Choose Cooking Live - Italian Kitchen Simulator
Choose Cooking Live - Italian Kitchen Simulator if you want a Simulation experience. Cooking Live - Italian Kitchen Simulator launched in 2023.
Cooking Live - Italian Kitchen Simulator vs Cooking Craze
Cooking Live - Italian Kitchen Simulator and Cooking Craze both land in Free To Play, 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 Free To Play, Casual on Steam. Cooking Live - Italian Kitchen Simulator (2023) is 1 year older than Cooking Craze (2024). Both sit near 71% positive on Steam (Cooking Live - Italian Kitchen Simulator: 750 reviews, Cooking Craze: 141). 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 Cooking Craze
Choose Cooking Craze if it matches what drew you to this matchup. Cooking Craze launched in 2024.
Both Cooking Live - Italian Kitchen Simulator and Cooking Craze sit in Free To Play and Casual on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (71.3% vs 71.6% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 Cooking Live - Italian Kitchen Simulator |  Cooking Craze | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2023 | 2024 |
| Genres | Simulation, Free To Play, Casual | Free To Play, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Deck Playable |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 71.3% positive (750 reviews) | 71.6% positive (141 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Matryoshka | Matryoshka |
Side by side
- Both share Free To Play, Casual on Steam.
- Cooking Live - Italian Kitchen Simulator (2023) is 1 year older than Cooking Craze (2024).
- Both sit near 71% positive on Steam (Cooking Live - Italian Kitchen Simulator: 750 reviews, Cooking Craze: 141).
- Both are free to play.
- Both are Deck Playable.
Cooking Live - Italian Kitchen Simulator vs Cooking Craze — FAQ
- Which is better, Cooking Live - Italian Kitchen Simulator or Cooking Craze?
- On Steam reviews the two are nearly tied: Cooking Live - Italian Kitchen Simulator sits at 71.3% positive (750 reviews), Cooking Craze at 71.6% (141). The choice usually comes down to genre fit and the platform features each one supports — see the comparison table above.
- Should I play Cooking Live - Italian Kitchen Simulator or Cooking Craze first?
- If you want chronology, Cooking Live - Italian Kitchen Simulator (2023) came out before Cooking Craze (2024). 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 Live - Italian Kitchen Simulator and Cooking Craze similar?
- They overlap on Free To Play, 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.