- #1 Rolling Hills: Cozy Sushi Restaurant
97% 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 33.1%, Time Management 20.2%, Cozy 11.3%, Life Sim 11%, Cute 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the specific focus on sushi preparation and restaurant management within a cozy, wholesome community.
- #2 Touhou Mystia's Izakaya
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 31,273 reviews2021
Dev: 二色幽紫蝶
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 34.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A brand new pixel art restaurant simulator based on the Touhou Project! Play as Mystia, the owner of a small izakaya. Collect ingredients by day, cater to the customers by night, learn recipes from familiar characters, and become the best izakaya owner in all of Gensokyo!
Why similar: Cooking 52.7%, Time Management 35.6%, Casual 9.6%, Simulation 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly mirrors the fantasy management and cooking loop in a charming, character-rich supernatural setting.
- #3 Good Pizza, Great Pizza - Cooking Simulator Game
96% 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 26%, Cozy 19.7%, Time Management 15.8%, Hand-drawn 9.3%, Life Sim 8%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a highly satisfying, cozy cooking loop with a distinct art style and quirky customer interactions.
- #4 DAVE THE DIVER
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 147,999 reviews2023
Dev: MINTROCKET
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.4 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
DAVE THE DIVER is a casual, singleplayer adventure RPG featuring deep-sea exploration and fishing during the day and sushi restaurant management at night. Join Dave and his quirky friends as they seek to uncover the secrets of the mysterious Blue Hole.
Why similar: Relaxing 30.9%, Crafting 25.6%, Casual 18.8%, Management 16%, Indie 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: It combines deep-sea exploration for ingredients with a high-stakes sushi restaurant management simulation.
- #5 Cuisineer
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,040 reviews2023
Dev: BattleBrew ProductionsPub: Marvelous Europe
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A super cute and tasty roguelite-flavored dungeon crawler! Explore a lush world and defeat monsters with your trusty spatula and some boba tea, then gather delicious ingredients and bring them home to cook and serve at your restaurant!
Why similar: Cooking 49.3%, Hand-drawn 16%, Cute 12%, Fantasy 10.4%, Casual 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: This title blends dungeon-crawling for rare ingredients with the fast-paced management of a cozy restaurant.
- #6 Travellers Rest
94% 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 37.1%, Crafting 16.1%, Inventory Management 13.5%, Fantasy 12.4%, Management 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: You manage a fantasy tavern where you must brew your own drinks and cook meals for a variety of magical patrons.
- #7 Chef RPG
92% 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 54.5%, Life Sim 21.2%, Crafting 10.4%, Relaxing 7.5%, Management 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a deep blend of cooking, exploration, and RPG elements in a vibrant, stylized world.
- #8 Lemon Cake
93% 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 26%, Time Management 16.9%, Cozy 14.7%, Life Sim 9%, Cute 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game features cute, hand-drawn aesthetics and a management loop centered on running a bakery.
- #9 World End Diner
91% matchVery Positive94% of 421 reviews2025
Dev: Andymente
Windows
Run a diner on the last island in the world after the destruction of humankind! For the cute animals and robots that survived, cook delicious food, run a farm, explore the forest, and create the best diner!
Why similar: Cooking 49.4%, Life Sim 17.7%, Cute 10.4%, Inventory Management 10.3%, Crafting 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the cozy, relaxing side of cooking and management in a unique, post-apocalyptic setting.
- #10 Coffee Talk
91% matchVery Positive95% of 12,156 reviews2020
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two.
Why similar: Relaxing 29.5%, Crafting 23.8%, Fantasy 23.6%, Casual 13.1%, Indie 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the cozy, supernatural atmosphere by tasking you with preparing drinks for a cast of diverse, otherworldly customers.
- #11 Cat Cafe Manager
90% matchVery Positive88% of 3,103 reviews2022
Dev: Roost GamesPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Travel to the sleepy village of Caterwaul Way and rebuild your grandmother's cat cafe. Renovate your restaurant, befriend the local cats and townsfolk, forge lasting friendships, unravel catty mysteries, and build a home for dozens of unique felines!
Why similar: Cozy 34.7%, Time Management 20.2%, Life Sim 15.3%, Cute 9.6%, Relaxing 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the cozy, management-heavy gameplay of running a specialized cafe with a cute, whimsical theme.
- #12 Kokoro Kitchen
89% matchVery Positive94% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: Mango Leaf Games
Windows · Mac
In this delightful farm-to-table cooking game, you’ll restore a cozy Japanese restaurant, cultivate a bountiful garden of fresh ingredients, and prepare mouth-watering Japanese dishes for hungry locals. Use your culinary skills to help bring a little life back to the spirit world!
Why similar: Cooking 32.4%, Cozy 21%, Time Management 19%, Cute 5.8%, Casual 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: It features a supernatural theme and cooking mechanics that align closely with the cozy, indie feel of the seed game.
- #13 Cafeteria Nipponica
89% 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 42%, 2.5D 21.1%, Life Sim 14.9%, Cute 9%, Colorful 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: This title provides a deep, strategic look at running a restaurant and developing a menu in a charming pixel-art style.
- #14 Bear and Breakfast
88% matchVery Positive90% of 5,218 reviews2022
Dev: Gummy CatPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Hand-drawn 19.1%, Life Sim 18.6%, Crafting 13.2%, Cute 12.2%, Relaxing 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: While focused on hospitality, it shares the cozy, management-driven gameplay and charming art style found in Shokudo Underworld.
- #15 The Sushi Spinnery
87% 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 60.3%, Life Sim 17.5%, Cute 8%, Casual 6.4%, Management 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: A classic management simulation that focuses specifically on building and optimizing a sushi restaurant.
- #16 Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator
86% 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 40.6%, Life Sim 14.7%, Inventory Management 12.5%, Relaxing 9%, Colorful 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a more immersive, realistic approach to the cooking and management simulation genre.
- #17 Baker Business 3
86% matchVery Positive86% of 62 reviews2022
Dev: Living Code Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Manage your very own bakery. Discover recipes, bake tasty treats and sell them to your customers. Unlock upgrades such as ovens and display shelves to expand your bakery. Customize the interior and exterior style to create your dream bakery.
Why similar: Cooking 36.9%, Hand-drawn 15.2%, Life Sim 11.1%, Cute 9.2%, Casual 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a straightforward, cute, and casual simulation experience centered on running a bakery.
- #18 Fruitbus
84% matchVery Positive87% of 1,079 reviews2024
Dev: Krillbite Studio
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A journey of flavors and friendships awaits you in your cozy, customisable food truck! Forage for fresh ingredients to create your own menu, then feed tummies and souls with home-cooked meals. Change the world, one apple at a time.
Why similar: Cooking 35.1%, Cozy 27%, Cute 7.4%, Relaxing 6.4%, Crafting 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy, cooking-focused adventure that emphasizes exploration and creative recipe development.
- #19 Tailside: Cozy Cafe Sim
83% matchVery Positive98% of 201 reviews2026
Dev: Coffee Beans Dev
Windows
Run your own cozy café in Tailside! Brew coffee, decorate your café, and follow small stories in the daily newspaper. Progress through days and levels to unlock new items, skills, villagers, and creature visitors.
Why similar: Cooking 25.3%, Cozy 21.5%, Life Sim 10.2%, Hand-drawn 9.1%, Crafting 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, cozy simulation that focuses on the atmosphere of running a small, cute cafe.
- #20 Supurr Cat Cafe: Sandwich Rush
82% matchVery Positive100% of 108 reviews2024
Dev: 2 Nerdy Nerds
Windows
Stack towering sandwiches with the help of cute cat friends while building up your dream cat cafe. With plenty of hungry quirky customers around, you’ll need to upgrade your cafe, find new cats to help you and up your sandwich game to keep them happy!
Why similar: Cooking 41.4%, Cozy 28.8%, Cute 11.7%, Colorful 6.2%, Casual 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: It combines cute cat-themed aesthetics with fast-paced cooking and time-management gameplay.
- #21 Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?!
84% matchVery Positive91% of 2,256 reviews2020
Dev: Vertigo Gaming Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 64.1%, Casual 11.5%, Family Friendly 11.2%, Management 10.3%, Simulation 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a more intense, fast-paced take on the cooking management genre with a unique food truck theme.
- #22 My Universe - Cooking Star Restaurant
85% matchMixed60% of 50 reviews2020
Dev: Old Skull GamesPub: Microids
Windows · Mac
Enter the world of elite gastronomy and manage your own restaurant from A to Z: hospitality, cooking, waitering, you do it all! Learn from the best chefs in the world, prepare the most delicious meals to make your customers happy and become a true cooking star.
Why similar: Cooking 55.8%, Time Management 17.3%, Casual 6.8%, Cute 5.9%, Colorful 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: A casual management game that focuses on the core loop of cooking and serving customers.
- #23 Burgie's cozy kitchen
81% matchVery Positive98% of 352 reviews2025
Dev: HeyNau
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Manage a small burger joint in this adorable and chaotic idle cooking game. Play actively or use it a desktop companion while you work on your stuff. ✨Brighten your day with little breaks! Includes Pomodoro focus tool and stream integration to play with your chat.
Why similar: Cooking 34.1%, Cozy 21.5%, Time Management 17%, Relaxing 7.5%, Cute 6%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, idler-style cooking game that prioritizes a cozy, stress-free experience.
- #24 Potion Permit
81% matchMostly Positive80% of 5,226 reviews2022
Dev: MassHive MediaPub: PQube
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Moonbury's residents need healing, and you're the best chemist around! With your trusty tools, a brewing cauldron, and a canine companion at your side, you'll need to diagnose symptoms, gather ingredients, brew potions, and cure ailments in this open-ended sim RPG.
Why similar: Cozy 33.6%, Life Sim 17.6%, Crafting 12.3%, Colorful 10.2%, Cute 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the cozy, gathering-and-crafting loop within a fantasy village setting.
- #25 Fish to Dish: Idle Sushi
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,139 reviews2025
Dev: Kygua TechPub: IndieArk
Windows
Median: 129.8 hrsMean: 183.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Welcome to Fish to Dish: Idle Sushi! This is a relaxing and enjoyable idle fishing game that can sit at the bottom or any corner of your screen, allowing you to enjoy a leisurely sea fishing time in your busy life.
Why similar: Cooking 38.2%, Inventory Management 13.4%, Cozy 12.5%, Relaxing 11%, Cute 10.6%
- #26 Nom Nom: Cozy Forest Café
79% matchVery Positive96% of 95 reviews2026
Dev: Anaïs Salla
Windows · Mac
A decoration-focused café game where you bake and brew... TO THE BEAT!
Why similar: Cooking 31.4%, Cozy 23.9%, Time Management 11.4%, Life Sim 7.8%, Cute 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: It blends rhythm-based cooking with a cozy, wholesome forest aesthetic.
- #27 Recipe for Disaster
82% 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 51.5%, Time Management 20.4%, Life Sim 15.3%, Casual 5.9%, Management 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a comprehensive restaurant management experience that challenges you to balance cooking and staff logistics.
- #28 Not Monday Cafe
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 546 reviews2025
Dev: Sunny Syrup StudioPub: Flyhigh Works
Windows
Median: 36.2 hrsMean: 83.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Cozy idle cafe management that keeps you company while you work. Grow fresh ingredients, cook, and serve delicious food to adorable animal customers. Build your dream cafe that sits at the bottom of your screen.
Why similar: Cooking 42.5%, Life Sim 18.7%, Cute 11.6%, Relaxing 9.3%, Colorful 6.1%
- #29 Onigiri Shop Simulator
77% 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 40.8%, Time Management 30.4%, Life Sim 17.2%, Management 5.1%, Casual 3.1%
- #30 Burger Bistro Story
79% 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 56.1%, Life Sim 14.7%, Cute 8.4%, Casual 8.3%, Colorful 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: A charming, pixel-art management game that focuses on building a successful burger restaurant.
- #31 Galaxy Burger
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,642 reviews2024
Dev: Galactic Workshop
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
🌴👩🍳🍔 A stress-free cooking game that lets you relax! Cook up burgers for mecha cats and aliens. Play solo or with up to 7 friends!
Why similar: Cooking 36%, Cozy 27.2%, Time Management 12.1%, Cute 8.4%, Casual 4.2%
- #32 Alchemic Cutie
80% matchMixed65% of 40 reviews2021
Dev: VakioPub: CIRCLE Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alchemic Cutie is a wholesome relaxing RPG set on colorful Wimba Island. While taming wild jellies, you’ll meet villagers, enter jelly competitions and uncover the secrets of the island.
Why similar: Life Sim 30.6%, Cute 17.4%, Relaxing 14.9%, Colorful 10.4%, Casual 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy, colorful RPG that features creature-taming and crafting in a whimsical fantasy world.
- #33 Shawarma Legend
75% matchVery Positive92% of 7,229 reviews2024
Dev: Eyad AlshafeiPub: Patates Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
🌯 Shawarma Legend !! A real simulation of a shawarma restaurant !!
Why similar: Cooking 49.3%, Time Management 25.3%, Life Sim 13.6%, Crafting 5.2%, Management 3%
- #34 inbento
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,696 reviews2021
Dev: Afterburn
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A cooking puzzle game about arranging beautiful bento lunches! Solve 120+ recipes, play with food, think inside the box and enjoy a heartwarming story in this culinary brain-teaser!
Why similar: Cooking 44.9%, Hand-drawn 17.2%, Cute 14.5%, Relaxing 11.7%, Casual 7.1%
- #35 Tiny Bookshop
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,591 reviews2025
Dev: neoludic gamesPub: Skystone Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Leave everything behind and open a tiny bookshop by the sea in this cozy narrative management game. Stock your tiny bookshop with different books and items, set up shop in scenic locations, and run your cozy second-hand bookshop while getting to know the locals.
Why similar: Cozy 26.1%, Time Management 14.6%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Life Sim 12.4%, Inventory Management 9.8%
- #36 Sticky Business
76% matchVery Positive94% of 7,336 reviews2023
Dev: Spellgarden GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Experience the joy of running your own cozy small business: Create stickers, pack orders and hear your customers’ stories. Time to build the cutest shop on the internet!
Why similar: Cozy 30.6%, Life Sim 14.9%, Cute 14.3%, Relaxing 13%, Colorful 8.2%
- #37 Cooking Clash
75% matchMostly Positive80% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Tyche Mobile Technology Inc Limited
Windows
Welcome to Cooking Clash, the VR restaurant game that lets you unleash your creativity! Run your fast-food spot, delighting both human and animal guests with your culinary flair. Utilize endless ingredient combinations to keep guests pleased and beware of cunning customers who might rob your tips!
Why similar: Cooking 39.5%, Time Management 14.8%, Life Sim 12.4%, Crafting 8.1%, Cute 5.6%
- #38 Creature Kitchen
72% 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 39.8%, Cozy 26%, Cute 10.1%, Relaxing 7.8%, Fantasy 6%
- #39 Minami Lane
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 6,345 reviews2024
Dev: DootPub: Doot Tiny Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Welcome to Minami Lane! Build your own street in this tiny cozy, casual management sim! Unlock and customize buildings, manage your shops, and maximize the happiness of your villagers to complete quests and fill your street with love!
Why similar: Cozy 29.2%, Life Sim 15.6%, Hand-drawn 13.8%, Cute 11.5%, Relaxing 9.2%
- #40 Body Sushi
73% matchVery Positive96% of 142 reviews2026
Dev: AOTINA Technology Innovations Ltd.
Windows
Make sushi. With waifus.Create eye-catching, sexy sushi platters in this playful and sensual simulator.Run a sushi restaurant where the serving plate… is a person.Serve VIP guests, carefully arrange your dishes, and unlock new waifus in this unique body-plating experience.
Why similar: Cooking 34.1%, Cozy 28.3%, Time Management 18.8%, Cute 7.5%, Relaxing 6.3%
- #41 Coastal Kitchen Simulator
73% 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 49.9%, Time Management 25.6%, Crafting 9.5%, Relaxing 4%, Management 3.3%
- #42 Parisian Brasserie Simulator
71% 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 34.9%, Life Sim 21.4%, Cute 10.7%, Casual 8.4%, Colorful 7.8%
- #43 Cook Serve Forever
72% matchMixed67% of 448 reviews2025
Dev: Vertigo Gaming Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Bathe in the sights, sounds, and smells of Cook Serve Forever, a narrative-focused cooking adventure where you serve food to the hungry masses on your quest for greatness.
Why similar: Cooking 28.5%, Cozy 21.7%, Time Management 17.7%, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Life Sim 11.4%
- #44 Kitchen Sync: Aloha!
71% matchVery Positive99% of 159 reviews2025
Dev: Lemonpepper Games
Windows · Mac
Kitchen Sync: Aloha! is a cozy, story-driven cooking RPG. As head chef of your family's restaurant in Hawaii, build a trusty team of chefs and dish up tasty Hawaiian food. Manage kitchens, build friendships, find romance, explore tropical venues, and discover the power of cooking together.
Why similar: Cooking 30%, Cozy 24%, Time Management 15.7%, Crafting 9.5%, Cute 6.9%
- #45 More Sushi!
70% matchVery Positive89% of 132 reviews2025
Dev: pixelqube
Windows
More Sushi! is a short incremental game about running a conveyor belt sushi restaurant. Serve customers, buy upgrades, hire helpers, and unlock new sushi! Pay off the owner's debt, then turn used plates into stars to buy permanent upgrades.
Why similar: Cooking 44.9%, Cozy 13.5%, Cute 13%, Relaxing 10.2%, Management 6.1%
- #46 Cooking Festival
74% matchMixed64% of 59 reviews2022
Dev: BoomBit
Windows · Mac
Cooking Festival takes you to the tasty world of fantastic cuisine - let's cook!
Why similar: Cooking 42.9%, Time Management 28.3%, Life Sim 12.7%, Cute 6.2%, Casual 5.2%
- #47 Sizzle & Stack
70% 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 32.9%, Cozy 23.1%, Time Management 15.1%, Crafting 8.3%, Inventory Management 5.7%
- #48 Ramen-ten ‘Heart Abyss’
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 119 reviews2025
Dev: DEADMAPPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Immerse yourself in the cozy atmosphere of an Asian noodle shop right on your desktop. Discover new recipes, decorate your stall, and serve peasants, samurai, and yokai delicious hot meals while you work or relax.
Why similar: Cozy 28.5%, Relaxing 15.8%, Casual 10.6%, Colorful 10.4%, Cute 9.5%
- #49 Corner Kitchen Fast Food Simulator
69% 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 39.3%, Time Management 19%, Life Sim 13.2%, Inventory Management 8.1%, Relaxing 6.6%
- #50 Human Fast Food
69% 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 44.9%, Time Management 25.8%, Relaxing 9.3%, Inventory Management 7.5%, Colorful 6.3%
- #51 Candy Shop Simulator
69% matchMixed65% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Dive into a sugary world of sweetness in Candy Shop Simulator! Open your shop, create delectable pastries, manage sales, and expand your candy empire. Satisfy your sweet tooth and build your confectionery legacy now!
Why similar: Cooking 37%, Life Sim 16%, Cute 11.4%, Relaxing 7.6%, Colorful 7.2%
- #52 Bakery Simulator
71% 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 31.7%, Time Management 22.2%, Life Sim 13.3%, Crafting 10%, Relaxing 6.9%
- #53 Bento Blocks
66% matchVery Positive99% of 204 reviews2026
Dev: SOMETIMES LIMITED
Windows
Craft delicious lunch boxes in this cozy-yet-challenging ingredient-cutting puzzle game.
Why similar: Cooking 37.8%, Cozy 27.6%, Hand-drawn 11.9%, Relaxing 7.7%, Colorful 4.2%
- #54 Witchy Business
67% matchVery Positive89% of 755 reviews2025
Dev: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Manage your very own Witchcraft Shop! Witchy Business is a job simulator game where you brew potions for your customers, collect oddities, grow flowers in your garden, upgrade your alchemy station, and thrive. Make sure you are quick to take care of customers and hex thieves!
Why similar: Cozy 39.4%, Crafting 12.1%, Cute 11.1%, Hand-drawn 10.8%, Relaxing 8%
- #55 Winter Burrow
66% matchVery Positive90% of 2,666 reviews2025
Dev: Pine Creek GamesPub: Noodlecake
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Winter Burrow is a cozy woodland survival game about a mouse returning home to restore their childhood burrow. Explore, gather resources, craft, knit warm sweaters, bake pies and meet the locals.
Why similar: Cozy 27.8%, Cooking 23.7%, Hand-drawn 10.4%, Life Sim 10.2%, Crafting 9.9%
- #56 Little Chef: Cozy Cooking
66% matchVery Positive98% of 124 reviews2026
Dev: Julien TruebigerPub: julien & erika
Windows · Mac
Little Chef: Cozy Cooking is a physics-based cooking game full of discovery and playful chaos. Experiment with everything in the kitchen and unlock over 150 recipes on your way to becoming a master chef!
Why similar: Cooking 35.8%, Cozy 29.3%, Hand-drawn 9.6%, Relaxing 7.6%, Cute 6.8%
- #57 Gaming Cafe Simulator
67% 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 41.4%, Time Management 19.4%, Life Sim 15%, Relaxing 8.2%, Inventory Management 7.9%
- #58 Magical Bakery
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: SUPERLUMENPub: SOEDESCO
Windows
Experience a life full of magic, challenges, and the joy of creating sweets that will leave a spellbinding impression on your customers. Become the ultimate magical baker and prove yourself worthy to inherit the Magical Bakery!
Why similar: Cooking 31.7%, 2.5D 22.4%, Cozy 13.6%, Cute 9.8%, Fantasy 6%
- #59 Keep Me Gifted
68% matchMixed63% of 150 reviews2025
Dev: Merlot Games
Windows · Mac
In Keep Me Gifted you will make your career debut as a Gift Shop owner. Be ready to encounter unhinged characters and their requests, try to match those requests with your wrapping skills, manage your item stock, upgrade your shop, and increase your store's popularity. And stay gifted!
Why similar: Cooking 27.6%, Cozy 23%, Hand-drawn 14.9%, Time Management 11.9%, Life Sim 7.2%
- #60 Trash Goblin
66% matchVery Positive90% of 1,556 reviews2025
Dev: Spilt Milk Studios Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A wholesome, cosy shopkeeping game with no pressures, no stress, and endless good vibes! Uncover and clean trinkets then upcycle them to sell to endless colourful and quirky customers. Spend your savings to upgrade your shop, buy better tools, plus expand and customise your space.
Why similar: Cozy 27.9%, Time Management 19.8%, Crafting 9.5%, Relaxing 9.3%, Life Sim 8.9%