For casual mobile gamers interested in time-management challenges, mystery narratives, and creative customization features.
Providing casual gamers with narrative-driven simulation and puzzle experiences that blend deep character customization with immersive storytelling.
Target audience
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Chef Friends: Cooking Game
v1.43.0
3mo ago
Primary focus
Mobile games · Narrative-driven casual simulation
Scale
indie
Target audience
Casual mobile gamers interested in time-management challenges, mystery narratives, and creative customization features.
Origin
Mytona is a mobile game developer and publisher with headquarters in New Zealand.
Maintains an intense development pace with 13 updates across 4 active titles in the last 6 months, with the most recent major release occurring within the last 11 days.
4 apps analysed
PLAY AS A VIRTUOSO CHEF IN THIS COOKING GAME, RENOVATE RESTAURANTS & CAFES!
Strong brand equity via 'Cooking Diary' IP
Cook tasty food and build a culinary empire in this crazy time-management game!
Extensive avatar and pet meta-progression
Seek and find hidden objects, play match-3 puzzles, and solve the city mystery
High-quality visual consistency and art direction
Journey to the cursed city—find hidden objects and solve secret mysteries
Unique multi-genre puzzle integration (Match-3 + HO)
Distributed across 10 markets, strongest in Europe.
Based on 1 of 4 apps with localized market data — more coverage rolling in as scans complete · last scanned .
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Positive apps
3
Neutral / mixed
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Negative apps
52/100
Avg sentiment score
This is the most direct feature-for-feature rival, mirroring the core loop of fast-paced cooking levels combined with restaurant renovation and character makeover mechanics.
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Strategic outlook coming soon.
What fed this analysis
One of the longest-running and most successful titles in the space, sharing the 'secret society' and 'magical world' themes.
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A portal app that offers a collection of various hidden object stories, acting as a hub for the genre's core fans.
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A classic title in the genre that shares the 'celebrity chef' and 'fame' narrative themes.
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An adjacent title that blends hidden object gameplay with hotel renovation and a mystery storyline.
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While lacking the renovation meta-game, it is a primary destination for users seeking pure, high-intensity cooking simulation.
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