Experience the world of restaurant cooking in a highly polished, realistic kitchen. Use ovens, gas stands, pots, pans, bowls and plates, everything you need. Prepare dozens of lifelike ingredients - from vegetables through fish to steaks and poultry - to cook over thirty real dishes, or anything you like.
Best gaming PC for Cooking Simulator in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Cooking Simulator today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
1080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
1440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
1440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
4K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Forever Entertainment S.A. on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 7 x64 | Windows 10 x64 |
| CPU | i5 3550 / FX-8350 | i5 4570 / Ryzen 7 1700x |
| RAM | 6 GB | 16 GB |
| GPU | GTX 660Ti 3GB / R9 270X 4GB | GTX 1060 6GB / RX 480 GB 8GB |
| Storage | 6 GB | 6 GB |
| DirectX | 9.0 | 11 |
Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Cooking Simulator?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to i5 4570 / Ryzen 7 1700x and your GPU is at or above GTX 1060 6GB / RX 480 GB 8GB, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.