Choose Cooking Companions
Choose Cooking Companions if you want an Adventure and Casual experience. Cooking Companions launched in 2021.
Cooking Companions vs Wet steps
Cooking Companions and Wet steps both land in Indie 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 are Indie games on Steam. Wet steps (2020) is 1 year older than Cooking Companions (2021). Both sit near 93% positive on Steam (Cooking Companions: 900 reviews, Wet steps: 14). 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 Wet steps
Choose Wet steps if it's currently about 80% cheaper on the Steam Store. Wet steps launched in 2020.
Both Cooking Companions and Wet steps sit in Indie on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (93% vs 92.9% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 Cooking Companions |  Wet steps | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2021 | 2020 |
| Genres | Indie, Adventure, Casual | Indie |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Unrated |
| Price | 14.99 USD | 2.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 93% positive (900 reviews) | 92.9% positive (14 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Deer Dream Studios | Orika Nekoi |
Side by side
- Both are Indie games on Steam.
- Wet steps (2020) is 1 year older than Cooking Companions (2021).
- Both sit near 93% positive on Steam (Cooking Companions: 900 reviews, Wet steps: 14).
- Wet steps is currently ~80% cheaper on Steam than Cooking Companions (2.99 USD vs. 14.99 USD).
- Cooking Companions is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; Wet steps has no Deck rating yet.
Cooking Companions vs Wet steps — FAQ
- Should I play Cooking Companions or Wet steps first?
- If you want chronology, Wet steps (2020) came out before Cooking Companions (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 Cooking Companions and Wet steps similar?
- They overlap on Indie 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.
- Does Cooking Companions run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — Cooking Companions is rated Deck Playable by Valve. Wet steps doesn't have a Deck rating yet, so its Deck behaviour is currently unverified.