Games like ONE PIECE: Grand Gourmet: Kairosoft food and shop sims

By stormland · Published Oct 21, 2026

TL;DR

ONE PIECE: Grand Gourmet is developed by Kairosoft, a Tokyo studio founded in 1996 and best known for Game Dev Story.
The closest game to it is Cafeteria Nipponica, Kairosoft’s classic restaurant sim built on combining dishes and ingredients.
For meal-set style combos, try Cafe Master Story; for recipe experiments, Burger Bistro Story or The Ramen Sensei.
Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story is Kairosoft’s previous licensed anime game.
Every pick below is on Nintendo Switch and Steam, plus iOS and Android.

If the new One Piece cooking game has you curious about its developer, you're in for a treat. Kairosoft has been making cosy pixel-art management sims for decades, and several of them are restaurant games. Here's who Kairosoft is and which of its games to play before or after ONE PIECE: Grand Gourmet.

Who is Kairosoft?

Kairosoft Co., Ltd. is a small Japanese studio based in Shinjuku, Tokyo. It started in 1996 making PC games and became a company in 2007. Its company profile lists around 30 staff, and its game list runs to more than 80 current titles.

Its breakthrough was Game Dev Story, first released on PC in Japan in 1997. When it came to iPhone and Android in 2010, it reached the iPhone top ten in its first week. Its formula still runs through Kairosoft's games: small pixel characters, a business you grow step by step, and lots of numbers to optimize.

ONE PIECE: Grand Gourmet is Kairosoft's take on the ONE PIECE world, published by Bandai Namco. You help run a second Baratie restaurant alongside Sanji and the Straw Hats. It is not the studio's first licensed game: Doraemon got the Kairosoft treatment in 2024.

7 Kairosoft games like Grand Gourmet

All of these are on Nintendo Switch and Steam as well as phones, so you can stay on the same platform.

1. Cafeteria Nipponica

Mobile 2012 · Switch 2019 · Steam 2022 · Switch, Steam, PS4, Xbox, iOS, Android

Find ingredients, develop menus and grow a small diner into the top restaurant in every region. You develop dishes by combining a base dish with ingredients and assigning a chef.

Why play it: The closest match: a Kairosoft restaurant sim built around developing dishes, which makes it the natural reference point for Grand Gourmet.

2. Burger Bistro Story

Mobile 2021 · Switch 2022 · Steam 2023 · Switch, Steam, PS4, Xbox, iOS, Android

Open a diner and invent custom burgers by swapping ingredients, add sides, drinks and desserts, train staff and open more branches.

Why play it: The most recent pure restaurant sim from Kairosoft before Grand Gourmet, with a strong focus on experimenting with ingredients.

3. Cafe Master Story

Mobile, Switch and Steam 2023 · Switch, Steam, PS4, Xbox, iOS, Android

Run a retro café, discover new drinks, pair food and drinks into Combo Meals, enter themed contests and move to new towns.

Why play it: Combo Meals are the nearest thing in Kairosoft’s catalogue to Grand Gourmet’s meal sets.

4. The Ramen Sensei

Mobile 2015 · Switch 2020 · Steam 2022 · Switch, Steam, PS4, Xbox, iOS, Android

Build the ultimate bowl from noodles, soups and toppings, then take on rival shops.

Why play it: A focused cooking sim if you mostly enjoy the recipe-building side.

5. The Sushi Spinnery

Mobile 2012 · Switch 2019 · Steam 2022 · Switch, Steam, PS4, Xbox, iOS, Android

Run a revolving sushi bar, improve your sushi and amenities, and turn customers into fans who unlock new ingredients.

Why play it: Seafood-heavy, like Sanji’s cooking, and built around winning loyal customers.

6. Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story

Switch 2024 · mobile and Steam 2024 · Switch, Steam, PS4, Xbox, iOS, Android

Build a sweets shop with Doraemon, make dorayaki and arrange shelves and tables.

Why play it: Kairosoft’s previous licensed anime game, so it is the best preview of how the studio handles a famous series.

7. Convenience Stories

Mobile 2022 · Switch and Steam 2023 · Switch, Steam, PS4, Xbox, iOS, Android

Manage a convenience store: stock and arrange products, hire staff to extend hours and take over rival territory.

Why play it: Less cooking, more shop layout, for when you want the decorating side of Grand Gourmet.

How Cafeteria Nipponica's recipes work

Because Cafeteria Nipponica is the closest relative, it's worth knowing how cooking works there. According to its manual:

You develop a new dish by picking a base dish, one ingredient, an optional second ingredient, and a chef.
Certain combinations create new dishes, which then appear in all your restaurants.
Dishes have stats such as taste and appeal, plus attributes (like aroma) that different customers prefer.
You get ingredients by buying them from a supplier whose stock changes each season, or by sending staff on searches.

Grand Gourmet also has you develop dishes, with Sanji, and find ingredients on adventures. But Bandai Namco and Kairosoft haven't confirmed that it uses the same base dish + ingredient formula. Our Recipe Finder supports base dishes just in case, and we'll update this section once we've played it.

Which one should you play?

Want the closest thing to Grand Gourmet? Cafeteria Nipponica.
Love inventing recipes? Burger Bistro Story or The Ramen Sensei.
Into building the perfect set menu? Cafe Master Story.
Here for the anime licence? Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story.

Or just start with Grand Gourmet itself. Check the release date and price, then read the beginner's guide.

FAQ

Is ONE PIECE: Grand Gourmet made by Kairosoft?: Yes. Kairosoft develops it and Bandai Namco Entertainment publishes it.
Will Grand Gourmet play exactly like Cafeteria Nipponica?: We don't know yet. Both are Kairosoft restaurant sims where you develop dishes, but Grand Gourmet's exact rules haven't been published. We'll compare them after launch.
Are Kairosoft games free?: It depends on the game and platform. The Switch and Steam versions of the games above are paid. Grand Gourmet itself is paid: $19.99 on Steam and $12.99 on the US App Store.
Has Kairosoft made other licensed games?: Yes. Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story (2024) is a licensed Doraemon game, and a KochiKame game with Shueisha Games was announced in December 2025.