Get Children Cooking Games Rated PEGI 7 and Younger on Nintendo Switch
Video games are usually thought of as competing with family meal times and healthy eating. However, there are many games that develop a good relationship with food and cooking. The games in this list have been selected because cooking is an element of the game play or because they are set in a context where meals and mealtime is important.
Some of the games in this list, like Zelda Breath of the Wild require players to make up different recipes for a functional advantage. Other games, like Inbento, use food as a theme for a puzzle. Then there are games like Venba that use food as a cultural and story-telling element.
The games have in common that food is important. They offer an unusual way to inspire how food is prepared, shared and enjoyed. This might be to come up with new ingredient combinations for flavour or (maybe) the chemistry of how different recipes work.
This list includes 7 games from the last 9 years, with 61 likes. They come from a range of different genres and play-styles and are all good games if you want to inspire young chefs.
List Details
ESRB Ratings: ESRB EVERYONE to ESRB EVERYONE 10+
Genres: Action, Creative, Open World, Puzzle, Role-Playing, Simulation, Strategy and Turn-Based
Total Likes: 61
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Good Pizza, Great Pizza
Content Rating: PEGI 3+
Skill Rating: 9-12 year-olds
Release Date: 05/06/2018, updated in 2020
Platforms: Android, Mac, PC, Switch and iOS
Genres: Creative and Simulation
Developer: @TapBlaze
Players: This is a single player game
Good Pizza, Great Pizza is a simulation game where you run your own Pizza shop, fulfilling orders from customers while making enough money to keep your shop open. You can upgrade your shop with new toppings and equipment to compete against your...
Overcooked (Series)
Content Rating: PEGI 3+
Skill Rating: 7-13 year-olds
Release Date: 07/08/2018, updated in 2018
Platforms: Mac, PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S
Genres: Action and Puzzle
Accessibility: 25 features
Developer: @Team17Ltd
Players: You can play with 4 players in the same room and up to 4 players online
Overcooked, Overcooked 2 and Overcooked! All You Can Eat are collaborative cooking games for up to 4 players. You must keep talking to other players to coordinate the various elements of the dishes. It starts simply enough but soon gets more complicated...
Cook, Serve, Delicious 3 (Series)
Content Rating: PEGI 7+
Release Date: 05/10/2012
Platforms: Android, Mac, PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and iOS
Genres: Puzzle and Simulation
Developer: @Chubigans
Players: You can play with 4 players in the same room
Cook, Serve, Delicious! is a series of three games where you run a restaurant. You have full control over how you improve your restaurant and what food or drink you want to sell. Each game plays in a similar way, adding new locations, challenges and modes.
Little Dragons Café
Content Rating: PEGI 3+
Release Date: 21/09/2018
Platforms: PC, PS4 and Switch
Genres: Open World, Role-Playing and Strategy
Developer: @RisingStarGames
Players: This is a single player game
Little Dragons Cafe is a strategy game about running a cafe. Unlike other farming and friendship games you don't have to earn money or toil to gain ingredients. Simply explore, collect and cook. It's a farming gaming without the stress.
Bear and Breakfast
Content Rating: PEGI 3+
Release Date: Coming soon
Platforms: PC and Switch
Genres: Creative and Strategy
Developer: @ArmorGameStudio
Players: This is a single player game
Bear and Breakfast is a strategy game where you build a bed and breakfast in the woods. You play as an aspiring bear host, renovating a dilapidated area in town into one fit for tourists. However there is an underlying darkness in the woods and you are...
Inbento
Content Rating: PEGI 3+
Release Date: 12/03/2020
Price: 30% off
Platforms: Android, Switch and iOS
Genres: Puzzle and Turn-Based
Developer: @AfterburnGames
Players: This is a single player game
Inbento is a food-themed puzzle game where you solve puzzles to prepare lunch boxes. As you complete each "bento" lunch box a story unfolds about the highs and lows of parenthood. There are over 100 fun puzzles, aesthetically served with traditional...
Brunch Club
Content Rating: PEGI 3+
Release Date: 29/08/2019
Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Genres: Action, Puzzle and Simulation
Accessibility: 16 features
Developer: @FoggyBoxHQ
Players: You can play with 4 players in the same room
Brunch Club is a cooking game where you possess and move food around the kitchen to complete different recipes. This unusual way to cook creates a unique and silly challenge you take on with up to four people.
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