Single-player games like PlateUp!
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to PlateUp!, 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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Cook Fest
Single-player alternative to PlateUp! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with PlateUp!.
Cook Fest is a unique combination of tower defense and cooking genres. Create and design your own complex maze. Cook and serve dishes to satisfy your customers & unlock new recipes. With unexpected roguelite elements & fast-paced gameplay, you can play solo or in chaotic co-op with your fellow chef!
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No Heroes Here 2
Single-player alternative to PlateUp! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with PlateUp!.
A group of non-adventurers is the last hope in defending the castle in this chaotic co-op tower defense game with roguelike features. With up to 4 players, your party must organize the castle, work as a team to craft ammo, and shoot at enemies to protect your kingdom!
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Overcooked! 2
Single-player alternative to PlateUp! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PlateUp!.
Overcooked returns with a brand-new helping of chaotic cooking action! Journey back to the Onion Kingdom and assemble your team of chefs in classic couch co-op or online play for up to four players. Hold onto your aprons… it’s time to save the world again!
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Keep Keepers
Single-player alternative to PlateUp! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with PlateUp!.
Tower Defense meets Base Management. Strategically place your defenses. Craft wacky ammunition like fiery peppers and boomerang bananas. Discover amazing weapons and automate your economy while defending against waves of enemies. Can you handle the chaos?
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Unrailed!
Single-player alternative to PlateUp! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PlateUp!.
Unrailed! is a co-op multiplayer game where you have to work together with your friends to build a train track across endless procedurally generated worlds. Master random encounters with its inhabitants, upgrade your train and keep it from derailing!
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Party Club
Single-player alternative to PlateUp! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with PlateUp!.
Seat customers, serve drinks, and manage chaos with up to 4 players! Keep the peace by considering customer types while seating them. Survive disasters, handle quirky customers, and design the perfect venue to keep the party going!
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Son of a Witch
Single-player alternative to PlateUp! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PlateUp!.
Action roguelike for 1-4 players with cute graphics and deep game mechanics. Combine dozens of different weapons, magic items, potions and spells with unique effects to beat 8 enemy factions and 28 bosses. Can you find the ancient goblin artifact at the end of the dungeon?
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Streets of Rogue
Single-player alternative to PlateUp! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PlateUp!.
Fight, sneak, and hack your way through randomly generated cities. It's like Nuclear Throne meets Deus Ex, mixed with the anarchy of GTA. Rogue-lite meets immersive sim, and goes completely insane.
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Overcooked
Single-player alternative to PlateUp! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PlateUp!.
Overcooked is a chaotic couch co-op cooking game for one to four players. Working as a team, you and your fellow chefs must prepare, cook and serve up a variety of tasty orders before the baying customers storm out in a huff.
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Abiotic Factor
Single-player alternative to PlateUp! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with PlateUp!.
Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.
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Factorio
Single-player alternative to PlateUp! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with PlateUp!.
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
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Ship of Fools
Single-player alternative to PlateUp! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PlateUp!.
Ship of Fools is a seafaring cooperative roguelite. Set sail, man the cannons and battle sea monsters through the tempestuous seas of the Archipelago. Are you fool enough to stop the Aquapocalypse?
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R.E.P.O.
Single-player alternative to PlateUp! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with PlateUp!.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.