
"Penniless Chef" is a game where you run and grow your own restaurant. Run and grow your restaurant, and get to know the villagers!
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Simulation, Shop Keeper, Life Sim, Cooking.

"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 38.1% ★, Life Sim 20.4%, Cooking 12.2%, Simulation 10%, Relaxing 5.3%
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 47.3% ★, Life Sim 19.1%, Cooking 14.5%, Simulation 6%, Cute 5%
A pizzeria simulator where you can take customers orders, make pizzas, and manage your shop.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 39.4% ★, Life Sim 21%, Cooking 13.4%, Simulation 10%, Cute 5.3%
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 43% ★, Life Sim 23.2%, Cooking 20.5%, Simulation 12.4%, 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 36.5% ★, Cooking 22%, Life Sim 14.4%, Simulation 6.8%, Cute 6.5%
Buddington is a 2D life sim blending restaurant management, light action combat, and story adventure. Battle pests for ingredients by day, then plan the menu and run the canteen with friends come sundown.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 36.9% ★, Cooking 22.8%, Life Sim 17.5%, Multiple Endings 5.3%, Cute 4.7%
Make coffee, tea and a reach of different bakegoods like Mud Cake, Lamingtons, Caramel Slice, biscuits, cookies, croissants and other Bakegoods. In your own little Cafe/Bakery.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 34.6% ★, Cooking 20.5%, Life Sim 12.6%, Top-Down 7%, Simulation 6.6%
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 39.9% ★, Life Sim 17.6%, Cooking 14.3%, Top-Down 6.5%, Cute 5.1%
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 44.6% ★, Life Sim 18.5%, Cooking 15%, Cute 5.1%, Relaxing 4.7%
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 38.5% ★, Life Sim 21.8%, Cooking 13%, Simulation 10%, Casual 5.2%
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 34.8% ★, Cooking 30.2%, Life Sim 19%, Simulation 10.1%, Casual 5.1%
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 36.5% ★, Cooking 22.6%, Life Sim 16.5%, Simulation 8.1%, Relaxing 5.5%
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 58.9% ★, Life Sim 25.2%, Simulation 10.9%, Resource Management 4.5%, Singleplayer 0.5%
Run a cozy boba shop and craft unique drinks. Create your own recipes, unlock new ingredients, records, and decorations as your little shop grows through the seasons.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 36.5% ★, Cooking 24.2%, Life Sim 16.8%, Cute 5.3%, Simulation 5.2%
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 42% ★, Cooking 27.2%, Life Sim 7.7%, Simulation 7.2%, Relaxing 7.2%
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 32.8% ★, Cooking 21.2%, Life Sim 15.4%, Relaxing 6.6%, Cute 5.9%
Serve coffees and small pastries to customers while slowly making the place your own by moving things around and changing decorations.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 40.8% ★, Life Sim 21.8%, Cooking 14.5%, Simulation 10.6%, Cute 5.8%
Isekai Hotpot is a cozy hand-drawn restaurant sim. Plan the menu, haggle for ingredients, prep dishes and signature broths, then welcome fantasy guests through a lively dinner rush. Earn coins, read the night's results, and return tomorrow to turn your tiny shop into the village favorite.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 36.9% ★, Cooking 20.4%, Life Sim 17%, Top-Down 5.2%, Simulation 4.7%
🧺 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 44.1% ★, Life Sim 24.9%, Simulation 8.2%, Cute 6.6%, 2D 4.3%
Run a Taiwanese breakfast shop in this fast-paced time-management sim! Fry egg crepes, deep-fry nuggets, and mix drinks by hand. Every round ends in a frantic Rush Hour. Serve 31 customer types, catch dine-and-dashers, survive health inspections, and grow a roadside stall into a legend.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 52.4% ★, Cooking 17.2%, Simulation 13.2%, Casual 6.9%, 2D 5.1%
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 44.1% ★, Life Sim 20.5%, Cooking 15.4%, Simulation 10.6%, Relaxing 3.4%
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 47.4% ★, Cooking 15.2%, Relaxing 8.4%, Life Sim 6.5%, Simulation 6.1%
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 29.3% ★, Life Sim 19%, Cooking 13.2%, Cute 9.1%, Relaxing 6.9%
Piko Café is a cozy café sim game where you welcome customers, take orders, prepare drinks and pastries, and manage the rhythm of your growing café.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 47.8% ★, Life Sim 25.9%, Simulation 13.4%, Casual 7.1%, Resource Management 4.7%
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 37.3% ★, Cooking 22.6%, Life Sim 15.1%, Cute 6.4%, Simulation 5.6%
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 45.8% ★, Cooking 23.3%, Life Sim 15.6%, Simulation 6.7%, Relaxing 5.5%
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 34.5% ★, Life Sim 22.3%, Cooking 12%, Simulation 10.1%, Top-Down 6%
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 45.7% ★, Life Sim 21.4%, Cooking 18.2%, Simulation 5.8%, Multiple Endings 5.7%
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 52.2% ★, Life Sim 23%, Simulation 7.7%, Cute 4.5%, Relaxing 4.3%
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 42.4% ★, Cooking 26.4%, Life Sim 20.2%, Simulation 4.6%, Cute 3.4%
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 43.3% ★, Life Sim 18%, Cooking 17.4%, Simulation 6.4%, Cute 5.7%
Purrfect Bliss is a cat cafe built on a dark history. Will you survive the night shift? Serve customers, take care of the cats, and uncover the terrifying truth in this psychological horror game.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 48.4% ★, Life Sim 22.5%, Cooking 16.9%, Simulation 6.4%, Multiple Endings 5.8%
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 37.3% ★, Life Sim 19%, Cooking 16.9%, Simulation 6.3%, Cute 5.7%
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 42.7% ★, Cooking 22.9%, Life Sim 21.7%, Simulation 7.3%, Resource Management 2.3%
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 47.5% ★, Life Sim 25.6%, Simulation 14.1%, Casual 6.1%, Relaxing 5.8%
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 44.5% ★, Cooking 23.4%, Life Sim 15.8%, Multiple Endings 6.6%, Cute 4.7%
Run a cozy hot dog cart, serve charming customers, restock your stand, and end each shift a little better than the last in a relaxing food-making game with a strange little secret simmering under the surface.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 40.7% ★, Life Sim 23.3%, Cooking 13.9%, Simulation 11%, Casual 5.7%
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 27.2% ★, Cooking 23.7%, Life Sim 13.9%, Relaxing 7.7%, Top-Down 6.6%
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 36.8% ★, Cooking 22.7%, Life Sim 14.9%, Cute 7%, Relaxing 5.4%
Step into a beautifully stylized fantasy world as a village herbalist in Boticaria. Discover rare ingredients, master tactile brewing mechanics, and manage your cozy apothecary. Listen to your quirky customers, curate your inventory, and uncover the ancient secrets lingering beneath the lies.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 46.2% ★, Life Sim 20.6%, Cooking 17.4%, Simulation 6.8%, Relaxing 5.3%
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 34.6% ★, Cooking 19.8%, Life Sim 15.7%, Top-Down 5.6%, Relaxing 5.2%
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 47.1% ★, Life Sim 25.1%, Simulation 13%, Cute 6%, Casual 5.7%
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 41.4% ★, Life Sim 24.2%, Cooking 15.5%, Simulation 11.9%, Casual 6.2%
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 40.2% ★, Life Sim 24.9%, Cooking 22.8%, Simulation 5.4%, Resource Management 3.6%
Turn a humble ramen cart into the shop of your dreams in this cozy cooking and management game. Prepare delicious ramen, delight customers, unlock new recipes, upgrade and decorate your space, and grow your small business into a thriving restaurant.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 40.7% ★, Cooking 25.3%, Life Sim 14.4%, Relaxing 5.9%, Simulation 5.1%
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 52.3% ★, Life Sim 28.1%, Simulation 14.7%, Resource Management 4.4%, Singleplayer 0.5%
A cozy pixel-art restaurant sim. Take over a failing diner, master 30 recipes, manage unique staff, use 40 tools, unlock 30 secrets. 10 festivals bring challenges, 10 endings await. Easy to pick up, surprisingly deep — build your million-dollar dream!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 26.3% ★, Cooking 18.8%, Simulation 12.4%, Cute 8.5%, Life Sim 7.8%
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 46.1% ★, Cooking 28.7%, Relaxing 8%, Simulation 6.9%, Cute 3.9%
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 37.1%, Shop Keeper 26.5% ★, Simulation 9.8%, Cute 8%, Relaxing 6.3%
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 58.9% ★, Life Sim 22.6%, Simulation 8.3%, 2D 3.8%, Resource Management 3.3%
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 52.6% ★, Life Sim 28.5%, Simulation 15.3%, Casual 2.4%, Singleplayer 0.6%
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 49.5% ★, Cooking 36.2%, Simulation 12.9%, Singleplayer 0.9%, Indie 0.6%
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 53.2% ★, Cooking 23.5%, Simulation 13.9%, Cute 8.3%, Indie 0.5%
Stock it, price it, sell it, and turn a small corner fruit shop into the neighborhood's favorite fruit store.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 51.3% ★, Life Sim 29.2%, Simulation 10.7%, Casual 4.8%, Resource Management 3.4%
Leave everything behind and start your dream coffee business! Start your small coffee shop in your hometown, serve your friendly neighbors, and build friendships. Upgrade and expand your business to new cities, until you reach the top!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 45.6% ★, Cooking 17.4%, Life Sim 14.1%, Relaxing 7.3%, Simulation 5.4%
"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 55.1% ★, Cooking 21.2%, Simulation 15.4%, Multiple Endings 7.7%, Singleplayer 0.6%
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 45.8% ★, Life Sim 26.8%, Simulation 13.4%, Casual 7%, 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 51.2% ★, Life Sim 23.3%, Cute 7.5%, Simulation 5.5%, 2D 4.4%
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 36.1% ★, Cooking 21.3%, Life Sim 14.3%, Top-Down 8.7%, Relaxing 7%
A cozy shop-management and collecting sim. Stock and sell blind boxes and gachapons, open them yourself for the thrill of every unboxing, hunt rare and secret figures across dozens of series, set prices to match shifting demand, trade with customers, and expand your shop into a collector's paradise.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 49.4% ★, Life Sim 26.3%, Simulation 13.2%, Cute 6.4%, Relaxing 4.3%