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Single-player games like Silent Sector

Below are 21 single-player Steam games similar to Silent Sector, 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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    Starcom: Unknown Space — Steam game cover

    Starcom: Unknown Space

    Single-player alternative to Silent Sector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Silent Sector.

    Starcom: Unknown Space is an action RPG of space exploration and adventure. Build your own starship while discovering an epic story in a universe of strange mysteries, alien factions and uncharted worlds.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Universe X — Steam game cover

    Universe X

    Single-player alternative to Silent Sector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with Silent Sector.

    A sci-fi RPG strategy game where you build fleet, attack, trade and explore space. You can fight yourself, have others help you and upgrade your ship or buy plethora of ships for your space garage.

    2026ActionStrategyAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Pirates of Sector 7 — Steam game cover

    The Pirates of Sector 7

    Single-player alternative to Silent Sector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Silent Sector.

    Seek adventure, fortune and fame in a sector of space riddled with faction conflict, dastardly pirates, & deft merchants.

    2018ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Orbital Invaders — Steam game cover

    Orbital Invaders

    Single-player alternative to Silent Sector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Silent Sector.

    3D Sci-Fi arcade Shoot'em up game. Destroy asteroids and aliens. Shoot them all!3D arena shooter with multiple worlds. Spaceship simulator and shmup arcade style game.

    2020ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Farlane — Steam game cover

    Farlane

    Single-player alternative to Silent Sector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Silent Sector.

    Command a Nomad-class Frontier Runner and lead your crew on the edge of a fading galactic empire. Take on freelance contracts, explore unstable farlanes, upgrade your ship, and survive where civilization ends.

    ActionIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Void Destroyer 2 — Steam game cover

    Void Destroyer 2

    Single-player alternative to Silent Sector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Silent Sector.

    Start with nothing... End with everything! All you have is a basic ship, barely fit for combat, with it you'll start your journey and empire. A open world space sandbox, inspired by and expanding the classics.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hive Jump 2: Survivors — Steam game cover

    Hive Jump 2: Survivors

    Single-player alternative to Silent Sector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Silent Sector.

    Become an agent of vengeance in this bullet-heaven action roguelite! You are the lone survivor of your squad, on an alien planet with just your weapon, a jetpack, and the courage to keep fighting. Kill off alien swarms and transform their valuable guts into explosive upgrades and vital utilities.

    2024ActionIndieRPG6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cosmonator — Steam game cover

    Cosmonator

    Single-player alternative to Silent Sector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Silent Sector.

    Cosmonator is an 'RPG-em-up': a hybrid of classic fast-paced top-down shoot-em-up action infused with deep character building elements. Build up your own unique alien-killing machine to avenge the destruction of planet Earth!

    2019ActionIndieRPG6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rebel Galaxy — Steam game cover

    Rebel Galaxy

    Single-player alternative to Silent Sector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Silent Sector.

    Rebel Galaxy is a swashbuckling space adventure, with action-packed combat, exploration, discovery, trade, and “negotiation” with the outlandish denizens at the edge of the known universe.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Solar Wind — Steam game cover

    Solar Wind

    Single-player alternative to Silent Sector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Silent Sector.

    Blast your way through a galaxy of planets in this fast paced, side scrolling shoot 'em up. Fight in deep space, fly through asteroid belts, and battle across moons as you take on the alien menace.

    2018ActionIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Star Control I and II — Steam game cover

    Star Control I and II

    Single-player alternative to Silent Sector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Silent Sector.

    Explore a vast universe with pulse-pounding action, side-splitting humor, and hair-raising plot twists in these 2 classic space adventure games.

    2017ActionStrategyIndie3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Star Control III — Steam game cover

    Star Control III

    Single-player alternative to Silent Sector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Silent Sector.

    The universe is on the brink of destruction. It’s up to you to embark on an epic adventure of strategy and diplomacy to save thousands of worlds from total annihilation. But no pressure, right?

    2017ActionStrategyIndie3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Jets'n'Guns 2 — Steam game cover

    Jets'n'Guns 2

    Single-player alternative to Silent Sector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Silent Sector.

    Jets'n'Guns 2 is a side-scrolling space shooter with insane levels of action and destruction. Travel the galaxies and unleash an arsenal of the deadliest weapons and devices to save the universe from its inevitable doom.

    2020ActionIndie15.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Siren's Call: Escape Velocity — Steam game cover

    Siren's Call: Escape Velocity

    Single-player alternative to Silent Sector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Silent Sector.

    The definitive edition of the fan-favorite visual novel is here! A surreal, coming-of-age tale set in early 2010s Central Florida, Siren's Call is the small town you swore you'd always leave. Something inside you knows this is your last chance. Will you reach escape velocity?

    2025IndieAdventureCasual7.50 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rampage Knights — Steam game cover

    Rampage Knights

    Single-player alternative to Silent Sector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Silent Sector.

    Rampage Knights is a cooperative beat 'em up game mixed up with randomized dungeon crawling and exploration, which you can play alone or with a friend online.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Jets'n'Guns Gold — Steam game cover

    Jets'n'Guns Gold

    Single-player alternative to Silent Sector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Silent Sector.

    Jets'n'Guns is a heavy piece of ground shaking rock blasting action with graphics and special effects that will blow you eyes out! Enjoy yourself in almost-insane action adventure of saving the universe from the deadly threat of more than 270 unique monsters in the campaign of 43 levels.

    2014ActionIndie7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Northmark: Hour of the Wolf — Steam game cover

    Northmark: Hour of the Wolf

    Single-player alternative to Silent Sector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Silent Sector.

    Adventure across the lands of Northmark and save your homeland from the plot in this original card RPG.

    2014IndieAdventureRPG2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bellfortis — Steam game cover

    Bellfortis

    Single-player alternative to Silent Sector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Silent Sector.

    Bellfortis is a strategy game from the early Middle Ages. Expand your kingdom, use politics and power. Strategic planning on the map alternates with realtime battles of armies. Play as a grand strategy or on smaller local maps, build, recruit armies and fight!

    2025StrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Loot Hunter — Steam game cover

    Loot Hunter

    Single-player alternative to Silent Sector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Silent Sector.

    Loot Hunter is a fun role-play game from the world full of old ships, pirates and adventures!

    2015StrategyIndieCasual6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Archibald's Adventures — Steam game cover

    Archibald's Adventures

    Single-player alternative to Silent Sector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Silent Sector.

    A paranoid computer issued a lock down on a mad scientist's mansion after his experiments and security robots broke loose, and you are trapped inside! Overcome all the pitfalls of the mansion in this action puzzle game! Test your skills and wit in nearly 200 levels!

    2016ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Diamond Joyce and the Secret of Crystal Cave — Steam game cover

    Diamond Joyce and the Secret of Crystal Cave

    Single-player alternative to Silent Sector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Silent Sector.

    Diamond Joyce and the Secret of Crystal Cave is an action puzzle game with quest for long-lost treasures buried in pitch black caves, pyramids and temples of ancient civilizations.

    2016StrategyIndieAdventure5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →