Best Cooking games on Steam
Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated cooking games. For those who prefer not to search, lists of the most played, top deals and best free cooking games are available at the bottom of the page.
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Stranded Sails - Explorers of the Cursed Islands
Farm, cook, craft and decorate in this casual open world farming adventure! Set up camp with your crew after being shipwrecked on a mysterious archipelago. Your quest is to survive, explore and uncover the secrets of the Cursed Islands. Take care of your crew to build relationships and earn rewards!
Automachef
Welcome to Automachef, a resource management puzzler where you design kitchens, program machinery and watch your genius come to life! It’s time to engineer tomorrow’s kitchen, today!
Cooking Simulator
Play one of the best cooking games! Take control of a highly polished, realistic kitchen equipped with all kinds of utensils and stands. Unlock and master over 80 recipes or use dozens of lifelike ingredients to cook everything you like. A simulator spiced up with a dash of real-life physics!
One Hour One Life
A multiplayer survival game of parenting and civilization building. Get born to another player as your mother. Live an entire life in one hour. Have babies of your own in the form of other players. Leave a legacy for the next generation as you help to rebuild civilization from scratch.
Overcooked! 2
Overcooked returns with a brand-new helping of chaotic cooking action! Journey back to the Onion Kingdom and assemble your team of chefs in classic couch co-op or online play for up to four players. Hold onto your aprons… it’s time to save the world again!
Diner Bros
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!
Burger Shop 2
Make tasty food items to serve hungry customers in this fast-paced food making game!
Burger Shop
Make burgers, shakes and more in this exciting food-making game that has been enjoyed by millions of fans everywhere.
Hold Your Own
A single player open world sandbox, crafting and survival FPS game set in a multi-island land where you'll fight to survive. Build your base, hunt and craft to defend yourself from aggressive wildlife, enemies or friends. Do you have what it takes to Hold Your Own?
Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe
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.
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!!
Deceptively easy to learn but incredibly difficult to master, Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!! is your journey of being the best chef in the world with your small but humble restaurant on the 50th floor of the Teragon Supertower.
Black Desert
Played by over 20 million Adventurers - Black Desert Online is an open-world, action MMORPG. Experience intense, action-packed combat, battle massive world bosses, fight alongside friends to siege and conquer castles, and train in professions such as fishing, trading, crafting, cooking, and more!
The Herbalist
"The Herbalist" is a smooth and meditative game from the creators of "Everlasting Summer". You'll need to recreate some recipes of ancient potions with Slavya.
SENRAN KAGURA Bon Appétit! - Full Course
The busty shinobi of SENRAN KAGURA exchange their kunais for kitchen knives in this epic cooking/rhythm showdown! Culinary warfare is carried out via rhythm battles, and players who can create the ultimate Super Dish may be treated to a special feast for the eyes as well.
VR The Diner Duo
You are a chef in VR who need to satisfy your customers in a limited amount of time. Share the experience with a friend in local multiplayer mode. Chaotic levels are waiting for you!
Overcooked
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.
Stephen's Sausage Roll
A simple 3d puzzle game.
Farm for your Life
Your community was taken down by a heavy storm which caused an apocalypse and unleashed the living dead. Together with the other survivors, it is your task to rebuild and to allow that sustainable life can still be assured. Cultivate your farm and manage your restaurant to provide food and deal with all the zombies.
Cook, Serve, Delicious!
One of the few hardcore restaurant sims in existence, Cook, Serve, Delicious! is a deceptively easy game to learn but incredibly challenging to master as you progress through your career from owning a terrible zero star cafe into a five star world famous restaurant.
Nancy Drew®: Warnings at Waverly Academy
Enroll in a School Plagued by Suspicions and Lies!
Restaurant Empire II
Restaurant Empire 2 is the most realistic and comprehensive restaurant business simulation available, featuring 4 cuisines, 600 recipes, 4 huge cities, 2 campaigns with a total of 34 missions, 1400 interior objects, and a mix of business strategy and role-playing gameplay such as cooking contests.Most played cooking games on Steam
Take a look at the top cooking games that are currently attracting the largest player bases on the Steam platform, as of April 15th 2025.
1. PlateUp!
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! PlateUp! is a co-op, management and cooking game developed by It's happening and published by Yogscast Games and Gamersky Games. Released on August 04th 2022 has received 22,936 reviews of which 21,772 were positive and 1,164 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. The game has hit the top spot as the #1 most played cooking game, thanks to its 3,156 peak concurrent players over the last day.
9.3
21,772
1,164
3,156
players
2. Overcooked! All You Can Eat
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. Overcooked! All You Can Eat is a multiplayer, online co-op and local co-op game developed by Team17 Digital and Ghost Town Games and published by Team17 Digital. Released on March 23rd 2021 has received 5,953 reviews of which 4,318 were positive and 1,635 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.1 out of 10. While seeing 1,621 players online at once in the last 24 hours, this game is currently ranked #2 among cooking games based on player count.
7.1
4,318
1,635
1,621
players
3. Fast Food Simulator
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. Fast Food Simulator is a simulation, online co-op and management game developed and published by No Ceiling Games. Released on December 10th 2024 has received 5,030 reviews of which 4,764 were positive and 266 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. While seeing 1,328 players online at once in the last 24 hours, this game is currently ranked #3 among cooking games based on player count.
9.1
4,764
266
1,328
players
4. The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty
Trek across ancient China in a dark, boundary-pushing visual novel inspired by traditional Chinese art with modern animation. Escort four girls to the prosperous city of Luoyang in a branching narrative with themes of revenge, cannibalism, involuntary servitude, and more on a redemptive journey. The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty is a visual novel, historical and multiple endings game developed by 零创游戏(ZerocreationGame) and published by 零创游戏(ZerocreationGame) and 2P Games. Released on April 22nd 2024 has received 51,602 reviews of which 49,774 were positive and 1,828 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.5 out of 10. With 423 concurrent players in the last 24 hours, the game currently holds the #4 spot among the most played cooking games.
9.5
49,774
1,828
423
players
5. Good Pizza, Great Pizza - Cooking Simulator Game
Ever wanted to know what it feels like to run your own cozy Pizza shop? Do your best to fulfill pizza orders from customers while making enough money to keep your shop open. Upgrade your shop with new toppings and equipment to compete against your pizza rival, Alicante! Good Pizza, Great Pizza - Cooking Simulator Game is a cooking, simulation and cozy game developed and published by TapBlaze. Released on January 06th 2023 has received 5,522 reviews of which 4,899 were positive and 623 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. With 348 concurrent players in the last 24 hours, the game currently holds the #5 spot among the most played cooking games.
8.6
4,899
623
348
players
6. One-armed cook
One-armed cook is a chaotic co-op cooking game for up to 4 people. Work as a team or cook on your own, set your own pace, and don't let the stress of a full restaurant catch up to you. The goofy physics-based aspect of the game gives this cooking game a new twist. One-armed cook is a multiplayer, free to play and co-op game developed and published by Duhndal. Released on August 30th 2022 has received 27,729 reviews of which 25,576 were positive and 2,153 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.0 out of 10. With 326 concurrent players in the last 24 hours, the game currently holds the #6 spot among the most played cooking games.
9.0
25,576
2,153
326
players
7. 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! Play with friends, feed and quench the thirst of the entire world! Ale & Tale Tavern is a adventure, online co-op and simulation game developed by Scienart Games and published by GrabTheGames and UpgradePoint. Released on September 05th 2024 has received 6,527 reviews of which 5,841 were positive and 686 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. With 266 concurrent players in the last 24 hours, the game currently holds the #7 spot among the most played cooking games.
8.7
5,841
686
266
players
8. Party Club
Seat customers, serve drinks, and manage chaos with up to 4 players! Keep the peace by considering customer types while seating them. Survive disasters, handle quirky customers, and design the perfect venue to keep the party going! Party Club is a online co-op, singleplayer and local co-op game developed by Lucid11 Interactive and published by GameDev.ist. Released on March 17th 2025 has received 2,111 reviews of which 1,421 were positive and 690 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.6 out of 10. With 230 concurrent players in the last 24 hours, the game currently holds the #8 spot among the most played cooking games.
6.6
1,421
690
230
players
9. Kebab Chefs! - Restaurant Simulator
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! Kebab Chefs! - Restaurant Simulator is a early access, multiplayer and simulation game developed and published by Biotech Gameworks. Released on January 19th 2024 has received 6,422 reviews of which 5,545 were positive and 877 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. With 155 concurrent players in the last 24 hours, the game currently holds the #9 spot among the most played cooking games.
8.4
5,545
877
155
players
10. Cooking Simulator
Play one of the best cooking games! Take control of a highly polished, realistic kitchen equipped with all kinds of utensils and stands. Unlock and master over 80 recipes or use dozens of lifelike ingredients to cook everything you like. A simulator spiced up with a dash of real-life physics! Cooking Simulator is a simulation, cooking and singleplayer game developed by Big Cheese Studio and published by Big Cheese Studio and PlayWay S.A.. Released on June 06th 2019 has received 18,507 reviews of which 15,685 were positive and 2,822 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. With 154 concurrent players in the last 24 hours, the game currently holds the #10 spot among the most played cooking games.
8.3
15,685
2,822
154
players
Best deals on cooking games on Steam
Discover fantastic savings with the best discounts on a variety of cooking games available on Steam right now, updated on April 15th 2025. Looking for even more deals? Use the search filters to explore a wider range of discounted cooking games.
1. Epic Chef
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! Epic Chef is a story rich, comedy and funny game developed by Infinigon Games and published by Team17. Released on November 11th 2021 has received 706 reviews of which 547 were positive and 159 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.4 out of 10. Featuring a massive 94% discount, this game currently holds the #1 spot in the best deals for cooking category.
7.4
547
159
-94%
25.50€
1.53€
2. Venba
Venba is a short narrative cooking game, where you play as an Indian mom who immigrates to Canada with her family in the 1980s. Cook various dishes and restore lost recipes, hold branching conversations, and explore South Indian food in this story about family, love, and loss. Venba is a cooking, casual and narrative game developed and published by Visai Games. Released on July 31st 2023 has received 2,419 reviews of which 2,232 were positive and 187 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. Thanks to its incredible 93% discount, this game is now the #2 best deal in cooking games.
8.8
2,232
187
-93%
14.29€
1.00€
3. Sugar Shack
Grab some friends, fire up the boiler, and let the syrup flow! Build the world around your cabin as you fulfill orders of hungry villagers with endless sweet tooths. There's never a dull moment in this cozy forest inspired by Quebec lore and art! Sugar Shack is a online co-op, co-op and indie game developed by MadLife Divertissement and published by indie.io. Released on September 14th 2023 has received 303 reviews of which 207 were positive and 96 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.5 out of 10. Thanks to its incredible 92% discount, this game is now the #3 best deal in cooking games.
6.5
207
96
-92%
19.25€
1.54€
4. Godlike Burger
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. Godlike Burger is a cooking, time management and resource management game developed by Liquid Pug and published by Daedalic Entertainment. Released on April 21st 2022 has received 773 reviews of which 588 were positive and 185 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.3 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 89% discount, this title has earned the #4 position in the best deals for cooking games.
7.3
588
185
-89%
20.00€
2.20€
5. PlateUp!
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! PlateUp! is a co-op, management and cooking game developed by It's happening and published by Yogscast Games and Gamersky Games. Released on August 04th 2022 has received 22,936 reviews of which 21,772 were positive and 1,164 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 78% discount, this title has earned the #5 position in the best deals for cooking games.
9.3
21,772
1,164
-78%
19.50€
4.29€
6. Overcooked! All You Can Eat
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. Overcooked! All You Can Eat is a multiplayer, online co-op and local co-op game developed by Team17 Digital and Ghost Town Games and published by Team17 Digital. Released on March 23rd 2021 has received 5,953 reviews of which 4,318 were positive and 1,635 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.1 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 70% discount, this title has earned the #6 position in the best deals for cooking games.
7.1
4,318
1,635
-70%
39.97€
11.99€
7. Food Truck Simulator
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. Food Truck Simulator is a simulation, casual and cooking game developed by DRAGO entertainment and published by DRAGO entertainment and HeartBeat Games. Released on September 14th 2022 has received 1,250 reviews of which 857 were positive and 393 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.6 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 70% discount, this title has earned the #7 position in the best deals for cooking games.
6.6
857
393
-70%
20.30€
6.09€
8. Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe
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. Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe is a action, rpg and indie game developed and published by Trinket Studios. Released on November 20th 2017 has received 2,604 reviews of which 2,490 were positive and 114 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 65% discount, this title has earned the #8 position in the best deals for cooking games.
9.1
2,490
114
-65%
19.99€
6.99€
9. BBQ Simulator: The Squad
Dive into a hilarious sandbox BBQ experience with friends! Grill, serve, and manage mayhem as meats soar and sizzle. Craft your grill, cook steaks, and feed everyone before hunger strikes! BBQ Simulator: The Squad is a simulation, funny and life sim game developed and published by CubeCube Sports Ltd.. Released on May 25th 2022 has received 1,049 reviews of which 866 were positive and 183 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.9 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 65% discount, this title has earned the #9 position in the best deals for cooking games.
7.9
866
183
-65%
3.99€
1.39€
10. Barista Simulator
Barista Simulator, master the art of brewing with over 30 coffee recipes. Start with a basic setup, upgrade your café, manage your staff, and build your very own coffee haven. Are you ready for the ultimate coffee journey? Barista Simulator is a simulation, sandbox and cooking game developed and published by CubeCube Sports Ltd.. Released on May 20th 2023 has received 570 reviews of which 456 were positive and 114 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.6 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 65% discount, this title has earned the #10 position in the best deals for cooking games.
7.6
456
114
-65%
14.79€
5.17€
Free cooking games on Steam
Check out this fantastic list of free-to-play cooking games you can enjoy on Steam right now, updated on April 15th 2025. Looking for even more free titles? Use the search filters to explore a wider range of free to play cooking games.
1. One-armed cook
One-armed cook is a chaotic co-op cooking game for up to 4 people. Work as a team or cook on your own, set your own pace, and don't let the stress of a full restaurant catch up to you. The goofy physics-based aspect of the game gives this cooking game a new twist. One-armed cook is a multiplayer, free to play and co-op game developed and published by Duhndal. Released on August 30th 2022 has received 27,729 reviews of which 25,576 were positive and 2,153 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.0 out of 10. With 326 active players enjoying it for free, this strategy game has reached the #1 spot among the top free cooking games on Steam.
9.0
25,576
2,153
326
players
2. Cooking Live - Italian Kitchen Simulator
Hello everyone! My name is Jane, and I need your help! I travel around the world and create a blog about local restaurants and cuisine. I’ve seen how big corporations squeeze out talented local cooks and their restaurants! Let’s take matters into our own hands and give them back their zest for life! Cooking Live - Italian Kitchen Simulator is a free to play, cooking and casual game developed and published by Matryoshka. Released on February 02nd 2023 has received 1,697 reviews of which 1,275 were positive and 422 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.3 out of 10. The game currently holds the #2 spot among the most played free cooking games on Steam.
7.3
1,275
422
76
players
3. Cookard
Cookard is a cooking game where you run a restaurant by stacking cards to prepare and serve dishes to customers. Cookard is a free to play, card game and cooking game developed and published by Panitia GameDev and Cliffbite Game. Released on May 10th 2024 has received 1,855 reviews of which 1,793 were positive and 62 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. The game currently holds the #3 spot among the most played free cooking games on Steam.
9.2
1,793
62
16
players
4. The Supper
The Supper is a short adventure game about the darkest side of the human soul. Ms. Appleton was always a wellspring of kindness, until The Voice started talking to her. The Supper is a cooking, point & click and adventure game developed by White Blanket Games and published by Octavi Navarro. Released on January 28th 2020 has received 4,064 reviews of which 4,008 were positive and 56 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.5 out of 10. The game currently holds the #4 spot among the most played free cooking games on Steam.
9.5
4,008
56
1
players
5. Bakso Simulator
Create the most successful bakso business in this world! Bakso Simulator is a simulation, cooking and resource management game developed and published by Akhir Pekan Studio. Released on October 08th 2022 has received 1,616 reviews of which 1,480 were positive and 136 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. The game currently holds the #5 spot among the most played free cooking games on Steam.
8.7
1,480
136
1
players