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Single-player games like Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game

Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game, 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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    Hipster Cafe — Steam game cover

    Hipster Cafe

    Single-player alternative to Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game.

    Ever wanted to design, build and manage a café on your very own home computer? Really? OK then... welcome to HIPSTER CAFÉ. Make stupid food, serve it on a skateboard, and impress your friends by drawing in your coffee.

    2022StrategySimulationCasual24.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Game Builder Tycoon — Steam game cover

    Game Builder Tycoon

    Single-player alternative to Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game.

    In Game Builder Tycoon, begin as an indie game developer. Personalize your character, craft hit games, manage marketing, research stuff and manage a skilled team. Overcome competition to guide your game development studio to global recognition and dominate the gaming industry.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation5.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Recipe for Disaster — Steam game cover

    Recipe for Disaster

    Single-player alternative to Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game.

    Recipe for Disaster is a management sim that captures the fast-paced, drama-filled environment of a professional kitchen and dining room. Build your dream restaurant, create recipes, design menus and manage your staff, all while contending with demanding customers and disastrous situations!

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Restaurant Empire II — Steam game cover

    Restaurant Empire II

    Single-player alternative to Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game.

    Restaurant Empire 2 is the most realistic and comprehensive restaurant business simulation available, featuring 4 cuisines, 600 recipes, 4 huge cities, 2 campaigns with a total of 34 missions, 1400 interior objects, and a mix of business strategy and role-playing gameplay such as cooking contests.

    2009StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    TasteMaker — Steam game cover

    TasteMaker

    Single-player alternative to Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game.

    TasteMaker is a restaurant tycoon game. Design your own restaurant from the ground up, decorate, create a menu, hire and manage staff, and much more. Keep your customers happy and make a profit to keep the restaurant of your dreams from turning into a nightmare.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation11.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Project Hospital — Steam game cover

    Project Hospital

    Single-player alternative to Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game.

    Become an ace doctor, an aspiring architect and a successful manager at the same time. Design your very own hospital, tweak every detail or choose one of the prebuilt scenarios and just jump to the doctor’s duty.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kapital: Sparks of Revolution — Steam game cover

    Kapital: Sparks of Revolution

    Single-player alternative to Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game.

    Sandbox economic simulation game about class struggle. European country is in a deep crisis. You are the mayor of the capital. Social unrest is inevitable. What price will you pay to save your people from anarchy?

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rise of Industry — Steam game cover

    Rise of Industry

    Single-player alternative to Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game.

    Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in the first title in the ROI series as you create & optimise intricate production lines. As an early 20th-Century industrialist, grow your empire & adapt to an ever-changing business landscape with unexpected events that could lead to boom…or bust.

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Overcooked — Steam game cover

    Overcooked

    Single-player alternative to Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game.

    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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    ICY: Frostbite Edition — Steam game cover

    ICY: Frostbite Edition

    Single-player alternative to Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    ICY: Frostbite Edition is a narrative-driven post-apocalyptic survival RPG set in a new Ice Age. Create your character, lead your family, make difficult choices, and try to survive in a frozen world.

    2017RPG12.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dustgrave: A Sandbox RPG — Steam game cover

    Dustgrave: A Sandbox RPG

    Single-player alternative to Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Embark on an epic journey, enjoying complete freedom in a dynamic sandbox RPG. The world and its inhabitants will witness your deeds and react accordingly, adapting the narrative to your choices and delivering a truly unique and free experience.

    2024RPGEarly Access21.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dustgrave: Prologue — Steam game cover

    Dustgrave: Prologue

    Single-player alternative to Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Dustgrave: Prologue will let you experience the first hours of Dustgrave: A Sandbox RPG, which is set to release later this year! Start your journey in the Prologue, change the world with your choices, and then continue playing with your save once the game is released!

    2024RPGFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →