# Games like Restaurant Empire II

> The closest matches to Restaurant Empire II: Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game, The Guild II, Recipe for Disaster, Mad Games Tycoon, and Cafe Business Manager. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game](https://imho.run/games/886900/chef-a-restaurant-tycoon-game) — Also Cooking and Capitalism, like Restaurant Empire II. 760 Steam reviews, 74% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/886900/)
2. [The Guild II](https://imho.run/games/39650/the-guild-ii) — Also Economy and Life Sim, like Restaurant Empire II. 269 Steam reviews, 67% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/39650/)
3. [Recipe for Disaster](https://imho.run/games/1492360/recipe-for-disaster) — A frequent pick in Restaurant Empire II players' libraries, and another Strategy. 276 Steam reviews, 70% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1492360/)
4. [Mad Games Tycoon](https://imho.run/games/341000/mad-games-tycoon) — Also Capitalism and Economy, like Restaurant Empire II. 1,286 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/341000/)
5. [Cafe Business Manager](https://imho.run/games/4026480/cafe-business-manager) — Shares menu customization with Restaurant Empire II. 57 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4026480/)
6. [Two Point Museum](https://imho.run/games/2185060/two-point-museum) — Also Economy and Life Sim, like Restaurant Empire II. 4,522 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2185060/)
7. [Project Hospital](https://imho.run/games/868360/project-hospital) — Also Economy and Life Sim, like Restaurant Empire II. 3,293 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/868360/)
8. [Hotel Architect](https://imho.run/games/1602000/hotel-architect) — Also Capitalism and Economy, like Restaurant Empire II. 519 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1602000/)
9. [Railroad Tycoon 3](https://imho.run/games/7610/railroad-tycoon-3) — Also Economy, like Restaurant Empire II. 854 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/7610/)
10. [Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!!](https://imho.run/games/386620/cook-serve-delicious-2) — Also Cooking, like Restaurant Empire II. 1,618 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/386620/)
11. [Rise of Industry 2](https://imho.run/games/2532490/rise-of-industry-2) — Also Capitalism and Economy, like Restaurant Empire II. 81 Steam reviews, 56% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2532490/)
12. [Railway Empire 2](https://imho.run/games/1644320/railway-empire-2) — Also Economy, like Restaurant Empire II. 1,044 Steam reviews, 74% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1644320/)
13. [RollerCoaster Tycoon® 2: Triple Thrill Pack](https://imho.run/games/285330/rollercoaster-tycoon-2-triple-thrill-pack) — Also Economy, like Restaurant Empire II. 3,664 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/285330/)
14. [Project Highrise](https://imho.run/games/423580/project-highrise) — Also Economy, like Restaurant Empire II. 2,227 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/423580/)
15. [Patrician IV](https://imho.run/games/57620/patrician-iv) — Also Capitalism and Economy, like Restaurant Empire II. 243 Steam reviews, 51% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/57620/)
16. [Fast Food Manager](https://imho.run/games/1519790/fast-food-manager) — Also Cooking and Economy, like Restaurant Empire II. 83 Steam reviews, 73% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1519790/)
17. [Pizza Connection 2](https://imho.run/games/599000/pizza-connection-2) — Also Cooking and Economy, like Restaurant Empire II. 95 Steam reviews, 69% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/599000/)
18. [Capitalism 2](https://imho.run/games/638200/capitalism-2) — Also Capitalism and Economy, like Restaurant Empire II. 236 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/638200/)
19. [The Sims™ 2 Legacy Collection](https://imho.run/games/3314070/the-sims-2-legacy-collection) — Also Life Sim, like Restaurant Empire II. 2,670 Steam reviews, 70% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3314070/)
20. [Automachef](https://imho.run/games/984800/automachef) — A frequent pick in Restaurant Empire II players' libraries, and another Indie. 269 Steam reviews, 71% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/984800/)
21. [King of Retail 2](https://imho.run/games/2425150/king-of-retail-2) — Also Capitalism and Economy, like Restaurant Empire II. 92 Steam reviews, 77% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2425150/)
22. [SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition](https://imho.run/games/24780/simcity-4-deluxe-edition) — Also Economy, like Restaurant Empire II. 5,328 Steam reviews, 81% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/24780/)
23. [Wildlife Park 3](https://imho.run/games/287200/wildlife-park-3) — Also Economy, like Restaurant Empire II. 196 Steam reviews, 61% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/287200/)
24. [Winkeltje: The Little Shop](https://imho.run/games/949290/winkeltje-the-little-shop) — Also Capitalism and Economy, like Restaurant Empire II. 838 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/949290/)

## Machine-readable

The same ranked list as JSON from the imho.run API for AI assistants (GET, no key, same site as this page):

- Top 20: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=32900&n=20
- Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=32900&n=20&coop=true
- Free games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=32900&n=20&free=true
- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=32900
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/32900
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About Restaurant Empire II

Restaurant Empire 2 is the most realistic and comprehensive restaurant business simulation available, featuring 4 cuisines, 600 recipes, 4 huge cities, 2 campaigns with a total of 34 missions, 1400 interior objects, and a mix of business strategy and role-playing gameplay such as cooking contests.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 32900
- **Developer:** Enlight Software Limited
- **Publisher:** Enlight Software Limited
- **Genres:** Strategy, Indie, Simulation, Casual
- **Categories:** Single-player, Family Sharing
- **Released:** May 27, 2009
- **Free to play:** no
- **Metacritic:** 64
- **Platforms:** windows

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/32900/restaurant-empire-ii)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=32900&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/32900/)
- [Personalized recommendations](https://imho.run/) — sign in with Steam or paste a SteamID for a library-aware ranking

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