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Cooking Simulator 2: Better Together

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47%Game Brain Score
gameplay, graphics
stability, optimization
47% User Score Based on 332 reviews

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Cooking Simulator 2: Better Together is a single player and multiplayer casual role playing game. It was developed by Big Cheese Studio and was released on March 31, 2026. It received neutral reviews from players.

COOKING SIMULATOR 1 / COOKING SIMULATOR 2 BETTER TOGETHER COMPARISON About the Game A Fresh Start in a Hotter Kitchen It’s time to grab the apron - Your culinary journey begins in a small but promising restaurant where every day challenges you to improve, experiment, and develop your own cooking style. Learn the secrets of ingredients, refine your techniques, and craft plates that win over gu…

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47%
Audience ScoreBased on 332 reviews
gameplay15 positive mentions
stability49 negative mentions
  • The game offers a more realistic and structured cooking simulator experience compared to the first game, with less chaotic physics but more focus on restaurant management and recipe creation.
  • Multiplayer and co-op modes are enjoyable and add significant fun, allowing players to run a restaurant together and coordinate cooking tasks.
  • Developers are active with frequent hotfixes and responsive to community feedback, showing commitment to improving the game's bugs and performance.
  • Numerous bugs and technical issues severely impact gameplay, including game-breaking glitches, save loss, stuttering, freezing, and multiplayer desyncs.
  • Performance and optimization are poor, with reported low FPS even on capable PCs, causing discomfort and frustration during play.
  • Major gameplay design choices such as removal of free cutting, unintuitive plating mechanics, confusing recipe editor, slow customer flow, and poor UI reduce fun and make the game feel incomplete and less engaging than its predecessor.
  • gameplay
    74 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Gameplay in this title is notably streamlined and simplified compared to its predecessor, with many physics-based mechanics like manual cutting removed, leading to a more casual, accessible experience but less depth and challenge. While new features such as custom recipes and picking up multiple items add freedom and improve the gameplay loop, inconsistent, unclear mechanics and numerous bugs—especially in plating and tutorials—undermine player enjoyment. Fans of the first game’s complexity may find the changes disappointing, though ongoing updates hold promise for improved stability and feature restoration.

    • “Simplified cooking gameplay makes it feel satisfying rather than stressful.”
    • “The game is great: mechanics, controls, variety of ingredients, menu, cooking methods.”
    • “The new mechanics, like picking up multiple items at once, writing your own recipes, etc. are amazing and either add a lot more freedom or make the game substantially less tedious.”
    • “Key mechanics like gn pans and systems are not explained clearly.”
    • “Tools and mechanics don’t behave logically or consistently.”
    • “The tutorial softlocked me; I cannot physically get through it to grasp the complex mechanics involved in general gameplay.”
  • stability
    49 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game suffers from widespread and persistent bugs, including freezes, performance issues, glitches in core mechanics like plating, and occasional crashes, which significantly impact playability. While some players find it enjoyable and acknowledge active developer support with hotfixes, many consider the current stability inadequate for a full release, especially given its focus on multiplayer. Overall, stability remains a major concern that needs substantial improvement.

    • “This is officially one of the biggest piles of buggy messes I have ever seen on Steam.”
    • “The game is a buggy mess, a lot of performance issues (like: looking at the center of the kitchen? Unlucky, get 3fps), the whole 'flow' of cooking feels very dull compared to the first game.”
    • “The most buggy part that is ruining the experience and wouldn't recommend buying it is the plating station which really sucks since it's a pretty big part of the game's core gameplay and probably the most fun.”
  • optimization
    49 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game suffers from severe optimization issues, with frequent stuttering, freezing, and low frame rates reported by many players, especially during multiplayer or after kitchen upgrades. While some users experience smooth performance after tweaking settings or patches, the overall consensus points to poor optimization that significantly hinders gameplay comfort and stability. Developers have started addressing these problems through patches, but further optimization work is still needed.

    • “Performance has been no issue; everything set on max and I've experienced no connectivity issues as of yet.”
    • “Ps: people were upset with the game's performance/optimization, but it runs well for me after some tweaks in the settings.”
    • “Hotfix 1 fixed most performance issues.”
    • “Constant stuttering, rubber banding, and freezing for multiple seconds at a time even on the lowest possible graphic setting.”
    • “Each kitchen upgrade significantly impacted the game's performance until it became borderline unplayable.”
    • “I didn't get above 20fps the entire time and it was stuttering like crazy.”
  • graphics
    21 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics have received mixed feedback, with some users finding them more cartoony and less detailed compared to the first game, while others appreciate the refreshing, fun art style. Performance issues such as stuttering and lag persist even on low settings and older hardware, impacting the overall experience. Despite this, many still find the visuals appealing and fitting for the game's style.

    • “The graphics are nice - cartoony, but nice.”
    • “The games actually well polished from a style perspective; it has a less realistic but more fun art style.”
    • “The graphics are great, so is the gameplay.”
    • “Constant stuttering, rubber banding, and freezing for multiple seconds at a time even on the lowest possible graphic setting.”
    • “Now, this is on a GTX 1080—admittedly a very old card at this time—but this occurs regardless of graphics settings and is reproducible on other machines with this same card (different vendors, same GPU).”
    • “The graphics feel way more generic now.”
  • grinding
    10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Grinding in the game is frequently described as tedious and inefficient, especially with no-prep play and constant plating requirements, which can make the experience feel repetitive. However, new mechanics like multi-item pickup and custom recipes add freedom and reduce some of the previous tedium, though certain tasks remain monotonous and slow-paced. Overall, the game replaces old tedious elements with new ones but lacks a balanced difficulty to keep grinding engaging.

    • “It was incredibly tedious, inefficient, and completely unnecessary for a true cooking game.”
    • “Basically in this game they removed every tedious thing from the first game and made other tedious things instead.”
    • “Everything is tedious, having to unstack individual slices of vegetables to season them, having to constantly walk to the recipe book in the back to pin one recipe at a time, no pot washing (the plates just disappear off the tables), no taking of payments from the customers.”
  • story
    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game features little to no story, focusing primarily on gameplay and quests rather than narrative depth. Players note a lack of meaningful story elements or character development, emphasizing simplicity over charm.

    • “No story.”
    • “Customers tend to just order the cheap stuff on your menu; there's really no point in curating your menu in any specific way other than to hit arbitrary quest markers.”
    • “The plating system is more convenient than the original, but in the quest for simplicity, it has lost its charm.”
  • humor
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The humor in this game is less charming and engaging compared to the original, feeling more gimmicky and scripted rather than genuinely funny. While there are occasional amusing moments, it lacks the spontaneous, chaotic fun that made the first game enjoyable.

    • “Was pretty funny though.”
    • “It's not great, it's funny but missing the charm of Cooking Sim 1 where you stumbled through the game messing stuff up almost the entire time; everything has preset places where it will go. Half the fun of CS1 was trying to make stuff work with entirely the wrong tools.”
    • “Honestly, as much as I've been waiting for this since I heard it was being developed, I was excited. I loved the first one even with its own little issues because that made it funny... this one did not make it funny or a good time at all.”
  • monetization
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The monetization is perceived as poorly optimized and somewhat like a quick cash grab, lacking depth and variety. Users feel it is under-developed, missing key features such as market statistics, promotions, special events, and advertisements that could enhance the experience.

    • “Very badly optimized and feels like a quick cash grab.”
    • “Currently it feels a bit lacking on the general customer part (market statistics, promos, special weeks, advertisement - so many options), which makes this part feel under-developed for what it could be.”
  • character development
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users feel that the character development is outdated, with animations and designs resembling those from a 2009 game.

  • replayability
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users find the game highly replayable, emphasizing its endless nature that keeps them engaged over time.

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Cooking Simulator 2: Better Together is a casual role playing game.

Cooking Simulator 2: Better Together is available on PC and Windows.

On average players spend around 4 hours playing Cooking Simulator 2: Better Together.

Cooking Simulator 2: Better Together was released on March 31, 2026.

Cooking Simulator 2: Better Together was developed by Big Cheese Studio.

Cooking Simulator 2: Better Together has received neutral reviews from players. Most players liked Cooking Simulator 2: Better Together for its gameplay but disliked it for its stability.

Cooking Simulator 2: Better Together is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.

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