Flip Some Pancakes in These Cooking Sims!

The best time of year is here – it’s Pancake Day. Lemon and sugar, golden syrup, berries, or chocolate chips, we’re truly spoilt for choice when it comes to finding the perfect toppings for our pancakes. And our games are no different!

If you’re looking to looking to sweeten up your celebrations, we’ve picked out some of the best cooking sims to play this Pancake Day.

Overcooked

If you want to add a little chaos to your Pancake Day – Overcooked is the game for you! This is a four-player couch co-op in which you all must work together as a team to prepare, cook, and serve a variety of tasty dishes before your customers get too hangry. All while you save the Onion Kingdom from complete despair by defeating an ancient edible evil.

Each level will truly push your skills (and your friendships) to the test, as you’ll need to overcome a new challenge every time. Whether this is sliding around a pirate ship, moving between speeding trucks, or even cooking on ice.

Official PC System Specification

	Minimum
OS	Windows 7
Processor	Dual Core CPU with 2.4GHz
Memory	2GB RAM
Graphics	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT or AMD HD 6850
DirectX	Version 11
Storage	750MB available space

Fruitbus

Fruitbus is an adorable culinary adventure in which you manage and customise your very own food truck to turn it into a thriving success. Explore a vibrant open world set in the Gustum archipelago, where you must forage for fresh fruits and vegetables to craft the perfect dishes to please the island inhabitants. As you explore ancient glades, secret groves, and forgotten grottos, take inspiration from the natural world around you to perfect your cooking.

The more you grow a loyal following of customers; the more you can uncover their unique stories by creating dishes that evoke heartwarming feelings or gut-wrenching memories. Use the power of food to unlock new possibilities, enabling you to upgrade your kitchen to fit your playstyle and even customise the exterior of your food truck to attract more customers.

Official PC System Specification

	Minimum
OS	Windows 10
Processor	Intel i5 or better
Memory	8GB RAM
Graphics	NVIDIA GeForce 1050m or better
DirectX	Version 11
Storage	1GB available space

Fruitbus is the perfect foodie cosy adventure game to play this Pancake Day. If you need more convincing, be sure to check out our dedicated game review.

Cooking Simulator

Celebrate Pancake Day by becoming the ultimate chef in Cooking Simulator. Command a sparkling, highly polished, realistic kitchen equipped with all the gear that a chef could need. Utilise griddles, cookers, gas stands, and ovens to master over 80 different recipes or let your creativity run wild and cook whatever you like.

Cooking Simulator features a true-to-life cooking experience as each ingredient will respond to your actions. Every time you’re slicing potatoes, flipping pancakes, or boiling a soup, there are plenty of real-world physics applied to immerse you. Once you learn the basics and start serving your dishes, you’ll soon see your cooking skills improve with every new plate. Plus, there are dedicated Career and Sandbox modes to spice up your gameplay even further.

Official PC System Specification

	Minimum	Recommended
OS	Windows 7	Windows 10
Processor	Intel i5 3550 or AMD FX 8350	Intel i5 4570 or AMD Ryzen 7 1700x
Memory	6GB RAM	16GB RAM
Graphics	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti or AMD R9 270X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 480
DirectX	Version 9	Version 11
Storage	6GB available space	6GB available space

Magical Delicacy

Magical Delicacy combines cooking, platforming, and magic into one tasty Metroidvania-like game. The perfect choice if you’re looking for a little something different to play this Pancake Day. Play as young witch, Flora, who has recently moved to Grat, and learn how to navigate your new life, build a business, and contend with two rival witch covens. All while you hunt for the perfect ingredients and cook delicious meals for your customers.

Begin with basic equipment and unlock more kitchen tools and rooms to further your culinary adventure. Master how flavours mix by either closely following recipes or experimenting with your own creations to meet your customers’ odd and rather complex requests. Run out of ingredients? Make a quick stop to one of the many merchants in town or even grow your own garden in the backyard.

Magical Delicacy screen grab from press kit

Official PC System Specification

	Minimum
OS	Windows 10
Processor	Dual Core 3.0GHz CPU
Memory	8GB RAM
GPU	DirectX 11 compatible GPU with at least 1GB VRAM
DirectX	Version 11
Storage	3GB available space

If you want a more in-depth look at the gameplay, be sure to check out our review of Magical Delicacy.

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Cooking Dash

Transport yourself back to the noughties this Pancake Day with Cooking Dash! Cookie the Chef’s sudden departure from Flo’s Dinner to become a popular reality TV chef sparks a sudden shortage of culinary talent in DinerTown. It’s up to you, as Flo, alongside her grandmother, to help the four struggling restaurants in DinerTown survive.

Master the culinary arts by perfecting a variety of different meals across 50 levels! Each restaurant you visit will feature its own set of unique customers to please. The better you do, the tastier the dishes – with plenty of upgrades to unlock.

Official PC System Specification

	Minimum
OS	Windows Vista
Processor	Intel Pentium IV 2.1GHz CPU or better
Memory	256MB RAM
Graphics	3D Video Card with at least 64MB VRAM
Storage	30MB available space

Sharpen Your Set-Up

Is your set-up lacking the utensils you need to perfect your culinary skills in these great cooking sims? If so at Overclockers UK, you can find the perfect gaming laptop or PC to serve as your sous chef, packed with all the gaming hardware you need to flip those pancakes.

We’ve rounded up five of our faves below, but you can also explore our full collection of PCs and laptops by clicking the relevant buttons.

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