In the past few years, cooking games have been on the rise, with many of the available excellent titles becoming huge on YouTube and Twitch. But, because cooking games often go one way in gameplay or are mobile ports only meant to take your hard-earned money, it’s not a genre with dozens of games being made for PC.
Luckily though, the indie game scene has mainly been the ones to push this trend of cooking games forward. And because of that, there are plenty of hidden gems that are waiting to be played by fans of fast-paced co-op cooking environments, Stardew Valley-like cooking simulations, and even action-oriented cooking platformers.
10/10 One-Armed Cook
If, after playing Surgeon Simulator 2, you thought to yourself how great a cooking game would be with only one hand, then look no further because One-Armed Cook answers this question. In this intense co-op cooking simulator, your objective is to serve customers as fast as possible with, you guessed it, only one arm.
At first, it can be challenging to play due to the limited movement and little to no available instructions on how to play, but once you figure it out, you can serve burgers as you please. It’s available for up to four players, and customizable options are available.
9/10 Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
Potion Craft may not be your typical cooking game, but it involves harvesting ingredients to brew potions for various customers that come to your shop. Each day in the game, you’ll be tasked with helping customers, using a limited amount of ingredients that are grown in your backyard, while working towards more efficient means of production.
Potion Craft is not a simple game, and can take some time to master fully with its survival-like scarcity aspects. But, once you get the hang of it, the end game content can be very fulfilling, especially with new features being implemented regularly.
8/10 Battle Chef Brigade
Battle Chef Brigade can only be described as a story-rich action RPG with a beautiful anime-like art style where you must kill monsters and then cook them to progress. It’s a unique game that you won’t find anywhere else in the cooking games genre, especially since it also features competitive gameplay.
However, the game has a few downsides, especially if you’re looking for a longer game. The game is very short overall, and the mechanics, in the beginning, can be a bit confusing to figure out. But once you do, it’s sure to keep your attention.
7/10 Cooking Simulator
Cooking Simulator is one of the more popular and realistic cooking games on PC. Its popularity is due to its semi-authentic cooking experience and chill atmosphere. And because of this, it was even cleared for a VR version of the game with more difficult-to-handle controls.
There are over 80 recipes, and DLC is available for different ways of cooking and even more recipes like cake decorating and more. It’s plenty of fun and an excellent game to play alone after a long day, similar to how PowerWash Simulator operates.
6/10 Dungeon Munchies
One of the best side-scrolling action RPGs is undoubtedly Dungeon Munchies. This game features a world of monsters to kill and cook with food and cooking-related humor spread throughout.
To progress in this game, you must go through the levels defeating monsters and using their parts to cook food. The food you cook is used to upgrade your character and unlock special abilities to help you get through each dungeon and boss room. There are also plenty of combinations to unlock, allowing for hours worth of fun and different difficulties for a more challenging experience.
5/10 Good Pizza, Great Pizza
Flash games in the early days of the internet were some of the most popular games for children and teenagers to play. One of these was Papa’s flash games, with the most famous iteration being Papa’s Pizzeria. Good Pizza, Great Pizza perfectly replicates what these games brought to the table, but with even more content.
It’s a great casual game to play by yourself, as you can relax and make pizzas for incoming customers while following the story. However, it does boil down to constantly clicking after a while, so it’s best to play a bit at a time.
4/10 Cook, Serve, Delicious!
If you have ever wanted to cook in a fast-paced environment that stresses you out, just like working a real job at a fast food restaurant, look no further than Cook, Serve, Delicious! This game is for people who genuinely want an unforgiving, hardcore experience where you grind out orders to get to that five-star restaurant.
If you’re looking for some casual fun, this might not be the one for you, as there are no difficulty settings to make it easier. But, this game has three different titles in its series, with each one providing a better experience and a different environment with each game.
3/10 Overcooked
Overcooked is the most chaotic cooking game out right now, supporting four-player co-op, local co-op, and multiplayer to provide a frustrating yet thrilling experience. You play as a chef who is tasked by King Onion to save the world with your culinary expertise.
Each level has some unique twist to it, and as you go further into the game, twists are combined with other challenges to make it, so that good teamwork is an absolute necessity. From ice and lava levels to cooking different dishes while speeding down the highway, Overcooked has a chaotic and fun environment.
2/10 Bone’s Cafe
Bone’s Cafe is a relatively hidden cooking game despite its fun and unique concept. Take the layout of Overcooked with aspects from Graveyard Keeper and Factorio, and you’ve got a highly entertaining game that you can easily spend hundreds of hours playing. And, because it’s in early access, there is still plenty of content to come that will change the landscape.
You can play this game with up to four people while managing and building your restaurant to your heart’s content. The best part is that to get the ingredients provided for most of your dishes, you need to kill your customers and take their meat while serving it back to them. You can then automate it with undead minions while expanding your base to become the best in the business.
1/10 Plate Up!
Design your restaurant with up to four players in a constantly evolving environment to get a five-star rating. The concept behind it is straightforward, but Plate Up provides a unique aspect that so far no other cooking game has done, forcing you to do challenges and making upgrades scarce.
Doing this creates a chaotic environment where teamwork is absolutely needed, and upgrades must be carefully decided on. The idea behind it is that if you’re not careful, you have to reset all your progress back to the beginning, which makes it incredibly difficult to get that golden five stars. But, once you get there, it is an incredible feeling after making the journey.
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