Single-player games like Recipe for Disaster
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Recipe for Disaster, 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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Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game
Single-player alternative to Recipe for Disaster — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Recipe for Disaster.
Chef is a Restaurant Management game in which you create your own character, acquire supreme cooking skills, customize restaurants, design unique menus, and devise innovative recipes with a realistic editor.
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Restaurant Empire II
Single-player alternative to Recipe for Disaster — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Recipe for Disaster.
Restaurant Empire 2 is the most realistic and comprehensive restaurant business simulation available, featuring 4 cuisines, 600 recipes, 4 huge cities, 2 campaigns with a total of 34 missions, 1400 interior objects, and a mix of business strategy and role-playing gameplay such as cooking contests.
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TasteMaker
Single-player alternative to Recipe for Disaster — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Recipe for Disaster.
TasteMaker is a restaurant tycoon game. Design your own restaurant from the ground up, decorate, create a menu, hire and manage staff, and much more. Keep your customers happy and make a profit to keep the restaurant of your dreams from turning into a nightmare.
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Project Hospital
Single-player alternative to Recipe for Disaster — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Recipe for Disaster.
Become an ace doctor, an aspiring architect and a successful manager at the same time. Design your very own hospital, tweak every detail or choose one of the prebuilt scenarios and just jump to the doctor’s duty.
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Definitely Not Fried Chicken
Single-player alternative to Recipe for Disaster — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Recipe for Disaster.
Definitely Not Fried Chicken is a business management sim with a Twist! Grow your drugs trade through legitimate fronts by managing both sides of the business. Acquire new "businesses", meet new clientele, Develop more potent narcotics, make lots of money and leave a city in ruin!
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Rise of Industry
Single-player alternative to Recipe for Disaster — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Recipe for Disaster.
Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in the first title in the ROI series as you create & optimise intricate production lines. As an early 20th-Century industrialist, grow your empire & adapt to an ever-changing business landscape with unexpected events that could lead to boom…or bust.
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Software Inc.
Single-player alternative to Recipe for Disaster — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Recipe for Disaster.
Construct and design buildings for optimal working conditions. Hire people to design and release software, so you can defeat the simulated competition and take over their businesses. Manage and educate your employees to make sure they are skilled and satisfied with their job.
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Hotel Architect
Single-player alternative to Recipe for Disaster — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Recipe for Disaster.
Step into the shoes of a hotel owner as you design, build, and manage grand hotels around the world. Juggle demanding guests, frantic logistics, and plenty of unexpected surprises in Hotel Architect; the ultimate hotel construction and tycoon management game!
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PlateUp!
Single-player alternative to Recipe for Disaster — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Recipe for Disaster.
Cook and serve your dishes, design and decorate your restaurants, and expand your culinary kingdom with new unlocks, abilities and dishes in procedurally-generated locations. Classic cooking action with permanent roguelite progression. Hire your friends - or do it all yourself!
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The Sims™ 4
Single-player alternative to Recipe for Disaster — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Recipe for Disaster.
Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.