Single-player games like Dead Hungry
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Dead Hungry, 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.
Want the full alternatives list (paid + free + Steam Deck + cheaper picks)? See the parent games like Dead Hungry page.
Ranked picks
- 1
Crazy Cook
Single-player alternative to Dead Hungry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Hungry.
You have to peel, cut, shoot and smash crazy ingredients in rythme to the music ! It is a very good exercice if you want to get fit. Crazy Cook is a fun and crazy musical cooking game for the whole family ! Your goal is to create great recipes…with a twist : the ingredients are a bit hostile !
- 2
All Hail The Cook-o-tron
Single-player alternative to Dead Hungry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Hungry.
All Hail the Cook-o-tron is a physics-based VR cooking game. You play as a contender in a cooking competition designed to hone your cooking and time management skills to ultimately please the robotic food critic known as the Cook-o-tron.
- 3
Kaiten Sushi VR
Single-player alternative to Dead Hungry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Hungry.
Kaiten Sushi VR is a game that you can experience basic operations of a conveyor belt sushi restaurant.
- 4
Beers and Boomerangs
Single-player alternative to Dead Hungry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Hungry.
A VR game where you throw boomerangs at kangaroos that are trying to steal your beer! Cook and bring drinks to your mates, but don't forget to defend your BBQ from those pesky kangaroos!
- 5
Kore VR
Single-player alternative to Dead Hungry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Dead Hungry.
Want to learn the Korean alphabet on the Meta Quest? Hop into Kore VR where you get to learn the alphabet in an interactive orb and shoot away letters in an interactive arena to win ingredients for delicious Korean dishes. Get those letters right or you will get roasted in Korean!
- 6
Counter Fight
Single-player alternative to Dead Hungry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Hungry.
Counter Fight is a VR game. You can enjoy the ramen shop . You offer a variety of dishes to eccentric customers.
- 7
Counter Fight: Samurai Edition
Single-player alternative to Dead Hungry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Hungry.
Enjoy the thrills of running your own rice bowl dish shop! Counter Fight SE(Samurai Edition) is a fast-paced VR game where you cook and serve a variety of dishes to eccentric hungry customers.
- 8
Trippy Tavern
Single-player alternative to Dead Hungry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Hungry.
You are the bartender at Trippy Tavern, serving up colorful drinks to thirsty customers. Use your earnings to learn new recipes and rise the ranks, all while dealing with random mods every round -- some good, some bad, and everything in between! Oh, and don't forget to pay the rent...
- 9
Cooking For MA!
Single-player alternative to Dead Hungry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dead Hungry.
Go on an adventure through the spirit world to save your grandma from an evil sea serpent using the power of cooking! Cook dishes for different characters, exploring Korean cuisine in this story about identity, diaspora, and family.
- 10
PixelJunk™ Nom Nom Galaxy
Single-player alternative to Dead Hungry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Hungry.
Welcome to SoupCo, Astroworker! In Nom Nom Galaxy, construct and automate gigantic soup factories on unexplored planets throughout the universe, harvest flora and fauna to turn them into artisanal soups, and rocket your product into the gullets of the galaxy!
- 11
PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate
Single-player alternative to Dead Hungry — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Tikiman the Forest Defender is in trouble. Hordes of monsters are sweeping through his realm, hoping to chow down on his offspring – and it’s up to you to defend them. By placing weapon towers at strategic points around the landscape, you can destroy the invaders and save the little ones.
- 12
PixelJunk™ Eden
Single-player alternative to Dead Hungry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Hungry.
Swing, climb, and jump your way through massive “gardens” of vibrant other-worldly plant-life in this truly organic platformer.
- 13
PixelJunk™ Monsters 2
Single-player alternative to Dead Hungry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Hungry.
PixelJunk™ Monsters is back with the simple, yet highly strategic real-time tower defense gameplay gameplay of the original title, now with updated graphics and brand new multiplayer modes!
- 14
PixelJunk™ Shooter
Single-player alternative to Dead Hungry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Hungry.
In PixelJunk™ Shooter, you must pilot your spacecraft through a range of cavernous environments in a bid to save the scientists trapped underground. Making your way through the game will rely on your keen sense of observation and the ability to manipulate your surroundings.
- 15
PixelJunk™ Shooter Ultimate
Single-player alternative to Dead Hungry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Hungry.
CAN YOU SAVE THE SCIENTISTS ON APOXUS PRIME?PixelJunk™ Shooter Ultimate is a twin-stick shooter with equal elements of action and puzzle solving.
- 16
PixelJunk™ Scrappers Deluxe
Single-player alternative to Dead Hungry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Hungry.
Clean up the streets of Junktown as a team of robot garbage collectors. Trash your opponents with up to 4 players or go it alone in this beat ‘em up that’s also a clean ‘em up!