Single-player games like Orbitect
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Orbitect, 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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Galactic Crew
Single-player alternative to Orbitect — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Orbitect.
Galactic Crew II is a roguelike space exploration game inspired by FTL and the classic XCOM games. You and your valorous crew members will explore a galaxy with all its dangers and riches. Explore and colonize planets, customize your spaceship, raid underground dungeons, mine, trade and craft!
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No Ticket Back: Craft, Survive & Escape
Single-player alternative to Orbitect — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Orbitect.
As the brave crew sets course for the Red Planet, their mission takes a terrifying turn. In the vast emptiness of space, their once-proud vessel becomes a haunted nightmare. Can they survive the horrors that await them in the darkness and escape or will they succumb before completing their mission?
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Space Station Tycoon
Single-player alternative to Orbitect — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Orbitect.
Create a thriving space station in a lost sector. Face thrilling challenges head-on, from pirate raids to asteroid impacts, as you lead your company to new heights.
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Genesis Alpha One Deluxe Edition
Single-player alternative to Orbitect — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Orbitect.
Hyperjump into the dark recesses of space with Genesis Alpha One - a roguelike FPS where you must build, maintain and navigate your ship through a galaxy filled with hostile alien and human threats. Explore, create and survive the militarized space race in order to secure humanity’s future.
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Project Of Cooling The Earth
Single-player alternative to Orbitect — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Orbitect.
Players must survive in the ruins of the human world and face various survival challenges and dangers. Players need to search for resources in abandoned cities and wilderness, including food, water sources, construction materials, etc., to maintain survival and build safe shelters.
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Deep Among the Swarm
Single-player alternative to Orbitect — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Orbitect.
Deep Among the Swarm is a challenging survival RTS roguelite about surviving against thousands of enemies. Drill ever deeper underground while fighting the endless onslaught of the Swarm. Can you save humanity?
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Galactic Mining Corp
Single-player alternative to Orbitect — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Orbitect.
Galactic Mining Corp is a unique rogue-lite, action game with crafting and base building mechanics. Head into uncharted space and discover a universe of locations to exploit for riches! Use your profits to expand your HQ, hire a crazy work force, obtain new drill components and upgrade everything.
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ShapeHero Factory
Single-player alternative to Orbitect — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Orbitect.
In ShapeHero Factory, you’re the engineer of an ever-evolving paint-fuelled factory that spits out magical, shape-based warriors. Send them into battle - to death or glory - then build an even better factory on your next run.
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The Mars Agenda
Single-player alternative to Orbitect — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Orbitect.
A lone astronaut with nothing but a guide book must complete various missions on Mars to get the planet ready for future habitation.
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Close Contact
Single-player alternative to Orbitect — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Orbitect.
Close Contact is a narrative-driven, sci-fi horror game where you must navigate an advanced underground base whilst avoiding the alien creature that stalks you.
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Twisted Logic: Abbotsfield
Single-player alternative to Orbitect — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Orbitect.
As an Exorcist from the Office of Unexplained Phenomena, your task is to solve intricate logic puzzles - both in reality and in-game - in order to exorcise a demonic force. You have one hour.