Single-player games like Chef Buba
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Chef Buba, 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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Something Something Spaceship
Single-player alternative to Chef Buba — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chef Buba.
Explore a malfunctioning spaceship and retrieve the items needed to fix it, while avoiding a colourful cast of enemies. An isometric platform puzzler inspired by games from the 8-bit era.
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Adapta Solva
Single-player alternative to Chef Buba — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chef Buba.
Embark on a journey through a mysterious dying forest. Absorb magical powers, punch, climb, freeze, and dash your way through elemental obstacles, rescue lost creatures, and restore life to a forgotten world while uncovering the secrets of its past.
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Poppy Sanctum Prologue: Aquance Isle
Single-player alternative to Chef Buba — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chef Buba.
Join Mimi as you solve a puzzle on an island controlled by powerful mages. You'll befriend red pandas and other creatures to conduct magic in order to escape in this 2.5D Isometric, puzzle platformer.
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Sands of Hope
Single-player alternative to Chef Buba — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chef Buba.
A chill exploration game with physics-based magnetic cubes! You're Hope, a lil' robot on a quest to restore the water flow. Build structures, expand your inventory, help the villagers, and pet the dog!
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Rob Riches
Single-player alternative to Chef Buba — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chef Buba.
Plan your steps carefully as you traverse ancient temples, filled with dangerous traps and puzzles.
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Elli
Single-player alternative to Chef Buba — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chef Buba.
A whimsical hand-crafted single-player adventure. Discover a delightful world, inhabited by the playful and usually helpful Mandragora. Collect gems and and hidden coins and exchange them for a variety of robes, staffs and hats. Simple pick up and play controls, suitable for kids and big kids!
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Adapta Solva Legacy
Single-player alternative to Chef Buba — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Chef Buba.
Adapta Solva is a short puzzle platformer adventure. Play as an Adaptarian to absorb elements from magical shrines to solve puzzles and overcome obstacles. Uncover the truth behind your creation in a world laid to ruin by an unknown cause.
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Solar Voltage
Single-player alternative to Chef Buba — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chef Buba.
After a huge solar storm destroyed their ship and left them stranded, help Volt and her crewmates escape the dangerous planet filled with deadly robots and a mysterious AI.