Simulator: The Squad
94% matchVery Positive81% of 1,092 reviews2022
Dev: CubeCube Sports Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.8 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 35.6%, Multiplayer 12.8%, Life Sim 11.4%, Sandbox 8.4%, Physics 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the same social, physics-based grilling and cooking fun with friends in a relaxed setting.
- #6 Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator
94% matchVery Positive84% of 2,599 reviews2023
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 13.3 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 45.7%, Management 15.2%, Life Sim 13.3%, Immersive Sim 12.2%, Simulation 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a grounded, immersive simulation of running a professional kitchen with a focus on culinary precision.
- #7 Ale & Tale Tavern
92% matchVery Positive89% of 9,662 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 38.7%, Management 13.2%, Simulation 9%, Sandbox 9%, Building 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Combines cooking and management with an adventure-filled fantasy setting for a unique cooperative experience.
- #8 Supermarket Together
91% matchVery Positive94% of 92,376 reviews2024
Dev: DeadDevsTellNoLies
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The multiplayer supermarket has arrived to your neighbourhood for free! Stock your shop space, unlock perks and franchises, hire employees or chase those pesky shoplifters. The more players, the more action!
Why similar: Multiplayer 28.5%, Management 18.9%, Simulation 18.5%, Life Sim 9.1%, Immersive Sim 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the multiplayer management and cooperative business-building aspects found in restaurant simulators.
- #9 Diner Bros
93% matchVery Positive90% of 893 reviews2018
Dev: JAYFLGAMES
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Diner Bros is a cooking and restaurant management game. Cook and serve meals as fast as you can, but don’t get the orders wrong or else your customers will get angry – and hungry! Upgrade your restaurant and hire staff to help you… or play with your friends in 2-4 local co-op!
Why similar: Cooking 48.7%, Time Management 18.7%, Management 14.7%, Simulation 7.9%, Co-op 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A chaotic co-op game where you manage a restaurant and serve demanding customers while keeping the kitchen running.
- #10 Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?!
91% matchVery Positive91% of 2,271 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 37.8%, Management 19%, Multiplayer 14.7%, Co-op 10.3%, Simulation 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Provides high-intensity cooking action that perfectly captures the frantic pace of a busy kitchen.
- #11 Food Truck Simulator
90% matchMixed69% of 1,332 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 40.3%, Management 12.4%, Simulation 10.2%, Crafting 10%, Sandbox 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a first-person, hands-on approach to cooking and serving food on the go with a focus on vehicle maintenance.
- #12 Travellers Rest
89% matchVery Positive88% of 17,329 reviews2020
Dev: Isolated Games
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 19.9 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 27.5%, Management 26.7%, Building 13.5%, Crafting 12.7%, Immersive Sim 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: Blends tavern management, farming, and cooking in a cozy, immersive environment that rewards long-term planning.
- #13 Fast Food Simulator
87% matchVery Positive89% of 9,225 reviews2024
Dev: No Ceiling Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Welcome to the world's most chaotic place! Play solo or co-op with up to 6 players. Run a fast-food restaurant, and work with your friends to expand your business. Take orders, make burgers, and increase your earnings by dealing with customers.
Why similar: Cooking 43.2%, Multiplayer 15.2%, Management 14.3%, Simulation 13.5%, Co-op 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a straightforward, first-person restaurant management experience similar to the seed game's core loop.
- #14 Godlike Burger
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,046 reviews2022
Dev: Liquid PugPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In Godlike Burger you run the craziest restaurant of the galaxy! Stun, poison and kill customers in many devious ways… and turn them into burger meat! And don’t worry: Alien customers will keep coming if you are smart about it, because cannibalism is just too damn tasty.
Why similar: Cooking 55.6%, Time Management 19.8%, Management 10.2%, Funny 8.7%, Simulation 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: Adds a dark, humorous twist to the restaurant management genre with unique cooking mechanics and customer interactions.
- #15 Recipe for Disaster
88% matchMostly Positive71% of 718 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 40.4%, Management 13.7%, Time Management 10.7%, Life Sim 9.7%, Building 8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the strategic management side of running a restaurant and handling staff to keep customers happy.
- #16 Grocery Store Simulator
85% matchVery Positive91% of 6,070 reviews2024
Dev: EXPERIMENT ONE
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Grocery Store Simulator is a 1-4 player co-op game where you build and manage your own supermarket by stocking shelves, setting prices, hiring staff, and customizing your store, all while expanding your business and keeping customers happy.
Why similar: Multiplayer 22%, Management 18.6%, Sandbox 14.2%, Co-op 12.6%, Simulation 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a similar first-person perspective on managing a retail food environment with multiplayer support.
- #17 Cafe Owner Simulator
86% matchMixed64% of 1,089 reviews2022
Dev: Second RealityPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 16.7 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 31.8%, Management 11.8%, Life Sim 10.7%, Building 9.5%, Sandbox 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Deepens the management and building aspects of running a restaurant business from the ground up.
- #18 Lemon Cake
86% matchVery Positive85% of 2,027 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 35.4%, Time Management 15.6%, Management 14.3%, Simulation 10.4%, Life Sim 10%
Why You'll Like It: A charming management game centered on baking and running a successful bakery with a focus on customer satisfaction.
- #19 Galaxy Burger
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,715 reviews2024
Dev: Galactic Workshop
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
🌴👩🍳🍔 A stress-free cooking game that lets you relax! Cook up burgers for mecha cats and aliens. Play solo or with up to 7 friends!
Why similar: Cooking 42.3%, Multiplayer 13.1%, Management 11.9%, Time Management 9.4%, Co-op 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features a cozy, space-themed cooking experience with co-op support and unique alien recipes.
- #20 Tavern Manager Simulator 🍻
82% matchVery Positive92% of 4,372 reviews2024
Dev: One More Time
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 13.0 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 32.1%, Management 14%, Life Sim 10.7%, Sandbox 10.7%, Building 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the satisfying loop of serving customers and expanding your establishment in a fantasy setting.
- #21 Restaurats
82% matchVery Positive88% of 1,939 reviews2025
Dev: toR StudioPub: Polden Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Lead a medieval restaurant with a team of rats like you! Cook the food, throw it at the guests, wipe the drinks under the skeletons! Become a legendary rat chef, proving to orcs and vampires that the most delicious bloody meat is served in your restaurant!
Why similar: Cooking 38.7%, Multiplayer 14.3%, Management 12.6%, Immersive Sim 9.5%, Co-op 9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the cooperative effort required to keep a restaurant running smoothly while managing various tasks.
- #22 Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,481 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 41.5%, Management 27.7%, Simulation 15.1%, Sandbox 7.9%, Character Customization 6%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a deep, customizable management experience for aspiring restaurateurs looking to build their own brand.
- #23 Bakery Simulator
83% matchMixed67% of 2,320 reviews2022
Dev: Live Motion GamesPub: Ultimate Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 8.9 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 33.5%, Time Management 15.8%, Life Sim 11.5%, Management 10.1%, Crafting 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a detailed, realistic look at the baking process with time-management elements and economic progression.
- #24 Old Market Simulator
81% matchVery Positive88% of 5,087 reviews2024
Dev: Alcedo Games
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Old Market Simulator is a 1-4 player co-op game where you manage your market by ordering goods, growing produce, raising animals, fishing, and crafting items in your workshop, while hiring employees and expanding your business.
Why similar: Management 19.3%, Life Sim 17.4%, Multiplayer 14.6%, Simulation 13.2%, Immersive Sim 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes the collaborative management and economic aspects of running a business in a bustling market.
- #25 Cat Cafe Manager
81% matchVery Positive88% of 3,138 reviews2022
Dev: Roost GamesPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Travel to the sleepy village of Caterwaul Way and rebuild your grandmother's cat cafe. Renovate your restaurant, befriend the local cats and townsfolk, forge lasting friendships, unravel catty mysteries, and build a home for dozens of unique felines!
Why similar: Management 24.8%, Time Management 22.3%, Life Sim 20.5%, Building 17.2%, Simulation 15.2%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a relaxing yet engaging management loop centered on running a unique cafe and caring for feline residents.
- #26 Moving Out 2
80% matchMostly Positive77% of 565 reviews2023
Dev: SMG StudioPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Moving Out is back and wackier than ever, and now with ONLINE PLAY! Return to Packmore and use your moving skills across brand new dimensions and some old favourites. Help rebuild Smooth Moves and become an all-star F.A.R.T. (Furniture Arrangement & Relocation Technician)!
Why similar: Multiplayer 32.9%, Physics 23.2%, Simulation 20.1%, Co-op 17.3%, 3D 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the same physics-based, chaotic co-op energy that makes working together in a kitchen so entertaining.
- #27 Wrap House Simulator🌯
77% matchVery Positive89% of 3,028 reviews2025
Dev: Broken Lyre EntertainmentPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.8 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 36.7%, Multiplayer 11.2%, Management 8.9%, Co-op 7.8%, Simulation 7.7%
- #28 Supermarket Simulator
75% matchVery Positive92% of 82,065 reviews2025
Dev: Nokta Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 34.0 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 21.4%, Multiplayer 20.3%, Simulation 19.2%, Life Sim 9.4%, Immersive Sim 8.1%
- #29 Unrailed!
78% matchVery Positive93% of 19,556 reviews2020
Dev: Indoor AstronautPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Unrailed! is a co-op multiplayer game where you have to work together with your friends to build a train track across endless procedurally generated worlds. Master random encounters with its inhabitants, upgrade your train and keep it from derailing!
Why similar: Multiplayer 54.1%, Co-op 32.6%, Funny 13.3%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the frantic, high-pressure cooperative coordination needed to succeed in chaotic simulation games.
- #30 Pummel Party
78% matchVery Positive89% of 57,086 reviews2018
Dev: Rebuilt Games
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Pummel Party is a 4-8 player online and local-multiplayer party game. Pummel friends or AI using a wide array of absurd items in the board mode and compete to destroy friendships in the unique collection of minigames.
Why similar: Multiplayer 65.6%, Funny 21.3%, Co-op 13%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the hilarious, friendship-testing chaos found in Kebab Chefs! through competitive and cooperative mini-games.
- #31 Tools Up!
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,093 reviews2019
Dev: The Knights of UnityPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Tools Up! is an exciting local co-op that tests your renovation and teamwork skills. Paint walls, tear off wallpaper, and move couches against the clock!
Why similar: Multiplayer 44.2%, Simulation 25.2%, Funny 19.3%, Co-op 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: Matches the chaotic, physics-based co-op gameplay style found in restaurant simulators through home renovation tasks.
- #32 Out of Space
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,919 reviews2020
Dev: Behold Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Strategy co-op online multiplayer game about living on a spaceship with your roommates. You'll need to generate resources, take care of a deadly alien infestation, upgrade your appliances and build your sustainable space home. Living together is never easy, especially when you are in outer space!
Why similar: Multiplayer 59.9%, Co-op 35.7%, Funny 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: Requires intense cooperation and management to survive, similar to the pressure of a busy kitchen environment.
- #33 Sandwich Simulator
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 881 reviews2026
Dev: FiftyEight Studios
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 32.4%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Time Management 10.6%, Immersive Sim 7.7%, Simulation 7.6%
- #34 Kebab Simulator: Prologue
76% matchMixed64% of 1,528 reviews2023
Dev: Biotech Gameworks
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Kebab Simulator: Prologue is the perfect experience for running your dream restaurant and cooking delicious foods! Take the first steps of a perfect restaurant businness! Experience main game mechanics and be ready for the full version!
Why similar: Cooking 20.3%, Multiplayer 13%, Time Management 8.6%, Party-Based RPG 8.4%, Life Sim 8.1%
- #35 Roadside Research
72% matchVery Positive86% of 3,841 reviews2026
Dev: Cybernetic WalrusPub: Oro Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Roadside Research is a 1 to 4 player co-op gas station simulator. Except you’re aliens. And undercover. Do very human things like restocking shelves while preparing for the invasion. Just don’t get caught.
Why similar: Management 17.2%, Life Sim 14.7%, Immersive Sim 13%, Building 13%, Simulation 10.5%
- #36 Cafemart Simulator
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 666 reviews2025
Dev: Science Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.3 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 25.7%, Management 12%, Multiplayer 12%, Building 9.8%, Simulation 8.7%
- #37 Waterpark Simulator
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,125 reviews2025
Dev: CayPlay
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Build and run your own waterpark. Design slides, send guests flying with ragdoll physics, manage staff, and fully customize your park. Turn total madness into a five-star empire in this first-person management simulator!
Why similar: Management 13.9%, Immersive Sim 12.9%, Sandbox 10.8%, Life Sim 10.6%, Building 9.8%
- #38 Coastal Kitchen Simulator
73% matchVery Positive84% of 139 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 38.9%, Time Management 13.3%, Simulation 12.8%, Sandbox 10.8%, Management 8.1%
- #39 Bakery Cafe Simulator
73% matchMixed70% of 386 reviews2025
Dev: Meerkatt Studio
Windows
Bake, build, and grow your dream bakery cafe! Create delicious pastries, design your space, and serve customers. Play solo or with friends in online co-op to expand your business and experience the excitement of running a bustling cafe!
Why similar: Cooking 39.9%, Sandbox 10.5%, Simulation 10.1%, Immersive Sim 7.8%, Physics 7.8%
- #40 Cooking Simulator 2: Better Together
74% matchMixed45% of 740 reviews2026
Dev: Big Cheese Studio
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Cooking Simulator is back – bigger, better, and with multiplayer! Create your own recipes and take advantage of new and improved controls to become the best restaurant cook in the city! Or just have fun and enjoy cooking at your own pace. You’re the chef here!
Why similar: Cooking 33.3%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Sandbox 10.2%, Physics 9.2%, Co-op 7.3%
- #41 Ale & Tale Tavern: First Pints
72% matchVery Positive94% of 4,725 reviews2024
Dev: Scienart GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
This is the free version of the game "Ale & Tale Tavern". 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!
Why similar: Cooking 28.9%, Time Management 12.1%, Sandbox 10%, Management 9.8%, Immersive Sim 8.5%
- #42 Burger Shift: Team Rush: Prologue
71% matchVery Positive80% of 737 reviews2025
Dev: Nova Telum Studio
Windows
Run the world's most chaotic fast food joint! Play solo or with up to 8 friends as you take orders, make burgers, and hustle to keep customers happy. Grow your business with every shift.
Why similar: Cooking 38.6%, Multiplayer 14.2%, Management 12.6%, Simulation 9.9%, Co-op 7.9%
- #43 Road Food Simulator
73% matchMixed63% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: 2MEDYA
Windows
Run a roadside Pizza restaurant with your friends. Play solo or in Co-op with other players. Make pizzas fast and fill orders. Keep your customers happy and get more orders. Improve your restaurant as your income increases.
Why similar: Cooking 36.9%, Life Sim 9.9%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Management 9.5%, Co-op 7.8%
- #44 Better Mart Simulator
70% matchVery Positive90% of 1,120 reviews2025
Dev: Exanticx Studio
Windows
EARLY ACCESS – Create and expand your dream supermarket. Manage your aisles, inventory, machines, cleaning, deliveries, and staff. Welcome your customers and decorate every corner. Play solo or with up to 6 players and transform a small shop into a retail empire!
Why similar: Multiplayer 26.4%, Management 20.6%, Sandbox 18.8%, Co-op 15.9%, Simulation 10.6%
- #45 Car Service Together
69% matchVery Positive81% of 3,408 reviews2026
Dev: V12 Studio
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Car Service Together is a 1-4 co-op & single player simulation game where you and/or with your friends start from scratch and build your way up. Work together to successfully run your own service center. Team up, manage your business, and create the ultimate car service !
Why similar: Sandbox 18.4%, Co-op 14%, Building 13.2%, Multiplayer 13.1%, Simulation 12.3%
- #46 Corner Kitchen Fast Food Simulator
70% matchVery Positive86% of 418 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 41.9%, Management 14.5%, Time Management 13.5%, Life Sim 11.4%, Simulation 9.8%
- #47 Gaming Cafe Simulator
69% matchVery Positive85% of 407 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 35.7%, Management 13.3%, Time Management 11.2%, Life Sim 10.5%, Simulation 9.3%
- #48 I Know a Guy: Shady Life Simulator
68% matchVery Positive88% of 282 reviews2026
Dev: Bunch'o'Nerds
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Run your pizza shop up front and handle shady business out back. Help hand-crafted NPCs with favors that never go as planned. Play solo or online co-op with up to four players and expand your operation across Hobarey Town. In this darkly comedic management sim - become that guy everyone knows.
Why similar: Cooking 37.7%, Management 9.1%, Co-op 8.8%, Immersive Sim 8.7%, Simulation 8.3%
- #49 Barista Simulator
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 677 reviews2023
Dev: CubeCube Sports Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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 35.3%, Sandbox 10.6%, Management 10.6%, Crafting 8.7%, Immersive Sim 8.6%
- #50 Drive Thru Simulator : Prologue
71% matchMixed41% of 131 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 67%, Simulation 10.6%, Multiplayer 7.9%, Management 2.7%, Life Sim 2.7%
- #51 Hotdog: The Videogame
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 76 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 41.6%, Multiplayer 14.2%, Simulation 10.2%, Time Management 9.1%, Immersive Sim 7.4%
- #52 Chefs Together
68% 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 53%, Multiplayer 17.9%, Simulation 9.9%, Party-Based RPG 8.6%, Funny 7.8%
- #53 Wobbly Life
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 34,136 reviews2025
Dev: RubberBandGames
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Wobbly Life is a vibrant open-world physics sandbox. Play with your friends online or in local co-op, with exciting jobs, mini games and wacky story missions. Earn cash to spend in the world on clothes, vehicles and houses. There is a whole Wobbly World out there to explore!
Why similar: Multiplayer 22.3%, Sandbox 17%, Co-op 11.9%, Simulation 11.6%, Physics 10.8%
- #54 Bronzebeard's Tavern
66% matchVery Positive94% of 6,869 reviews2023
Dev: Mermaid MenZ Games Limited
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Bronzebeard's Tavern is a goofy and playful restaurant manager sim where 1-8 players can work as a team with multiplayer co-op. Fulfill a number of different roles, serve a diverse range of customers and cook up delicious dwarven cuisine.
Why similar: Cooking 29.9%, Multiplayer 21%, Time Management 16.7%, Simulation 10.9%, Management 7.3%
- #55 Restaurant Owner: A Restaurant Simulator
68% matchMixed61% of 98 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 37.8%, Management 13.5%, Life Sim 9.5%, Sandbox 9.4%, Immersive Sim 9.1%
- #56 Bakery Cafe Simulator: Prologue
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 514 reviews2025
Dev: Meerkatt Studio
Windows
Start bake, build, and grow your dream bakery cafe with prologue now! Create delicious pastries, design your space, and serve customers. Play solo or with friends in online co-op to expand your business and experience the excitement of running a bustling cafe!
Why similar: Cooking 36.9%, Simulation 9.4%, Sandbox 9.2%, Immersive Sim 9.2%, Building 8%
- #57 Road Food Simulator: Prologue
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: 2MEDYA
Windows
Run a roadside Pizza restaurant with your friends. Play solo or in Co-op with other players. Make pizzas fast and fill orders. Keep your customers happy and get more orders. Improve your restaurant as your income increases.
Why similar: Cooking 32%, Management 10.5%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Life Sim 9.7%, Immersive Sim 8%
- #58 Drive Thru Miami - Restaurant Simulator
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 122 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 39.5%, Management 10.4%, Life Sim 9.8%, Immersive Sim 9%, Multiplayer 8.6%