Single-player games like Starminer
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Starminer, 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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Evochron Mercenary
Single-player alternative to Starminer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Starminer.
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 Starminer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Starminer.
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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Rank: Warmaster
Single-player alternative to Starminer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Starminer.
Stranded on Mars with next to nothing, build a city, assemble a fleet, and expand your empire to survive a hostile solar system in this new take that combines elements of space combat and RTS inspired by the classics.
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REDVERY SPACE™
Single-player alternative to Starminer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Starminer.
Single-player, first-person spaceflight sim. Fly a fast, agile ship through dense asteroid fields. Scan anomalies and sell scientific data at Science Labs—just don’t crash: you’ll lose it. Hack probes and satellites to access hidden secrets, then jump through unstable wormholes before they collapse.
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X4: Foundations
Single-player alternative to Starminer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Starminer.
Your journey to building a vast space empire begins behind the controls of a single ship. Explore, trade, fight, and build as you rise to command fleets, stations, and entire economies in a living, fully simulated universe that reacts to every decision.
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Starpoint Gemini 2
Single-player alternative to Starminer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with Starminer.
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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X3: Terran Conflict
Single-player alternative to Starminer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Starminer.
It is the year 2938. The long wished-for encounter of the X Universe and the Earth holds both joy and sorrow for the people. Despite flourishing trade, the clash of the diverse races, cultures and life forms creates new tensions, mistrust and open conflict that need to be overcome!
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Starpoint Gemini Warlords
Single-player alternative to Starminer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Starminer.
Strategy from the front lines! Starpoint Gemini Warlords combines 3rd person capital spaceship combat with 4X strategy and RPG gameplay elements. Build mighty war fleets and send them into battle or lead them into combat yourself. Become the Warlord and conquer the Gemini system!