- #1 PlateUp!
97% matchVery Positive95% of 27,223 reviews2022
Dev: It's happeningPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 22.8 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 50.2%, Management 17.8%, Co-op 15.2%, Building 11.3%, Funny 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: Combines restaurant management with roguelite elements, offering deep customization and high-replayability for co-op groups.
- #2 Cooking Simulator
96% matchVery Positive85% of 19,727 reviews2019
Dev: Big Cheese Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 13.9 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 54%, Simulation 12.3%, Sandbox 7.6%, Physics 5.8%, Management 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: Provides the most realistic and detailed physics-based cooking simulation available on Steam.
- #3 Overcooked! All You Can Eat
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 8,303 reviews2021
Dev: Team17 Digital
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 53.9%, Multiplayer 19.8%, Co-op 9.7%, Simulation 8.7%, Funny 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive co-op cooking experience that matches the frantic, team-based chaos of Kebab Chefs!.
- #4 Cooking Simulator 2: Better Together
95% matchMixed49% of 916 reviews2026
Dev: Big Cheese Studio
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Cook, create, and run your dream restaurant. Master realistic cooking mechanics, invent original recipes, satisfy demanding guests, and build your culinary reputation. Play solo or team up with friends in optional co-op. Become the Chef Everyone Talks About!
Why similar: Cooking 32.5%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Life Sim 9%, Sandbox 8.9%, Physics 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: The dedicated co-op version of the physics-heavy cooking simulator, perfect for those who enjoyed the collaborative aspect of the seed game.
- #5 One-armed cook
94% matchVery Positive91% of 31,701 reviews2022
Dev: Duhndal
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.1 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 41.2%, Multiplayer 20.8%, Co-op 10%, Simulation 7.8%, Funny 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features hilarious, physics-based cooking mechanics that reward coordination and patience in a multiplayer setting.
- #6 Diner Bros
94% matchVery Positive90% of 898 reviews2018
Dev: JAYFLGAMES
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 48.2%, Time Management 17.2%, Management 13.3%, Simulation 7%, Co-op 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced restaurant management game that emphasizes teamwork and quick service under pressure.
- #7 BBQ Simulator: The Squad
93% 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 37.2%, Multiplayer 11.9%, Life Sim 11.2%, Sandbox 8.3%, Physics 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the social and physics-based aspects of grilling, mirroring the casual, funny atmosphere of Kebab Chefs!.
- #8 Supermarket Simulator
91% matchVery Positive92% of 84,255 reviews2025
Dev: Nokta Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 35.0 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 21.3%, Multiplayer 19.8%, Simulation 18.8%, Life Sim 9.4%, Immersive Sim 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the logistics and management side of retail, sharing the satisfying loop of growing a small business.
- #9 Food Truck Simulator
92% matchMixed69% of 1,346 reviews2022
Dev: DRAGO entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.9 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 41.1%, Management 11.3%, Crafting 9.7%, Simulation 9.3%, Sandbox 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a first-person cooking and management experience with the added challenge of vehicle maintenance and location scouting.
- #10 Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator
91% 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 45.2%, Management 13.7%, Life Sim 12.3%, Immersive Sim 11.6%, Simulation 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a more grounded and realistic approach to kitchen management and recipe creation for those seeking depth.
- #11 Ravenous Devils
89% matchVery Positive93% of 9,923 reviews2022
Dev: Bad Vices Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A horror cooking simulator where the secret ingredient is crime. Improve your shops, buy new tools, expand your menu, and above all, make your customers happy.
Why similar: Cooking 54.7%, Management 18.9%, Time Management 15.4%, Simulation 7.6%, Relaxing 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: A unique management simulation where you run a restaurant and tailor your menu with a dark, narrative-driven edge.
- #12 Godlike Burger
90% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,080 reviews2022
Dev: Liquid PugPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 57.3%, Time Management 19%, Management 9.6%, Funny 8.7%, Simulation 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: Adds a darkly humorous twist to restaurant management, requiring you to cook and serve while managing your own ingredients.
- #13 Ale & Tale Tavern
88% matchVery Positive89% of 10,465 reviews2024
Dev: Scienart GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 9.0 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 40.5%, Management 12.8%, Sandbox 8.7%, Simulation 8.6%, Building 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Combines fantasy-themed tavern management with cooking and light adventure elements for a unique gameplay loop.
- #14 Travellers Rest
89% 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 27.9%, Management 25.9%, Building 14%, Crafting 13.1%, Immersive Sim 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: Blends tavern management with cooking and crafting, offering a more RPG-focused take on the restaurant simulation genre.
- #15 Gas Station Simulator
87% matchVery Positive88% of 27,600 reviews2021
Dev: DRAGO entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Buy an abandoned gas station and restore it to its full glory. Renovate, upgrade and expand upon the offered services to keep up with your clients demands.
Why similar: Simulation 20.4%, Management 20.4%, Building 16%, Physics 12.5%, Open World 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox management game that features various mini-games and building mechanics similar to the restaurant expansion loop.
- #16 Pizza House Simulator🍕
86% matchVery Positive87% of 481 reviews2026
Dev: Broken Lyre EntertainmentPub: Devotion Interactive
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Run your dream pizzeria solo or with up to 6 players in chaotic online co-op multiplayer. Cook authentic pizzas, automate your kitchen, customize your restaurant, survive disasters, invest in stocks, gamble and build the ultimate Italian restaurant empire.
Why similar: Cooking 38.5%, Multiplayer 11.7%, Life Sim 9.4%, Management 9.2%, Co-op 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A casual restaurant management game that focuses on the specific mechanics of pizza preparation and service.
- #17 Internet Cafe Simulator 2
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 13,235 reviews2022
Dev: Cheesecake Dev
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Internet Cafe Simulator 2 is an extremely comprehensive and detailed internet cafe business simulation game.
Why similar: Management 21.4%, Simulation 15%, Life Sim 13.9%, Sandbox 13.2%, Immersive Sim 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers deep management and sandbox freedom in a first-person perspective, allowing for extensive customization of your business.
- #18 Grocery Store Simulator
84% matchVery Positive91% of 6,193 reviews2024
Dev: EXPERIMENT ONE
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 15.8 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 19.1%, Management 17.7%, Sandbox 13.9%, Co-op 12.5%, Immersive Sim 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management and logistics of running a store, sharing the same addictive progression loop as Kebab Chefs!.
- #19 Big Ambitions
82% matchVery Positive92% of 14,788 reviews2026
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 25.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Big Ambitions is a revolutionary role-playing business sim. Go from nothing to the biggest entrepreneur in New York by opening small businesses or slowly building huge corporations any way you like.
Why similar: Management 31.5%, Life Sim 16.3%, Time Management 12.9%, Simulation 12.6%, Sandbox 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A complex business management simulation that provides the ultimate sandbox experience for those who enjoy scaling a small operation.
- #20 Recipe for Disaster
85% 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 42.1%, Management 13%, Time Management 10.4%, Life Sim 9.5%, Building 8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the intricacies of restaurant management, including staff hiring and menu optimization.
- #21 Bakery Simulator
84% matchMixed66% of 2,450 reviews2022
Dev: Live Motion GamesPub: Ultimate Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Get up before dawn and see what it's like to be a baker! Learn to bake several dozen types of bread. Use realistic bakery machines. Deliver orders to stores, earn, and invest. Use original recipes or experiment with ingredients.
Why similar: Cooking 33.8%, Time Management 14.8%, Life Sim 10.8%, Management 9.2%, Crafting 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the technical side of baking with realistic time-management elements and economy systems.
- #22 Old Market Simulator
81% matchVery Positive88% of 5,425 reviews2024
Dev: Alcedo Games
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 19.2%, Life Sim 17.3%, Multiplayer 14.4%, Immersive Sim 13%, Simulation 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: A co-op management and trading simulation that emphasizes working together to build a successful marketplace.
- #23 Cafe Owner Simulator
83% matchMixed63% of 1,112 reviews2022
Dev: Second RealityPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Open your dream restaurant at FPP. Create a unique exterior and interior, hire the best workers and chefs, create a place where people will love to eat, spend time and spend their money. Simulation of the restaurant business.
Why similar: Cooking 31.9%, Management 10.7%, Life Sim 10.1%, Building 9.2%, Sandbox 9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides detailed restaurant design and business management tools for players who enjoy the creative side of the seed game.
- #24 Restaurats
80% matchVery Positive87% of 2,188 reviews2025
Dev: toR StudioPub: Polden Publishing
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 11.0 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 40.6%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Management 12%, Immersive Sim 9.5%, Co-op 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A co-op multiplayer game that centers on the teamwork required to run a busy restaurant kitchen.
- #25 House Flipper 2
81% matchVery Positive87% of 20,125 reviews2023
Dev: Frozen District
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 32.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Clean your worries away with this relaxing renovation simulator! Buy, fix, sell, and become a local legend. Or grab your power tools and build anything from scratch! With the online 2-4 players co-op mode, you can play both in sandbox and story mode together.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 18%, Building 17.7%, Sandbox 16.6%, Co-op 15.6%, Simulation 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: While not a cooking game, it features the same satisfying physics-based building and renovation mechanics found in the restaurant design mode.
- #26 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 42.5%, Management 25.7%, Simulation 13.8%, Sandbox 7.6%, Character Customization 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers deep management simulation with extensive character and menu customization options.
- #27 Parisian Bistro Simulator
78% matchVery Positive93% of 645 reviews2026
Dev: Quark Studios
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Run your Parisian bistro in the heart of Paris, solo or in co-op with up to 8 players! Curate your menu, manage supplies, serve customers, and expand with new floors, a terrace, and a rooftop to become a true Parisian institution.
Why similar: Cooking 32.5%, Multiplayer 14.7%, Management 13.6%, Life Sim 11.3%, Co-op 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A co-op restaurant management game that emphasizes design and service in a stylized French setting.
- #28 Bronzebeard's Tavern
79% matchVery Positive94% of 7,140 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 31.7%, Multiplayer 19.7%, Time Management 16.4%, Simulation 10.4%, Management 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A dwarf-themed co-op management game that requires players to cook and serve in a chaotic, high-fantasy setting.
- #29 Fast Food Simulator
77% matchVery Positive87% of 9,888 reviews2024
Dev: No Ceiling Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 10.8 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 44.8%, Multiplayer 14.1%, Management 13.7%, Simulation 12.7%, Co-op 6.6%
- #30 Coastal Kitchen Simulator
78% 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 39.8%, Time Management 12.8%, Simulation 11.7%, Sandbox 10.5%, Management 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features first-person cooking with sandbox elements, set in a relaxed coastal environment.
- #31 Lemon Cake
79% matchVery Positive84% of 2,071 reviews2021
Dev: Cozy Bee Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Restore an abandoned bakery and prepare pastries from farm to table! Grow fresh ingredients in the greenhouse, cook pastries & sweets in the kitchen and serve your baked goods to hungry customers in your own shop!
Why similar: Cooking 35.9%, Time Management 15%, Management 13.3%, Simulation 9.6%, Life Sim 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy management game that centers on baking and serving customers in a charming, manageable environment.
- #32 Wrap House Simulator🌯
77% 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 38.6%, Multiplayer 10.6%, Management 8.4%, Co-op 7.8%, Simulation 7.3%
- #33 Waterpark Simulator
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 14,480 reviews2026
Dev: CayPlay
Windows
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Build and run your own waterpark solo or with friends. Design slides, send guests flying with ragdoll physics, manage staff, and fully customize your park. Turn total madness into a diamond five-star empire in this first-person management simulator!
Why similar: Multiplayer 12.4%, Management 12.2%, Sandbox 10.4%, Building 9.7%, Immersive Sim 9.4%
- #34 Sandwich Simulator
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,075 reviews2026
Dev: FiftyEight Studios
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 33.2%, Multiplayer 11.1%, Time Management 10.1%, Immersive Sim 7.5%, Co-op 7.3%
- #35 Vacation Cafe Simulator
73% matchVery Positive88% of 931 reviews2026
Dev: Alice Games
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Cozy Italian Vacation Cafe 🏖️ No timers, No stress 😌 cook traditional dishes 🍝 upgrade and customize 🏠 just drink Prosecco 🥂 relax and grow your dream cafe ✨
Why similar: Cooking 41.2%, Management 12.6%, Sandbox 9.1%, Co-op 9%, Simulation 8.1%
- #36 Supermarket Together
73% matchVery Positive94% of 99,757 reviews2024
Dev: DeadDevsTellNoLies
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 9.0 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 18.8%, Simulation 18%, Life Sim 9.3%, Immersive Sim 7.7%
- #37 Cafemart Simulator
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 691 reviews2025
Dev: Science Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Create and decorate your cozy cafe, where guests can enjoy delicious food and drinks. Expand your service with a supermarket offering a wide selection of fresh products, so visitors can not only have a tasty meal but also do some shopping. Play solo or with friends in cooperative mode!
Why similar: Cooking 26.3%, Management 11.2%, Multiplayer 10.9%, Building 9.7%, Immersive Sim 8.2%
- #38 Kebab Chefs: Prologue
76% matchMixed65% of 1,584 reviews2023
Dev: Biotech Gameworks
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 34%
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 21.2%, Multiplayer 12%, Party-Based RPG 8.5%, Time Management 8.2%, Life Sim 7.9%
- #39 Galaxy Burger
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,849 reviews2024
Dev: Galactic Workshop
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.7 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 44.5%, Multiplayer 12.1%, Management 11.3%, Co-op 9.2%, Time Management 9.1%
- #40 Bakery Cafe Simulator
73% matchMixed70% of 424 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 41.6%, Sandbox 10.3%, Simulation 9.4%, Immersive Sim 7.8%, Physics 7.6%
- #41 Tasty Chef
71% 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 39.1%, Management 10.1%, Immersive Sim 8.9%, Crafting 8.7%, Multiplayer 7.7%
- #42 I Know a Guy: Shady Life Simulator
71% matchVery Positive90% of 553 reviews2026
Dev: Bunch'o'Nerds
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 38.6%, Co-op 8.7%, Management 8.6%, Immersive Sim 8.4%, Simulation 7.8%
- #43 Ale & Tale Tavern: First Pints
72% matchVery Positive93% of 4,749 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 29.4%, Time Management 11.4%, Sandbox 9.6%, Management 9%, Immersive Sim 8.3%
- #44 Tavern Manager Simulator 🍻
71% 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 32.1%, Management 12.9%, Building 10.1%, Sandbox 10.1%, Life Sim 10.1%
- #45 Car Service Together
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,116 reviews2026
Dev: V12 Studio
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 17%, Co-op 13.7%, Building 12.5%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Simulation 11.1%
- #46 Roadside Research
69% matchVery Positive86% of 4,866 reviews2026
Dev: Cybernetic WalrusPub: Oro Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 17.3%, Life Sim 15.1%, Immersive Sim 13.7%, Building 13.6%, Simulation 10.4%
- #47 Corner Kitchen Fast Food Simulator
70% 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 42.2%, Management 13.3%, Time Management 12.6%, Life Sim 10.8%, Simulation 8.8%
- #48 Gaming Cafe Simulator
69% 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 35.8%, Management 12.2%, Time Management 10.5%, Life Sim 9.9%, Simulation 8.3%
- #49 Burger Shift: Team Rush: Prologue
68% matchVery Positive83% of 1,030 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 40.5%, Multiplayer 13.5%, Management 11.9%, Simulation 9.3%, Co-op 8%
- #50 ContractVille
68% matchVery Positive81% of 6,379 reviews2025
Dev: MYM Games StudiosPub: FiftyEight Studios
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Plan, design, build, and decorate your dream house in an open-world. Smash walls, sketch your layout, then build and decorate every inch—inside and garden. In an open world, tackle each renovation solo or with up to 4 friends. Pick up that hammer and start creating - Your dream house is waiting!
Why similar: Multiplayer 16.2%, Management 13.1%, Building 13%, Life Sim 11.7%, Immersive Sim 11.1%
- #51 Road Food Simulator
70% matchMixed61% of 72 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 38.6%, Life Sim 9.7%, Management 9%, Multiplayer 9%, Co-op 7.8%
- #52 Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 48,660 reviews2023
Dev: Toxic DogPub: Excalibur Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Builder. Farmer. Hunter. Trader. Ranching certainly isn’t your average job. Think you have the skills to turn your family’s rundown homestead into the most prosperous ranch in the valley? Then it’s time to head out into the wilderness in this captivating single and multiplayer open-world simulator.
Why similar: Multiplayer 18.1%, Management 15.4%, Sandbox 13.6%, Simulation 11.8%, Immersive Sim 11.6%
- #53 Bakso Simulator 2
66% matchVery Positive98% of 84 reviews2026
Dev: Akhir Pekan Studio
Windows
Build, manage, and scale your very own Bakso restaurant in this first-person simulator. Design your layout, hire and train various staffs, upgrade your gear, expand your place and satisfy every customer to become the best Bakso empire in the world!
Why similar: Cooking 52.1%, Simulation 15.4%, Management 11.3%, Sandbox 8.5%, Physics 4.8%
- #54 Road Food Simulator: Prologue
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 72 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 33.4%, Management 10%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Life Sim 9.5%, Immersive Sim 8%
- #55 Card Shop Simulator Multiplayer
66% matchVery Positive84% of 2,249 reviews2025
Dev: ShaneGame
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Open a card shop with your friends, you can cooperate in a shop or compete with individual shops on the same street! Collect nice cards with different elements and play card dual with your friends to win their cards from their collection!
Why similar: Life Sim 18.9%, Immersive Sim 14.6%, Simulation 13.4%, Building 12.4%, Management 12.4%
- #56 Hotdog: The Videogame
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 79 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 43.5%, Multiplayer 13.2%, Simulation 9.6%, Time Management 8.9%, Immersive Sim 7.5%
- #57 Drive Thru Simulator : Prologue
69% 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 68.4%, Simulation 9.7%, Multiplayer 7.7%, Life Sim 2.6%, Management 2.5%
- #58 Chefs Together
67% 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 54.9%, Multiplayer 16.4%, Simulation 9.2%, Party-Based RPG 8.8%, Funny 7.8%