Single-player games like Pirates of the Asteroid Belt
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Pirates of the Asteroid Belt, 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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The Outer Worlds
Single-player alternative to Pirates of the Asteroid Belt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Pirates of the Asteroid Belt.
The Outer Worlds is an award-winning single-player RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division. As you explore a space colony, the character you decide to become will determine how this player-driven story unfolds. In the colony's corporate equation, you are the unplanned variable.
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Dead in Antares
Single-player alternative to Pirates of the Asteroid Belt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pirates of the Asteroid Belt.
Dead in Antares is a turn-based survival management game with RPG elements, set on an alien planet. Lead a crew of survivors sent on a mission to save humanity. Manage their needs, strengthen their teamwork, and explore this mysterious world to find a way back home.
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Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
Single-player alternative to Pirates of the Asteroid Belt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Pirates of the Asteroid Belt.
A dice-driven RPG, in a human and heartfelt sci-fi world. You are an escaped android, with a malfunctioning body, a price on your head and no memory of your past. Get a ship, find a crew, and take on contracts while you navigate across the Starward Belt.
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I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
Single-player alternative to Pirates of the Asteroid Belt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Pirates of the Asteroid Belt.
Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.
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Rebel Galaxy Outlaw
Single-player alternative to Pirates of the Asteroid Belt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pirates of the Asteroid Belt.
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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Skin Deep
Single-player alternative to Pirates of the Asteroid Belt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pirates of the Asteroid Belt.
Skin Deep is an immersive first-person shooter. We got sneezing. We got things getting stuck in your feet. Stalk through a vast non-linear starship and sneak, subvert, and sabotage to survive in this stellar sandbox. You're outnumbered, outgunned, and have no shoes. Welcome to Skin Deep!
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Transistor
Single-player alternative to Pirates of the Asteroid Belt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pirates of the Asteroid Belt.
Discover the world of Transistor, a sci-fi-themed action RPG from the creators of Bastion.
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System Shock® 2 (1999)
Single-player alternative to Pirates of the Asteroid Belt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Pirates of the Asteroid Belt.
"Remember, it is my will that guided you here. It is my will that gave you your cybernetic implants, the only beauty in that meat you call a body. If you value that meat... you will do as I tell you." The cult classic sci-fi horror FPS-RPG has returned.
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Pirates of the Asteroid Belt VR
Single-player alternative to Pirates of the Asteroid Belt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pirates of the Asteroid Belt.
Role-play shooter in VR. Your personal space adventure.