While it may be true that the developers of The Diner at the End of the Galaxy have styled the upcoming restaurant management sim as a Tycoon-style game, thinking that all players will be doing is running their restaurant would do the General Interactive title a disservice. Rather than just adding a bit of a twist to the conventions of the business sim genre, Diner at the End of the Galaxy folds in inspirations far outside the Tycoon games its lead developer, Mark Fillon, compares it to. It counts among its inspirations Oxygen Not Included and Crusader Kings, while the diner itself takes a little after the Continental Hotel from John Wick.