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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 — Steam game cover

    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.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie12.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Galactic Defense: Automation — Steam game cover

    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.

    2024StrategySimulation7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Star Defence — Steam game cover

    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.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rogue Tiles — Steam game cover

    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.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Deck of Haunts — Steam game cover

    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.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation10.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tower Tactics: Liberation — Steam game cover

    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!

    2023StrategyIndie6.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ShapeHero Factory — Steam game cover

    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.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation23.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Backpack Hero — Steam game cover

    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!

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Factorio — Steam game cover

    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.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation35.00 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Overcooked — Steam game cover

    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.

    2016ActionIndieSimulation16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Overcooked! 2 — Steam game cover

    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!

    2018ActionIndieCasual24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bloons TD 6 — Steam game cover

    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.

    2018Strategy13.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    RACCOIN: Coin Pusher Roguelike — Steam game cover

    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.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Teamfight Manager — Steam game cover

    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.

    2021SportsIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Teamfight Manager 2 — Steam game cover

    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!

    2026SportsIndieSimulation17.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →