Hot Pot for One sees you sitting down to a big meal you wanted to share with friends, but no one showed up, leaving you to eat it all by yourself.
Winter is here, Christmas break is upon us, and you’re stuck at your college dorm. Luckily, you’re not the only person who hasn’t made it home in time for the holidays. You have your two best friends hanging out with you. So, to make the most of your evening, you order a massive hot pot. Unfortunately, your friends don’t actually turn up.
You have ordered six side dishes to your hot pot – which is actually a lot of food. If you don’t know, these are really social meals, where you have a giant pot of broth in the middle of a table, along with loads of veggies, meats, and noodles that you can dip into your broth, creating a soup as you eat and make it.
Throughout the game, you do get that experience of having a bunch of different food, but nobody is there. You text your friends, asking them where they are, but are just told that they have made other plans that don’t include you. This isn’t going to ruin your food, so you are able to cook up and consume as much of it as possible, then pack away the leftovers that you can fit in your fridge.
Hot Pot for One is a brief narrative experience, giving you a few moments in the kitchen of this person who is all alone (If you are looking for another game about hot pot, but are looking to enjoy it with friends, Hot Pot Panic is a personal favorite of mine). It’s very much one of those “putting yourself in someone else’s shoes” style of experience, which is worth exploring from time to time. It’s a slightly sad experience, as you hear other people partying while you put away all of the food you have purchased for your friends, but it’s a good experience, well worth checking out, especially if you are a fan of Christmas or hot pots themselves.
Hot Pot for One is available now on Steam.
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