- #1 The Kindeman Remedy
97% matchMixed70% of 299 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 30.7% ★, Crime 15.6%, Time Management 10.2%, Management 9.5%, Clicker 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares the same dark, criminal-management DNA as it tasks you with running a medical facility while committing heinous acts.
- #2 Godlike Burger
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,017 reviews2022
Dev: Liquid PugPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In Godlike Burger you run the craziest restaurant of the galaxy! Stun, poison and kill customers in many devious ways… and turn them into burger meat! And don’t worry: Alien customers will keep coming if you are smart about it, because cannibalism is just too damn tasty.
Why similar: Cooking 27%, Dark Comedy 18.5%, Crime 18.3%, Time Management 13.5%, Resource Management 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: It is the closest thematic match, featuring a restaurant management loop where you must murder customers to source your ingredients.
- #3 Blood Bar Tycoon
96% matchMostly Positive80% of 781 reviews2025
Dev: Clever Trickster StudioPub: Clever Trickster Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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%, Economy 18.8%, Management 18.7%, Dark Humor 18.3%, Simulation 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: You manage a bar for vampires, balancing the supply of blood with the needs of your supernatural clientele in a dark, management-focused setting.
- #4 Graveyard Keeper
94% matchVery Positive86% of 46,799 reviews2018
Dev: Lazy Bear GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 31.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 42.2%, Dark Humor 23%, Gore 13.2%, Simulation 12.9%, Violent 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A morbid management sim where you handle corpses and run a cemetery, sharing the dark humor and resource-management loop of the seed game.
- #5 MachiaVillain
95% matchMixed65% of 799 reviews2018
Dev: Wild FactorPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 61% ★, Management 15.9%, Simulation 8.5%, Resource Management 7.3%, Economy 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: It puts you in the role of a villainous landlord building a haunted mansion, perfectly capturing the 'villain-protagonist' management vibe.
- #6 Definitely Not Fried Chicken
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,463 reviews2023
Dev: Dope GamesPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 24%, Farming Sim 15.8%, Management 15.7%, Economy 13.8%, Resource Management 13%
Why You'll Like It: This business management game focuses on the criminal underworld, requiring you to balance legitimate fronts with illicit operations.
- #7 Crime Scene Cleaner
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 30,076 reviews2024
Dev: President Studio
Windows
Median: 13.6 hrsMean: 23.1 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 46.2%, Gore 26.4%, Simulation 10.4%, Violent 7.8%, Relaxing 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the 'crime' and 'gore' aspects of the seed game by forcing you to manage the cleanup of messy, violent scenes.
- #8 Happy's Humble Burger Farm
93% matchVery Positive93% of 1,953 reviews2021
Dev: Scythe Dev TeamPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 28.6%, Management 27.3%, Dark Humor 26.2%, Horror 17.8%
Why You'll Like It: This horror-cooking simulator forces you to manage a fast-food joint while navigating a terrifying, surreal environment.
- #9 While We Wait Here
91% matchVery Positive89% of 2,242 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 65.5%, Simulation 23%, Casual 7.9%, Singleplayer 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: Set in a diner during an impending apocalypse, this game focuses on the dark, psychological interactions between a cook and their customers.
- #10 Tavern Master
90% matchVery Positive92% of 12,821 reviews2021
Dev: Untitled Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 11.6 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 44.5%, Resource Management 24.6%, Time Management 13.1%, Simulation 11.4%, Relaxing 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a solid, satisfying management loop for running a medieval tavern, focusing on expansion and customer satisfaction.
- #11 Travellers Rest
89% matchVery Positive88% of 16,540 reviews2020
Dev: Isolated Games
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 19.4 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 41.6%, Management 34.4%, Resource Management 17.9%, Simulation 4.4%, Singleplayer 1.7%
Why You'll Like It: A management sim where you run a tavern, brew beer, and farm, offering a similar 'shop-keeper' progression loop.
- #12 Dead Hungry Diner
91% 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 76.3%, Casual 23.7%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced cooking game where you serve monsters and supernatural creatures, echoing the macabre restaurant theme.
- #13 Evil Genius 2: World Domination
89% matchMixed69% of 13,065 reviews2021
Dev: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 20.1 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 66.6% ★, Management 14.9%, Resource Management 6.9%, Simulation 5.6%, Violent 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: You play as a villain managing a secret base, focusing on base-building and resource management to achieve world-conquering goals.
- #14 Cult of the Lamb
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 121,567 reviews2022
Dev: Massive MonsterPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.4 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and mysterious regions to build a loyal community of woodland Followers and spread your Word to become the one true cult.
Why similar: Dark Humor 90.7%, Singleplayer 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines base management with dark, occult themes where you must maintain your cult's needs through questionable moral choices.
- #15 Recipe for Disaster
88% matchMostly Positive71% of 714 reviews2022
Dev: Dapper Penguin StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Recipe for Disaster is a management sim that captures the fast-paced, drama-filled environment of a professional kitchen and dining room. Build your dream restaurant, create recipes, design menus and manage your staff, all while contending with demanding customers and disastrous situations!
Why similar: Cooking 38.2%, Management 19.6%, Time Management 14.3%, Economy 13%, Resource Management 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A restaurant management simulator that emphasizes the chaotic nature of running a kitchen and dealing with difficult staff and customers.
- #16 Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
86% matchVery Positive93% of 42,947 reviews2022
Dev: niceplay gamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 10.9 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 27.4%, Farming Sim 25.7%, Resource Management 21.8%, Relaxing 10.5%, Simulation 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A unique shop-management game where you craft items for customers, sharing the satisfying 'clicker' and resource-management feel.
- #17 Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game
87% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,478 reviews2020
Dev: Innervoid InteractivePub: Digital Tribe
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Chef is a Restaurant Management game in which you create your own character, acquire supreme cooking skills, customize restaurants, design unique menus, and devise innovative recipes with a realistic editor.
Why similar: Management 42.1%, Cooking 41.7%, Simulation 11.3%, Relaxing 3.6%, Singleplayer 1.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the creative and management aspects of running a restaurant, allowing for deep customization of your menu.
- #18 The Tenants
85% matchMostly Positive79% of 7,665 reviews2022
Dev: Ancient Forge
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.4 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 32.3%, Economy 27.1%, Time Management 24.7%, Relaxing 6.7%, Simulation 6%
Why You'll Like It: A landlord management simulator that requires you to renovate and manage properties while dealing with the quirks of your tenants.
- #19 Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator
84% matchVery Positive84% of 2,520 reviews2023
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Create and manage your dream restaurant! Menus, purchasing, décor, staff, equipment, customers… and don't forget the actual cooking! Experience the daily life of a restaurateur and earn your awards from the Michelin Guide.
Why similar: Cooking 42.8%, Management 21.7%, Resource Management 18%, Simulation 6.9%, Relaxing 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a professional look at running a restaurant, focusing on the high-pressure environment of a busy kitchen.
- #20 Prison Architect
84% matchVery Positive89% of 73,112 reviews2015
Dev: Introversion SoftwarePub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 30.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.
Why similar: Management 38%, Economy 23.5%, Resource Management 22.8%, Simulation 13%, Singleplayer 2%
Why You'll Like It: A deep management simulation that deals with the dark realities of prison life, requiring efficient resource and facility planning.
- #21 Cooking Simulator
83% matchVery Positive85% of 19,369 reviews2019
Dev: Big Cheese Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A realistic cooking sim where every ingredient reacts with real physics. Master 80+ dishes in Career mode or go wild in Sandbox as you cook, experiment, or cause total kitchen chaos in a fully interactive chef’s playground.
Why similar: Cooking 62.7%, Simulation 11.9%, Management 9.5%, Resource Management 6%, Economy 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a highly realistic and physics-based approach to cooking, perfect for those who enjoy the kitchen-management aspect of the seed game.
- #22 Beholder
82% matchVery Positive92% of 30,197 reviews2016
Dev: Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)Pub: Alawar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
You’re a state-installed landlord in a totalitarian country. Place listening devices, steal and sneak into your tenants’ apartments. Use what you uncovered to report anyone capable of plotting against the state. You MUST! But WILL you?
Why similar: Dark Humor 58.5%, Simulation 20.9%, Violent 14.5%, Singleplayer 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: You manage an apartment building in a dystopian state, forcing you to spy on tenants and make difficult, often unethical, moral choices.
- #23 Good Pizza, Great Pizza - Cooking Simulator Game
81% matchVery Positive88% of 6,456 reviews2023
Dev: TapBlaze
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 21.7 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 33.3%, Management 20.4%, Time Management 19.1%, Resource Management 14.1%, Relaxing 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A charming yet surprisingly demanding management game that focuses on the core loop of fulfilling customer orders efficiently.
- #24 Do Not Feed the Monkeys
82% matchVery Positive94% of 12,088 reviews2018
Dev: Fictiorama StudiosPub: Alawar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A digital voyeur simulator where you watch strangers through surveillance cameras. Invade their privacy and witness their most intimate moments, but don’t interact with the subjects – anything could happen if you dare feed the monkeys!
Why similar: Management 34.1%, Dark Humor 30.8%, Resource Management 24.1%, Simulation 8.8%, Singleplayer 2.2%
Why You'll Like It: A voyeuristic management game where you observe people through cameras, capturing the feeling of being a 'villain' who interferes in others' lives.
- #25 TasteMaker
81% matchVery Positive83% of 1,294 reviews2023
Dev: Jelle Booij
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 37.6%, Management 20.9%, Economy 17.4%, Time Management 13%, Simulation 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: A restaurant tycoon game that allows you to design your layout and manage the flow of customers in a sandbox environment.
- #26 The Chef's Shift
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,491 reviews2025
Dev: Panitia GameDevPub: Catoptric Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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 28.4%, Crime 23.2%, Time Management 15.1%, Management 13%, Dark Humor 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced cooking game that incorporates crime and time-management elements, mirroring the high-stakes atmosphere of the seed game.
- #27 Strange Horticulture
79% matchVery Positive95% of 15,145 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 46.6%, Simulation 45.7%, Singleplayer 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric shop-management game where you identify and sell plants, focusing on mystery and puzzle-solving.
- #28 Lemon Cake
80% matchVery Positive85% of 2,012 reviews2021
Dev: Cozy Bee Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Restore an abandoned bakery and prepare pastries from farm to table! Grow fresh ingredients in the greenhouse, cook pastries & sweets in the kitchen and serve your baked goods to hungry customers in your own shop!
Why similar: Cooking 29.1%, Farming Sim 23.3%, Time Management 17.9%, Management 17.7%, Simulation 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A management game focused on running a bakery, providing a lighter but equally satisfying loop of serving customers and upgrading tools.
- #29 Tavern Manager Simulator 🍻
77% matchVery Positive92% of 4,300 reviews2024
Dev: One More Time
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Restore your fantasy tavern to its full glory. Repair, improve and expand the establishment. Cook delicious food and keep an eye on the mood of the visitors. Create a unique atmosphere for unforgettable adventures!
Why similar: Cooking 28.6%, Management 20%, Economy 19.5%, Resource Management 17.7%, Simulation 6%
- #30 Human Fast Food
77% matchVery Positive93% of 81 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 32.4%, Time Management 17.6%, Management 16.4%, Economy 15.8%, Resource Management 7.6%
- #31 Death and Taxes
78% matchVery Positive86% of 8,138 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 73.6%, Simulation 18.3%, Casual 4.6%, Singleplayer 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven management game where you decide who lives and dies, capturing the dark, bureaucratic humor of the seed game.
- #32 Zombie Diner Simulator 🥩 💀
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 64 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 37.8%, Management 18.3%, Economy 18.2%, Resource Management 17.1%, Simulation 6.7%
- #33 Corner Kitchen Fast Food Simulator
75% matchVery Positive86% of 410 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 33.1%, Management 17.5%, Resource Management 15.3%, Time Management 15.1%, Economy 7.6%
- #34 Coastal Kitchen Simulator
75% matchVery Positive85% of 130 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 37.2%, Time Management 18%, Resource Management 12.9%, Management 11.8%, Simulation 9.1%
- #35 Holy Potatoes! What the Hell?!
79% matchMixed55% of 198 reviews2017
Dev: Daylight StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 25.8 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 47.1%, Simulation 42.9%, Casual 10%
Why You'll Like It: A management game set in the afterlife, featuring dark humor and resource-management mechanics that feel very similar to the seed game.
- #36 Cooking Live - Italian Kitchen Simulator
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,958 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 41.6%, Time Management 21.5%, Management 12.9%, Resource Management 9%, Clicker 7.4%
- #37 Goblin Sushi
73% matchVery Positive92% of 324 reviews2026
Dev: Old Cake FactoryPub: Metaroot
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 40.8%, Time Management 20.9%, Resource Management 19.6%, Dark Humor 17.3%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #38 Chopped Up
73% matchVery Positive96% of 52 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 56.8%, Horror 40.3%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #39 Tostchu
74% matchVery Positive84% of 607 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 54.6%, Time Management 20.9%, Resource Management 18.6%, Simulation 4.1%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #40 CARRION
73% matchVery Positive95% of 30,368 reviews2020
Dev: Phobia Game StudioPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 63.2% ★, Gore 18.8%, Violent 9.4%, Horror 7.7%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #41 Bakery Simulator
74% matchMixed67% of 2,258 reviews2022
Dev: Live Motion GamesPub: Ultimate Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Get up before dawn and see what it's like to be a baker! Learn to bake several dozen types of bread. Use realistic bakery machines. Deliver orders to stores, earn, and invest. Use original recipes or experiment with ingredients.
Why similar: Cooking 27%, Time Management 17.9%, Economy 16.6%, Resource Management 13.8%, Management 12.2%
- #42 Pirate Cove Simulator
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 62 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: Economy 21.1%, Management 20.4%, Resource Management 14.8%, Cooking 11.3%, Dark Humor 10.9%
- #43 Bone's Cafe
72% matchVery Positive96% of 351 reviews2022
Dev: Acute Owl Studio
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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 40.2%, Management 20.2%, Resource Management 16.3%, Dark Humor 14.4%, Relaxing 4.7%
- #44 Drug Dealer Simulator
72% matchVery Positive86% of 20,822 reviews2020
Dev: ByterunnersPub: Movie Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Have you ever considered creating your own crime empire, without the legal and moral consequences? SIMULATE IT! Crawl into the dark alleys of the street business in this OG drug-dealing game, and make a fortune! A co-op sequel – DDS2 – is out NOW
Why similar: Crime 45.8%, Resource Management 14.8%, Simulation 13.8%, Management 13.3%, Dark Comedy 10.8%
- #45 The Chef's Shift: First Course
70% matchVery Positive98% of 440 reviews2025
Dev: Panitia GameDevPub: Catoptric Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 1.7 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 30.6%, Crime 24.4%, Time Management 16%, Management 12%, Dark Humor 10.6%
- #46 Creature Kitchen
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive100% of 4,359 reviews2026
Dev: The Rat Zone
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 69.7%, Relaxing 9.8%, Horror 8.5%, Simulation 7.2%, Casual 2.6%
- #47 Shokudo Underworld
70% matchVery Positive83% of 266 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 46.6%, Time Management 21.1%, 2.5D 17.2%, Relaxing 5.7%, Management 5.6%
- #48 Restaurats
68% matchVery Positive91% of 1,641 reviews2025
Dev: toR StudioPub: Polden Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 9.6 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 50.1%, Management 24.7%, Resource Management 14.4%, Simulation 7.5%, Casual 2.1%
- #49 Lust from Beyond
71% matchVery Positive81% of 4,349 reviews2021
Dev: Movie Games LunariumPub: Movie Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A Victorian mansion. A cult worshipping an otherworldly erotic deity. Among all that - you. Explore a world inspired by the works of Lovecraft, Giger, and Beksiński. See for yourself that there are no limits to dark ecstasy.
Why similar: Gore 44.1%, Horror 36.2%, Violent 18%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #50 Restaurant Owner: Prologue
70% matchMixed62% of 103 reviews2024
Dev: Workaround GamesPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 22%
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 30.5%, Management 16.5%, Economy 14.5%, Time Management 13.4%, Resource Management 13.1%
- #51 The Wandering Village
66% matchVery Positive92% of 8,074 reviews2025
Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Build your settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world, contaminated by poisonous plants?
Why similar: Management 30.9%, Resource Management 26.4%, Farming Sim 25.6%, Simulation 9.2%, Relaxing 6.2%
- #52 Yes, Your Grace
69% matchVery Positive87% of 13,642 reviews2020
Dev: Brave At NightPub: No More Robots
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
These are troubling times, Your Grace. The petitioners’ petty matters exceed our limited resources, to say nothing of the war. A careful balance must be struck. Your throne awaits.
Why similar: Management 42.6%, Resource Management 39.1%, Simulation 11.1%, Casual 3.8%, Singleplayer 3.4%
- #53 SUCCUBUS
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 5,106 reviews2021
Dev: Madmind Studio
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Become a demonic priestess of lust and use her unique skills to take revenge on your enemies. Regain your kingdom making hell tremble under your hooves! Leave no one alive if they won't bend the knee.
Why similar: Gore 51.6%, Violent 30.9%, Horror 15.3%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #54 The Supper: New Blood
66% matchVery Positive90% of 113 reviews2025
Dev: White Blanket GamesPub: Octavi Navarro
Windows
Do you hear the doorbell, Stewie? Your first guest is here...and something tells me they’ll never leave the motel...
Why similar: Cooking 31.7%, Villain Protagonist 25.1% ★, Gore 14.5%, Dark Humor 13.4%, Horror 7.2%
- #55 Alchemist Shop Simulator
67% matchVery Positive83% of 156 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 21.8%, Economy 21.8%, Resource Management 16.2%, Dark Humor 13.2%, Simulation 6.7%
- #56 Weedcraft Inc
69% matchVery Positive80% of 1,667 reviews2019
Dev: Vile MonarchPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Weedcraft Inc explores the business of producing, breeding and selling weed in America, delving deep into the financial, political and cultural aspects of the country's complex relationship with this troublesome and promising plant.
Why similar: Management 37.6%, Simulation 24.7%, Crime 15.2%, Clicker 9.7%, Resource Management 5.4%
- #57 Cook, Serve, Delicious!
68% matchVery Positive94% of 5,698 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 43.7%, Time Management 24.8%, Management 23.4%, Simulation 6.4%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #58 Restaurant Owner: A Restaurant Simulator
67% matchMixed63% of 94 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 36.6%, Management 19.9%, Economy 15.4%, Resource Management 14.2%, Simulation 6%
- #59 Laundering Simulator - Clean Cash and Laundry
65% matchVery Positive83% of 327 reviews2025
Dev: Ritual Interactive
Windows
Laundering Simulator puts you in charge of a two-faced enterprise – a hidden counterfeiting workshop with a laundromat as its front! Help Eddie Wiser run this crazy show and deal with small-business management, a criminal underground, nosy authorities, and a rage-inducing grandmother!
Why similar: Crime 22.1%, Dark Comedy 19.6%, Time Management 15%, Economy 13.9%, Management 13.6%
- #60 Go! Go! Hamster Chef!
65% matchVery Positive98% of 321 reviews2024
Dev: Loafsoft
Windows
Help Hamster Chef cook yummy dishes and deliver them to his animal pals in this short, colorful, and definitely-not-spooky adventure.
Why similar: Cooking 54.1%, Dark Humor 18.2%, Horror 16.3%, Relaxing 6.9%, Simulation 4.3%