Is memorising recipes absolutely essential to becoming a top chef? Chase your culinary dreams in Merge Cooking, where creating delicious dishes for your customers is as simple as combining ingredients!

What we love: The straightforward gameplay requires you to merge like ingredients to obtain better ones. But as head chef, you’ll also need to take advantage of items on the board and use the available foods wisely. Dropping fruit into a blender will produce juice, while placing food on a grill will roast up beef skewers, steak or grilled vegetables. You’ll have to work hard to fulfil customer orders at the juice bar where you start your adventure – but if you keep at it, you’ll eventually manage all sorts of restaurants specialising in different types of cuisine.

Quick tip: If you don’t know what ingredients or items to use, tap the little blue square on the top right of the customer’s request for a visual guide. Tapping the top right of an ingredient icon will show you hints for how to obtain it.

Meet the creator: Founded in 2021, Happibits is the publisher of popular titles including Foodie Star and Solitaire Resort. The team is passionate about casual games and hopes to help users relax and find their dose of daily happiness.