The Best Cooking Games

Update : Chef RPG added at rank #19.
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Dungeon Munchies (2019)

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Playstation 5 Playstation 4 IOS iPhone Android Mac OS Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Dungeon Munchies is a unique 2D platformer that combines zombie cooking action with RPG elements. Explore a collapsed world filled with mutated potatoes, killer wasps, electric snails, and more. Collect ingredients from defeated enemies, cook new recipes, and unlock different buffs and weapons. The game offers a mix of gross-out humor and a compelling storyline.


What we like:
  • Unique combination of cooking and platforming
  • Compelling storyline
  • Customization options for combat
  • Impressive art style and monster designs
  • Diverse soundtrack
What could be improved:
  • Imprecise controls for ranged weapons, shields, and platform jumping

  • cooking
  • platform
  • bullet-hell
  • rpg
  • comedy
  • scroller
  • post-apocalyptic
  • anime
  • pixel
  • funny
  • 2d
  • action
  • action-adventure
  • zombies
  • exploration

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Magical Delicacy (2024)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X Xbox One

A wholesome pixel art platformer. Cook magical delicacies from a vast collection of ingredients in your own shop. Explore an unfamiliar town and deliver tasty treats to the townsfolk. Learn new ways to traverse, discover secrets, and experience a unique witchy world.


  • platform
  • cooking
  • metroidvania
  • economy
  • relaxing
  • magic
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • exploration
  • life
  • cute
  • management
  • mystery

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Venba (2023)

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Xbox Series X PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 5 Xbox Series X/s Nintendo Switch

Embark on a touching journey with Venba, a heartwarming game that immerses you in the vibrant world of South Indian cuisine. Unravel a story of family, love, and self-discovery, restore lost recipes, and dive into mouthwatering dishes. With beautiful art, a delightful Tamil-inspired soundtrack, and engaging puzzles, Venba is a short but well-paced adventure waiting for you.


What we like:
  • Beautiful art and sound design
  • Heartfelt storytelling
  • Authentic representation of immigrant experience
  • Engaging gameplay with satisfying puzzles
  • Well-paced narrative
What could be improved:
  • Cooking puzzles may be too easy
  • Game length may leave players wanting more
  • Lack of touchscreen support
  • Absence of a glossary for recipes

  • narrative
  • cooking
  • 1980s
  • puzzle
  • conversation
  • visual-novel
  • emotional
  • soundtrack
  • cinematic
  • stylized
  • fiction
  • story
  • interactive
  • choices

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PIZZA POSSUM (2023)

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Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Embark on a cheeky arcade adventure in Pizza Possum! Outwit guard dogs, don hilarious disguises, and munch your way through a seaside village to become the ultimate pizza-stealing possum. Perfect for a quick laugh or a co-op giggle fest, this stealthy escapade is a slice of pure fun!


What we like:
  • Affordable and loads of fun
  • Ideal for quick gaming sessions
  • Excellent co-op experience
  • Introduces stealth mechanics in an accessible way
  • Provides laughter-filled playtime with friends
What could be improved:
  • Limited content requiring replay for full completion
  • Discarded items can clutter gameplay

  • rogue-like
  • cooperative
  • protagonist
  • cooking
  • stealth
  • colourful
  • cartoony
  • 3d
  • family-friendly
  • local
  • arcade
  • villain
  • cute
  • funny
  • hide-and-seek

5

PlateUp! (2022)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X/s

Cook and serve your dishes, design and decorate your restaurants, and expand your culinary kingdom with new unlocks, abilities and dishes in procedurally-generated locations. Classic cooking action with permanent roguelite progression. Hire your friends - or do it all yourself!


  • rogue-like
  • cooperative
  • cooking
  • management
  • building
  • local
  • base-building
  • procedural
  • 4-player

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Betrayal At Club Low (2022)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Betrayal at Club Low is an innovative point n' click adventure game set in a groovy world full of sentient buildings and people who talk through music. Problem-solving takes the form of dice battles, which you must use your seven skills - cooking, deception, music, observation, physique, wisdom and wit - to overcome your foes. The key is to stack the odds in your favor by using money to upgrade each side of a skill dice from 1 through to 6. Additionally you can add pizzas toppings with 'pizza dice' for bonus effects!

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What we like:
  • Unique gameplay style
  • Dice battles with mood modifiers
  • Pizza dice with bonus effects
  • Aesthetic absurdity
  • Fun soundtrack
What could be improved:
  • Short playtime
  • Some parts can be difficult without upgrades or pizza bonuses

  • dice
  • choices
  • rogue-like
  • cooking
  • tabletop
  • dynamic
  • noir
  • surreal
  • lore
  • point-and-click
  • conversation
  • character
  • rpg
  • multiple-endings
  • third-person

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Ravenous Devils (2022)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows

A horror cooking simulator where the secret ingredient is crime. Improve your shops, buy new tools, expand your menu, and above all, make your customers happy.


  • cooking
  • protagonist
  • dark
  • crime
  • horror
  • simulation
  • corpse
  • gore
  • clicker
  • resource-management
  • villain
  • management
  • time-management
  • humor
  • 2.5d

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Burger Bistro Story (2021)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 4 IOS iPhone Android

Open your own diner and create custom burgers in this management sim game.


  • cooking
  • simulation
  • life
  • city-building
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • casual
  • combo
  • economy
  • colony
  • strategy

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Cooking Simulator (2019)

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Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone Android PC Windows Playstation 4 Xbox One

Play one of the best cooking games! Take control of a highly polished, realistic kitchen equipped with all kinds of utensils and stands. Unlock and master over 80 recipes or use dozens of lifelike ingredients to cook everything you like. A simulator spiced up with a dash of real-life physics!


  • cooking
  • zero-to-hero
  • simulation
  • physics
  • realistic
  • real-life
  • sandbox

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Barista Simulator (2023)

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Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One Android

Barista Simulator lets you experience making a wide variety of coffees just like espresso, latte, cappuccino or even your special mix of coffees. While managing your coffee shop, you play as a Barista and make the coffees your customers want. It's up to you to choose how to treat your shoppers.


  • simulation
  • cooking
  • immersive
  • life
  • sandbox
  • management
  • education
  • relaxing
  • resource-management
  • realistic
  • crafting

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