Games Like The Chef's Shift

The massive sequel to the original cult classic! Plan your menu, decorate your restaurant, cook hundreds of foods, and for the first time ever - earn medals by mastering dozens of themed restaurants!

Why similar: Typing 33.4% ★, Cooking 18.1%, Difficult 11.9%, Management 10.6%, Arcade 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: This title is the definitive experience for players who enjoy high-speed, typing-based cooking gameplay that demands extreme precision.

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: Typing 34.7% ★, Cooking 18.6%, Difficult 12.5%, Management 11.2%, Arcade 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: It continues the series' signature typing-focused cooking mechanics while introducing a unique food truck narrative and intense difficulty spikes.

A fast-paced typing game in a restaurant setting, where you’ll both cook & serve food to hungry customers, all done by TYPING. Play through the Italian restaurant and get a taste of The Chef's Shift!

Why similar: Typing 21.6% ★, Cooking 17.7%, Crime 14.5%, Time Management 11.4%, Dark Humor 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: As the direct prequel to the seed game, it offers the same core typing-based cooking loop and thematic atmosphere.

Hungry? Take your restaurant from a one star abomination to a five star wonder in Cook, Serve, Delicious! Plan your menu, upgrade your equipment, and master challenges with easy-to-learn, hard-to-master gameplay!

Why similar: Typing 26.4% ★, Cooking 20.6%, Time Management 14.5%, Difficult 9.9%, Management 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: The original game that established the challenging, typing-heavy cooking simulation genre that defines the seed game.

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 32.7%, Crime 22.9%, Time Management 20.3%, Management 7.2%, Funny 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly matches the dark humor and crime-themed cooking elements of the seed game by tasking you with killing customers to use as ingredients.

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 39.9%, Job Simulator 19.3% ★, Management 15.9%, Simulation 8.1%, Relaxing 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: This simulation provides a more immersive and detailed look at restaurant management for those who enjoy the cooking aspect of the seed game.

Return to Calypso Island to serve seasonal sundae treats in Papa's Freezeria Deluxe! Craft sundaes in the Freezeria for all your quirky customers while earning tips, points and Special Recipes. Switch gears and take a trip in the Food Truck to concoct your own chilly creations and see who shows up!

Why similar: Cooking 31.6%, Job Simulator 26.8% ★, Time Management 17.9%, Management 8.1%, Simulation 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A classic time-management game that captures the addictive, fast-paced nature of fulfilling specific customer orders under pressure.

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 53.4%, Management 24.9%, Funny 7.8%, Cute 7.1%, Strategy 3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a similarly intense, high-pressure restaurant management experience with roguelite elements that keep the gameplay fresh and difficult.

Top, bake, and serve delicious pizzas in Papa's Pizzeria Deluxe! Craft pizzas for Papa Louie's loyal customers while earning tips, points, and Special Recipes. Unlock holiday ingredients for seasonal pies, and take a trip in the Food Truck to serve your own unique creations!

Why similar: Cooking 43.8%, Time Management 23.6%, Management 12%, Simulation 7.5%, Strategy 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a satisfying, hands-on approach to cooking simulation that requires careful time management to succeed.

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 49%, Funny 9.5%, Simulation 8.5%, Cute 7.8%, Arcade 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: While it lacks typing mechanics, it is the gold standard for chaotic, high-pressure kitchen management that mirrors the stress of the seed game.

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 28% ★, Cooking 24.4%, Time Management 17.4%, Management 9.9%, Simulation 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: It balances restaurant management with a charming atmosphere, providing a slightly more relaxed but still engaging cooking experience.

Feed the Cups is a Roguelite multiplayer online cooperative game. Run a Drink Shop, stocking up, preparing ingredients, taking orders, crafting drinks, cleaning up, and checking equipment. Join your friends together!

Why similar: Cooking 32.4%, Job Simulator 30% ★, Management 13.1%, Cute 6.7%, Simulation 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: It combines simulation and cooking with a cooperative edge, focusing on the fast-paced preparation of drinks and food.

Diner Bros is a cooking and restaurant management game. Cook and serve meals as fast as you can, but don’t get the orders wrong or else your customers will get angry – and hungry! Upgrade your restaurant and hire staff to help you… or play with your friends in 2-4 local co-op!

Why similar: Cooking 34.9%, Time Management 23.3%, Management 12.6%, Arcade 7.4%, Cute 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the frantic, multi-tasking nature of running a restaurant where keeping up with customer demands is the primary challenge.

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: Job Simulator 25.3% ★, Cooking 23.6%, Time Management 16.8%, Management 11.4%, Funny 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A highly popular cooking simulator that focuses on the satisfaction of building orders correctly under time constraints.

🌴👩‍🍳🍔 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: Job Simulator 28.2% ★, Cooking 26.3%, Time Management 10.2%, Management 8.9%, Simulation 5%

Why You'll Like It: This game brings a whimsical, sci-fi twist to the cooking simulation genre while maintaining a focus on fast-paced service.

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 26.9%, Job Simulator 26.5% ★, Time Management 17.9%, Management 11.7%, Simulation 5%

Why You'll Like It: This management-focused game requires strategic planning and quick reflexes to successfully serve customers on the go.

Bone's Cafe is a fast paced, 1-4 Players couch co-op, cooking game. Customize the layout of your kitchen to guarantee your success. Specialize your menu in ingredients and recipes to design your ultimate cafe. Put your necromancy skills to the test and raise your own undead kitchen staff.

Why similar: Cooking 41.1%, Dark Humor 18.1%, Management 16.3%, Cute 6%, Relaxing 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: This title introduces unique automation and strategy elements to the cooking genre, perfect for players who enjoy managing complex kitchen workflows.

🌯 Shawarma Legend !! A real simulation of a shawarma restaurant !!

Why similar: Cooking 42.5%, Time Management 25.2%, Simulation 11.5%, Management 9.9%, Funny 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A focused simulation game that captures the specific rhythm of preparing and serving street food under pressure.

Step into Pixel's shoes in this one-of-a-kind journey that bridges time, memories, and the aroma of fresh coffee. Dive deep into a city balancing its past and future. Engage in intense arcade challenges, immerse yourself in heartfelt stories, and navigate a world crafted in pixel art.

Why similar: Cooking 33%, Time Management 27.9%, Management 14.5%, Arcade 7.5%, Relaxing 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: A story-rich time-management game that uses a charming pixel-art style to deliver a compelling narrative alongside its cooking mechanics.

The Way of the Tray is a waiter simulator with action puzzle elements in a Japanese spirit world setting. Your task is to master the skill of serving dishes and earn the trust of yokai patrons. Will you be able to prove yourself and find your way home?

Why similar: Cooking 29.7%, Job Simulator 28.6% ★, Time Management 14.5%, Management 8%, Simulation 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a thematic and detailed cooking experience that emphasizes the job-simulator aspect of the genre.

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 37.6%, Time Management 21.2%, Management 15.7%, Simulation 8.3%, Arcade 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on the high-speed environment of a fast-food kitchen, requiring quick reactions to keep up with orders.

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 43.5%, Management 34.6%, Simulation 14.9%, Relaxing 3.7%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers deep management systems for players who want to focus on the business side of running a restaurant alongside the cooking.

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 43.9%, Time Management 26.3%, Simulation 13.6%, Management 11%, Relaxing 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox-style cooking game that allows for more creative freedom while still maintaining the core time-management loop.

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 33.2% ★, Cooking 30.9%, Management 13.2%, Funny 6.8%, Simulation 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a comprehensive look at the challenges of running a restaurant, from cooking to management.

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 68.5%, Arcade 12.9%, Relaxing 10.2%, Strategy 5.4%, Casual 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: It blends cooking with roguelite mechanics, offering a unique and replayable take on the standard kitchen simulation.

Chicken Fries is a first-person restaurant simulator where you run a fast-food kitchen: prepare meals by hand, manage fryers and inventory, serve customers, and survive the daily chaos of a busy restaurant, one chicken at a time.

Why similar: Cooking 35.4%, Shop Keeper 23.3% ★, Management 14.4%, Time Management 13%, Simulation 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person simulation that emphasizes the shop-keeper experience and the repetitive, fast-paced nature of cooking orders.

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 40.1%, Time Management 21.5%, Management 15%, Simulation 6.2%, Colorful 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game integrates card-based mechanics into the cooking process, adding a layer of strategy to the management gameplay.

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: Cooking 23.4%, Job Simulator 22.9% ★, Time Management 18.6%, Management 8.5%, Funny 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game adds a touch of RPG elements to the coffee-making simulation, providing a unique progression path.

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: Job Simulator 27.8% ★, Cooking 25%, Time Management 16%, Management 10.2%, Simulation 4.9%

Cozy café store management simulator: renovate and decorate, stock shelves, and run the checkout. Roll in deliveries with a cart, set up promotions and hire staff as you expand from a tiny shop into a bustling café.

Why similar: Cooking 32%, Job Simulator 31.3% ★, Time Management 14.8%, Management 12.6%, Relaxing 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A relaxing yet engaging management game that focuses on the day-to-day operations of running a successful café.

A goblin as a sushi chef? Why not! But hurry up rent is due in minutes! Upgrade the restaurant, the menu and your ingredients to feed your fellow goblins the best and most expensive sushi any goblin can find in the cave!

Why similar: Job Simulator 30.9% ★, Cooking 29.1%, Time Management 18.3%, Dark Humor 15.1%, Strategy 2.6%

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 46.4%, Funny 12.4%, Cute 10.7%, Simulation 10.1%, Relaxing 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: While primarily a puzzle game, its focus on food preparation and cute, organized mechanics makes it a great palate cleanser for cooking fans.

A tiny active desktop companion you can play at your own pace. Serve cute, picky customers between your daily tasks and enjoy little breaks that brighten your day. ✨ With a built-in Pomodoro mode to help you stay focused while you work, plus stream integration where your chat can place orders!

Why similar: Cooking 37.4%, Time Management 21.8%, Management 12%, Simulation 6.9%, Relaxing 5.8%

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 44.1%, Job Simulator 19.3% ★, Management 17.3%, Simulation 10.7%, Time Management 4.6%

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: Job Simulator 28.1% ★, Cooking 25.2%, Time Management 13.7%, Management 10.8%, Funny 5.7%

Welcome to the world's most chaotic place! Play solo or co-op with up to 6 players. Run a fast-food restaurant, and work with your friends to expand your business. Take orders, make burgers, and increase your earnings by dealing with customers.

Why similar: Cooking 48.9%, Management 19.3%, Job Simulator 15.2% ★, Simulation 14.4%, Indie 1.1%

"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: Job Simulator 25.7% ★, Cooking 23.9%, Shop Keeper 15.9% ★, Time Management 15.5%, Management 8.3%

Overcooked is a chaotic couch co-op cooking game for one to four players. Working as a team, you and your fellow chefs must prepare, cook and serve up a variety of tasty orders before the baying customers storm out in a huff.

Why similar: Cooking 60.7%, Arcade 14.2%, Funny 8.5%, Simulation 5.2%, Cute 4%

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 28.5%, Crime 23.3%, Time Management 15%, Management 13%, Dark Humor 11.6%

Let’s Get Cookin’! Team up with SpongeBob SquarePants for a laugh-out-loud, fast-paced cooking adventure in Bikini Bottom. Test your time-management skills, serve iconic customers, and fire up the grill in nonstop kitchen chaos!

Why similar: Cooking 34.4%, Time Management 18.7%, Management 8.5%, Difficult 8.3%, Simulation 7.4%

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 61%, Management 22.3%, Simulation 8.2%, Relaxing 5.9%, 2D 2.6%

Manage your own speakeasy hidden from prying eyes during Prohibition. Experiment with recipes, perfect the quality of your spirits, and transform your bar into an elegant, unique venue. Combine craftsmanship, optimization, and decoration to offer your guests an unforgettable experience.

Why similar: Job Simulator 24.3% ★, Crime 19.4%, Cooking 18.2%, Shop Keeper 15.9% ★, Management 8.5%

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 39.3%, Time Management 26.4%, Management 15.7%, Simulation 8.2%, Relaxing 5.7%

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: Job Simulator 30.3% ★, Shop Keeper 19.7% ★, Time Management 15.3%, Management 11.6%, Simulation 5.6%

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 29%, Time Management 19.9%, Job Simulator 19.7% ★, Management 7.5%, Simulation 6%

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: Job Simulator 33.9% ★, Cooking 24.7%, Time Management 12.4%, Management 10.2%, Simulation 6.2%

Make tasty food items to serve hungry customers in this fast-paced sequel to the amazing food making games Burger Shop 1 & 2!

Why similar: Cooking 48.6%, Time Management 30.9%, Simulation 6.9%, Colorful 5.1%, Casual 4.1%

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 49.8%, Time Management 18.8%, Management 15.1%, Simulation 9.8%, Funny 6.5%

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 64.8%, Simulation 15.5%, Management 7.7%, Funny 6.4%, Singleplayer 2.8%

Monster Meals is a fast-paced cooking game where you and a friend control monster chefs in a food truck, preparing meals with exotic creatures for monstrous customers. Play solo, local co-op, or online co-op—but serve quickly, or you’ll be on the menu!

Why similar: Cooking 38.8%, Time Management 23.7%, Funny 7.7%, Simulation 7.5%, Arcade 7%

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 32.5%, Shop Keeper 23.4% ★, Time Management 17.2%, Management 12.6%, Simulation 5.4%

Solo or with friends, manage multiple hot dog stands in a dynamic and realistic business simulator. Sell fast food, customize it with unique toppings, upgrade your equipment and buy your dreamed restaurant. Serve demanding customers against the clock to achieve efficient greatness.

Why similar: Cooking 45.6%, Time Management 17.3%, Simulation 10.6%, Management 8.6%, Arcade 6.7%

A coop coking game with light RPG features. Discover new recipes, level up your restaurant, and make sure your customers leave happy in this kitchen game. Best cooking simulator with multiplayer features

Why similar: Cooking 54%, Funny 10%, Simulation 9.5%, Cute 7.9%, Colorful 5.3%

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 38.2%, Time Management 20.8%, Management 17%, Simulation 9.4%, Arcade 6%

Step into the shoes of a supermarket cashier in this cute point-and-click game. Scan and bag over 300 unique products to earn as many points as you can before your shift ends! Between shifts, unwind by getting to know a cast of quirky coworkers.

Why similar: Job Simulator 39.9% ★, Time Management 17.9%, Funny 7.8%, Simulation 7.8%, Cute 6.3%

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 30.7%, Shop Keeper 28.1% ★, Management 14.6%, Cute 6%, Simulation 5.8%

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 49.4%, Time Management 17.9%, Management 11.9%, Simulation 9.4%, Cute 3.7%

Play as a barista in a cat-inspired coffee shop, where your customers are cats! Brew coffee and various drinks. Wholesome and cozy hand-drawn art, various mini-games and a lot of cats & coffee! Learn to craft complex orders, keep your catstomers happy. 🐱☕

Why similar: Job Simulator 46.3% ★, Shop Keeper 26.2% ★, Simulation 7.3%, Cute 5.7%, Colorful 3.8%

Cooking Festival takes you to the tasty world of fantastic cuisine - let's cook!

Why similar: Cooking 44.2%, Time Management 34%, Simulation 7.9%, Cute 4.5%, Colorful 3%

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 30% ★, Cooking 24.8%, Shop Keeper 18.1% ★, Management 13%, Simulation 6.2%