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At the same time, they very much do their own thing, with an emphasis on multitasking and collaborating with other players. This has spawned a number of similar efforts—though there are also comparable titles that predate it.
Keep reading to discover some of the most fun and interesting games Overcookedfans should love. For the most part, these titles emphasize a combination of coordination and juggling different tasks on the fly.
Updated May 7, 2022 by Stephen LaGioia: Team17 cooperative party game continues to show its tremendous staying power. Thanks to its highly-addictive multiplayer, robust content, and colorful visual charm, Overcooked 2 has aged like fine wine. 2021’s All You Can Eat, which refines some bits and tacks on even more features, further entices gamers to sink their teeth into this delightful game.
Overcooked’s appealing formula has spawned an increasing number of similar games, which have players shifting their focus and juggling multiple tasks. With this in mind, it seemed like a good time to revisit and spice up this list with some more tasty entries. After all, there are still plenty of games like Overcooked that remain unexplored here.
15 Space Food Truck
Thought rapid-fire meal prep was intense? How about trying to perform these actions in a small food truck in space? Blending sci-fi themes with aspects of cooking, card games, and even a bit of Oregon Trail-esque survival, Space Food Truck makes a unique, delightful co-op game.
Players are put in procedurally-generated galaxies as they seek alien ingredients to prepare and serve to planets from their “Galaxy Gourmet” ship. In the meantime, they must work through various random elements and deal with the looming dangers of outer space. Assuming players are willing to deal with the tough grind, Space Food Truck serves as a truly fun and fresh ride.
14 Good Job!
Managing a megacorporation has never been so enjoyable! Overcooked fans may recognize Good Job’s similar fusion of puzzle, party, and co-op gameplay with this romp from 2020.
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The game tasks players with overseeing and completing increasingly complex office jobs. These range from setting up projectors to transporting objects with slingshots. The game keeps the virtual CEO on their toes, with over 30 floors of unique trials to work through and obstacles (figurative and literal) to navigate.
13 Storage Inc.
In true Overcooked spirit, Storage Inc. takes a seemingly mundane task and makes it hectic and fun, this time centering around warehouse work. Players will need to buckle down as they shuffle, pack, and deliver packages around using a forklift. The premise might seem simple and straightforward on the surface. However, there’s a fair bit of micromanaging, navigation, and coordination that can be overwhelming at first.
The 2017 sequel adds fluidity and action to the experience, bringing streamlined multiplayer and more complex jobs into the fold. But despite being an early-comer during the recent indie boom, this XBLA original from 2009 still shines.
12 Among Us
This clever indie from Innersloth provides whimsical party game charm—while tempering things with grim, ongoing doubts as to who players can trust. Among Us blends a slew of unique minigames with detective work and social gameplay. The popularity of this 2018 release truly took off after increasingly becoming a go-to social game for YouTubers and Twitch Streamers.
Players much team up and tackle various bite-sized games across their spaceship. Events include minigames ranging from attaching colored wires to gingerly swiping cards. At the same time, the crew must deal with the looming danger of murderous Impostors and sniff them out.
On the other side - the Impostors must craftily blend in and deflect any attention while taking out enough of the ship’s crew so that they either outnumber them or sabotage the ship.
11 Snipperclips: Cut It Out Together!
This uniquely charming game is akin to a cooperative puzzler fused with a virtual elementary school art project. SFB Games will have players working together to solve a number of puzzles and complete tasks; often through goofy, yuk-invoking ways.
This colorful game inspires communication, creativity, and improvisation. Players will be given little information as they must improvise their way through visual tasks and tinker with physics-based moves. As the name implies, a good chunk of the mechanics and goals revolve around snipping the controllable shapes, which is triggered by overlapping them.
10 Joggernauts
An obscure sidescrolling platformer might seem like a far cry from a cooking-based party romp. But at its core, this colorful game from Space Mace and Graffiti Games is Overcooked-esque in its co-op focus, multitasking, and quick decision-making.
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The name of the game is to sort out color-coded avatars while chugging forward, which corresponds to platforms and other elements. Bringing the right color forward allows players to progress through color coordination. Meanwhile, mismatching the colors often leads to a swift death or pitfall. Joggernauts is truly a fun, inventive spin on the puzzler/platformer that forces players to think and act differently.
9 Surgeon Simulator 2
Like the Overcooked games, this is a frantic arcade-style sim that will have multiple players fumbling through various tasks. While bobbling tasks in Team17’s game simply lead to grumpy, hungry customers, Surgeon Simulator 2 puts lives on the line. These high stakes—coupled with precise controls, wonky physics, and deep surgical procedures—produce a uniquely tense experience.
The sequel to the 2013 sleeper hit dials up the depth and difficulty, injecting co-op gameplay and a story mode that further immerses players. Like Overcooked, there are some funny moments to be had, thanks to cartoony visuals as well as bizarre circumstances and physics.
8 Human Fall Flat
This indie gem from No Brakes Games seemingly fell out of nowhere; bringing gameplay that’s as hilarious as it is inventive. Human Fall Flat has quietly built a following since release, with its wild, fluid movement and creative puzzle-platforming. Just a brief look at the stumbling, doughy avatars clues gamers in as to the wild, unpredictable ride ahead.
Players team up in groups of stretchy, staggering clay figures—who struggle to even run or jump let alone traverse tough obstacles. Fumbling with the drunken physics proves both challenging and funny. Players will drag, hop, and fall around by the dozens online while shuffling platforms and contraptions that open up the next part of the stage.
7 39 Days To Mars
This hand-drawn puzzler is a huge departure from the colorful Overcooked – and most other games for that matter. Still, the emphasis on communication and multitasking certainly has some overlap. 39 Days to Mars has players tinkering with a number of weird, inventive puzzles in order to progress and repair their inspiring steampunk ship.
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The campaign is slim, but the “outside the box” thinking and juggling of several tasks set the stage for extended trial and error sessions. Objectives span from controlling a space bicycle to simply fixing some tea. While it can technically be played alone, 39 Days to Mars truly thrives when collaborating, much like Overcooked.
6 Tools Up!
Tools Up! from The Knights of Unity is to home renovation what Overcooked is to cooking and baking. Outside the vastly-different themes, the core gameplay rings quite similar to Team17’s party game.
Though the experience is a bit rough around the edges, scrambling with a friend to move furniture and tear down wallpaper is more enjoyable than one might expect. It’s an amusing alternative for Overcooked fans looking to branch out and try something different.
5 Death Squared
Put the collaborative, multitasking gameplay of Overcooked & rework it into a block-centric puzzler, and the result is Death Squared. Just as that game has chefs fumbling with different ingredients, this puzzle game forces players to deal with several contraptions, electric currents, and deadly robot explosions.
Multiple actions and triggers need to be initiated at once in order to progress. This means players will either need to be superb at multitasking, or have a friend to help synchronize tasks.
4 Conduct Together!
Much of the excitement of Overcooked comes from racing against the ticking clock and completing the job on demand. It’s much the same with this even more intense game, which is described as a “party railroad game.” That about sums it up—as Conduct Together! takes the job of navigating trains and adds intense, fun twists with its frantic arcade gameplay.
Players must shift from multiple points of interest, as various trains will be chugging along different paths. The goal is to guide each train to its station and pick up commuters, all while evading each other and avoiding crashes.
3 Cake Mania
As one might expect, there are ample parallels between Overcooked and this multitasking pressure-cooker. The glaring difference (aside from its 2D aesthetic) is that this time cakes alone are the focus. But while its gameplay simply revolves around crafting one treat, that doesn’t mean Cake Mania is any less thrilling or tough.
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The series began as a Flash-based time management game in 2006. This eventually became a popular mobile game, and even saw releases on Wii and PS2. Still, it’s hard to beat the charm of the original, which shines for its addictive, accessible gameplay throughout.
2 Moving Out
Comprable to Tools Up!, this Team17-published game takes a typically laborious job and turns it into a fun, thrilling endeavor. Described as a “moving simulator,” Moving Out puts an arcade-style spin on the task of hauling furniture—with some cartoony visuals and tight, fast-paced gameplay.
Players will work together on a single isometric screen to drag different items and furniture around, compiling them into a moving truck. Speed and maneuverability are stressed over strategy – though the mechanics, style, and speedy co-op gameplay brings Overcooked vibes.
1 Catastronauts
Those few who have discovered this hidden gem have often called it “Overcooked in space,” and to a degree, this is true. Though this 2018 romp from Inertia Game Studios shines a unique celestial charm. Rather than whipping up meals, up to four players will man a spaceship, working to keep it running smoothly and ward off attacks in the process.
This means arming torpedoes, evading solar flairs, and extinguishing fires in a manner much like Team17’s game. Catastronauts feels like the more chaotic Overcooked 2with its dynamic settings and thrilling action happening around the players.
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