Single-player games like stardust
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to stardust, 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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Celestial Routes
Single-player alternative to stardust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with stardust.
A sci-fi space flight, exploration, and survival game in third person. Survival is important in this universe, both physically and economically. Exploring different planets, spacestations, and debris areas, and surface facilities is the key part for scavenging and collecting materials and tools.
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Aery - A Journey Beyond Time
Single-player alternative to stardust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with stardust.
In Aery – A Journey Beyond Time you are in the role of a flying god-like creature which observes the world and their inhabitants while they grow and evolve through time. Are you ready to explore time itself?
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Voyager 2
Single-player alternative to stardust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with stardust.
Launch the Voyager space probe to the furthest depths of the Solar System! Use gravity to slingshot around planets and scan, orbit, or land on targets to earn stunning replays of your accomplishments.
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Univoyager
Single-player alternative to stardust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with stardust.
Experience a 1:1 scale, procedurally generated universe with seamless exploration from planets to stars. Journey across the cosmos with zero loading screens and realistic Newtonian physics. Trade, fight, and survive in a post-apocalyptic galaxy where gravity is your only boundary.
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Silverwing
Single-player alternative to stardust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with stardust.
Silverwing is an action flight game where you build an array of powerful spaceships to combat enemies across space and a diverse array of planet landscapes. Play through a fully voiced 20+ mission campaign with multiple endings based on your mission choices.
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Orbital Invaders
Single-player alternative to stardust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with stardust.
3D Sci-Fi arcade Shoot'em up game. Destroy asteroids and aliens. Shoot them all!3D arena shooter with multiple worlds. Spaceship simulator and shmup arcade style game.
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Galaxy on Fire 2™ Full HD
Single-player alternative to stardust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with stardust.
A hyperdrive malfunction sends Keith T. Maxwell tumbling through space and time to fight for his life against a mysterious alien armada that is wreaking havoc.
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Frontier Pilot Simulator
Single-player alternative to stardust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with stardust.
FPS is a Sci-Fi cargo pilot sim, with an engaging emergent mission-driven storyline, with a real-time economy with free flight and trading, on an alien world to explore. All in customizable upgradeable, well-simulated VTOL craft with real weather, and flight dynamics.
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Lil' Airport
Single-player alternative to stardust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with stardust.
Lil' Airport is a an idle airport management game. Build and manage your own airport directly on your desktop. Expand your airport from a small airstrip to a bustling travel hub. Schedule flights, delight passengers with amenities, face emergencies - or just watch the planes go by.