Single-player games like Cooking Carnage
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Cooking Carnage, 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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Head Chef
Single-player alternative to Cooking Carnage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cooking Carnage.
Head Chef is a restaurant management game. Supply the kitchen, select your staff, overcome challenges, create a delicious menu and… cook! Make your guests happy and find your way to the stars. Keep control of your team and finances, because the higher you climb, the harder you fall.
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Wild West Saloon
Single-player alternative to Cooking Carnage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cooking Carnage.
Howdy partner! In Wild West Saloon you manage and maintain your own saloon. Serve drinks, cook food, clean tables and most importantly keep your customers happy.
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Ultimate Theater Simulator
Single-player alternative to Cooking Carnage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Cooking Carnage.
Ultimate Theater Simulator is a first-person cinema management game where you screen movies, serve snacks, hire staff, handle chaos, and grow your dream theater from the ground up.
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Chicken Fries
Single-player alternative to Cooking Carnage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cooking Carnage.
Chicken Fries is a first-person restaurant simulator where you run a fast-food kitchen: prepare meals by hand, manage fryers and inventory, serve customers, and survive the daily chaos of a busy restaurant, one chicken at a time.
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Bakery Simulator
Single-player alternative to Cooking Carnage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cooking Carnage.
Get up before dawn and see what it's like to be a baker! Learn to bake several dozen types of bread. Use realistic bakery machines. Deliver orders to stores, earn, and invest. Use original recipes or experiment with ingredients.
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Godlike Burger
Single-player alternative to Cooking Carnage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cooking Carnage.
In Godlike Burger you run the craziest restaurant of the galaxy! Stun, poison and kill customers in many devious ways… and turn them into burger meat! And don’t worry: Alien customers will keep coming if you are smart about it, because cannibalism is just too damn tasty.
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My Café Manager Simulator
Single-player alternative to Cooking Carnage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cooking Carnage.
Cozy café store management simulator: renovate and decorate, stock shelves, and run the checkout. Roll in deliveries with a cart, set up promotions and hire staff as you expand from a tiny shop into a bustling café.
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Arctic Motel Simulator
Single-player alternative to Cooking Carnage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Cooking Carnage.
Have you ever been to the Arctic? Do you want to open a motel in the Arctic? With the company of aurora, blizzards, polar days and nights, primeval forests, and wild animals, can you turn a run-down motel into a landmark in the Arctic?