Games Like Restaurant Owner: Prologue

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: Job Simulator 19.8% ★, Cooking 15.2%, Management 7.7%, Economy 7.7%, Life Sim 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: This is the full-scale version of the seed game, offering expanded management features and deeper culinary mechanics.

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 23.3%, Job Simulator 13.7% ★, Life Sim 12.2%, Immersive Sim 11.2%, Management 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: This title balances high-pressure kitchen management with the creative freedom of designing your own menu and restaurant.

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 16.5%, Economy 13%, Life Sim 10%, Management 8.7%, Resource Management 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a comprehensive experience in renovating, designing, and managing your own cafe from the ground up.

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: Job Simulator 20.6% ★, Cooking 13.7%, Economy 11.3%, Management 9%, Life Sim 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It mirrors the first-person management style while shifting the theme to a rustic, fantasy-inspired tavern setting.

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 42.5%, Simulation 10.7%, Sandbox 9.5%, Realistic 8.2%, Management 6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers the most realistic and physics-based first-person cooking experience available on Steam.

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: Economy 21.6%, Management 18.6%, Simulation 11.8%, Life Sim 10.6%, Immersive Sim 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: While focused on retail, it shares the addictive management and inventory-handling mechanics that drive the restaurant simulator genre.

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 26.1%, Economy 13.4%, Management 11.3%, Sandbox 8.6%, First-Person 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines the mobility of a food truck with the same first-person cooking and management loops found in the seed game.

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 17.2%, Economy 12.8%, Time Management 11.6%, Life Sim 10.5%, Resource Management 8%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the specific craft of baking, requiring players to manage recipes, ingredients, and delivery logistics.

Buy an abandoned gas station and restore it to its full glory. Renovate, upgrade and expand upon the offered services to keep up with your clients demands.

Why similar: Economy 23.4%, Management 18%, Simulation 12.8%, Realistic 11%, Funny 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same 'job simulator' essence by tasking players with managing a business while performing various hands-on tasks.

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 53.8%, Management 30%, Funny 10.8%, Casual 3.7%, Singleplayer 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends restaurant management with roguelite elements, focusing on the chaos of kitchen workflow and menu design.

Cook kebab in comfort of your home

Why similar: Simulation 25.6%, Immersive Sim 19.2%, Realistic 16.4%, Funny 13.8%, First-Person 13.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar first-person job-simulator feel with a focus on specific cultural cuisine and customer satisfaction.

Wake up and smell the coffee in Coffee Shop Simulator. Manage, and personalize your very own coffee shop. Craft the perfect coffee, serve up delicious pastries, and create a cozy place for coffee lovers from all walks of life.

Why similar: Economy 25.8%, Sandbox 19.6%, Management 17.9%, Realistic 7.7%, Relaxing 7%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a focused experience on managing a coffee business, from sourcing beans to serving customers in a first-person view.

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 33.1%, Management 25.2%, Immersive Sim 15.4%, Resource Management 12.7%, Colorful 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: It combines tavern management with farming and crafting, offering a more cozy, top-down perspective on the restaurant business.

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 19.1%, Economy 12.3%, Management 9.8%, Resource Management 8.4%, Time Management 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a straightforward approach to managing a fast-food franchise with a focus on economy and speed.

Hit the road in this massive sequel to the million-selling Cook, Serve, Delicious series. Manage your food truck, cook delicious dishes and serve customers as you take the road trip of a lifetime across war-torn America.

Why similar: Cooking 38.7%, Management 27.9%, Funny 15.1%, Simulation 9.9%, Casual 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a fast-paced, high-intensity take on restaurant management that rewards precision and speed.

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 19.6%, Life Sim 18%, Resource Management 15.2%, Sandbox 14.3%, Relaxing 13.5%

Why You'll Like It: Though fantasy-themed, it features a similar hands-on crafting and customer-service loop that will appeal to management fans.

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 27%, Time Management 17%, Management 15.4%, Life Sim 13.6%, Simulation 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This charming management game focuses on running a bakery, requiring players to balance baking, serving, and cleaning.

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 26.5%, Life Sim 11.8%, Immersive Sim 10.9%, Job Simulator 10.8% ★, Management 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the specific niche of drive-thru management, emphasizing speed and customer throughput.

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 22.7%, Management 11.2%, Life Sim 11.1%, Time Management 10.6%, Resource Management 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A direct take on the fast-food management genre, focusing on quick service and kitchen efficiency.

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: Job Simulator 17.9% ★, Cooking 14.6%, Management 12.1%, Economy 11.6%, Resource Management 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: This management game emphasizes building and resource allocation within a medieval setting, similar to tavern-style simulators.

Internet Cafe Simulator is an internet cafe business simulation game. Build the best internet café in the world!

Why similar: Management 27%, Economy 22.6%, Simulation 21.5%, First-Person 10.9%, Funny 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the immersive-sim management style, tasking you with running a business while dealing with daily operational challenges.

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 26.8%, Economy 11%, Immersive Sim 9.3%, Life Sim 9.3%, Management 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a niche focus on specialized food preparation within a realistic, first-person management framework.

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 26.5%, Time Management 13.1%, Sandbox 11.1%, Simulation 8.7%, Resource Management 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: This title provides a relaxing, sandbox-style cooking experience set in a coastal environment.

Bear and Breakfast is a laid-back management adventure game where you build and run a bed and breakfast...but you’re a bear.

Why similar: Economy 23.6%, Life Sim 17.6%, Management 13.7%, Resource Management 12.1%, Relaxing 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: This management sim tasks you with running a bed and breakfast, requiring careful design and resource management similar to restaurant sims.

Grocery Store Simulator is a 1-4 player co-op game where you build and manage your own supermarket by stocking shelves, setting prices, hiring staff, and customizing your store, all while expanding your business and keeping customers happy.

Why similar: Economy 17.4%, Management 14.2%, Resource Management 13.4%, Sandbox 11.5%, Immersive Sim 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a realistic management experience where you must stock shelves, set prices, and handle customer interactions.

Ready to create your own world of flavor? Play solo or co-op with up to 8 players, prepare sandwiches with your friends, deliver online orders to the courier and run your sandwich restaurant. Clean, expand, and keep your customers happy!

Why similar: Cooking 23.1%, Economy 11.5%, Time Management 11.2%, Immersive Sim 10%, Life Sim 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a casual, hands-on approach to sandwich assembly and customer service in a multiplayer setting.

Start by running a saloon and carve your own place in the Wild West. Shape your bar, hire help, and get drawn into the lives and troubles of the people who gather around your counter. Out here, honest business is rarely enough. See what it takes to survive the frontier.

Why similar: Cooking 24.1%, Economy 14.6%, Life Sim 13.2%, Management 12.2%, Immersive Sim 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: It combines Western-themed building and management with the core cooking and service mechanics of the seed game.

Experience all the Onion Kingdom has to offer, Overcooked! 1 & 2 infused with 4k goodness running at a smooth 60 FPS. Fully remastered and cooked up from scratch. Enjoy 200+ levels (22 new) and 80+ chefs (3 new), this is the ultimate Overcooked! experience.

Why similar: Cooking 54.8%, Funny 14.6%, Simulation 10.1%, Colorful 8.9%, Casual 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive cooperative cooking game that highlights the chaotic, fast-paced nature of kitchen workflows.

Enter the world of steam and sugar and become a master chocolatier in Chocolate Factory Simulator. Craft gourmet chocolate for your customers in your steampunk workshop with the help of your automaton assistant Nougat.

Why similar: Cooking 38.5%, Economy 17.2%, Simulation 8.9%, First-Person 8%, Funny 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique, atmospheric take on the cooking simulator genre with a focus on specialized production lines.

Saloon Simulator Prologue lets you restore an abandoned Saloon and discover that managing it isn't just about creating drinks and meals. Clean up, organize, and choose the right friends - all to become the most recognizable business in the Wild West!

Why similar: Cooking 24.1%, Economy 13%, Immersive Sim 12.6%, Life Sim 11.8%, Management 9.8%

Restore your fantasy tavern to its full glory. Repair, improve and expand the establishment. Try running a tavern for a day in Prologue.

Why similar: Job Simulator 33.7% ★, Economy 17.5%, Management 9.4%, Simulation 6.5%, Funny 6.2%

The Prologue is just part of the gameplay that awaits you in the full version of the game. Enter the world of steam and sugar and become a master chocolatier in Chocolate Factory Simulator: Prologue. Craft gourmet chocolate for your customers in your steampunk workshop with the help of Nougat.

Why similar: Cooking 30.4%, Economy 15.4%, Life Sim 12.5%, Sandbox 8.4%, Funny 8.3%

Sunset Motel: Prologue is a free motel management game. Ensure customer satisfaction, renovate interiors, design entertainment spaces! Manage your motel in your own style and provide travelers with unforgettable experiences!

Why similar: Life Sim 19.3%, Cooking 18.8%, Economy 13.2%, Simulation 10.1%, Management 8.5%

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 17.8%, Economy 12%, Life Sim 11.6%, Management 9.8%, Immersive Sim 8.9%

Run the world's most chaotic fast food joint! Play solo or with up to 8 friends as you take orders, make burgers, and hustle to keep customers happy. Grow your business with every shift.

Why similar: Cooking 30.9%, Job Simulator 15.4% ★, Management 14.7%, Immersive Sim 9.2%, Simulation 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: This title emphasizes the multiplayer and cooperative aspects of running a busy burger joint.

Kebab Simulator: Prologue is the perfect experience for running your dream restaurant and cooking delicious foods! Take the first steps of a perfect restaurant businness! Experience main game mechanics and be ready for the full version!

Why similar: Cooking 18.4%, Life Sim 13.3%, Time Management 11.3%, Sandbox 10.6%, Immersive Sim 10.2%

Run your retail company in this free prologue version of the game. Sign contracts with leading brands, order new products, meet customer needs, and never let your customers leave the store empty-handed. Hire new workers, expand your store, and enjoy the growth of your retail company.

Why similar: Life Sim 17.7%, Economy 15.2%, Sandbox 13.3%, Immersive Sim 12.5%, Management 9.9%

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 25.6%, Job Simulator 12.5% ★, Immersive Sim 11.5%, Economy 10.9%, Sandbox 9.7%

In Coffie Simulator Prologue , run your own café, serve unique cusstomers, and master the art of coffee-making! Customize, upgrade, and manage your shop while handling orders with precision. Every choice matters. Can you succeed?

Why similar: Time Management 16.5%, Economy 14.8%, Immersive Sim 12.6%, Cooking 11.6%, Sandbox 11.1%

Start running your own supermarket with Prologue already. Stock shelves, handle cashier tasks, process online orders, design & expand. Set the prices based on the market. Be prepared to face the consequences if you fail to make the nightly repayment to the gangs.

Why similar: Economy 19.5%, Management 14.8%, Immersive Sim 13.4%, Life Sim 11.8%, Sandbox 9.6%

Run your tobacco shop in this free prologue version of the game. Sign contracts with leading brands, order products, and meet customer needs. Play with friends or go solo, and enjoy the growth of your shop.

Why similar: Life Sim 20.3%, Economy 15.8%, Sandbox 13.1%, Management 13.1%, Immersive Sim 11.4%

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 54.7%, Realistic 10.3%, Simulation 8.6%, Casual 6.6%, Life Sim 4%

The Prologue is just part of the gameplay that awaits you in the full version. In Zoo Simulator: Prologue, your main task is to run and manage your own zoo. Renew it and take care of all the animals' needs, ensuring them a peaceful life! Will you attract crowds of visitors? Create your own zoo!

Why similar: Management 18.8%, Life Sim 16.8%, Realistic 13.6%, Immersive Sim 13.2%, Simulation 9.7%

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 21.4%, Life Sim 19.1%, Economy 9.4%, Management 9%, First-Person 8.2%

Coffie Simulator is a coffee simulator game. Run your own café, serve 500+ unique customers, and master the art of coffee-making! Customize, upgrade, and manage your shop while handling orders with precision. Every choice matters—your reputation shapes the experience. Can you succeed?

Why similar: Job Simulator 16.9% ★, Cooking 14.5%, Time Management 9.7%, Life Sim 8.8%, Immersive Sim 7.8%

Sweet Start is the perfect introduction to the world of Candy Shop Simulator, designed for players who want to dive into the sweet universe of the game and get familiar with its foundations before experiencing the full version

Why similar: Cooking 38.8%, Life Sim 10.9%, Simulation 10.2%, Economy 8.7%, Relaxing 7.5%

This is the free version of the game "Ale & Tale Tavern". Get ready for a thrilling mix of genres: a cooperative, first-person, open-world fantasy tavern simulator, action, fishing, hunting, exploration, and completing fun and diverse quests. And, of course, COOKING!

Why similar: Cooking 24.3%, Time Management 14.7%, Immersive Sim 13%, Sandbox 12.8%, Management 11.7%

In this free version of the game, manage your own figure shop! Produce figures with 3D printers, stock your shelves, set prices, and offer the best shopping experience to your customers. Manage your warehouse, complete collections, follow trends, and grow your business!

Why similar: Economy 17.7%, Time Management 13.6%, Immersive Sim 12.3%, Life Sim 9%, Resource Management 8.6%

Gym Manager: Prologue is a free simulation game where you can build, expand and manage your own Gym. To attract more clients - invest in new equipment, keep the room clean and sabotage your competitors.

Why similar: Economy 18.2%, Management 13.7%, Immersive Sim 10.9%, Life Sim 9.9%, Sandbox 9.1%

Run the world's most chaotic fast food joint! Play solo or with up to 8 friends as you take orders, make burgers, and hustle to keep customers happy. Grow your business with every shift.

Why similar: Cooking 31%, Job Simulator 16.2% ★, Management 14.4%, Immersive Sim 8.9%, Simulation 7.8%

The Prologue is just part of the gameplay that awaits you in the full version of the game. Manage and develop your animal training center, create a safe and happy place for them! Train different types of animals, and give them a lot of attention and they will surely become calmer with their owners.

Why similar: Life Sim 18.4%, Management 16.5%, Immersive Sim 14.3%, Economy 12.8%, Realistic 9.1%

Are you ready to start shaping fashion? Start working with Prologue now. Make a brand agreement, order products, fill the aisles, dress the mannequins and start selling. A limited number of products for Prologue are waiting for you.

Why similar: Economy 20.8%, Life Sim 17.2%, Management 15.9%, Immersive Sim 15.1%, Simulation 7.8%

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 29.3%, Life Sim 16%, Management 13.7%, Immersive Sim 13.2%, Realistic 9.8%

Take over the gas station and convenience store at a roadside rest area and expand by purchasing new businesses. Manage a living world shaped by dynamic economy and random events. Upgrade your facilities, satisfy your customers, and play solo or with friends.

Why similar: Economy 17.9%, Management 15%, Life Sim 14.6%, Simulation 10.2%, Resource Management 9.5%

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 25.7%, Economy 15.1%, Management 12.3%, Resource Management 12%, Sandbox 11.3%

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: Job Simulator 27.6% ★, Cooking 19.9%, Time Management 11.7%, Management 9.6%, Life Sim 9.6%