King of Cooking (2021)

Developer: Team EnE
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Casual, Indie, Simulation
Rating: 4.4 of 5, 8 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 55 minutes
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

A colorful and casual cooking simulator where you juggle orders across multiple food trucks with typing and quick-time events, starting easy but ramping up in pressure.

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What players say

Players enjoy the retro Flash-game feel and casual tycoon gameplay, but many report bugs that break the chicken gangjeong store, making it unplayable until a fix arrived in 2025. The game is keyboard-only with limited options and players split on difficulty, finding it gets harder as more shops unlock, with inconvenient forced cycling between stores.

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