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Single-player games like Cooking Companions

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Cooking Companions, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.

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Ranked picks

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    Wet steps — Steam game cover

    Wet steps

    Single-player alternative to Cooking Companions — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cooking Companions.

    Have a relationship with a charming priestess! An urban fantasy short and brisk visual novel with elements of slavic mythology.

    2020Indie2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Reaplaced — Steam game cover

    Reaplaced

    Single-player alternative to Cooking Companions — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cooking Companions.

    A supernatural Halloween whodunnit. Solve a chilling locked-room mystery before the grim reaper reveals the answer!

    2023IndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Scarlet Hollow — Steam game cover

    Scarlet Hollow

    Single-player alternative to Cooking Companions — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cooking Companions.

    Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.

    2021IndieAdventureRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sweet Clockwork — Steam game cover

    Sweet Clockwork

    Single-player alternative to Cooking Companions — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cooking Companions.

    "To save you, I have repeated death thousands of times." In this time-loop mystery romance, you must use your 'Time Travel Ring' to uncover the identity of the killer 'X' within the endlessly repeating day. Stop the destined tragedy and change your fate. Sweet Clockwork: A Dark Mystery Romance VN

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Frequency of Fear : Chapter 1 — Steam game cover

    Frequency of Fear : Chapter 1

    Single-player alternative to Cooking Companions — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cooking Companions.

    Play as Maya, an aspiring urban explorer, and unravel the truth behind every rumor and myth that haunts every dark corner. Traverse the shadows, survive the horrors, and keep your sanity intact as you uncover the secrets buried within.

    IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Vocal Horror Stories - Gaja — Steam game cover

    Vocal Horror Stories - Gaja

    Single-player alternative to Cooking Companions — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cooking Companions.

    The first episode of a voice-sensitive episodic horror game, in which you play as Shivani, a young woman battling with phonophobia. Why did her mother go missing? Who is the elephant-headed entity she keeps seeing? Can you speak to him?

    2026IndieAdventureCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dread Weight — Steam game cover

    Dread Weight

    Single-player alternative to Cooking Companions — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cooking Companions.

    Trapped in a crumbling mansion, it’s up to you to outsmart and outlast an ancient witch hunting you down. Scavenge for items to set traps, solve puzzles and discover hidden secrets to avoid your demise. Don’t be scared: encounters with ghosts are rewarded in this horror visual novel.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Amnesia™: Memories — Steam game cover

    Amnesia™: Memories

    Single-player alternative to Cooking Companions — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Cooking Companions.

    You awaken to find your memories gone. To learn the truth behind your amnesia, you’ll choose from five romantic paths, each its own world. With 20+ endings, can you write the lasting love story you deserve, or will your love and life come to an end?

    2015Adventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Doki Doki Literature Club! — Steam game cover

    Doki Doki Literature Club!

    Single-player alternative to Cooking Companions — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Cooking Companions.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Corpse Party (2021) — Steam game cover

    Corpse Party (2021)

    Single-player alternative to Cooking Companions — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Cooking Companions.

    Explore the haunted halls of Heavenly Host Elementary in Corpse Party (2021), the horror cult classic now updated for the next generation.

    2021AdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition — Steam game cover

    Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition

    Single-player alternative to Cooking Companions — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Cooking Companions.

    Cabbage and the Chompettes want to play hide and seek! Can you find all five of them?

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →