Single-player games like Kitchen Crisis
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Kitchen Crisis, 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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Necronator: Dead Wrong
Single-player alternative to Kitchen Crisis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Kitchen Crisis.
Necronator: Dead Wrong is a deck-building roguelike with an RTS twist. Build a powerful deck. Collect and deploy undead units and raise a unique army. Master each commander’s playstyle and conquer the world. Change the game with rule-bending relics. Unlock new decks and do it all again.
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Galactic Defense: Automation
Single-player alternative to Kitchen Crisis — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
"Galactic Defense: Automation" is a Placement, Automated Battle, Real-Time Strategy game. Players can place construction plans, observe automated construction, automated battles, and unlock new technologies. Players pass the level after collecting tech points through activities.
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Star Defence
Single-player alternative to Kitchen Crisis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Kitchen Crisis.
Star Defence is a unit-placement real-time tower defense game in which you can place any unit you like on a 2D free-form plane. All units in the game, including enemies, are composed of units you place. Place your units in a balance between enemies and allies to develop your civilization.
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Rogue Tiles
Single-player alternative to Kitchen Crisis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Kitchen Crisis.
Rogue Tiles merges tower defense with roguelike elements, offering a dynamic experience where you shape the expanding path. Unlock, build, upgrade, and defend against waves of enemies.
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Deck of Haunts
Single-player alternative to Kitchen Crisis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Kitchen Crisis.
Deck of Haunts invites you to become a malevolent Haunted House. Lure humans into your cursed halls, manipulate their fears, and drain their essence to grow your power. Use strategy to build your mansion and expand your dark influence, turning your home into a terrifying, inescapable nightmare.
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Tower Tactics: Liberation
Single-player alternative to Kitchen Crisis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Kitchen Crisis.
We fused deck-building roguelikes and tower defenses in a way never seen before - deploy your towers, collect valuable trinkets and cast powerful spells to defend yourself against the Salkoth!
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ShapeHero Factory
Single-player alternative to Kitchen Crisis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Kitchen Crisis.
In ShapeHero Factory, you’re the engineer of an ever-evolving paint-fuelled factory that spits out magical, shape-based warriors. Send them into battle - to death or glory - then build an even better factory on your next run.
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Backpack Hero
Single-player alternative to Kitchen Crisis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Kitchen Crisis.
The inventory management roguelike! Collect rare items, organize your backpack, and vanquish your foes!
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Factorio
Single-player alternative to Kitchen Crisis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Kitchen Crisis.
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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Overcooked
Single-player alternative to Kitchen Crisis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Kitchen Crisis.
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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Overcooked! 2
Single-player alternative to Kitchen Crisis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Kitchen Crisis.
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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Bloons TD 6
Single-player alternative to Kitchen Crisis — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
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RACCOIN: Coin Pusher Roguelike
Single-player alternative to Kitchen Crisis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Kitchen Crisis.
A coin-pushing dopamine machine. RACCOIN is a roguelike deckbuilder where you combine special coins with powerful items to trigger wildly satisfying combos. Stack shiny towers, spin the lucky wheel, and shake the machine until all the coins drop.
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Teamfight Manager
Single-player alternative to Kitchen Crisis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Kitchen Crisis.
Teamfight Manager is a simulation game where you are the coach of an e-sports team. You must manage players to set them up for matches. Make the best of pick & ban by evaluating the characteristics of the champions/players! A smart strategy can make up for a lack of individual player skills.
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Teamfight Manager 2
Single-player alternative to Kitchen Crisis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Kitchen Crisis.
Teamfight Manager is back with more detailed tactics, management, and a new MOBA-style gameplay. Take charge of a virtual e-sports team, build the ultimate roster, and become the greatest manager!