
"Penniless Chef" is a game where you run and grow your own restaurant. Run and grow your restaurant, and get to know the villagers!
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"Penniless Chef" is a game where you run and grow your own restaurant. Run and grow your restaurant, and get to know the villagers!

SoulBite
SoulBite is a 2D pixel-art restaurant sim. You're the chef of a small diner where guests share stories and secrets. Listen to their words, figure out what they truly crave, and serve the perfect dish. A cozy, heartwarming experience where every meal tells a story. Welcome, Chef.

Sandwich Shop Simulator
Run your own sandwich shop! Stock your ingredients, prepare delicious sandwiches, take payments, customize and expand your store, and become the best sandwich shop in town!
SoulBite is a 2D pixel-art restaurant sim. You're the chef of a small diner where guests share stories and secrets. Listen to their words, figure out what they truly crave, and serve the perfect dish. A cozy, heartwarming experience where every meal tells a story. Welcome, Chef.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 39.1% ★, Life Sim 20%, Cooking 11.9%, Simulation 9.8%, Relaxing 5.2%
Run your own sandwich shop! Stock your ingredients, prepare delicious sandwiches, take payments, customize and expand your store, and become the best sandwich shop in town!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 48.3% ★, Life Sim 18.8%, Cooking 14.2%, Simulation 5.9%, Cute 4.9%
A pizzeria simulator where you can take customers orders, make pizzas, and manage your shop.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 40.5% ★, Life Sim 20.7%, Cooking 13.1%, Simulation 9.8%, Cute 5.2%
Craving something sweet? Play Dubai Chewy Cookie Simulator now! Experience the ultimate chewy, sugary delight. The catch? The developer has never actually baked one in real life. Dive in and enjoy!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 44% ★, Life Sim 22.8%, Cooking 20.1%, Simulation 12.2%, Singleplayer 0.5%
Manage your very own bakery. Discover recipes, bake tasty treats and sell them to your customers. Unlock upgrades such as ovens and display shelves to expand your bakery. Customize the interior and exterior style to create your dream bakery.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 37.5% ★, Cooking 21.6%, Life Sim 14.2%, Simulation 6.7%, Cute 6.3%
Manage your café, meet new friends, and serve unique drinks as new stories unfold every day in Coffee & Fox! Can you handle everything this place has to offer?
Why similar: Shop Keeper 40.9% ★, Life Sim 17.3%, Cooking 14%, Top-Down 6.4%, Cute 5%
A cozy café simulation game where you plan menus, serve hand-animated characters, and decorate your teahouse in charming KAWAII styles. Earn your way to the top by impressing elite critics, unlocking new café looks, and upgrading your skills across a heartfelt story full of adorable characters.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 45.6% ★, Life Sim 18.1%, Cooking 14.7%, Cute 5%, Relaxing 4.6%
You lost your coal mine job, now you're a cashier at Poland's landmark convenience store. Scan groceries, verify IDs, grill hot dogs, and try to feed your family on what's left. A dark comedy about surviving late stage capitalism, one receipt at a time.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 39.6% ★, Life Sim 21.4%, Cooking 12.7%, Simulation 9.9%, Casual 5.1%
Barbecue Train: Wild Flavors on the Go Embark on a thrilling, fate-changing adventure—and enjoy a skewer of barbecue along the way! Take customers’ orders, handle ingredients in different ways, and finally master the heat to serve sizzling, aromatic grilled delicacies.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 35.8% ★, Cooking 29.7%, Life Sim 18.7%, Simulation 9.9%, Casual 5%
Build, manage, and grow your own cozy campground. Stock supplies, set prices, help campers, and watch your peaceful wilderness business come to life—one campfire at a time.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 59.9% ★, Life Sim 24.5%, Simulation 10.6%, Resource Management 4.5%, Singleplayer 0.5%
DishDash is a single-player time management restaurant game where you prepare meals, serve customers, and manage limited resources under constant time pressure, turning kitchen chaos into smooth rhythm through speed, focus, and smart decision-making.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 39.6% ★, Life Sim 20.1%, Cooking 12%, Simulation 9.8%, Casual 5%
Run a cozy hand-drawn hot pot restaurant in an isekai village. Plan each day's menu, buy and prepare ingredients, serve humans, elves, flamefolk, and travelers, then survive the dinner rush and grow your little shop.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 39% ★, Cooking 19.5%, Life Sim 12.2%, Simulation 6.7%, Resource Management 4.7%
Run your own Tiny Ramen Shop! It's tiny, yes, but customers are already lining up to try your delicious ramen. Prepare food, stock your warehouse with fresh ingredients, upgrade and decorate your establishment. Hungry customers are waiting for their favorite ramen chef!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 37.5% ★, Cooking 22.3%, Life Sim 16.2%, Simulation 8%, Relaxing 5.5%
Welcome to Tiny Restaurant! In this cozy 3D simulation management game, build your dream restaurant from scratch. Freely design the layout, manage the kitchen workflow, and serve delicious food to your customers. Earn coins to upgrade your shop and become the most popular culinary landmark in town!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 43% ★, Cooking 26.7%, Life Sim 7.5%, Simulation 7.1%, Relaxing 7%
Start with a humble pancake stand, purchase ingredients, cook pancakes, serve customers, and upgrade your equipment as you grow your business day by day.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 42.6% ★, Life Sim 21.8%, Cooking 20%, Simulation 10.9%, Resource Management 2.5%
A cozy life sim where you forage, cook and serve your way through Gendo's journey navigating an abundant, ever changing landscape. After long days of gathering goodies, return to your cozy home to prepare, cook and serve your dishes to the local townsfolk. Join Gendo in his life in the countryside.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 33.7% ★, Cooking 20.8%, Life Sim 15.2%, Relaxing 6.5%, Cute 5.8%
Serve coffee and small pastries to customers while slowly making the place your own by moving things around and changing decorations.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 41.9% ★, Life Sim 21.5%, Cooking 14.3%, Simulation 10.4%, Cute 5.7%
Kooeh: A Timeless Delight is a heartwarming cosy narrative-driven restaurant management game about rediscovering lost family recipes and reviving the family restaurant.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 30.2% ★, Life Sim 18.8%, Cooking 13.1%, Cute 8.9%, Relaxing 6.8%
🧺 A cozy 2D life sim about running a small-town laundry. Wash, dry, and iron clothes for townfolks. Upgrade your shop, decorate your space, and discover heartwarming stories behind every piece of clothing.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 45.1% ★, Life Sim 24.5%, Simulation 8.1%, Cute 6.5%, 2D 4.2%
A bakery management game where I grow wheat, bake bread, and sell it to animal customers. I run a bakery by making bread and selling it to animals in the forest.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 38.3% ★, Cooking 22.2%, Life Sim 14.8%, Cute 6.3%, Simulation 5.5%
Pack My Order is a cozy online shopping simulator. Fill your cart based on the customers' lists and budgets, and enjoy the process without any rush. Cute animations, pleasant sounds, and a calm pace await you. No timers — the perfect way to clear your mind after a long day.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 48.5% ★, Cooking 14.9%, Relaxing 8.2%, Life Sim 6.4%, Simulation 6%
Start your career on the bustling city streets as an ice cream or hotdog vendor! Upgrade your cart, outsmart your rivals, and compete with friends to become the most popular seller in town!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 46.9% ★, Cooking 22.8%, Life Sim 15.3%, Simulation 6.6%, Relaxing 5.4%
Run your own coffee shop — craft drinks, serve customers, and grow your business while managing your daily life beyond the café.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 45.2% ★, Life Sim 20.1%, Cooking 15.1%, Simulation 10.4%, Relaxing 3.3%
DONT OPEN is a PSX-style horror game about routine that falls apart before your eyes. A normal shift at a taco bar, an empty stairwell, and a persistent knock on the door that's impossible to ignore. Based on real events.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 46.8% ★, Life Sim 21%, Cooking 17.9%, Simulation 5.7%, Multiple Endings 5.5%
Run Your Game Cafe in This Funny, 2D, Pixel Art, Game Cafe Tycoon Manager Simulator, Meet Funny Friends , Make new Customers, Keep old Ones Happy, Make Money , Pay Power Bill & Rent Every day , Buy New Games , Update Old Games , Repair Devices , Keep Business Going, Don't Get Bankrupted!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 53.3% ★, Life Sim 22.5%, Simulation 7.5%, Cute 4.3%, Relaxing 4.2%
Run your own seaside homestay in a cozy pixel art life sim 🌊 Welcome travelers, cook Southeast Asian–inspired dishes, and build a peaceful life by the sea.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 35.5% ★, Life Sim 22%, Cooking 11.8%, Simulation 9.9%, Top-Down 5.9%
Alex is desperate. To save his sick mother, he takes a job at Marilyn's trendy cat cafe. But five years ago, his father died here among others. Serve coffee, follow the rules, and survive the night shift to uncover the dark truth behind the cafe's perfect image.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 49.5% ★, Life Sim 22.1%, Cooking 16.5%, Simulation 6.3%, Multiple Endings 5.6%
Bakeaway is a Tycoon RPG where you run your own bakery. Create your own unique recipes, explore effects and synergies, and expand your bakery by yourself or with friends!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 43.5% ★, Cooking 25.9%, Life Sim 19.9%, Simulation 4.5%, Cute 3.3%
Izakaya Diaries is a cozy sushi restaurant game. Alongside serving incoming orders, managing your restaurant, and progressing to experience new content with the money and fame you earn, you will also witness the historical events of the Edo period
Why similar: Shop Keeper 44.9% ★, Life Sim 17.5%, Cooking 16.9%, Simulation 6.2%, Cute 5.6%
A cozy life sim set on a sun-soaked tropical island. Run a seaside café, explore the island, and enjoy the slow rhythm of island life as Bella
Why similar: Shop Keeper 48.5% ★, Life Sim 25.1%, Simulation 13.8%, Casual 6%, Relaxing 5.7%
Set up gaming consoles, manage games, set prices, serve customers, hire staff, and grow your café to become the city's most popular gaming hub.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 48.2% ★, Life Sim 24.6%, Simulation 12.8%, Cute 5.8%, Casual 5.6%
Hunt monsters, gather rare ingredients, and help run a fantasy restaurant in a world where all food has lost its flavor. Serve villagers alongside a reluctant goddess, discover delicious monster cuisine, and restore taste to the world.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 35.6% ★, Cooking 19.4%, Life Sim 15.4%, Top-Down 5.5%, Relaxing 5.2%
Can you keep a burger shop alive? Manage a small burger shop, balance speed and strategy, and shape the fate of your business with every decision.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 45.6% ★, Cooking 23%, Life Sim 15.5%, Multiple Endings 6.4%, Cute 4.6%
Run a tiny bakery for sweet-toothed slime customers! Adapt to changing weather, seasons, and festivals as cravings shift. Unlock new recipes, welcome new guests, and prepare each night for the day ahead.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 27.9% ★, Cooking 23.5%, Life Sim 13.7%, Relaxing 7.6%, Top-Down 6.5%
Shiki Tea House is a single-player cozy life-sim game. Open a little cozy tea shop and take part in farming, running tea business, explore the town and more.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 37.8% ★, Cooking 22.3%, Life Sim 14.7%, Cute 6.9%, Relaxing 5.3%
Cook, serve, and manage your food truck while exploring a handcrafted open world. Upgrade your equipment, unlock new recipes, and turn your small food truck into a thriving business.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 42.5% ★, Life Sim 23.8%, Cooking 15.2%, Simulation 11.7%, Casual 6.1%
Grow a failing gym. Expand the facility, order and move equipment, run the gym shop. Hire staff and coaches. Train your own character. Compete in fitness contest to reach 5 stars.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 53.3% ★, Life Sim 27.5%, Simulation 14.3%, Resource Management 4.4%, Singleplayer 0.5%
햄버거 가게 사장이 되어보세요. 패티 굽기, 감자튀김, 음료 추출 등 모든 조리 과정에 직접 개입하여 생생한 '손맛'을 느낄 수 있습니다. 7일 안에 월세를 내기 위해 매일의 가혹한 매출 데드라인을 달성해야 합니다. 제한된 시간 속에서 주방을 마스터하고 나만의 가게를 지켜내는 성취감을 느껴보세요.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 50.6% ★, Cooking 35.4%, Simulation 12.6%, Singleplayer 0.8%, Indie 0.5%
Run your own Korean restaurant in Kimbap Heaven Simulator. Dive into a realistic cooking experience—wash, blanch, and roll your way to success. Satisfy customers with delicious recipes, manage your finances, and expand your business to build a culinary empire.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 41.2% ★, Life Sim 24.4%, Cooking 22.4%, Simulation 5.3%, Resource Management 3.6%
Kitchen Delights is an exciting cooking game that will put your culinary skills to the test, where you can be a chef in a restaurant or a burger joint, creating delicious dishes. With a touch of chaos and lots of fun.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 47.2% ★, Cooking 28.1%, Relaxing 7.8%, Simulation 6.8%, Cute 3.8%
This is a hardcore jade processing simulator. Players inspect raw stones for color and cracks, then operate machinery to cut and polish them. Learn to distinguish natural jade from fakes while upgrading equipment. Experience the full journey from a rough rock to a translucent masterpiece.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 53.7% ★, Life Sim 27.8%, Simulation 15%, Casual 2.3%, Singleplayer 0.6%
Run a cozy neighborhood bento shop! Get creative as you plate, decorate, and sell delicious lunchboxes tailored to daily town events and your neighbors' unique cravings.
Why similar: Cooking 36.7%, Shop Keeper 27.4% ★, Simulation 9.7%, Cute 7.9%, Relaxing 6.2%
A cosy fish market simulator where you cut fresh fish, turn them into products like sushi, and collect rare species. Build a peaceful market, master satisfying preparation mechanics, and grow your seafood business at your own pace.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 54.3% ★, Cooking 23%, Simulation 13.6%, Cute 8.1%, Indie 0.5%
"Can you survive the rush at a K-Ramyeon shop?" Become a part-timer in a Ramyeon Store kitchen. Cook perfect bowls, manage multiple pots, and maximize your earnings to unlock different endings. Move fast—your total revenue determines your fate!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 56.2% ★, Cooking 20.7%, Simulation 15.1%, Multiple Endings 7.5%, Singleplayer 0.6%
Buy mysterious (possibly cursed) goods from the dark web by night, then sell them in your curio shop by day. Balance profit against consequence and assemble an artifact capable of causing the apocalypse. All in a day’s work.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 59.9% ★, Life Sim 22%, Simulation 8.1%, 2D 3.7%, Resource Management 3.3%
Service Please is a top-down restaurant management and tycoon game focused on relaxed gameplay and steady progression. Manage customers, organize staff, upgrade your menu, and build your restaurant step by step.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 37.1% ★, Cooking 21%, Life Sim 14.1%, Top-Down 8.5%, Relaxing 6.8%
A tavern simulator in the spirit of light fantasy. Craft unusual cocktails, serve your patrons, and earn coins. Decorate your hall, unlock new recipes, and explore the world around you in search of hidden ingredient licenses.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 46.8% ★, Life Sim 26.3%, Simulation 13.1%, Casual 6.8%, Resource Management 3.5%
Kicked out by his father for not becoming fully human, the protagonist is left in charge of a neglected guild. Guildream is a casual and comedic simulation game where anyone can enjoy managing a quirky guild.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 52.4% ★, Life Sim 22.8%, Cute 7.3%, Simulation 5.4%, 2D 4.3%
AIM × PANIC Shop Management! Gather materials, process them, craft items, and serve customers―― A hyper-fast shop management game where everything is controlled with your aim. Three difficulty levels, from mouse beginners to aiming experts. Online multiplayer supported.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 50.4% ★, Cooking 23.6%, Cute 8.2%, Pixel Graphics 4.8%, Casual 4.3%
Experience Simulation Management, the charm of running a retro Thai convenience store from the 1990s! Build trust, unlock nostalgic products, and expand your business to the community.💯
Why similar: Shop Keeper 48% ★, Life Sim 17.7%, Simulation 11.4%, Relaxing 6.2%, Casual 5%
You started with an iron, a spare room, and one friend's order. Now build the print empire you always imagined — design every product yourself, earn every client, grow every era.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 48.7% ★, Life Sim 25%, Simulation 12.2%, Casual 6.3%, Relaxing 4.6%
Open your own blind box store in the anime city of Akihabara. Stock the shelves with the latest blind boxes, or unbox them to collect rare hidden editions. Create a trendy blind box shop that attracts customers and expands your business.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 59.2% ★, Life Sim 23.1%, Simulation 10.4%, Casual 4.1%, Resource Management 2.8%
Enjoy a unique cooking tycoon set in a cute, spooky Halloween town! Gather ingredients in the morning by foraging, fishing, and farming, then use your own recipes to satisfy ghostly customers by day. Alongside quirky monster residents, the strange and charming secrets of Spookitchen begin to unfold!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 34.5% ★, Cooking 23.4%, Life Sim 18.2%, Simulation 5.3%, Resource Management 5%
You'll open a potion shop in Sacred Heart City and learn about the reasons for the decline of Sacred Heart City by meeting a wide variety of customers. This is a story-based business simulation game, the main gameplay is that the customer asks you to make the right potion according to the request.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 56.7% ★, Life Sim 25%, Simulation 7.5%, Cute 3.8%, Pixel Graphics 3.7%
Run the board game cafe of your dreams! Craft food and drink, deliver orders to the townsfolk, collect board games, and customise your space, your way!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 22.4% ★, Life Sim 20.2%, Cooking 16.6%, Simulation 7.1%, Cute 6.7%
Cliffside Cafe is a casual point-and-click cooking game where you play as a barista running your very own cafe! With tons of recipes, ingredients, and upgrades to unlock, will you become the ultimate barista?
Why similar: Shop Keeper 59.5% ★, Cooking 21.6%, Casual 7.7%, 2D 5.6%, Pixel Graphics 4.4%
Run your own cozy café in Tailside! Brew coffee, decorate your café, and follow small stories in the daily newspaper. Progress through days and levels to unlock new items, skills, villagers, and creature visitors.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 36% ★, Cooking 20.3%, Life Sim 17.8%, Relaxing 7.3%, Simulation 5.7%
Create unique drinks by experimenting with ingredients, learn from customer feedback, and grow your business from a small stand into a thriving beverage empire in this flavorful simulation game.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 32.8% ★, Cooking 25%, Life Sim 14.5%, Simulation 12.1%, Resource Management 7.2%
Welcome to a cozy tea tavern in a world made of sweets! 🍵✨ Take orders, prepare desserts and drinks, chat with visitors, and customize your café. No timers, no stress - just cozyness, sweets and heartwarming stories.
Why similar: Cooking 38.7%, Life Sim 18.4%, Simulation 12.2%, Cute 10.7%, Relaxing 10.5%
Serve lattes with tiny paws! Coffee Critters is a co-op simulation game where you play as adorable "trash animals" running a bustling café. from managing stock to drawing on cups, you control every aspect of the shop. Keep the fridge cold, the coffee hot, and your customers happy!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 38% ★, Life Sim 24.1%, Simulation 11.2%, Cute 8.4%, Relaxing 6.3%