Single-player games like Space Scavenger
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Space Scavenger, 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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Power of Ten
Single-player alternative to Space Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Space Scavenger.
Fly a star-fighter against a bloodthirsty armada. Gather weapons, resources, and upgrades to help you push back the relentless assault while protecting the galaxies' civilians!
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Run Build Pew!
Single-player alternative to Space Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Space Scavenger.
You’re being Bounty-Hunted! Run, Build your ship piece-by-piece and make it work with the parts you find, Destroy outposts and waves of fleets, and Pick your battles carefully to overcome your hunters in this Fast-Paced Top-Down Action Roguelite Shooter.
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Nova Drift
Single-player alternative to Space Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Space Scavenger.
Nova Drift distills the mechanical depth and strategy of an ARPG into classic arcade space combat. Control an endlessly evolving bio-mechanical ship, face legions of strange and deadly foes, and ride the wake of a dying star across the void.
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CRYPTARK
Single-player alternative to Space Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Space Scavenger.
Cryptark is a 2D sci-fi shooter where you take on the role of a heavily armed privateer seeking to earn government contracts by boarding deadly alien space-hulks. It's up to you to strategize a plan of attack, pick an equipment loadout, and destroy the central core to be victorious.
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NIMRODS
Single-player alternative to Space Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Space Scavenger.
Assemble a limitless arsenal in this survive-em-up roguelite shooter. As a Gun Manufacturer's testing force, your mission is simple: test the latest gun tech and scavenge alien planets. Collect insane weapon parts to invent crazy guns that slay thousands. You may not survive, but your guns will!
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Teleglitch: Die More Edition
Single-player alternative to Space Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Space Scavenger.
In a cold, dark future dominated by mega-corporations, a small lonely planet on the edge of habitable space is the site of a shadowy research facility specializing in necrotic tissue reactivation. You are a scientist who has suddenly awoken to the realization that you are the lone survivor.
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Danger Scavenger
Single-player alternative to Space Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Space Scavenger.
Danger Scavenger is fast-paced action, cyberpunk-themed, roguelite skyline crawler. Blow up, cut, shoot enemy robots on the roofs of skyscrapers. Choose your way to higher levels, loot, buy stuff, upgrade yourself, fight against greedy corporations, be a rebel!
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REPLIKATOR
Single-player alternative to Space Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Space Scavenger.
In this twin stick roguelite shooter, you play as one of the galactic mercenaries, explore a mysterious scientific complex and uncover the secret of the REPLIKATOR project.
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TerraTech
Single-player alternative to Space Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Space Scavenger.
TerraTech is an open-world, sandbox adventure game, where you design and build your own creations through a mix of crafting, combat and discovery. Design vehicles from a huge library of blocks. Scavenge, craft and buy new parts to survive and become the ultimate planetary prospector.
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Trailmakers
Single-player alternative to Space Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Space Scavenger.
Build the ultimate vehicle and explore a vast open world filled with challenges and adventure. Play solo or team up with friends in multiplayer to conquer the toughest obstacles. With a thrilling campaign mode and endless creative possibilities, Trailmakers is the ultimate sandbox for adventurers.
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Captain Forever Trilogy
Single-player alternative to Space Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Millions of players worldwide have flown, built, and fought their way through Captain Forever. CF Trilogy brings Captains Forever, Successor, and Impostor to Steam with a beautiful new renderer, new modules, and a reimagined world written by acclaimed novelist Cassandra Khaw.