Single-player games like Space Trader: Merchant Marine
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Space Trader: Merchant Marine, 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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Black Ice
Single-player alternative to Space Trader: Merchant Marine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Space Trader: Merchant Marine.
Hack greedy megacorps to help as many people as you can in a high-agility cyberpunk looter/shooter RPG. Explore neon cyberspace vistas and outmaneuver AIs to customize your hacker OS and weapon combos. Play solo or online co-op with up to 10 people!
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Cult of the Lamb
Single-player alternative to Space Trader: Merchant Marine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Space Trader: Merchant Marine.
Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and mysterious regions to build a loyal community of woodland Followers and spread your Word to become the one true cult.
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Hammerting
Single-player alternative to Space Trader: Merchant Marine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Trader: Merchant Marine.
Manage a Dwarven mining colony in the unexplored mountains of Mara. As conflict rages in the Overworld, you will need to craft, explore and fight as you provide the allies of your choice with the finest weapons and gear to assist them in the battle for glory.
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Objects in Space
Single-player alternative to Space Trader: Merchant Marine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Space Trader: Merchant Marine.
Objects in Space is a retro space game centred on 2D point-and-click stealth action in a massive open world. Players have their own customisable ships and can meet people, become a trader, bounty hunter, explorer, scavenger or all of them at once.
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Space Architect
Single-player alternative to Space Trader: Merchant Marine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Trader: Merchant Marine.
Design your dream space station in Space Architect! Master the power of automation or 'hire' an army of crewmates to handle your ever-growing production. Mine asteroids, fabricate goods, and engage in interstellar trade to pay off the menacing Big Evil Corp. Will you thrive in the vastness of space?
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Evochron Mercenary
Single-player alternative to Space Trader: Merchant Marine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Space Trader: Merchant Marine.
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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ArcRunner
Single-player alternative to Space Trader: Merchant Marine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Space Trader: Merchant Marine.
Traverse 'The Arc' in this beautiful, Cyberpunk-styled action rogue-lite as you attempt to reset an evil rogue AI. Experiment with different weapons and augments as you fight hordes of machines programmed for your annihilation! Collect Nanites & power-up after every run either solo or with friends!
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Per Aspera
Single-player alternative to Space Trader: Merchant Marine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Trader: Merchant Marine.
Make Mars your own! Take control of the world’s most sophisticated AI (AMI) and terraform the surface of the Red Planet for a city-building experience on a planetary scale. Transform this barren world into a lush paradise and explore the surface for any ancient secrets that may be waiting.
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Quake
Single-player alternative to Space Trader: Merchant Marine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Space Trader: Merchant Marine.
Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.
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Quake II
Single-player alternative to Space Trader: Merchant Marine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Space Trader: Merchant Marine.
You are humanity’s last hope to stop the Strogg, a hostile alien race waging war against Earth. Play this military sci-fi FPS, now upgraded for modern platforms with improved visuals, new campaign content, online multiplayer/co-op, and more.
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Drug Wars
Single-player alternative to Space Trader: Merchant Marine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Space Trader: Merchant Marine.
Drug Wars is a gritty, gory romp through a futuristic New York City, circa 3100, where severe global warming conditions have resulted in a harsh divide between upper-class Brooklyn gang bosses and a booming population of engineered Neanderthal bottom-dwellers.
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Thief
Single-player alternative to Space Trader: Merchant Marine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Space Trader: Merchant Marine.
Garrett, the Master Thief, steps out of the shadows into the City. In this treacherous place, where the Baron’s Watch spreads a rising tide of fear and oppression, his skills are the only things he can trust. Even the most cautious citizens and their best-guarded possessions are not safe from his reach.
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STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™
Single-player alternative to Space Trader: Merchant Marine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Space Trader: Merchant Marine.
A galaxy-spanning adventure awaits in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, a 3rd person action-adventure title from Respawn. An abandoned Padawan must complete his training, develop new powerful Force abilities, and master the art of the lightsaber - all while staying one step ahead of the Empire.