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Single-player games like Save the Planet

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Save the Planet, 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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    03.04 — Steam game cover

    03.04

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

    04/03/2017How much does this date tell you? For the main character, it became very significant, because this is the day of his death. The protagonist was precisely in the train that arrived at the metro station "Technological Institute" with the bodies of innocent, already dead, people ...

    2019ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Fall of Aether Station — Steam game cover

    The Fall of Aether Station

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

    Customize your Ships, Upgrade your fleet, and Command your way to victory in this ruthless rogue-lite tower defense/real time strategy hybrid. Take on an enemy that learns from your moves and adjusts its own path. Do you have what it takes to persevere?

    2024ActionStrategyIndie12.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Infested Planet — Steam game cover

    Infested Planet

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

    Command a team of 5 elite soldiers against an alien horde of 100,000. Surrounded on all sides, you must outmaneuver and outsmart the enemy.

    2014ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    StarFear — Steam game cover

    StarFear

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

    Fly. Die. Improve. Repeat. StarFear is a brutal space extraction roguelite where loss is learning, skill is the answer, and nothing feels better than getting out alive, alone or with your friends.

    ActionIndieRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SteelFall — Steam game cover

    SteelFall

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

    Pilot a heavily armed mech against relentless hordes. Fly, blast, and burn your way through swarms, draft powerful items to create game-changing builds, and take down titanic bosses in this fast-paced action roguelite.

    2027ActionIndieCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    FTL: Faster Than Light — Steam game cover

    FTL: Faster Than Light

    Single-player alternative to Save the Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Save the Planet.

    This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.

    2012StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes — Steam game cover

    Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes

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

    In Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes, take command of a fleet escaping the annihilation of the Twelve Colonies. Manage crises on board as you prepare for the next encounter with the Cylon Fleet. Times are dire, and hard choices must be made. Your only hope: rejoin the Battlestar Galactica.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Syder Arcade — Steam game cover

    Syder Arcade

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

    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.

    2013ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Business Simulator — Steam game cover

    Business Simulator

    Single-player alternative to Save the Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Save the Planet.

    Business simulator is a simple economic simulator. Making their way forward, the player builds the future of their character, earning money and respect, buying real estate, cars, and climbing the career ladder.

    2020IndieSimulation4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →