Cooking Live - Italian Kitchen Simulator

Cooking Live - Italian Kitchen Simulator

Matryoshka · 2023 · Cooking, Free to Play, Casual, Time Management, Visual Novel

PC
6 user reviews67% · 6
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About Cooking Live - Italian Kitchen Simulator

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Cooking Live combines elements of business, time management and cooking games. Progress through the plot step by step and unlock new themed cafe shops and beautiful locations. Whether it's a pizzeria, bakery, or diner, every chef has their own unique taste and their own recipes and stories. Show off your cooking skills and help save every cozy restaurant from the hands of soulless corporations! In this game, you will be traveling around the world in an attempt to revive the failing restaurant business.

Be ready to discover stories and help people make their dreams come true. Each episode develops its own unique story. Here are some of them:

Episode 1. Good Morning!
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Good Morning is a cozy restaurant in Amsterdam. The owner, Leah, had gotten tired of her monotonous job at a bank. One day, she decides to change her life and rents an empty building to create a sunny restaurant. But the new work feels too hard, and Leah is about to give up and turn over the location to a fast-food chain. Jane and her cooking show are the last hope to save the restaurant and make Leah’s dream come true!

Episode 3. Get Cool
Get Cool is a retro drive-in cafe in Atlanta, USA. After college, a happily married couple returns to the city of their childhood to buy a drive-in cafe and breathe new life into the place where they met. But nothing goes as planned, and the once-happy couple is facing a relationship crisis. A junk-food company is ready to buy the place for a song. Jane is there to turn things around and make the drive-in cafe more popular than ever before, so the couple can work together and be happy again.
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Episode 5. Shell

Shell is a seafood restaurant in Tokyo, Japan. Kaito hears about the sale of an old aquarium complex, and he and his wife Asami decide to buy it. Kaito’s dream is to make a restaurant where Asami can put her many years of experience as a restaurateur and culinary ideas to use. But things get complicated when they are forced to sell their house to pay their bills. Desperate for help, Kaito asks Jane to come, hoping she might make a difference.
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We are currently working on:

New episodes:
- Detective Story
New characters for each new episode and their unique stories.
The beginning of Jane and Mike’s story and his betrayal.

DLC & expansions

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Jul 29, 2026
After playing the game, I became a chef, I didn't think I could, but it turns out I have talent) Quite a good game
13 found this helpful
Not recommended Jul 19, 2026
its fun to play onnly for 1-2 hours. after that you'll be forced to spend money on boosters else it will be almost impossible to advance to levels as it'll make it deliberately hard to do so. there is no walkaround after this. you cannot "work harder". even if you get 100% money from the npc customers, you still wont have enough money to pass the level. i understand devs need to make money but deliberately making it impossible to proceed is kinda underhanded.
5 found this helpful
Recommended Jul 15, 2026
Cooking Live - Italian Kitchen Simulator, developed and published by Matryoshka, takes the familiar time-management formula and enhances it with a globe-trotting narrative centered around food, culture, and restaurant restoration. While its title emphasizes Italian cuisine, the game quickly reveals itself as a broader culinary journey in which players assist struggling establishments through a combination of cooking challenges, renovations, and character-driven stories. Built as a free-to-play experience, it targets players who enjoy casual gameplay sessions filled with constant rewards and a steady stream of unlockables. At the center of the experience is Jane, a passionate food enthusiast and blogger who travels from one city to another helping local businesses survive against the pressures of large corporations and changing consumer trends. This premise gives the game a sense of purpose beyond simply serving dishes as quickly as possible. Every restaurant comes with its own cast of characters and visual identity, making each chapter feel like a small episode in an ongoing series. Although the storytelling remains light and approachable, it does enough to distinguish the game fr…
1 found this helpful
Recommended Jul 29, 2026
girlfriend loves this game, Its amusing to watch her play it, She gets all locked in
Recommended Jul 15, 2026
I think this is more chill than most cooking games that I have played in the past. It's relaxing and easy to get through the levels
Recommended Jul 5, 2026
yes, phone game on pc

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