Choose Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition
Choose Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition if you want a Free To Play and Casual experience. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 88.4% positive across 302 reviews.
Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition vs Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition and Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel 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. Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition (2020) is 3 years older than Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel (2023). Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition scores higher on Steam reviews (88.4% positive) than Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel (85.4% 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 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
Choose Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel if you want an Adventure and RPG experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2023) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel launched in 2023.
Both Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition and Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel sit in Indie 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
 Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition |  Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2020 | 2023 |
| Genres | Indie, Free To Play, Casual | Indie, Adventure, RPG |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows, macOS |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Deck Playable |
| Price | Free to play | 13.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 88.4% positive (302 reviews) | 85.4% positive (151 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Deer Dream Studios | Yangyang Mobile |
Side by side
- Both are Indie games on Steam.
- Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition (2020) is 3 years older than Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel (2023).
- Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition scores higher on Steam reviews (88.4% positive) than Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel (85.4% positive).
- Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition is free; Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel is paid (13.99 USD).
- Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition has no Deck rating yet.
Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition vs Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel — FAQ
- Which is better, Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition or Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel?
- On Steam reviews Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition scores higher (88.4% positive) than Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel (85.4% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition or Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel first?
- If you want chronology, Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition (2020) came out before Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel (2023). 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: Appetizer Edition and Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel 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.
- Is Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition free?
- Yes — Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition is a free-to-play Steam title. Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel is paid (13.99 USD).