Choose Star Chef: Cooking & Restaurant Game
Choose Star Chef: Cooking & Restaurant Game if you want a Free To Play experience. On Steam, it's free to play, so the barrier to trying it is zero. Star Chef: Cooking & Restaurant Game launched in 2019.
Star Chef: Cooking & Restaurant Game vs Not Monday Cafe
Star Chef: Cooking & Restaurant Game and Not Monday Cafe both land in Indie, Simulation, Casual 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, Casual on Steam. Star Chef: Cooking & Restaurant Game (2019) is 6 years older than Not Monday Cafe (2025). Not Monday Cafe scores higher on Steam reviews (96.2% 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 Not Monday Cafe
Choose Not Monday Cafe if it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 96.2% positive across 183 reviews.
Both Star Chef: Cooking & Restaurant Game and Not Monday Cafe sit in Indie, Simulation, and Casual 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 |  Not Monday Cafe | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2019 | 2025 |
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Free To Play, Casual | Indie, Simulation, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Deck Unsupported |
| Price | Free to play | 5.84 USD |
| Steam reviews | 61.8% positive (144 reviews) | 96.2% positive (183 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | 99Games Online Pvt. Ltd. | Sunny Syrup Studio |
Side by side
- Both share Indie, Simulation, Casual on Steam.
- Star Chef: Cooking & Restaurant Game (2019) is 6 years older than Not Monday Cafe (2025).
- Not Monday Cafe scores higher on Steam reviews (96.2% positive) than Star Chef: Cooking & Restaurant Game (61.8% positive).
- Star Chef: Cooking & Restaurant Game is free; Not Monday Cafe is paid (5.84 USD).
- Not Monday Cafe is Deck Unsupported on Steam Deck; Star Chef: Cooking & Restaurant Game has no Deck rating yet.
Star Chef: Cooking & Restaurant Game vs Not Monday Cafe — FAQ
- Which is better, Star Chef: Cooking & Restaurant Game or Not Monday Cafe?
- On Steam reviews Not Monday Cafe scores higher (96.2% positive) than Star Chef: Cooking & Restaurant Game (61.8% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Not Monday Cafe 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 Not Monday Cafe first?
- If you want chronology, Star Chef: Cooking & Restaurant Game (2019) came out before Not Monday Cafe (2025). 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 Not Monday Cafe similar?
- They overlap on Indie, Simulation, Casual 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.
- Is Star Chef: Cooking & Restaurant Game free?
- Yes — Star Chef: Cooking & Restaurant Game is a free-to-play Steam title. Not Monday Cafe is paid (5.84 USD).