Choose Star Chef: Cooking & Restaurant Game
Choose Star Chef: Cooking & Restaurant Game if it matches what drew you to this matchup. Star Chef: Cooking & Restaurant Game launched in 2019.
Star Chef: Cooking & Restaurant Game vs Star Chef 2: Cooking Game
Star Chef: Cooking & Restaurant Game and Star Chef 2: Cooking Game both land in Indie, Simulation, Free To Play on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Indie, Simulation, Free To Play on Steam. Star Chef: Cooking & Restaurant Game (2019) is 2 years older than Star Chef 2: Cooking Game (2021). Star Chef 2: Cooking Game scores higher on Steam reviews (65.6% positive) than Star Chef: Cooking & Restaurant Game (61.8% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Star Chef 2: Cooking Game
Choose Star Chef 2: Cooking Game if it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 65.6% positive across 259 reviews.
Both Star Chef: Cooking & Restaurant Game and Star Chef 2: Cooking Game sit in Indie, Simulation, and Free To Play on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Star Chef: Cooking & Restaurant Game |  Star Chef 2: Cooking Game | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2019 | 2021 |
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Free To Play, Casual | Indie, Simulation, Free To Play, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Deck Playable |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 61.8% positive (144 reviews) | 65.6% positive (259 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | 99Games Online Pvt. Ltd. | 99Games Online Private Limited |
Side by side
- Both share Indie, Simulation, Free To Play on Steam.
- Star Chef: Cooking & Restaurant Game (2019) is 2 years older than Star Chef 2: Cooking Game (2021).
- Star Chef 2: Cooking Game scores higher on Steam reviews (65.6% positive) than Star Chef: Cooking & Restaurant Game (61.8% positive).
- Both are free to play.
- Star Chef 2: Cooking Game is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; Star Chef: Cooking & Restaurant Game has no Deck rating yet.
Star Chef: Cooking & Restaurant Game vs Star Chef 2: Cooking Game — FAQ
- Which is better, Star Chef: Cooking & Restaurant Game or Star Chef 2: Cooking Game?
- On Steam reviews Star Chef 2: Cooking Game scores higher (65.6% positive) than Star Chef: Cooking & Restaurant Game (61.8% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Star Chef 2: Cooking Game is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Star Chef: Cooking & Restaurant Game or Star Chef 2: Cooking Game first?
- If you want chronology, Star Chef: Cooking & Restaurant Game (2019) came out before Star Chef 2: Cooking Game (2021). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Star Chef: Cooking & Restaurant Game and Star Chef 2: Cooking Game similar?
- They overlap on Indie, Simulation, Free To Play on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.