Is The Cooking Game free?

Yes — The Cooking Game is free to play, so you can install and play it without buying anything.

Does The Cooking Game work on Steam Deck?

Valve rates The Cooking Game Unsupported on Steam Deck, which means some or all of it does not currently work there.

Can I play The Cooking Game on Mac?

Yes. The Cooking Game has a native macOS version on Steam.

Is The Cooking Game multiplayer?

No — Steam lists The Cooking Game as single-player only.

Is The Cooking Game on PC Game Pass?

No — The Cooking Game is not on PC Game Pass right now.

The Cooking Game

Name: The Cooking Game
Brand: Play Spirit Limited
Availability: InStock

Play Spirit Limited · October 21, 2016 · Casual, Indie, Simulation, Cooking, Time Management

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About The Cooking Game

Welcome to The Cooking Game.
You’re on a mission to start running your own restaurant business.
Fancy celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay who owns a chain of his own restaurants or Jamie Oliver who promotes healthy and vegetarian recipes inspired from all over the world? Do you want to become a famous gourmet, and food writer like Nigella Lawson who has her own TV Show?
Start now with The Cooking Game and learn how to cook, serve and manage your own restaurants.

Chef Jennifer will help you getting accustomed to preparing a variety of dishes from all over the world & managing different style of restaurants: from fast food cafe to vegan to a high-end exclusive Japanese sushi restaurant.

You will start with simple Fast Food Cafe to gain basic culinary skills, then proceed with to earn a Turkish restaurant business, provided you prove what you have as a chef.

Features
- 8 unique restaurants, from bakery to diner, from american to chinese
- more than 300 levels
- hundreds of kitchen upgrades
- prepare hundreds of dishes
- satisfy thousands of customers
- personalize your interior with elegant furniture
- cook any dish from burger to fancy chef recipe, from breakfast to dinner

You will slowly make your own into owning and managing a Chinese Wok to Walk restaurant.
Ever wonder how to stir fry a Chinese noodle and fried rice?
Do you have what it takes to stir fry a Chinese style egg-noodles in front of your customers with selected toppings, meat & sauces?

Upgrade your culinary skills then with managing more advanced and exquisite Italian and Japanese Sushi restaurants.
These restaurants are not for the faint-of-hearted.
Japanese sushi restaurant will take your skill to the limit as you explore the traditional ways of making Japanese sashimi, sushi rolls, tempura etc.

All work but no play? Don’t worry. Candy shop will take you back to your sweetest memory as a kid.
Serve the desserts to your customers by learning how to bake cupcakes, make cotton candy, frozen yogurt and slurpee!

A variety of cuisines
- Chinese Noodles & Rice
- Italian Pizza, Pasta & Lasagna
- American Fast Food Burger & Hotdog
- Japanese Sushi & Tempura
- Arabic Shawarma & Kebab
- Popular Cakes, Icecream & Sweets
- Cook spicy hot Indian curry
- Prepare delicious burrito, taco & quesadilla

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?!?
Show your skills and feed the hungry customers!
Get "the Cooking Game" now! THIS IS THE MOST INSANELY ADDICTIVE COOKING GAME EVER!

The Cooking Game — game info

Platforms: Windows, macOS
Steam Deck: Unsupported
Player modes: Single-player
PC Game Pass: Not included

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The Cooking Game Original Soundtracks

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lowest tracked $0.59

What Steam players say

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

Not recommended Jun 16, 2025

it always crashes in the tutorial after having you click the 3 dots in the top left to see rewards.

4 found this helpful

Not recommended Aug 6, 2025

Every time I would try to open the achievements in-game, it would crash. Starting not in full-screen sucks. I can't even finish the tutorial without it crashing.

2 found this helpful

Not recommended Apr 23, 2026

Game keeps crashing

Recommended Oct 28, 2025

Игра "The Cooking Game" оказалась на удивление увлекательной! Простой, но захватывающий геймплей быстро затягивает. Приготовление блюд по рецептам, управление временем и ресурсами, угождение привередливым клиентам - все это создает напряженную и динамичную атмосферу. Мне понравилось, как постепенно открываются новые рецепты и ингредиенты, стимулируя продолжать играть. Графика симпатичная и не отвлекает от процесса. Звуковое сопровождение добавляет атмосферы кулинарной суеты. Однако, иногда игра кажется немного однообразной, особенно на поздних этапах. Не хватает каких-то более сложных механик или разнообразия в задачах. Было бы здорово увидеть больше кастомизации ресторана или возможность соревноваться с другими игроками. Несмотря на это, "The Cooking Game" - отличный выбор для тех, кто ищет простую, но увлекательную игру на кулинарную тематику. Рекомендую, особенно если вы хотите скоротать время и испытать себя в роли виртуального шеф-повара.

Recommended Aug 14, 2025

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Recommended May 27, 2025

For free, this is a great game. Super challenging, and completely possible to play without paying for upgrades. Thank you for making this accessible for free!

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