- #1 Godlike Burger
97% 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 27.4%, Crime 18.7%, Dark Comedy 18.7%, Time Management 13.5%, Resource Management 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: Runs a similarly dark-humored restaurant where you murder customers to serve as ingredients.
- #2 Happy's Humble Burger Cult
96% matchVery Positive85% of 621 reviews2026
Dev: Scythe Dev TeamPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The original cooking horror returns in an unhinged co-op experience for 1-4 players. Grill burgers, serve customers, and hit your quota before the kitchen turns into a nightmare. When Asset Joy begins her hunt, try to escape alive and extract your hard-earned cash to survive another shift.
Why similar: Cooking 44%, Dark Humor 17.6%, Management 17.3%, Horror 13.9%, Simulation 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines fast-food management with a deeply unsettling, occult-driven horror atmosphere.
- #3 The Kindeman Remedy
96% matchMixed69% of 306 reviews2023
Dev: Troglobytes GamesPub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
The most blasphemous, diabolical and insane management game ever created. Aided by a lascivious nun in a grim prison, rig executions, conduct horrid experiments and do the unspeakable to cook up your cure-all: The Kindeman Remedy. Do not be afraid. This time, you're the monster.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 32.1% ★, Crime 15.5%, Time Management 9.8%, Management 9%, Incremental 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features a deeply amoral protagonist engaging in medical crimes and dark management gameplay.
- #4 Definitely Not Fried Chicken
95% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,583 reviews2023
Dev: Dope GamesPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Definitely Not Fried Chicken is a business management sim with a Twist! Grow your drugs trade through legitimate fronts by managing both sides of the business. Acquire new "businesses", meet new clientele, Develop more potent narcotics, make lots of money and leave a city in ruin!
Why similar: Crime 25%, Farming Sim 16.2%, Management 15.5%, Economy 13%, Dark Humor 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: Blends criminal empire building with front-facing management mechanics much like the seed game.
- #5 Graveyard Keeper
94% matchVery Positive85% of 56,175 reviews2018
Dev: Lazy Bear GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 27.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build and manage a medieval graveyard while facing ethical dilemmas and making questionable decisions. Welcome to Graveyard Keeper, the most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim of the year.
Why similar: Management 41.1%, Dark Humor 23%, Gore 13.6%, Simulation 13%, Violent 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers the same darkly comedic tone and grim resource management loop.
- #6 Crime Scene Cleaner
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 34,547 reviews2024
Dev: President Studio
Windows
Median: 14.6 hrsMean: 25.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Once you get tangled with the mob, you will forever be a part of the mob. At least they pay a decent salary and all you have to do is clean up after their dirty work, but you know what you’re doing. So clean crime scenes, earn as much money as you can, and get ready for the next mission.
Why similar: Crime 47.1%, Gore 24.9%, Simulation 10.5%, Violent 7.9%, Relaxing 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the gritty, blood-soaked cleanup aesthetic required to hide dark deeds.
- #7 Evil Genius 2: World Domination
94% matchMixed69% of 13,253 reviews2021
Dev: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 19.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A satirical spy-fi lair builder where YOU are the criminal mastermind! Construct your base, train your minions, defend your operations from the Forces of Justice, and achieve global domination!
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 68.1% ★, Management 14.2%, Resource Management 6.4%, Simulation 5.4%, Violent 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: Lets you embrace a villainous persona while managing an elaborate underground lair and nefarious operations.
- #8 Tavern Master
92% matchVery Positive92% of 13,319 reviews2021
Dev: Untitled Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Tavern Master is all about managing your medieval tavern. You start with a very small room, couple of benches and tables and build your way up to a huge successful tavern with a kitchen, rooms for guests, group of loyal staff and much more!
Why similar: Management 45.1%, Resource Management 23.4%, Time Management 13.2%, Simulation 11.7%, Relaxing 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on building and expanding a bustling medieval establishment to keep patrons happy.
- #9 Travellers Rest
91% 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: Farming Sim 43%, Management 34.3%, Resource Management 16.7%, Simulation 4.4%, Singleplayer 1.6%
Why You'll Like It: Blends tavern management and social simulation in a cozy yet engaging gameplay loop.
- #10 Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
91% matchVery Positive93% of 44,849 reviews2022
Dev: niceplay gamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Potion Craft is an alchemist simulator where you physically interact with your tools and ingredients to brew potions. You're in full control of the whole shop: invent new recipes, attract customers and experiment to your heart's content. Just remember: the whole town is counting on you.
Why similar: Management 27.7%, Farming Sim 26.1%, Resource Management 20.6%, Relaxing 10.7%, Simulation 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features satisfying, methodical crafting and shop management with a distinct atmospheric style.
- #11 Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator
90% 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 44.1%, Management 21.4%, Resource Management 16.8%, Simulation 7%, Relaxing 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on culinary precision and running a successful dining establishment.
- #12 Recipe for Disaster
89% 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 39.4%, Management 19.5%, Time Management 14.3%, Economy 12.3%, Resource Management 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Provides deep restaurant management challenges with staff and customer satisfaction mechanics.
- #13 Cooking Simulator
89% 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 63.7%, Simulation 11.9%, Management 9.2%, Resource Management 5.7%, Economy 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: Tests your kitchen efficiency under high-pressure, fast-paced restaurant conditions.
- #14 While We Wait Here
87% matchVery Positive89% of 2,471 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Vices Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Share thoughts and hot food with your last ever clients, as you wait for the world to end.
Why similar: Horror 66.3%, Simulation 22.4%, Casual 7.9%, Singleplayer 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a tense, story-driven horror experience set entirely within a diner.
- #15 Death and Taxes
88% matchVery Positive86% of 8,579 reviews2020
Dev: Placeholder Gameworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
In this 2D, short narrative-based game, you assume the role of the Grim Reaper... on an office job. Your job is to decide which people are going to live or die. The consequences of your choices are yours to bear, while the mystery of your incarnation awaits revelation!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 73.7%, Simulation 18.2%, Casual 4.6%, Singleplayer 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: Explores bureaucratic dark comedy and morally ambiguous decision-making.
- #16 Blood Bar Tycoon
86% matchVery Positive80% of 831 reviews2025
Dev: Clever Trickster StudioPub: Clever Trickster Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Blood Bar Tycoon is a vampire bar management game. Build bars and blood factories, lure humans to harvest their blood, process it, and serve your customers: other vampires. Research quirky machines and deal with hunters! Expand through Crimson City to become a mighty Elder!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 30.8%, Dark Humor 18.9%, Management 18.3%, Economy 17.6%, Simulation 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features management gameplay centered around serving bizarre and monstrous beverages.
- #17 Tavern Manager Simulator 🍻
85% 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 30.7%, Management 19.7%, Economy 18.4%, Resource Management 16.7%, Simulation 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on hands-on upkeep and upgrading a modest fantasy tavern.
- #18 Human Fast Food
84% matchVery Positive90% of 84 reviews2025
Dev: Bricchi Games
Windows
A cooking simulator where you run an underground fast food for monsters and serve them with human meat. Improve your kitchen appliances, unlock new recipes, manage your stock and keep the monsters well fed.
Why similar: Cooking 33.4%, Time Management 17.7%, Management 16.3%, Economy 15%, Resource Management 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Explores a dystopian take on fast-food management with illicit ingredients.
- #19 MachiaVillain
86% matchMixed66% of 810 reviews2018
Dev: Wild FactorPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Machiavillain is an evil mansion management and strategy game, inspired by Dungeon Keeper, Prison Architect and all the horror movie clichés! Build your own manor, raise your monsters, set up your traps, and exterminate your victims. But to gain reputation you'll have to slay by the horror movie rules!
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 63.2% ★, Management 15%, Simulation 8.3%, Resource Management 7%, Economy 6%
Why You'll Like It: Lets you manage a haunted mansion and orchestrate villainous traps inspired by classic horror tropes.
- #20 Good Pizza, Great Pizza - Cooking Simulator Game
84% matchVery Positive88% of 6,788 reviews2023
Dev: TapBlaze
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Ready to settle in with a soothing shift behind the counter? Feel the dough, hear the quiet crackle of the oven, and serve warm slices to grateful guests. Good Pizza, Great Pizza is the cozy, asmr-friendly escape you didn’t know you kneaded.
Why similar: Cooking 34.2%, Management 20%, Time Management 19.2%, Resource Management 13.2%, Relaxing 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: Offers addictive, fast-paced cooking and customer-pleasing mechanics.
- #21 Wasteland Bites
82% matchVery Positive94% of 477 reviews2026
Dev: CosmicDevPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Wasteland Bites is a horror-based food truck sim. Cooking up questionable cuisine in your post-apocalyptic food truck is tough. Fending off mutants, UFOs, rabid dogs, and things lurking in the dark? That's the real challenge. A chaotic mix of cooking and survival in a long gone world.
Why similar: Cooking 27.9%, Dark Comedy 15.4%, Time Management 14.3%, Resource Management 10.2%, Horror 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines post-apocalyptic survival with gritty culinary management.
- #22 Meat Grinder: Hotdog Simulator
81% matchVery Positive81% of 205 reviews2026
Dev: Panic PandaPub: Ultimate Publishing
Windows
Run your own hot dog shop in the foggy town of Grimshore. Cook and serve by day, solve your meat shortage by night, and try not to ask too many questions. How far will you go to keep the grill running?
Why similar: Cooking 25.9%, Crime 16.9%, Gore 11.9%, Dark Humor 11.1%, Violent 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers surreal, visceral meat-processing gameplay with an indie aesthetic.
- #23 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 42.4%, Management 41.3%, Simulation 11.4%, Relaxing 3.6%, Singleplayer 1.3%
Why You'll Like It: Gives full control over restaurant customization and menu creation.
- #24 Chef Knight
78% matchNo user reviews95% of 2,674 reviews2026
Dev: Clover Bite
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Cook what you kill in this cozy fantasy incremental game! Dive into dangerous dungeons, harvest fresh monster ingredients, and serve delicious dishes to hungry adventurers. Slay, cook, sell and upgrade your way to a sprawling dungeon-food empire!
Why similar: Cooking 26.7%, Incremental 20.4%, Management 19.5%, Resource Management 18.4%, Simulation 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines incremental progression with a whimsical cooking and management theme.
- #25 The Chef's Shift
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,080 reviews2025
Dev: Panitia GameDevPub: Catoptric Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The Chef’s Shift is a fast-paced typing game in a restaurant setting, where you’ll both cook & serve food to hungry customers, all done by TYPING.
Why similar: Cooking 28.5%, Crime 23.6%, Time Management 14.9%, Management 12.6%, Dark Humor 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines chaotic cooking mechanics with criminal overtones and tight time constraints.
- #26 ZOMBUTCHER: Monster Business Simulator
80% matchMixed70% of 145 reviews2026
Dev: ODIUSPub: Loopr Partners
Windows
Meat shop simulator where you play as a ZOMBIE! Sell meat to humans by day, butcher them by night, and manage a dark business through stealth and resource management all while eating BRA-A-A-INS!
Why similar: Crime 25.6%, Management 17.9%, Resource Management 14.8%, Gore 12.4%, Dark Humor 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: Blends first-person monster hunting and grisly processing mechanics.
- #27 Corner Kitchen Fast Food Simulator
79% 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 34.2%, Management 17.4%, Time Management 15.2%, Resource Management 14.4%, Economy 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Tests your multitasking abilities in a high-pressure fast-food kitchen environment.
- #28 Bakery Simulator
81% 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 28%, Time Management 18.1%, Economy 15.8%, Resource Management 13%, Management 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: Provides realistic production and time-management workflows within a food-prep setting.
- #29 Holy Potatoes! What the Hell?!
83% matchMixed54% of 207 reviews2017
Dev: Daylight StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 25.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Holy Potatoes! What the Hell?! is a whacky hell-themed cooking management sim where you take on the role of a chef in an Afterlife populated by potatoes!
Why similar: Management 48.2%, Simulation 41.8%, Casual 10%
Why You'll Like It: Embraces a quirky, humorous take on managing an underworld kitchen operation.
- #30 Coastal Kitchen Simulator
77% 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 38.2%, Time Management 18.1%, Resource Management 12.1%, Management 11.7%, Simulation 9.3%
- #31 Zombie Diner Simulator 🥩 💀
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: Octo Games studio
Windows
Zombie Diner — In a post-apocalyptic world, you run the only diner for the undead. Cook grotesque meals, serve hungry zombie patrons, and blast those who lose patience. Survival, management, and dark humor all on the menu!
Why similar: Cooking 39.2%, Management 18.3%, Economy 17.5%, Resource Management 16.2%, Simulation 6.9%
- #32 I Know a Guy: Shady Life Simulator
76% 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 31.7%, Crime 27.3%, Economy 14.1%, Management 11.4%, Time Management 8.2%
- #33 The Ramen Shop
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 82 reviews2026
Dev: samuel
Windows
A horror game where you manage a ramen shop. Take orders from your customers, serve hot delicious ramens and sweet cold drinks to hungry customers.
Why similar: Cooking 64.2%, Horror 22.1%, Simulation 10.1%, Casual 2.6%, Singleplayer 1%
- #34 Strange Horticulture
76% matchVery Positive94% of 16,173 reviews2022
Dev: Bad VikingPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.
Why similar: Relaxing 45%, Simulation 44.1%, Singleplayer 10.8%
- #35 Goblin Sushi
75% matchVery Positive90% of 479 reviews2026
Dev: Old Cake FactoryPub: Metaroot
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A goblin as a sushi chef? Why not! But hurry up rent is due in minutes! Upgrade the restaurant, the menu and your ingredients to feed your fellow goblins the best and most expensive sushi any goblin can find in the cave!
Why similar: Cooking 42%, Time Management 20.7%, Resource Management 18.2%, Dark Humor 17.6%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #36 CARRION
75% matchVery Positive94% of 36,063 reviews2020
Dev: Phobia Game StudioPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
CARRION is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origins, stalking and consuming those that imprisoned you.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 62.2% ★, Gore 20.7%, Violent 9%, Horror 7.2%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #37 Serve Or Die
73% matchVery Positive91% of 116 reviews2026
Dev: Dead Tape Studio
Windows
In Serve Or Die, you work alone in a small sandwich shop during the night shift. With a VHS-inspired style and an increasingly unsettling atmosphere, survive as simple orders turn into something far more disturbing.
Why similar: Cooking 65.2%, Horror 23.3%, Simulation 9.6%, Singleplayer 1%, Casual 0.9%
- #38 The Chef's Shift: First Course
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 525 reviews2025
Dev: Panitia GameDevPub: Catoptric Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 28%
A fast-paced typing game in a restaurant setting, where you’ll both cook & serve food to hungry customers, all done by TYPING. Play through the Italian restaurant and get a taste of The Chef's Shift!
Why similar: Cooking 30.9%, Crime 24.7%, Time Management 15.8%, Management 11.6%, Dark Humor 10.7%
- #39 Tostchu
73% matchVery Positive84% of 626 reviews2024
Dev: Ravenscape CollectivePub: Mars Bacon LLC
Windows
A slow-burn atmospheric horror game about managing a toast shop in a desolate location in Central Anatolia, Turkey. Make toasts for customers, cash in, buy more ingredients, and witness strange events unfolding.
Why similar: Cooking 55.8%, Time Management 20.9%, Resource Management 17.4%, Simulation 4.1%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #40 Bone's Cafe
74% matchVery Positive96% of 368 reviews2022
Dev: Acute Owl Studio
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Bone's Cafe is a fast paced, 1-4 Players couch co-op, cooking game. Customize the layout of your kitchen to guarantee your success. Specialize your menu in ingredients and recipes to design your ultimate cafe. Put your necromancy skills to the test and raise your own undead kitchen staff.
Why similar: Cooking 41.1%, Management 19.9%, Resource Management 15.3%, Dark Humor 14.7%, Relaxing 4.7%
- #41 Chopped Up
72% matchVery Positive96% of 129 reviews2026
Dev: Dekaizen Studios LLC
Windows
A cozy horror cooking game with a deadly twist. Serve bizarre fantasy creatures and secretly eliminate targets as an assassin hiding in plain sight. Just keep an eye out for those out to get you.
Why similar: Simulation 50.6%, Horror 46.8%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #42 Shokudo Underworld
71% matchVery Positive83% of 281 reviews2024
Dev: Miluku Inc.
Windows · Mac
Run your own sushi shokudo in a mysterious underworld. Satisfy the appetite of your customers, collect suspicious ingredients from bizarre fantastical creatures, and realize your dream of creating ... the legendary Chawanmushi!
Why similar: Cooking 46.9%, Time Management 20.8%, 2.5D 17.4%, Relaxing 5.7%, Management 5.4%
- #43 TasteMaker
72% matchVery Positive83% of 1,298 reviews2023
Dev: Jelle Booij
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
TasteMaker is a restaurant tycoon game. Design your own restaurant from the ground up, decorate, create a menu, hire and manage staff, and much more. Keep your customers happy and make a profit to keep the restaurant of your dreams from turning into a nightmare.
Why similar: Cooking 38.6%, Management 20.7%, Economy 16.4%, Time Management 13%, Simulation 5.3%
- #44 Restaurats
70% 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 51.4%, Management 24.4%, Resource Management 13.3%, Simulation 7.5%, Casual 2.2%
- #45 Bakso Simulator 2
69% 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 41.2%, Economy 17.3%, Management 14.3%, Resource Management 13.8%, Simulation 10%
- #46 Dead Hungry Diner
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 147 reviews2012
Dev: Black Market Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Dead Hungry Diner is all about big combos, spells, monsters fighting monsters and finding your flow within the monstrous mayhem!Help Gabe and Gabby, patrons of “The Dead Hungry Diner”, as they feed the creatures of the night buckets and buckets of juicy Brain Berry goop!(Well... that’s the easy part!
Why similar: Management 75.5%, Casual 24.5%
- #47 Creature Kitchen
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive100% of 9,915 reviews2026
Dev: The Rat Zone
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A creepy-cozy cooking simulator where you befriend local wildlife and feed them their favorite snacks! With a strange house to search and forest to explore, the witching hour has only begun.
Why similar: Cooking 68.3%, Horror 13.3%, Relaxing 8.7%, Simulation 5.6%, Casual 2.2%
- #48 Restaurant Owner: Prologue
71% matchMixed59% of 112 reviews2024
Dev: Workaround GamesPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 20%
Step into the world of a Restaurateur in Restaurant Owner: Prologue, where you create unique recipes, manage your restaurant, and satisfy customers. Unlock ingredients, design your menu, and start your journey toward becoming a top Restaurant Manager. Your culinary adventure begins here!
Why similar: Cooking 31.5%, Management 16.5%, Economy 13.8%, Time Management 13.6%, Resource Management 12.4%
- #49 The Tenants
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 7,782 reviews2022
Dev: EndGameLoop Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Become a landlord and deal with problematic tenants as you build your rental property empire. Decide how to react to annoyed neighbors or police interventions. Will you design your apartment for a group of gamer friends or an aspiring musician looking for a new home?
Why similar: Management 32.6%, Economy 26%, Time Management 25.1%, Relaxing 6.9%, Simulation 6.1%
- #50 Don't Let It Starve
67% matchVery Positive95% of 227 reviews2026
Dev: Eduardo ScarpatoPub: Black Lantern Collective
Windows · Linux
A horror roguelike bento-builder. You're trapped in an underground kitchen, forced to feed a half-chef monster. Gamble with your life, assemble meals, and master your multipliers. Whatever you do, Don't Let it Starve.
Why similar: Cooking 57.3%, Horror 21.8%, Resource Management 11.9%, Simulation 7.8%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #51 Cook, Serve, Delicious!
70% matchVery Positive94% of 5,719 reviews2013
Dev: Vertigo Gaming Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hungry? Take your restaurant from a one star abomination to a five star wonder in Cook, Serve, Delicious! Plan your menu, upgrade your equipment, and master challenges with easy-to-learn, hard-to-master gameplay!
Why similar: Cooking 44.4%, Time Management 24.7%, Management 22.8%, Simulation 6.4%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #52 Lemon Cake
69% 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 29.2%, Farming Sim 23.4%, Time Management 18%, Management 17.4%, Simulation 6.4%
- #53 Happy's Humble Burger Farm
68% matchVery Positive88% of 3,016 reviews2021
Dev: Scythe Dev TeamPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Congrats, you're hired! Serve customers and maintain the Happy's Humble Burger Farm restaurant alone on the overnight. But be careful; things fall apart if you mess up! After work, head home and keep your eyes open for a way to escape the Barnyard Buds and their fast food fever-dream.
Why similar: Time Management 28%, Dark Humor 26.4%, Management 26.4%, Horror 19.2%
- #54 Cooking Live - Italian Kitchen Simulator
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,040 reviews2023
Dev: Matryoshka
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Hello everyone! My name is Jane, and I need your help! I travel around the world and create a blog about local restaurants and cuisine. I’ve seen how big corporations squeeze out talented local cooks and their restaurants! Let’s take matters into our own hands and give them back their zest for life!
Why similar: Cooking 39.1%, Time Management 18.8%, Management 18.7%, Resource Management 8%, Relaxing 6.1%
- #55 Kaiju Harvest
66% matchVery Positive81% of 78 reviews2026
Dev: Tavuno Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Heroes defeat the kaiju. You turn the remains into profit! Carve through colossal carcasses, harvest meat, bones, organs, and heart-cores, upgrade your gear, deploy collector bots, automate the grind, and clean up battle zones worldwide in this fast-paced pixel-art action-idle game.
Why similar: Incremental 29.2%, Resource Management 23.6%, Gore 12.9%, Violent 9.6%, Dark Humor 9.3%
- #56 Pirate Cove Simulator
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Kool2Play
Windows
Pirate Cove Simulator will have you run a shop and tavern on the Island of the Damned, to get rich and buy your way out of the pirate afterlife. Trade with restless undead pirates, run your own distillery and turn local plants into potent drinks, search for hidden treasures, or just go fishing.
Why similar: Management 20.5%, Economy 20.2%, Resource Management 14.1%, Cooking 11.7%, Dark Humor 11.3%
- #57 Alchemist Shop Simulator
67% matchVery Positive80% of 163 reviews2025
Dev: Kool2Play
Windows
Run your own magic business! In Alchemist Shop Simulator you can trade magical wares, brew potions and take on special orders, meet many quirky clients, grow your ingredients in your garden, restock your shelves and manage prices. Keep expanding your business as you gain experience and wealth!
Why similar: Management 21.9%, Economy 20.9%, Resource Management 15.4%, Dark Humor 13.8%, Simulation 6.9%
- #58 Restaurant Owner: A Restaurant Simulator
68% matchMixed59% of 103 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 37.9%, Management 19.8%, Economy 14.7%, Resource Management 13.4%, Simulation 6.1%
- #59 Ghost Keeper
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 91 reviews2026
Dev: Quest Craft
Windows
Become a Ghost Keeper and lead your fearsome minions against the living. Use diverse scare tactics, manage demonic creatures and harness dozens of skills. Oh, and don’t let the Brotherhood catch you! The ultimate scaring experience begins…
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 47.6% ★, Dark Comedy 22.2%, Dark Humor 12.7%, Horror 7.7%, Relaxing 4%
- #60 Retail Hell
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 613 reviews2026
Dev: LEAP Game StudiosPub: Midnighters
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Trapped in an infinite shift, you are the sole clerk of purgatory’s only convenience store. Manage stock, pay your taxes and keep nightmarish creatures at bay as you uncover the secret of why your shift never ends. Clock in. Serve the dead. Survive the shift.
Why similar: Time Management 28.1%, Management 26.3%, Dark Humor 18.3%, Horror 17.6%, Simulation 7.6%