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Single-player games like Stellaxy

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Stellaxy, 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 — Steam game cover

    Rebel Galaxy

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

    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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    Jitter — Steam game cover

    Jitter

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

    A sci-fi exploration & survival game where you take on the role of a spaceship’s AI. Explore, fight, and survive across a mining colony in the Main Asteroid Belt. Rebuild your ship. Rescue your crew. Reveal the truth behind your mission.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Starcom: Unknown Space — Steam game cover

    Starcom: Unknown Space

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

    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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    Between the Stars — Steam game cover

    Between the Stars

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

    Become the Captain of an interstellar cruiser and journey across the galaxy to save the Republic. During your journey you will have to make important decisions, improve the weaponry of your ship and fight against numerous enemies.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Elite Dangerous — Steam game cover

    Elite Dangerous

    Single-player alternative to Stellaxy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Stellaxy.

    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.

    2015ActionStrategyAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ostranauts — Steam game cover

    Ostranauts

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

    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.

    2020IndieSimulationRPG15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rebel Galaxy Outlaw — Steam game cover

    Rebel Galaxy Outlaw

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

    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.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Celestial Command — Steam game cover

    Celestial Command

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

    Mine asteroids, salvage space debris, design your own small or massive spacecraft using individual functional components, complete missions, and engage in battles against enemies in a vast galaxy with realistic physics based on orbital mechanics or in a classic physics mode.

    2014ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →