Games like Cooking Simulator
If Cooking Simulator is your kind of game, the closest matches are Beerhouse Simulator, Cooking Simulator VR and Food Truck Simulator — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its dlc expansion, ingredient handling and kitchen destruction. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Cooking Simulator: A realistic cooking sim where every ingredient reacts with real physics. Master 80+ dishes in Career mode or go wild in Sandbox as you cook, experiment, or cause total kitchen chaos in a fully interactive chef’s playground.
Players who liked Cooking Simulator also play
Steam players who put hours into Cooking Simulator also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Beerhouse Simulator
WHY THIS
Top pick for Cooking Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Cooking Simulator.
Brew beer your own way! First-person homebrewing simulator where every batch can go brilliantly wrong or surprisingly right — and clients might just notice the difference, or not. Brew, experiment or cause total beery mayhem.
Cooking Simulator VR
WHY THIS
Shares ingredient handling with Cooking Simulator.
Second-strongest match for Cooking Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Cooking Simulator.
Step into VR kitchen and become supreme Chef. Master realistic cooking with lifelike physics, 100+ recipes, 140+ ingredients and natural VR controls — or embrace chaos with fires, explosions, and sandbox freedom.
Food Truck Simulator
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Cooking Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Cooking Simulator.
Renovate, equip and restore the shine of the food truck that belonged to your father. Create recipes, cook the food and serve customers across an entire city. Customize and upgrade your food truck to reach more customers and expand your menu.
Bakery Simulator
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Cooking Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Cooking Simulator.
Get up before dawn and see what it's like to be a baker! Learn to bake several dozen types of bread. Use realistic bakery machines. Deliver orders to stores, earn, and invest. Use original recipes or experiment with ingredients.
Brewmaster: Beer Brewing Simulator
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Cooking Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Cooking Simulator.
Brew your perfect beer in this relaxing home brewing sim. Use a realistic chemistry simulation to brew hoppy IPAs to creamy stouts. Customise your brewing space, create recipes and label your beer, unlock new equipment and enter competitions. Learn to brew, refine your craft and become a Brewmaster!
BBQ Simulator: The Squad
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Cooking Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Cooking Simulator.
Dive into a hilarious sandbox BBQ experience with friends! Grill, serve, and manage mayhem as meats soar and sizzle. Craft your grill, cook steaks, and feed everyone before hunger strikes!
Coastal Kitchen Simulator
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Cooking Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Cooking Simulator.
Cook and serve dishes as you run your own seafood restaurant! Unlock new recipes, grow your kitchen with the help of employees, and satisfy every customer’s craving. Expand your reputation, manage resources wisely, and build a seafood restaurant that becomes the talk of the town.
Fast Food Manager
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Cooking Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Cooking Simulator.
Launch your own business from scratch! Starting with a small coffee booth, build the most popular food service chain in town. Experiment, develop, make a profit.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Cooking Simulator at current Steam store prices.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Cooking Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Cooking Simulator.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Cooking Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Cooking Simulator.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Cooking Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Cooking Simulator.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Cooking Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Cooking Simulator.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Cooking Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Cooking Simulator.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Cooking Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Cooking Simulator.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The Test: Final Revelation
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Cooking Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Cooking Simulator.
The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Cooking Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Cooking Simulator.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Cooking Simulator.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with Cooking Simulator.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Cooking Simulator.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
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Frequently asked about Cooking Simulator
- Is Cooking Simulator verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Cooking Simulator is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Cooking Simulator cost?
- Cooking Simulator is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Cooking Simulator?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Cooking Simulator are Beerhouse Simulator, Cooking Simulator VR, Food Truck Simulator.
- Who developed Cooking Simulator?
- Cooking Simulator was developed by Big Cheese Studio.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Cooking Simulator.
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