Single-player games like Silent Sector
Below are 20 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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Rebel Galaxy Outlaw
Single-player alternative to Silent Sector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Silent Sector.
Out of cash, out of luck, out on the fringe. Juno Markev has a killer to tail, a debt to pay, and more trouble headed her way. Rebel Galaxy Outlaw takes place in a greasy, blue-collar world of outlaws, truckers, cops and thieves.
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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.
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Objects in Space
Single-player alternative to Silent Sector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Silent Sector.
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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Star Nomad 2
Single-player alternative to Silent Sector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Silent Sector.
A space trader & combat sim meets squad-RPG, large scale conquest, choice driven gameplay with fluid & punchy tactical real-time combat set in a dynamic open-world sandbox.
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Syder Arcade
Single-player alternative to Silent Sector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Silent Sector.
Killing zombies never gets old, but sometimes you just need a break. Get back to some serious old-school gaming with Syder Arcade! Syder Arcade is a love letter to Amiga games of the ‘90s, no coins, no upgrade grinding, just your tenacity and a motherload of alien invaders.
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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.
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EVERSPACE™ 2
Single-player alternative to Silent Sector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with Silent Sector.
EVERSPACE 2 is a fast-paced single-player spaceship shooter with exploration in space and on planets, tons of loot, RPG elements, mining, and crafting. Experience an exciting sci-fi story set in a vivid, handcrafted open world full of secrets, puzzles, and perils.
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Starcom: Nexus
Single-player alternative to Silent Sector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Silent Sector.
Suddenly thrown into an unknown galaxy, you must explore, fight or befriend aliens and transform your ship from a small survey vessel into a powerful battlecruiser to unravel the mystery of the forces that brought you here and find your way home.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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.