Cooking Simulator
- Developer
- Big Cheese Studio
- Publisher
- Forever Entertainment S.A.
- Released
- 06 June 2019
- Age rating
- PEGI N/A
- UK price
- £15.49
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Cooking Simulator is a single-player simulation game that recreates restaurant cooking using a physics-based engine and detailed kitchen mechanics. Players prepare a wide range of recipes from many ingredients, handling ovens, stoves, pots, pans, and utensils in a fully interactive kitchen. It includes several modes, such as a career mode where players run a kitchen and build up fame by filling orders, a free-form sandbox with no time limits, and a set of tutorials that teach the mechanics. Additional content adds themed kitchens and specialties like pizza, cakes, and cookies.
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 5050 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
1440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
- 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 23 August 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, look at the tier picks above.