Single-player games like Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition, 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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Tales From The Under-Realm: Hazel
Single-player alternative to Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition.
In this dark visual novel, discover what led the apprentice witch, Hazel, to her untimely demise. There is, however, a chance for her to cheat death. Can you find her happy ending with one of two love interests - Tori the tough paladin, or Sasha the deceiving assassin?
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The seven days i spent with you
Single-player alternative to Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition.
With the enigmatic girl who imprisoned you――seven days in an unfamiliar room.
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Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
Single-player alternative to Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition.
A haunted convent. Statues that move on their own. A buried past. Welcome to Saint Idelora’s convent, where becoming a saint comes with a price.
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Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
Single-player alternative to Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition.
Welcome to the club! Write poems for your crush and experience the terror of school romance in this critically-acclaimed psychological horror story.
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Class of '09: The Re-Up
Single-player alternative to Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition.
The REJECTION SIM returns! Explore a slice of chaotic life in late 2000's American high school as you assume the role of Nicole once again. A 100% fully voiced VN presenting as the most culturally accurate period piece in the history of gaming.
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BAD END
Single-player alternative to Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition.
It's rumored that those who play 'BAD END'- a Visual Novel will die in REAL LIFE if they make the wrong decision in the game itself.
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筮灵 SHILING
Single-player alternative to Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition.
国产本土新怪谈恐怖游戏——幽魂社前社长在直播中突然失踪,销声匿迹数月后发来诡异消息,将你引入离奇的规则世界。走不出的吞人楼栋、满员即死的午夜巴士、地图上不存在的村庄,还有勾魂剧院、吃人公司……世界的“暗面”等待探索,怪谲的谜题等待揭露。
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The Test: Secrets of the Soul
Single-player alternative to Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
Single-player alternative to Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Free To Play with Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition.
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.
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Cooking Companions
Single-player alternative to Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition.
Unravel the mystery in this cute psychological horror VN, set deep in the woods of the Tatras Mountains. Will you wind up on the chopping block?
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Dread Weight
Single-player alternative to Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition.
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.