Single-player games like Flight Of Nova
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Flight Of Nova, 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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Starminer
Single-player alternative to Flight Of Nova — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Flight Of Nova.
Design and build an interstellar mining fleet to strip space of its invaluable minerals, and sell them for a tidy profit. But beware. Your greed will attract the alien. Use warships and defense platforms to protect your fleet at all costs - in real space, in real time.
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Space Docker VR
Single-player alternative to Flight Of Nova — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Flight Of Nova.
A hardcore flight simulator for VR! Get in the cockpit, pilot a ship, and navigate hazardous environments on a journey to become an expert docker!
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Starship EVO
Single-player alternative to Flight Of Nova — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Flight Of Nova.
Mine and craft your way to orbit, build your own starship and explore a vast, dangerous galaxy alongside your crew. For players who love a meaningful survival progression, a unique and elegant building system, and epic space-opera scale.
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SpaceEngine
Single-player alternative to Flight Of Nova — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Early Access with Flight Of Nova.
The world's first science-based photorealistic interactive 3D planetarium that models the entire Universe, using procedural generation for uncharted areas.
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Starpoint Gemini 2
Single-player alternative to Flight Of Nova — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Flight Of Nova.
Captain your own space ship and roam the galaxy in 3D in this tactical space simulator with tons of RPG depth ! Space has never looked so inviting - but images can betray...It has been two years since the end of the second Gemini war, the situation in the wartorn system is further from resolution than ever.
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Evochron Mercenary
Single-player alternative to Flight Of Nova — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Flight Of Nova.
The life of an independent mercenary is rarely without excitement. Your spacecraft awaits and your adventure begins in the Sapphire star system.
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Avorion
Single-player alternative to Flight Of Nova — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Flight Of Nova.
A procedural co-op space sandbox where players can build their own space ships out of dynamically scalable blocks. Fight epic space battles, explore, mine, trade, wage wars and build your own empire to save your galaxy from being torn apart by an unknown enemy.
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Ostranauts
Single-player alternative to Flight Of Nova — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Early Access with Flight Of Nova.
Navigate your scrappy ship through the boneyard in search of valuable parts in abandoned vessels. Use salvage to upgrade your ship, or sell it for cash to pay down your mounting debt, or restock fuel, air, or food. Fly and role-play aboard your dream spaceship in this hardcore noir space-sim.
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Kerbal Space Program
Single-player alternative to Flight Of Nova — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Flight Of Nova.
In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.
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Elite Dangerous
Single-player alternative to Flight Of Nova — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Flight Of Nova.
Take control of your own starship and blaze your trail in an ever-changing galaxy. Master the arts of combat, mining and trade or venture out into the unknown across a 1:1 scale universe.
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Nuclear Option
Single-player alternative to Flight Of Nova — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Early Access with Flight Of Nova.
Fly near-future aircraft with immersive physics on intense battlefields, facing land, air and sea threats. Wage war against AI or other players with an array of potent weapons. Wield tactical and strategic nuclear weapons, capable of annihilating anything in their path.