Choose Overcooked
Choose Overcooked if you want an Action experience. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 91.6% positive across 4,676 reviews.
Overcooked vs Overcooked! All You Can Eat
Overcooked and Overcooked! All You Can Eat 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. Overcooked (2016) is 5 years older than Overcooked! All You Can Eat (2021). Overcooked scores higher on Steam reviews (91.6% positive) than Overcooked! All You Can Eat (70.8% 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 Overcooked! All You Can Eat
Choose Overcooked! All You Can Eat if you want a Strategy game with Online PvP and Online Co-op. On Steam, it's the newer release (2021) and ships with the modern feature baseline. 1,557 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both Overcooked and Overcooked! All You Can Eat sit in Indie, Simulation, and Casual on Steam and both list Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen, and Shared/Split Screen PvP, 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
 Overcooked |  Overcooked! All You Can Eat | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2016 | 2021 |
| Genres | Action, Indie, Simulation, Casual | Strategy, Indie, Simulation, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Verified | Deck Playable |
| Price | 16.99 USD | 39.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 91.6% positive (4,676 reviews) | 70.8% positive (1,557 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op |
| Developers | Ghost Town Games Ltd. | Team17 Digital, Ghost Town Games |
Side by side
- Both share Indie, Simulation, Casual on Steam.
- Overcooked (2016) is 5 years older than Overcooked! All You Can Eat (2021).
- Overcooked scores higher on Steam reviews (91.6% positive) than Overcooked! All You Can Eat (70.8% positive).
- Overcooked is currently ~58% cheaper on Steam than Overcooked! All You Can Eat (16.99 USD vs. 39.99 USD).
- Both support cooperative play.
- Steam Deck: Overcooked is Deck Verified, Overcooked! All You Can Eat is Deck Playable.
Overcooked vs Overcooked! All You Can Eat — FAQ
- Which is better, Overcooked or Overcooked! All You Can Eat?
- On Steam reviews Overcooked scores higher (91.6% positive) than Overcooked! All You Can Eat (70.8% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Overcooked is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Overcooked or Overcooked! All You Can Eat first?
- If you want chronology, Overcooked (2016) came out before Overcooked! All You Can Eat (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 Overcooked and Overcooked! All You Can Eat 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.
- Do both Overcooked and Overcooked! All You Can Eat have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Overcooked ships Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op; Overcooked! All You Can Eat ships Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op.