Single-player games like PlateUp!
Below are 12 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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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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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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Cult of the Lamb
Single-player alternative to PlateUp! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with PlateUp!.
Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and mysterious regions to build a loyal community of woodland Followers and spread your Word to become the one true cult.
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Feed the Cups
Single-player alternative to PlateUp! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with PlateUp!.
Feed the Cups is a Roguelite multiplayer online cooperative game. Run a Drink Shop, stocking up, preparing ingredients, taking orders, crafting drinks, cleaning up, and checking equipment. Join your friends together!
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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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Legend of Dungeon
Single-player alternative to PlateUp! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PlateUp!.
Legend of Dungeon is a randomly generated action RPG Beat'em'up with heavy Rogue-like elements, striking visuals, and dynamic music.
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Cluckmech Oasis
Single-player alternative to PlateUp! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with PlateUp!.
Cluckmech Oasis, a top-down shooting Roguelike tower defense game. Play as the Warcluck and lead your team of animal heroes in a fight for survival. Collect, build and upgrade defenses, and engage in intense battle against waves of plant enemies.
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Coffee Caravan
Single-player alternative to PlateUp! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with PlateUp!.
Fuel your coffee passion in Coffee Caravan! As a cafe manager, brew, experiment with delicious recipes, and build your dream coffee business on wheels. Serve customers, unlock new flavors, purchase appliances, and enjoy your procedurally generated road trip in this roguelite experience.
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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?