Summary
TheCooking Mamagames are beloved in the hearts of many gamers. Despite the years since the first game’s release on the Nintendo DS in 2006, the titular ‘Mama’ is still immediately recognizable and nostalgic. The series' last mainline game was released in 2013, and fans have been hungry for more ever since.A recent releasewas pulled from storefronts within only a few days, making it harder than ever for players to embark on their cooking adventures.
These games should help satisfy those who are patiently waiting for Mama to return until the next game releases, and may just become another nostalgic game in years to come. They each develop and iterate upon the hectic cooking gameplay with fun local co-op or tricky micromanagement.
Overcookedis a timed cooking game that sees players rushing to complete orders with different ingredients. The story of the game is framed as an adventure to save the world, and up to four players can join forlocal cooperative gameplay.
The obstacles that come up in the different cooking missions keep the game fresh and surprising; levels, where players have only a few seconds to jump between a truck full of ingredients and a truck full of kitchen equipment, are outdone by haunted mansions that must be lit by flashlight as counters move of their own accord. The cutesy cartoon visuals and the hurried preparation make this a must-play forCooking Mamafans.
A successor toOvercooked’s mad rush of meal prep,PlateUp!puts players at the head of a new eatery that they can design and manage to earn money over set days of challenges. The faceless chefs can choose from a variety of dishes and sides, but things will quickly get out of hand with dirty plates, greasy floors, flaming ovens, and not enough chairs for the impatient customers waiting in the rain!
Power-ups and new problems will alter the way the restaurant runs dramatically, and for fans of theCooking Mamagames, the range of recipes with different order specifics and the panicked dash in both local and online multiplayer make this an easy choice to pick up and play intermittently.
Fast-Paced Minigames
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?!
Hit the road in this massive sequel to the million-selling Cook, Serve, Delicious! series as you travel across the United States to participate in the Iron Cook Foodtruck Championships with your trusty robot crew Whisk and Cleaver.Set in the radically-changed war-torn America of 2042, play through an all new story-driven campaign where you cook hundreds of foods—including many brand new to the series—across hundreds of levels in a new gameplay structure that has been completely redesigned to deliver fast-paced action, or take it easy with the all new Chill Mode that can be toggled on or off at any time!Play through the campaign via single player or with a friend in local co-op (with the ability to change on the fly).Upgrade your food truck with dozens of gameplay-affecting modules!Expand your food catalog with over two hundred foods!Decorate your food truck with dozens of trinkets that span the US!Tons of accessibility features that allow you to play the most comfortably you’d like, including motion settings, flashing/strobe settings, audio and colorblind features, and tons more.Over a hundred hours of gameplay spanning over 380 levels!An amazing original soundtrack by award-winning composer Jonathan Geer.
ForCooking Mamastyle minigames,Cook, Serve, Delicious!excels with its menu and sense of humor. Players take on the managerial role at a new restaurant and can manage their equipment, menu, and spending. It can quickly become tricky and speedy, buttheWarioWare-esque minigamesand charm will be familiar forMamafans and the amount of content will ensure their appetite is sated.
With local multiplayer, VS modes and a Single Player Campaign in each of the three games in the series, there is plenty to tide fans over untilthe newCSDgame releases later this year.
2D Action Platformer, With Cooking!
Battle Chef Brigade
Welcome to Victusia, where the members of the elite Battle Chef Brigade are revered for their ability to skillfully take down monsters and transform their kills into delicious cuisine! But getting in isn’t easy; chefs from across Victusia must vie for their spot in a high stakes competition.Follow two contestants, Mina and Thrash, as their journeys through the tournament unfold. In order to become a Brigadier you’ll need to hunt monsters with combo-based attacks and prepare your freshly-caught ingredients in puzzle-based cooking challenges to serve up winning dishes to the judges – all while the round clock ticks down.
Battle Chef Brigadebrings the experimentation of trying new recipes andexciting action platformingtogether into a curious concoction. A single-player campaign puts players in the role of Mina, an aspiring chef. Cooking ability in the competitions Mina will face is determined by a tricky matching puzzle that will befamiliar to fans ofCandy Crush, while getting the ingredients requires hunting with combo-oriented combat.
The cooking minigames will be comfortable for any fans ofCooking Mama, while the local multiplayer offerings will sate any with any thirst for a competitive mode. The experimental gameplay pairs well with the recipe book that urges players to discover more and more by trying new things.
The visceral, kinetic closeups inCooking Mamaduring minigames show players the details of the recipe as they create it.Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulatoruses a similar style, paired with visuals that look straight out of a medieval manuscript.
Players harvest any ingredients that they have grown every morning and then get a chance to brew potions; inventing and discovering new combinations to have different effects and potency. Bartering with customers takes up more of the game and the potions that can be created can change the fates of different customers based on their problems and how players choose to help them. While it is a shift away from ordinary cooking, potion-making adds a touch of magic for fans ofCooking Mamato try.
1Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator
A Kitchen Nightmare
Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulatorfeels like a natural evolution ofCooking Mama. The manager of a restaurant has to choose the menu, the decoration and the layout, but inChef Life,players also take control of staff hires and pay. They will cook in close-up minigames, inspired byCooking Mama.that see chefs slicing, stirring and frying.
The comfortable gameplay is contrasted by the management of finances that players take control of - they have access to all the logistics of a restaurant. What quality of ingredients should be ordered? How much should a pizza cost? This feels like a natural extension ofCooking Mama,giving more control to players to allow for as much customization and chaos as they can handle.
