Cooking Simulator 2: Better Together

Big Cheese Studio developed and self-published Cooking Simulator 2: Better Together. It launched on PC via Steam on March 31, 2026. The game is the full sequel to the original Cooking Simulator, which accumulated over 2 million players since 2019. You run a restaurant kitchen with complete creative freedom over recipes, plating, and kitchen management. Furthermore, for the first time in the series, you can share the kitchen with a friend in real-time online co-op.

About the Game

Cooking Simulator 2 builds on the original’s physics-based kitchen simulation and significantly expands every major system. The recipe library grows to over 80 dishes spanning 200+ ingredients, and a new Blueprint System lets players design and register their own original recipes from scratch. Furthermore, the progression system is deeper this time, offering node-based upgrades that improve both the chef’s skills and the kitchen’s equipment simultaneously. The co-op mode is the sequel’s most celebrated addition. One player can handle ingredient preparation while another manages the stove, and a third focuses on plating — producing a genuinely chaotic and funny shared kitchen experience. Additionally, full character customization lets players personalize their chef’s appearance before stepping behind the counter. However, some physics interactions present in the original — particularly around ingredient cutting — were simplified to accommodate the multiplayer framework. Nevertheless, reviewers and players broadly agree that the co-op addition more than compensates for those trade-offs.

Características principales

Online Multiplayer Co-op Kitchen: The defining new feature of the sequel is full online multiplayer co-op support. Multiple players can share the same kitchen in real time, dividing responsibilities across prep work, cooking, and plating. Furthermore, the co-op mode supports both serious collaborative cooking and completely chaotic sandbox experimentation. Consequently, the game transforms from a solo meditative experience into one of the funniest cooperative simulations of 2026.
Blueprint System for Custom Recipes: Players are no longer limited to cooking predefined dishes. The Blueprint System lets you combine ingredients, experiment with cooking methods, and register original recipes that can be served to restaurant customers. Moreover, discovering and testing ingredient combinations adds an element of creative culinary experimentation that the original game never offered. As a result, no two players’ restaurants need to serve the same menu.
80+ Recipes, 200+ Ingredients, and Advanced Cooking Tools: The recipe and ingredient roster dwarfs the original in both scope and variety. Professional tools including precision thermometers, multiple stove types, and plating equipment let players control every variable of the cooking process. Furthermore, temperature management and timing are both simulated in detail, rewarding players who approach cooking with technique rather than button-mashing. Additionally, the kitchen layout can be customized with upgraded appliances as progression advances.
Character Customization and Restaurant Progression: For the first time in the series, players fully customize their chef’s appearance before starting the game. Additionally, a node-based progression system lets players invest earnings into skill improvements and kitchen upgrades along separate development tracks. Consequently, the long-term progression feels more varied and personalized than the linear upgrade path of the original. Moreover, restaurant growth from a small local spot to a five-star establishment provides a satisfying overarching goal across the campaign.

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¡Cocinado! 2	Also a co-op cooking game with chaotic kitchen mechanics and real-time teamwork. However, it uses a top-down arcade structure with abstract level designs rather than a physics-based first-person kitchen simulation. Furthermore, it has no single-player restaurant progression or recipe customization system.	Players who want fast, arcade-style co-op cooking chaos with tight level design rather than a realistic kitchen simulation.
Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator	Shares the restaurant management and cooking simulation premise with a similar first-person kitchen perspective. Nevertheless, it focuses more heavily on business management and customer satisfaction metrics rather than physics-based cooking mechanics and co-op play. Moreover, it lacks the blueprint custom recipe system.	Players who want a more serious restaurant business management game with deeper financial and staff systems alongside cooking.
Cooking Simulator (1)	The direct predecessor with stronger physics interactions for ingredient preparation, particularly cutting mechanics. However, it is a solo-only experience with no multiplayer, fewer recipes, and no character customization. Additionally, it lacks the node-based progression system introduced in the sequel.	Players who want the most detailed physics-based solo cooking simulation without multiplayer trade-offs or progression systems.

Game Details

Desarrollador / Editor: Big Cheese Studio
Plataformas: PC (Steam); Windows
Fecha de publicación: March 31, 2026
Género: Casual, Indie, RPG, Simulation (Cooking, Restaurant, Co-op, Sandbox)
Precio: $24.99
Steam Achievements: 28
Online Co-op: Yes (multiplayer co-op)
Controller Support: Partial
Steam Deck: Playable

Requisitos del sistema

Cooking Simulator 2 requires a notably stronger GPU than its predecessor, reflecting the upgraded visual fidelity and physics systems of the sequel. Furthermore, storage needs jump to 20 GB, though no SSD requirement is listed at either tier.