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Games like Life, the Universe, and Restaurants

Games like Life, the Universe, and Restaurants

Games like Life, the Universe, and Restaurants

Looking for games like Life, the Universe, and Restaurants? Here are top casual city builder recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with Cozy Cookmaster, The Diner at the End of the Galaxy or Mars Attracts.

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  1. Cozy Cookmaster is an incremental restaurant management game where you turn a tiny food counter into a busy restaurant. Cook by hand, serve customers, clean tables, unlock new recipes, hire staff, upgrade your kitchen, expand your dining area, and keep your restaurant growing day after day. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cozy Cookmaster.

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  2. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    77% User Score Based on 30 reviews

    This is a free demo for the upcoming game, The Diner at the End of the Galaxy (releasing in 2025). We're still in beta so do excuse the occasional bug -- rest assured we're working on it. Build and manage your diner, grow exotic ingredients, create a menu that appeals to intergalactic palates, and make deals with powerful factions. Come on in—the Diner is always open for business. Transform an a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Diner at the End of the Galaxy.

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  3. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    93% User Score Based on 214 reviews

    Mars Attracts is a park management sim set in the iconic universe of Mars Attacks. Build rides, hire staff, manage guest needs, and abduct humans to serve as the star attractions. You'll face demanding visitors, environmental hazards, and the ever-looming threat of human escapes! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mars Attracts.

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  4. 99%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    99% User Score Based on 368 reviews

    Bone's café is a fast paced cooking game. Customize the layout of your kitchen to guarantee your success. Specialize your menu in ingredients and recipes to design your ultimate restaurant. Raise your customers from the dead, or invite your friends in this 4 player cooking adventure. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bone's Cafe.

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  5. The world is broken. Your home doesn’t have to stay small. NeoPangea is a single-player colony sim where your entire settlement can sail. Lead returning heroes of history and myth, keep them fed and rested, and turn a lonely island into an automated homeland. The resources you need are across the water? Bring the land home with you. Sail your island. Piece the world together. Build engines, stee… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NeoPangea.

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  6. 54%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    79% User Score Based on 19 reviews

    One of the key elements of the game is your production. However, instead of the usual vegetables, pies, and trinkets, you're engaged in growing tobacco, brewing alcohol, and producing goods available only to adults. In addition, you can produce coffee, soda, and energy drinks. All of this can be sold in your store! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Trailer Park Tycoon: Raccoon Ranch.

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  7. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story
    81% User Score Based on 1,265 reviews

    Design, build and manage a giant shopping center. Open shops, supermarkets, restaurants, movie theaters, bowling alleys and more. Hire and manage the best staff for the job and milk your customers for all they're worth! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Another Brick in The Mall.

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    90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    90% User Score Based on 273 reviews

    Design and build your own medieval tavern! Build a tavern from the ground up in any way you imagine it! It can be a classy place meant to serve kings or a restaurant which specializes in great food. Optimize your seating arrangement to allow your staff to be as fast as possible, upgrade and expand to attract even more patrons and spread your business. In order to keep your customers happy you wi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TM - Prologue.

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  9. The Supreme Leader is a sheep. A big ram in an officer's cap, with curly horns, a red sash and far too many medals. He has a palace, a Breeding Pen, ten hungry sheep and one broken conveyor belt. You are his Hoof: he points, you click. Open the doorsSheep live in rooms. In the Breeding Pen they make lambs. In the Feeding Lot they eat until they are FULL. Every room has a door on each side: open o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sheeptator.

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  10. Welcome to BlightshireYou inherited a house. That's the good news. The less good news: there's not much more to it than a starting point just yet. Somnia Automata is a 2D cozy game about crafting, exploration, and automation – most of the time, anyway. Gather resources, craft items, expand your workshop, and gradually develop machines and robots that take most of the work off your hands. What yo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Somnia Automata.

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  11. A Small Shop, a Vast Flower FieldWelcome to Little Bear's Honey Shop, a colorful incremental game where every expedition into the flower fields enriches your next day of business. Fight, gather, craft, and sell as you turn a tiny honey shop into a lively store. Fight in Living Flower FieldsLeave the safety of your shop and head into beautiful but dangerous meadows. Defeat swarms of moving flowe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Little Bear`s Honey Shop.

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  12. A little café. A clever crew. Your instructions.Aunt Ada has handed you the keys to her neighborhood café—and a robot waiting for its first instructions. In Byte Bistro, you turn that modest beginning into a working kitchen, one recipe, one routine, and one satisfied guest at a time. This single-player café-management and automation game pairs warm pixel art with a very practical question: can yo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Byte Bistro.

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  13. Start small. Build bigger. Automate everything.Glorpnauts is a space incremental game where a small mining operation gradually grows into a busy automated network. Mine asteroids, generate Credits, refine resources, construct new structures, and fill the screen with ships working on their own. Build a Living Space EconomyExpand your fleet and watch your operation come to life. Mining Ships … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Glorpnauts.

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  14. Run your own conveyor belt sushi restaurant. Make sushi, serve customers, process payments, clean tables, hire staff, and design your restaurant’s conveyor belt. Set your own prices, manage troublesome customers, and expand your sushi restaurant. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Conveyor Belt Sushi Simulator.

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  15. 「Bargaining」as the core, with the cyberpunk style of art performance, 《lower? higher!》 wants to provide you with a different experience of pawnshop operation. You will trade with customers with different needs, and in the process, you can speculate on the psychology of the customer, change the properties of the product, or directly pray to the dice god -- these various business methods can help yo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lower? Higher!.

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  16. 30%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, gameplay
    44% User Score Based on 18 reviews

    Scribbleman Army is a colony management game where you have to explore a cave. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Scribbleman Army.

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  17. Join the discord! About the Game Food Truck Empire is a management game where you build your own food truck business. As a fast-food fledgling, it’s your goal to turn a humble burger van into a fleet of mobile restaurants that feed every street corner in town!  Figure out what each neighborhood craves, design and automate your production lines, research new tech, and take on competing busi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Food Truck Empire.

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    44%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, graphics
    73% User Score Based on 11 reviews

    Early Access Road Map About the GameHell doesn't clean itself. But you do. You've been assigned to the worst job in the afterlife. Hell has a rot problem. An infestation creep has crept into the neglected zones and started swallowing them whole, bodies are piling up faster than anyone can count, and nobody else is coming to deal with it. That's where you come in. Hell Cleaners is a first-pe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hell Cleaners.

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  19. 66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    86% User Score Based on 28 reviews

    The war between clans is over. The island is yoursTurn a massive island into a thriving resort empire. Explore, survive, manage and trade in a world full of opportunity and danger WELCOME CUSTOMERSGuests arrive with expectations and coins to spend. GATHER & SURVIVEHunt, farm and produce to keep your island running. DECORATEEvery decoration increases comfort, value and profit. EXPAND ISLANDUnlock n… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Resort Island Simulator.

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    76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music
    87% User Score Based on 38 reviews

    Your toilet - your rules. Clean, charge fees, kick out freeloaders. Turn a filthy restroom into a royal, automated empire in an absurd simulator! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mr Toilet.

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  21. 66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    66% User Score Based on 82 reviews

    Build and manage the summer camp of your dreams in Camp Canyonwood. A life sim about the great outdoors, childhood memories, and the things that go bump in the night. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Camp Canyonwood.

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    82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    82% User Score Based on 644 reviews

    Manage Hell. Manipulate the Overworld. Build the resurrection business of your dreams! In Sintopia, you’re tasked with managing the bureaucratic administration of Hell: “re-educate” the sinful, generate profit, play god and expand your hellish empire. All part of a day’s work at Hell Incorporated. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sintopia.

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  23. Your first mission, Rift seeker, landing on a barren and unexplored new planet, you are tasked to create a thriving new colonial outpost and find the secrets of the void rifts around... Are you ready seeker?Build bases for your seekers and the entities you find:Be quick to satisfy your colonists every need or suffer the consequences, contain what you find on your explorations and manage the resour… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mission: Rift seeker.

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  24. 98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    98% User Score Based on 98 reviews

    You and allies, avian inhabitants of Sanctree City, build structures and production lines on the tree, crafting weapons to fend off subterranean insects. Defense is just the start—dig deeper, destroy nests, fortify new defenses against escalating threats for an impregnable stronghold. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Guardians of the Sanctree.

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  26. 66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, grinding
    66% User Score Based on 245 reviews

    Welcome to the most loved restaurant management game. Join millions in cooking, serving, managing, and trading. Meet chefs around the world and cater to celebrations. Form your CHEF TEAM to combat time management challenges and become the MASTER CHEF. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Chef 2: Cooking Game.

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  29. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    95% User Score Based on 6,072 reviews

    A horror cooking simulator where the secret ingredient is crime. Improve your shops by buying new tools and serving your customers.Manage a tailor shop and corpse-cooking business in a city where crime, corruption, and poverty are commonplace. Percival and Hildred have just moved here with nothing but a dream: to get extremely rich. Take control of Percival to manage the tailor shop, wait for the … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ravenous Devils.

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  30. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    91% User Score Based on 5,239 reviews

    Tavern Master is all about managing your medieval tavern. You start with a very small room, couple of benches and tables and build your way up to a huge successful tavern with a kitchen, rooms for guests, group of loyal staff and much more! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tavern Master.

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  31. In 2004, the people of Kursk made a living however they could. Some sold goods at the local market, others dealt in pirated CDs, and a few borrowed money from the first two groups and were never seen again. You, on the other hand, have been left with a kiosk, five products, and a sales quota to meet. Kursk Kiosk is a roguelike about running a small business in provincial Russia in the early 2000… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kursk Kiosk.

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  32. Plant Mortals. Water them. Make them cry. You are a low-ranking god assigned to a small universe. Raise Mortals in a 5×5 garden, harvest their Tears, and satisfy the demands of the gods above you. Survive twelve increasingly demanding tributes. Then harvest 666 Tears in the final Apocalypse Stage and bring the universe to an end. MAKE EVERY WATERING COUNTMortals begin as Seeds and grow through … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cry Me a Cosmos.

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  33. In a city where flavor is against the law, start with a tiny underground kitchen and build your way up to a full-blown culinary empire. Cook illegal food by hand, sell it on the streets, stay clear of patrols, expand your network of kitchens, and take over the city's black market one district at a time. COOK THE FORBIDDEN – BY HANDPrepare illegal food yourself, step by step – from raw ingredient… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Illegourmet.

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  34. You owe everything. You own nothing. Time to hustle. DEBTMASTER is a roguelite strategy game about clawing your way out of debt by any means necessary. Interest compounds daily. You juggle side hustles, stack upgrades, and make impossible choices about where your next dollar goes -- rent a better bot server, or repair your delivery car before it dies? HUSTLE EVERYTHING Play Spades with recruitab… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DEBTMASTER.

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  35. Be the owner, not just the manager. Sunberry Island is a vacation park sim where you’re physically part of the world. Build your legacy from the ground up, manage guest expectations, and survive the seasons on a sun-soaked island that reacts to your every move. Manage a park, live the lifeMost management games keep you at a distance, but in Sunberry Island, you aren't a floating cursor. You are a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sunberry Island.

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  36. Grow a farming empire from a single plot of land. Agro Tycoon is an isometric pixel art management simulator where you're not just a farmer - you're the CEO of your own agricultural operation. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Agro Tycoon.

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  37. Run a tavern that never stops growing. Start small, pour drinks, and build your way into a thriving, fully automated operation. Get rich Generate coins by serving customers, then reinvest into your tavern. Hire bartenders, unlock new rooms, and expand production across brewing and cooking systems that all feed into each other. Meet the crew Discover a cast of quirky tavern patrons as y… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to INFINITAVERN.

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  38. Build Your Underground EmpireStart small and rise through the criminal ranks in Shady Pines, a growing city full of opportunity. Sell product to a wide range of customers, expand your operation, and turn a small-time hustle into a city-wide empire. Increase your influence through sales, earn street cred, and unlock new buildings, upgrades, and powerful talents as your reputation spreads. Expand … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Idle High.

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  39. Tramp: Become President is a dark comedy resource management game built around collecting, crafting, and exploiting everything the world throws away. Blending desktop idle gameplay, management simulation, sandbox and light Roguelite exploration, it invites you into an absurd social ladder where money solves almost everything. Resource Management: Nobody Understands Recycling Better Than You Hu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tramp: Become President.

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  40. About This Game When the online world is a warzone, and being "UwU" is your deadliest weapon. Welcome to a totally fucked-up near future, where neon lights hide the rot and everyone is addicted to their screens... In this world, "Views" are God, and "Clout" is your golden ticket to everything. Play as Lumina, the Queen V-Tuber currently hyping up the network. On-cam… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project: Idol / Empire.

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  41. 【If the game has display issues, you can try】: restarting the game / creating a new save file / adjusting the ZOOM in settings. 【Our Demo is Now Available! Please add it to your wishlist if you like it! ❤️】 【You can contact us via the social links on the right side of the page for any feedback!】 Build Your Dream Resort with Furry Friends! Team up with adorable animal buddies to create a one-o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 卡皮巴拉幸福时光 Capybara's Happytime.

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    47%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    80% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    COMTEC : Your Partner in Profitable Deep Space Ventures As a freelance Prospector, you’ve chosen COMTEC to supply you with what you need. COMTEC, the galaxy’s #1 comet-coloniser. Your goal? To buy a comet, extract its resources and build a destination for tourists, hoping to make your money back. Land on procedurally generated comets, categorised from Common to Exotic. Harvest raw materi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Comet Tycoon.

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  43. Adventurers Guild Inc. is a turn-based management game where you run the business behind the heroics! Hire staff, post quests, and fulfill adventurers' needs (while taking a cut). Manage your budget, grow your reputation, watch adventurers scramble and build the greatest guild of all! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Adventurers Guild Inc..

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  44. 38%Game Brain Score
    38% User Score Based on 3 reviews

    In this cozy management sim, you get to run your own sushi train restaurant! Cook delicious meals, serve hungry customers, and grow your business with automation, decorations, and the help of a cat chef and robot assistants. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sushi Dojo.

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  45. Diner Simulator — Welcome to Your Dream (and Maybe a Bit of a Nightmare) You finally did it — your very own cozy little diner is open for business! The locals are lining up, hungry and curious. But are you ready to handle everything yourself? In Diner Simulator, you're not just the chef — you're the server, the cleaner, the stock manager, and the heart of the whole operation. Cook meals, serve gu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Diner Simulator.

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  46. In this sunlit feline paradise, become the owner of a one-of-a-kind restaurant designed with your dream "Purr Plate"! Team up with over 100+ quirky cat staffers--from paw-kneading bakers to servers tumbling adorably over their own tails--to create your purrfect woodland café! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PurrPlate.

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  47. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability
    94% User Score Based on 18 reviews

    Build a rabbit town and defend against the Fluffy Empire. Strategically place buildings and manage resources as your settlement grows, facing increasingly challenging invasions. Each victory unlocks new ways to play, expanding your options. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Town Keeper.

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  48. Halloween Store Simulator is a city management game where you design, build, and manage your own Halloween Store! You will need to manage the needs of your customers and employees to make your store profitable. Start from a single store then grow and expand the reach of Halloween across the map by building more Halloween themed stores, restaurants, and entertainment venues!Key Features: Build De… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Halloween Store Simulator.

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  49. Welcome to Restaurant Simulator 2023, the ultimate culinary adventure where you can build and manage your very own restaurant empire! Step into the shoes of a restaurateur and unleash your creativity as you design and run multiple unique restaurants in this immersive simulation game. With its charming and colorful graphics, Restaurant Simulator 2023 offers a delightful and relaxing gaming experie… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Restaurant Simulator 2023.

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  50. 52%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics
    69% User Score Based on 26 reviews

    Expand among the stars! It is 72k years in the future, and a new wave of Human expansion abounds. Join the ranks of the Ecxos, prep star systems for habitation, and develop your tools and ships to enterprise ever faster and further. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eclectic Expansion Enterprise.

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