- #1 Chef RPG
97% matchVery Positive88% of 2,586 reviews2024
Dev: World 2 Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.6 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 24.8%, Life Sim 14.5%, Resource Management 11.6%, Management 8.8%, Crafting 7.9%
- #2 Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator
96% matchVery Positive84% of 2,599 reviews2023
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 13.3 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 26.3%, Resource Management 15.6%, Life Sim 14.2%, Cartoony 13.5%, Management 10.2%
- #3 Epic Chef
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 751 reviews2021
Dev: Infinigon GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Get ready to embark on a comedic culinary quest unlike any other as you take on the role of Zest in this story-driven adventure game; from humble beginnings you will build a farm, grow delectable ingredients, craft machinery and cook your way to becoming the most Epic Chef in Ambrosia!
Why similar: Cooking 37.3%, Life Sim 14.8%, Crafting 12.9%, Cartoony 11.3%, Colorful 7.2%
- #4 My Universe - Cooking Star Restaurant
95% matchMixed59% of 54 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 50.6%, Resource Management 13.1%, Management 11.8%, Cartoony 11.1%, Colorful 7%
- #5 Godlike Burger
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,046 reviews2022
Dev: Liquid PugPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 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 27.2%, Resource Management 17.3%, Aliens 12.8%, Space 10.8%, Cartoony 10.5%
- #6 Parisian Brasserie Simulator
93% matchVery Positive94% of 435 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 24.3%, Life Sim 22.2%, Cartoony 18.3%, Colorful 9.8%, Relaxing 9.5%
- #7 Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,481 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 48.8%, Management 37.8%, Relaxing 10.4%, Singleplayer 3%
- #8 Go! Go! Hamster Chef!
92% matchVery Positive98% of 335 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 38.9%, Life Sim 21%, Crafting 15.7%, Relaxing 12.1%, Exploration 7.8%
- #9 Galaxy Burger
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,715 reviews2024
Dev: Galactic Workshop
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.6 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 50.2%, Cartoony 19.7%, Management 16.4%, Colorful 9.9%, Singleplayer 3.8%
- #10 Cook Serve Forever
91% matchMixed67% of 454 reviews2025
Dev: Vertigo Gaming Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.4 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 37.3%, Life Sim 22.3%, Hand-drawn 17.8%, Colorful 11.3%, Sci-fi 7.8%
- #11 Bakso Simulator
90% matchVery Positive91% of 1,677 reviews2022
Dev: Akhir Pekan Studio
Windows
Create the most successful bakso business in this world!
Why similar: Cooking 25.8%, Resource Management 18.5%, Base Building 13%, Aliens 12%, Management 10.3%
- #12 KuloNiku: Bowl Up!
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,668 reviews2026
Dev: Gambir StudioPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Prep your stations for a cozy cooking game with attitude! Prepare unique meals for quirky small-town locals, upgrade and customize your shop, compete in thrilling cooking battles to become top chef, and protect your family’s long-running restaurant alongside a cast of curious companions!
Why similar: Cooking 35.8%, Life Sim 19.3%, Crafting 15.4%, Management 14.2%, Relaxing 12.1%
- #13 Shokudo Underworld
89% matchVery Positive83% of 268 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 35.9%, Hand-drawn 17.9%, Life Sim 12.9%, Relaxing 10.8%, Crafting 9.5%
- #14 Star Chef 2: Cooking Game
89% matchMixed70% of 563 reviews2021
Dev: 99Games Online Private Limited
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Kitchen Simulation | Learn Cuisines | Cook Delicious Food | Become A Chef
Why similar: Cooking 42.1%, Life Sim 25.7%, Crafting 14.4%, Base Building 13%, Management 3.6%
- #15 Corner Kitchen Fast Food Simulator
88% matchVery Positive86% of 418 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 33.6%, Resource Management 21.9%, Life Sim 16.9%, Management 13.6%, Relaxing 9.8%
- #16 Lost Nova
86% matchVery Positive92% of 414 reviews2022
Dev: Jon NielsenPub: HopFrog
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Your spaceship crashed on an alien planet. Explore, salvage, craft, trade, manage and upgrade your way back home!
Why similar: Resource Management 18.4%, Crafting 13.3%, Relaxing 13.2%, Space 13%, Open World 11%
- #17 Star Crafter
86% matchMixed69% of 104 reviews2025
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
A space survival crafting mining base building and star system building game. Craft rockets to create planets and Dyson Rings, mine and craft advanced materials, terraform the terrain, manage electricity, farm food, and more as you watch the star system evolve into stunning, ever-changing views.
Why similar: Resource Management 21.3%, Base Building 16.2%, Crafting 15.5%, Space 15.4%, Survival 8.7%
- #18 Fruitbus
85% matchVery Positive87% of 1,111 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 36.6%, Relaxing 11.7%, Management 10.5%, Crafting 10.1%, Colorful 9.7%
- #19 Food Truck Simulator
84% matchMixed69% of 1,332 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 42.7%, Crafting 20.3%, Management 15.2%, Life Sim 9.5%, Relaxing 9.1%
- #20 XenoHaven
83% matchVery Positive86% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: Miniverse GamePub: OKJOY
Windows
In XenoHaven, gather resources to build shelters, enslave alien beasts to work for you, and run restaurants and shops. Delve into dark underground dungeons, defeat swarming insectoids and mighty bosses, and craft powerful gear to conquer the alien world.
Why similar: Base Building 18.7%, Crafting 15.1%, Open World 14.1%, Survival 13.6%, Space 11.5%
- #21 Cafe Owner Simulator
84% matchMixed64% of 1,089 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 25.8%, Resource Management 20.8%, Life Sim 16.1%, Base Building 13.8%, Management 11.1%
- #22 Prospector
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 152 reviews2025
Dev: Loonworks Games
Windows
Land on a distant planet in this chill resource management game. Harvest alien resources, build and automate machinery, uncover secrets across the stars and strike shipping deals with distant colonies for exclusive rewards!
Why similar: Resource Management 20.4%, Base Building 14.6%, Crafting 12.6%, Space 12.5%, Open World 9.4%
- #23 Delicious Dungeon
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: Digital Cauldron
Windows · Mac · Linux
Delicious Dungeon is a combination of action-adventure and simulation game. The player is the owner of a local restaurant in a fantasy world. But to run the restaurant they have to explore dungeons full of dangers and enemies to get the ingredients needed to cook delicious meals for their guests.
Why similar: Cooking 32.7%, Hand-drawn 28.8%, Relaxing 17.9%, Crafting 17.9%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #24 Tavern Manager Simulator 🍻
79% matchVery Positive92% of 4,372 reviews2024
Dev: One More Time
Windows
Median: 7.2 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 23.8%, Resource Management 20.1%, Life Sim 14.7%, Base Building 13.7%, Management 12.1%
- #25 PlateUp!
78% matchVery Positive95% of 26,299 reviews2022
Dev: It's happeningPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 22.6 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 55.2%, Management 25%, Base Building 17.4%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #26 Surviving Ceres
79% matchVery Positive87% of 138 reviews2025
Dev: Ryan SaundersPub: One Man Media
Windows
Explore a handcrafted survival game with an emphasis on crafting and base building. Export manufactured goods to earn funding, manage colonists, defend against hostile aliens, and work towards terraforming Ceres from a frozen ball of ice to a tropical paradise.
Why similar: Crafting 18.8%, Base Building 17.3%, Survival 14.7%, Management 12.8%, Open World 11.8%
- #27 Craterbound
81% matchMixed54% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Daniel Marquez
Windows
Crash-land onto a unique and hostile alien world and begin your fight to survive. Face its inhabitants, upgrade your technology, create outposts & bases, and find a way to repair your ship. Explore the beautifully strange terrain, all while blasting and crafting your way off of the planet.
Why similar: Space 14.5%, Base Building 13.2%, Crafting 12%, Combat 11.3%, Survival 10.4%
- #28 Space Food Truck
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 286 reviews2016
Dev: One Man Left Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Space Food Truck is a cooperative, culinary scifi adventure. 1-4 players take on unique roles aboard the Galaxy Gourmet. Their mission: explore a vast, procedurally-generated galaxy in search of exotic ingredients, craft delicious recipes, and withstand the untold dangers of deep space.
Why similar: Aliens 35.5%, Cooking 31.5%, Space 16.9%, Sci-fi 14.2%, Singleplayer 2%
- #29 Cooking Clash
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 85 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 37.3%, Life Sim 17.5%, Crafting 12.6%, Cartoony 12.6%, RPG 9.5%
- #30 Holy Potatoes! We’re in Space?!
80% matchMixed67% of 977 reviews2017
Dev: Daylight StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Holy Potatoes! We’re in Space?! is a whacky space exploration game where you manage your very own spaceship, craft hundreds of weapons, and explore the vastness of a veggie-filled universe.
Why similar: Space 30.3%, Survival 15.4%, Sci-fi 13.8%, Management 10.5%, RPG 9.5%
- #31 Bakery Simulator
78% matchMixed67% of 2,320 reviews2022
Dev: Live Motion GamesPub: Ultimate Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 8.9 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 26.9%, Resource Management 19.4%, Life Sim 17%, Crafting 14.1%, Relaxing 10.3%
- #32 Chocolate Factory Simulator
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 453 reviews2025
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 53%
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 57.3%, Relaxing 13.6%, Resource Management 12.7%, Crafting 9%, Singleplayer 4.1%
- #33 Distant Bloom
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 266 reviews2024
Dev: Ember TrailPub: Kinda Brave
Windows
From a world in ruins to a world in bloom. This serene management game lets you explore an alien planet where things have gone amiss. Harness the power of plants to restore the environment and build a flourishing community with your crewmates.
Why similar: Resource Management 20.7%, Aliens 16.8%, Crafting 15.9%, Relaxing 12.7%, Management 8.2%
- #34 Coastal Kitchen Simulator
75% matchVery Positive84% of 139 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 45%, Resource Management 22%, Crafting 14.2%, Management 11%, Relaxing 6.3%
- #35 Baker Business 3
77% matchVery Positive86% of 64 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 33.6%, Hand-drawn 16.3%, Life Sim 15%, Resource Management 9.1%, Management 8.9%
- #36 GHUNTER
75% matchVery Positive91% of 80 reviews2024
Dev: Tiny Tavern
Windows
Become Ghunter, a cook gnome that will create dishes by cooking creatures... ALIVE!! Use your various cooking based weapons to cook your prey alive and brutally finish them off with your multi-purpose melee weapon! Save the Kingdom by submitting your delicious dishes!
Why similar: Cooking 42%, Hand-drawn 18.2%, Colorful 12%, Combat 10.2%, Exploration 9.7%
- #37 Galaxy Pass Station
74% matchVery Positive86% of 277 reviews2023
Dev: Galactic Workshop
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Build a space station for 15 alien races! 👽 Inspect IDs, catch criminals, and manage a chaotic galactic hub. A vibrant mix of colony sim & document-checking action. Can you build the ultimate hotel?
Why similar: Resource Management 24.9%, Life Sim 17.2%, Base Building 14.3%, Management 12.5%, Survival 8.3%
- #38 Little-Known Galaxy
73% matchVery Positive88% of 733 reviews2024
Dev: Carbon & Kay
Windows · Mac
Join Space Alliance as a new captain-in-training and work with your crew to solve the mysteries of an ancient relic found on the Grey Planet. Little-Known Galaxy is a cozy single-player RPG space adventure full of friendly characters, exploration, crafting, and farming.
Why similar: Life Sim 18.2%, Crafting 15.9%, Space 14%, Open World 10.7%, Relaxing 9.9%
- #39 The Planet Crafter
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 70,189 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.5 hrsMean: 37.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.
Why similar: Base Building 15.7%, Resource Management 15.1%, Space 13.1%, Crafting 12.5%, Survival 10.5%
- #40 Sizzle & Stack
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 300 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 36.6%, Resource Management 18%, Crafting 15.4%, Management 13.3%, Colorful 8%
- #41 Lilith Odyssey
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 65 reviews2022
Dev: Chaystar Unlimited LLC
Windows
In the wake of the Nacho Wars, your alien family embarks on a galactic journey to Lilith -- a faraway planet of new hope. Discover the history of the Mugalo galaxy. Relax to in-game radio. Grow your fishing, farming and spacefaring skills in a casual adventure across a cosmos of 1000+ unique worlds.
Why similar: Aliens 20.1%, Crafting 17.2%, Survival 14.5%, Open World 13.1%, Colorful 11.4%
- #42 Restaurant Owner: Prologue
73% matchMixed60% of 108 reviews2024
Dev: Workaround GamesPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 21%
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%, Resource Management 18.5%, Life Sim 16%, Management 12.6%, Relaxing 11%
- #43 Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,782 reviews2017
Dev: Trinket Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Battle Chef Brigade pairs combo-based hunting and puzzle-based cooking in a hand drawn, fantasy adventure. Cook your way into the Brigade while subduing Victusia’s destructive monsters. Follow Mina and Thrash in the single-player campaign or challenge your friends in Local Multiplayer and Daily Cook-Offs.
Why similar: Cooking 58.1%, RPG 17%, Hand-drawn 16.9%, Adventure 6.2%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #44 Space Control
70% matchVery Positive100% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: MoonMonster Studios
Windows
You've been abducted by an intergalactic megacorporation, Glorpo Inc! Work off your debt with your alien crew - abduct new recruits, take care of alien babies and cook up some questionable space snacks!
Why similar: Cartoony 33.2%, Aliens 27.4%, Colorful 15.5%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Adventure 6.8%
- #45 The Road To Harvest: Food From Across The Ocean
71% matchVery Positive82% of 115 reviews2025
Dev: MuccyGames
Windows · Mac
Become the God of Harvest, explore the world of food and adventure, plant, trade, and spread deliciousness to create your own path to prosperity!
Why similar: Cooking 27.6%, Resource Management 22.5%, Management 14.7%, Hand-drawn 14%, RPG 8.3%
- #46 Omelet You Cook
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,447 reviews2026
Dev: Dan SchumacherPub: SchuBox Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
The cozy chaotic cooking roguelike. Assemble omelets for quirky students using ingredients from a conveyor belt. Discover wacky combinations to satisfy the ever-demanding Principal Clucker.
Why similar: Cooking 72.8%, Relaxing 27.2%
- #47 Rocket delivery: Space Wok
69% matchVery Positive97% of 217 reviews2025
Dev: KALA GAMES
Windows
A backpack building run-and-gun game! Fill your backpack with guns, blast away space bugs, and deliver noodles to hungry customers!
Why similar: Aliens 35.1%, Space 20.7%, Combat 16.1%, Survival 14%, Sci-fi 10.8%
- #48 The Ramen Sensei
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 185 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Build the ultimate bowl to leap past your ramen rivals and achieve greatness!
Why similar: Cooking 47%, Life Sim 32.1%, Management 9.9%, Resource Management 8.9%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #49 Human Fast Food
68% matchVery Positive91% 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 35.8%, Cartoony 16.5%, Management 13.9%, Relaxing 12.9%, Resource Management 11.9%
- #50 Spacelines from the Far Out
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 535 reviews2022
Dev: CoffeenautsPub: Skystone Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Run your own 60s-inspired space-age alien airlines in this randomly-generated chaotic 1-to-4-player local and online co-op game!
Why similar: Cooking 37.5%, Aliens 21.4%, Management 14.9%, Colorful 12.3%, Sci-fi 9.8%
- #51 Recipe for Disaster
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 718 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 46.6%, Life Sim 20.7%, Management 18.3%, Resource Management 13%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #52 The Spatials
72% matchMixed69% of 329 reviews2015
Dev: Weird and Wry
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
It's the year 5781 -- and you have been chosen to build and lead a space station in a wild corner of the galaxy! Attract visitors and explore hundreds of planets to fund your station.
Why similar: Space 19.9%, Base Building 18.2%, Management 16%, Resource Management 12.2%, RPG 10.1%
- #53 helionaut
69% matchVery Positive95% of 224 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
An open-world galaxy adventure game ✨🚀🌠 Explore a procedurally-generated universe filled with diverse micro-planets, asteroid belts and UFOs. 👽
Why similar: Space 27.4%, Crafting 21.7%, Open World 15.2%, Colorful 14.6%, Sci-fi 12.9%
- #54 Little Chef: Cozy Cooking
66% matchVery Positive96% of 158 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 51.3%, Relaxing 19.1%, Hand-drawn 16%, Exploration 7.2%, Colorful 5%
- #55 Kitchen Sync: Aloha!
66% matchVery Positive99% of 166 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 36.8%, Crafting 19.4%, Management 15.7%, Relaxing 12.5%, RPG 9.2%
- #56 Astro Colony
67% matchVery Positive82% of 2,526 reviews2022
Dev: Terad Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.
Why similar: Resource Management 26.5%, Base Building 23.9%, Space 20.4%, Crafting 12.6%, Open World 8.8%
- #57 Cuisineer
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,050 reviews2023
Dev: BattleBrew ProductionsPub: Marvelous Europe
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 12.6 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 51.6%, Hand-drawn 19.7%, Management 19.5%, RPG 9.2%
- #58 Space Haven
63% matchVery Positive86% of 10,442 reviews2026
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.
Why similar: Resource Management 19.1%, Base Building 16.7%, Space 15.6%, Management 12.3%, Survival 11.4%
- #59 Cooking Festival
69% matchMixed65% of 60 reviews2022
Dev: BoomBit
Windows · Mac
Cooking Festival takes you to the tasty world of fantastic cuisine - let's cook!
Why similar: Cooking 49.1%, Life Sim 21.8%, Base Building 20.9%, Colorful 7%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #60 Starcom: Nexus
67% matchVery Positive91% of 2,295 reviews2019
Dev: Wx3 Labs, LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Suddenly thrown into an unknown galaxy, you must explore, fight or befriend aliens and transform your ship from a small survey vessel into a powerful battlecruiser to unravel the mystery of the forces that brought you here and find your way home.
Why similar: Space 41.9%, Sci-fi 14.4%, Open World 13%, RPG 12.9%, Exploration 11.8%