- #1 Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game
97% 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: Cooking 30.9%, Management 27.8%, Capitalism 9.9%, Simulation 9.6%, Character Customization 6.3%
- #2 TasteMaker
96% 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 26.3%, Management 13%, Economy 10.6%, Building 10%, Capitalism 8.8%
- #3 Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator
96% 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 39.3%, Management 17.7%, Life Sim 17.5%, Simulation 7.2%, Resource Management 6.9%
- #4 Cafe Owner Simulator
95% matchMixed64% of 1,076 reviews2022
Dev: Second RealityPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Open your dream restaurant at FPP. Create a unique exterior and interior, hire the best workers and chefs, create a place where people will love to eat, spend time and spend their money. Simulation of the restaurant business.
Why similar: Cooking 26.1%, Economy 14.9%, Life Sim 13.4%, Management 13.1%, Building 10.8%
- #5 Espresso Tycoon
94% matchVery Positive85% of 1,249 reviews2023
Dev: DreamWay GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Espresso Tycoon - a coffee shop simulator. Create your brand, decorate the coffee shop, manage your employees, and take care of your customers. Use the 3D coffee editor to create coffee recipes, order supplies, and collect rating points. Build the whole coffee business and complete all the missions!
Why similar: Cooking 25.3%, Management 15%, Building 12.5%, Isometric 10%, Life Sim 10%
- #6 Tavern Manager Simulator 🍻
93% 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 24.8%, Management 15.4%, Economy 14.7%, Life Sim 13%, Building 11.6%
- #7 Cooking Simulator
94% 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 63.8%, Simulation 13.8%, Management 8.6%, Sandbox 5.6%, Economy 4.6%
- #8 Wrap House Simulator🌯
91% matchVery Positive88% of 2,843 reviews2025
Dev: Broken Lyre EntertainmentPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Welcome to Wrap House Simulator! Run your own wrap shop, chop, grill, and serve in this cooking adventure. Customize your shop, master the grill, and survive the rush solo or co-op with up to 6 players. Keep up with orders, satisfy customers, and build your dream restaurant!
Why similar: Cooking 34.3%, Capitalism 11.4%, Management 11.2%, Economy 10.2%, Life Sim 10.1%
- #9 Bakery Simulator
92% 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 27.1%, Time Management 15.6%, Economy 14.5%, Life Sim 14%, Management 10.9%
- #10 Inn Tycoon
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 779 reviews2025
Dev: Evil Goose GamesPub: GameDev.ist
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 27.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Welcome to Inn Tycoon! Build, design, and manage your dream inn. Serve delightful meals, offer various services, and hire a stellar staff. Create a top-notch hospitality empire and become the ultimate Inn Tycoon!
Why similar: Cooking 19.2%, Management 15%, Capitalism 12.6%, Economy 11%, Building 10.7%
- #11 Coastal Kitchen Simulator
89% 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 36.7%, Time Management 15.5%, Management 10.4%, Simulation 10.2%, Economy 7.2%
- #12 Food Truck Simulator
90% matchMixed69% of 1,318 reviews2022
Dev: DRAGO entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Renovate, equip and restore the shine of the food truck that belonged to your father. Create recipes, cook the food and serve customers across an entire city. Customize and upgrade your food truck to reach more customers and expand your menu.
Why similar: Cooking 39.9%, Management 16.4%, Economy 14.7%, Simulation 8.6%, Life Sim 7.3%
- #13 Kebab Chefs! - Restaurant Simulator
88% matchVery Positive84% of 7,339 reviews2024
Dev: Biotech Gameworks
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Kebab Chefs! is a Co-Op, cooking and restaurant management game that can be played up to 4 players. Design your own restaurant. Cook delicious foods, fill your menu with various recipes, feed customers and become the biggest kebab restaurant in town!
Why similar: Cooking 40.1%, Management 13.8%, Time Management 10.8%, Life Sim 9.8%, Building 7.9%
- #14 Project Hospital
89% matchVery Positive89% of 9,018 reviews2018
Dev: Oxymoron Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Become an ace doctor, an aspiring architect and a successful manager at the same time. Design your very own hospital, tweak every detail or choose one of the prebuilt scenarios and just jump to the doctor’s duty.
Why similar: Management 21.6%, Building 12.4%, Economy 11.8%, Life Sim 11.5%, Isometric 7.9%
- #15 Supermarket Simulator
85% matchVery Positive92% of 80,575 reviews2025
Dev: Nokta Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 33.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Run your own supermarket! Stock shelves, set your prices, take payments, hire staff, expand your store, handle shoplifters, and design your layout. Purchase goods from online or local markets around town, and personally deliver online orders to your customers.
Why similar: Management 23.1%, Economy 20.3%, Simulation 13.2%, Capitalism 11.8%, Life Sim 11.7%
- #16 Gaming Cafe Simulator
86% matchVery Positive86% of 390 reviews2025
Dev: Prapancha Studios
Windows
Revive a closed-down gaming café and build it into the ultimate gaming hub! Manage rentals, sell gaming merch, and expand with PCs, consoles, and an in-house café to prepare and sell fresh food. Attract customers with unique gaming sections. Can you turn your dream café into a bustling success?
Why similar: Cooking 34.3%, Management 17.2%, Life Sim 15.3%, Time Management 13.2%, Simulation 7.6%
- #17 Fast Food Manager
87% matchMixed70% of 266 reviews2021
Dev: Cyber EyePub: UMKA Games
Windows
Launch your own business from scratch! Starting with a small coffee booth, build the most popular food service chain in town. Experiment, develop, make a profit.
Why similar: Cooking 28.8%, Management 14%, Economy 13.3%, Time Management 10.6%, Life Sim 9.2%
- #18 Coffee Shop Tycoon
86% matchVery Positive85% of 596 reviews2022
Dev: Riff Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Manage your own coffee shop and control every detail to make it the most popular one in town! Roast your own beans and create your recipes. Hire and train your staff, manage your economy and marketing, and destroy your competition to become the ultimate legal coffee monopoly in Coffee Shop Tycoon.
Why similar: Cooking 31.4%, Management 21.6%, Economy 14.2%, Simulation 8.4%, Building 8.2%
- #19 Tavern Master
84% 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 36.9%, Building 23.6%, Simulation 12.1%, Time Management 10.7%, Resource Management 9.6%
- #20 Burger Bistro Story
84% matchVery Positive83% of 306 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Open your own diner and create custom burgers in this management sim game.
Why similar: Cooking 43.2%, Life Sim 13.9%, Management 10.6%, Economy 9.3%, Simulation 8.4%
- #21 Parisian Brasserie Simulator
82% matchVery Positive95% of 367 reviews2025
Dev: Quark Studios
Windows
Manage your own brasserie in Paris and turn it into the place to be! Create menus, serve customers, and master every detail to grow your restaurant. Manage supplies, ensure top-notch service, and make your mark on the city of lights. Will you become the next Parisian brasserie institution?
Why similar: Cooking 31.2%, Life Sim 23.5%, Management 12.4%, Simulation 10.1%, Economy 9.9%
- #22 Restaurant Owner: A Restaurant Simulator
83% 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 34.1%, Management 16.5%, Life Sim 13.1%, Economy 12.5%, Simulation 6.3%
- #23 Restaurant Owner: Prologue
82% 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 29.1%, Management 14%, Life Sim 12.6%, Economy 12%, Time Management 11.2%
- #24 Corner Kitchen Fast Food Simulator
81% 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 32.7%, Management 15.3%, Life Sim 13.6%, Time Management 13%, Economy 6.5%
- #25 Road Food Simulator
81% matchMixed64% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: 2MEDYA
Windows
Run a roadside Pizza restaurant with your friends. Play solo or in Co-op with other players. Make pizzas fast and fill orders. Keep your customers happy and get more orders. Improve your restaurant as your income increases.
Why similar: Cooking 33.5%, Capitalism 13.9%, Life Sim 13.6%, Economy 12.1%, Management 11.6%
- #26 Hotel Architect
78% matchVery Positive94% of 1,342 reviews2025
Dev: Pathos InteractivePub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Step into the shoes of a hotel owner as you design, build, and manage grand hotels around the world. Juggle demanding guests, frantic logistics, and plenty of unexpected surprises in Hotel Architect; the ultimate hotel construction and tycoon management game!
Why similar: Management 16.8%, Capitalism 16.3%, Economy 15.4%, Building 13.3%, Isometric 8.2%
- #27 Service Please
78% matchVery Positive89% of 54 reviews2026
Dev: Dynamic Dice
Windows
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: Cooking 25.3%, Time Management 14.9%, Management 13.4%, Economy 11.4%, Life Sim 10.2%
- #28 Travellers Rest
79% 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: Life Sim 33.6%, Management 28.7%, Building 14.9%, Isometric 10.2%, Resource Management 7%
- #29 Little Big Workshop
79% matchVery Positive84% of 3,350 reviews2019
Dev: Mirage Game StudiosPub: HandyGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!
Why similar: Management 19.8%, Automation 15.6%, Simulation 13.7%, Building 13.6%, Economy 13%
- #30 Food Processing Simulator
76% matchVery Positive92% of 248 reviews2025
Dev: Bewolba Studios
Windows
Build and manage your own food processing factory. Automate production with machines, work together with skilled employees to keep operations running smoothly, expand your facility, and keep inventory under control as you grow from a small workshop into a large scale production facility.
Why similar: Automation 22.5%, Life Sim 17.4%, Time Management 15.2%, Management 13.9%, Economy 9.4%
- #31 Bakery Cafe Simulator
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 351 reviews2025
Dev: Meerkatt Studio
Windows
Bake, build, and grow your dream bakery cafe! Create delicious pastries, design your space, and serve customers. Play solo or with friends in online co-op to expand your business and experience the excitement of running a bustling cafe!
Why similar: Cooking 40.5%, Capitalism 13.9%, Management 9%, Simulation 8.8%, Building 8.5%
- #32 Chef RPG
76% matchVery Positive88% of 2,496 reviews2024
Dev: World 2 Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Craft your culinary adventure in a beautiful pixel art world. Manage your restaurants, forage and hunt for ingredients, befriend locals, and grow your culinary empire. What kind of chef will you be?
Why similar: Cooking 40.9%, Life Sim 19.6%, Management 16.8%, Building 12.2%, Resource Management 5.7%
- #33 Restaurant Empire II
80% matchMostly Positive76% of 366 reviews2009
Dev: Enlight Software Limited
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Restaurant Empire 2 is the most realistic and comprehensive restaurant business simulation available, featuring 4 cuisines, 600 recipes, 4 huge cities, 2 campaigns with a total of 34 missions, 1400 interior objects, and a mix of business strategy and role-playing gameplay such as cooking contests.
Why similar: Cooking 26.5%, Management 12.8%, Economy 12.5%, Capitalism 12.4%, Life Sim 12.2%
- #34 PlateUp!
75% matchVery Positive95% of 25,910 reviews2022
Dev: It's happeningPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Cook and serve your dishes, design and decorate your restaurants, and expand your culinary kingdom with new unlocks, abilities and dishes in procedurally-generated locations. Classic cooking action with permanent roguelite progression. Hire your friends - or do it all yourself!
Why similar: Cooking 44.9%, Management 23.7%, Building 14.9%, Procedural Generation 10.2%, Strategy 2.9%
- #35 Sizzle & Stack
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 296 reviews2025
Dev: Arvis Games
Windows · Mac
Sizzle & Stack is a fast-paced restaurant management card game where you stack ingredients, cook dishes, explore recipes, and serve hungry customers. Upgrade your kitchen and master strategic cooking in a unique blend of card play and time management!
Why similar: Cooking 39.6%, Management 16.7%, Time Management 15%, Moddable 7.3% ★, Resource Management 5.8%
- #36 Automachef
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 908 reviews2019
Dev: Rhombico GamesPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Welcome to Automachef, a resource management puzzler where you design kitchens, program machinery and watch your genius come to life! It’s time to engineer tomorrow’s kitchen, today!
Why similar: Automation 31.6%, Cooking 25.8%, Simulation 21.4%, Resource Management 10.1%, Management 8.9%
- #37 Drive Thru Miami - Restaurant Simulator
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 121 reviews2024
Dev: Alkame Games
Windows
A cooking and restaurant management game designed for drive thru lovers. Build your own restaurant from scratch. Prepare mouthwatering dishes, expand your menu with unique recipes, serve customers with care, and grow into the most legendary drive thru spot in the city!
Why similar: Cooking 47.6%, Life Sim 17.9%, Management 16.8%, Simulation 7.8%, Sandbox 4.8%
- #38 Mall Simulator
71% matchVery Positive91% of 2,672 reviews2025
Dev: F13 Games
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Turn your building from a small shopping center into a huge city mall! To avoid going bankrupt, you’ll need to build new stores and restaurants, set smart prices, and keep up with trends. 15+ stores, dozens of machines & services, and hundreds of brands waiting for you!
Why similar: Capitalism 17.9%, Management 17.6%, Economy 16.1%, Life Sim 14.8%, Building 10.5%
- #39 Rolling Hills: Cozy Sushi Restaurant
73% matchVery Positive89% of 179 reviews2024
Dev: Catch & Release, LLCPub: Balor Games
Windows
Manage your own sushi restaurant! Collect and upgrade dishes, personalize your dining room, and use special abilities to serve customers in a dash.
Why similar: Cooking 33.5%, Time Management 16.8%, Management 15.3%, Life Sim 13.7%, Economy 6%
- #40 Drive Thru Simulator : Prologue
74% matchMixed43% of 127 reviews2025
Dev: Red Axe Games
Windows
Drive Thru Simulator is a simulation game that immerses you in the exciting world of fast food restaurant management. Take customer orders, prepare their meals, process payments, and expand your restaurant!
Why similar: Cooking 67.3%, Simulation 9%, Casual 7.3%, Automation 4.3%, Life Sim 4.1%
- #41 Sunset Motel
71% matchVery Positive80% of 781 reviews2025
Dev: Efkey StudiosPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Ready for the transformation of neglected rooms? Ensure customer satisfaction, renovate interiors, design entertainment spaces! Manage your motel in your own style and provide travelers with unforgettable experiences!
Why similar: Cooking 22.3%, Economy 18.3%, Building 13.3%, Management 12.5%, Life Sim 12.4%
- #42 The Sushi Spinnery
73% matchVery Positive93% of 406 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Revolutionize the revolving sushi bar in this fresh new sim!
Why similar: Cooking 39.7%, Life Sim 14.2%, Management 9%, Simulation 8.4%, Economy 7.7%
- #43 Cafeteria Nipponica
72% matchVery Positive88% of 154 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Find ingredients, make menus, and run your own restaurant in this sizzling sim!
Why similar: Cooking 39.6%, Life Sim 17.3%, Management 14.2%, Building 11.5%, Isometric 9.9%
- #44 Ravenous Devils
70% matchVery Positive93% of 9,609 reviews2022
Dev: Bad Vices Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A horror cooking simulator where the secret ingredient is crime. Improve your shops, buy new tools, expand your menu, and above all, make your customers happy.
Why similar: Cooking 38.2%, Management 19.6%, Time Management 14.3%, Economy 13%, Resource Management 7.6%
- #45 Inn Tycoon: Prologue
70% matchVery Positive91% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Evil Goose Games
Windows
Welcome to Inn Tycoon: Prologue! Build, design, and manage your dream inn. Serve delightful meals, offer various services, and hire a stellar staff. Create a top-notch hospitality empire and become the ultimate Inn Tycoon!
Why similar: Cooking 27.7%, Capitalism 13.6%, Management 12.6%, Economy 11.7%, Building 10.8%
- #46 The Ramen Sensei
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 181 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Build the ultimate bowl to leap past your ramen rivals and achieve greatness!
Why similar: Cooking 34.4%, Life Sim 19.3%, Building 10.3%, Simulation 8.6%, Management 8.4%
- #47 Coffee Caravan
69% matchVery Positive93% of 1,400 reviews2024
Dev: Broccoli Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Fuel your coffee passion in Coffee Caravan! As a cafe manager, brew, experiment with delicious recipes, and build your dream coffee business on wheels. Serve customers, unlock new flavors, purchase appliances, and enjoy your procedurally generated road trip in this roguelite experience.
Why similar: Cooking 33.1%, Management 16.3%, Time Management 15.5%, Building 10.8%, Economy 7.4%
- #48 Lemon Cake
71% 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 30.4%, Management 16.5%, Time Management 16.3%, Life Sim 13%, Simulation 7.6%
- #49 Ultimate Theater Simulator
68% matchVery Positive90% of 526 reviews2025
Dev: RAKTWO GamesPub: steelbox Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Ultimate Theater Simulator is a first-person cinema management game where you screen movies, serve snacks, hire staff, handle chaos, and grow your dream theater from the ground up.
Why similar: Life Sim 16.4%, Time Management 15.6%, Automation 14.9%, Management 11.7%, Economy 11.5%
- #50 Winkeltje: The Little Shop
69% matchVery Positive88% of 1,803 reviews2022
Dev: Sassybot
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Winkeltje: The Little Shop is all about building, decorating, and running your own old-world fantasy shop. Buy low, sell high - from nails and apples to swords and alchemic love potions. Impress your customers, craft items, and be the master of your very own shop.
Why similar: Cooking 17.4%, Capitalism 13.7%, Management 12.7%, Life Sim 11.2%, Economy 11.2%
- #51 MilkTea Time
67% matchVery Positive84% of 132 reviews2026
Dev: 星九猫游戏-StarNineCat Games
Windows · Mac
"Milk Tea Time" is simulation business game that includes all the elements of production, deployment and construction. You need to make each cup of milk tea. Research new flavors to win customer praise. Build and decorate your milk tea shop by hand. Create your own beautiful milk tea shop!
Why similar: Cooking 30.8%, Time Management 14.1%, Management 12.1%, Economy 11.2%, Capitalism 7.8%
- #52 Onigiri Shop Simulator
66% matchVery Positive97% of 377 reviews2025
Dev: Yagni Lab
Windows
Your own onigiri (rice ball) shop in Japan awaits! Serve perfect rice balls and crispy sides to hungry customers. As a solo operator, you'll manage inventory, perfect your cooking flow, and handle the rush. Can you turn your tiny stand into a beloved town eatery?
Why similar: Cooking 32.5%, Time Management 20%, Management 17.3%, Life Sim 16.9%, Simulation 8%
- #53 Cafe Owner Simulator: Prologue
69% matchMixed66% of 1,447 reviews2022
Dev: Second RealityPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Prologue to the Cafe Owner Simulator, where you can restore your own abandoned building, complete tasks at various levels, and start building a restaurant business from zero.
Why similar: Cooking 26.2%, Life Sim 14.4%, Management 13.7%, Economy 12.7%, Building 10.9%
- #54 Bakery Cafe Simulator: Prologue
66% matchMostly Positive80% of 491 reviews2025
Dev: Meerkatt Studio
Windows
Start bake, build, and grow your dream bakery cafe with prologue now! Create delicious pastries, design your space, and serve customers. Play solo or with friends in online co-op to expand your business and experience the excitement of running a bustling cafe!
Why similar: Cooking 35.7%, Capitalism 13.6%, Economy 11%, Building 10.6%, Management 10.1%
- #55 Definitely Not Fried Chicken
67% 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: Capitalism 18.2%, Management 17.9%, Economy 15.3%, Isometric 11.3%, Building 10.7%
- #56 Internet Cafe Simulator 2025
68% matchMixed41% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: Revolt Games
Windows
Run your own internet café! Manage, upgrade, and customise every detail to create the ultimate hangout in this immersive first-person simulation.
Why similar: Life Sim 16.5%, Time Management 14.8%, Capitalism 12.7%, Management 10%, Economy 9.8%
- #57 Power to the People
68% matchVery Positive82% of 543 reviews2022
Dev: Rhombico GamesPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build and maintain a power grid for a constantly growing population, while fighting off all kinds of disasters in this thrilling resource management experience. It's time for you to give "Power to the People"! Do you have what it takes to keep the lights on?
Why similar: Management 18.6%, Economy 16.7%, Building 13.6%, Isometric 11.1%, Time Management 10.6%
- #58 Barista Simulator
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 667 reviews2023
Dev: CubeCube Sports Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Barista Simulator, master the art of brewing with over 30 coffee recipes. Start with a basic setup, upgrade your café, manage your staff, and build your very own coffee haven. Are you ready for the ultimate coffee journey?
Why similar: Cooking 39.6%, Management 16%, Life Sim 14.2%, Simulation 7.5%, Sandbox 7%