Single-player games like Planet Miner
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Planet Miner, 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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Search of Galaxy
Single-player alternative to Planet Miner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Planet Miner.
After the supernova explosion, the Thermian race was destroyed. All knowledge, technologies and data about the past were lost. You must to restore civilization and explore the territories of your home system in search of lost technologies and artifacts.
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Stellar Harvest
Single-player alternative to Planet Miner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Planet Miner.
Harvest energy across the solar system. Build generators on alien worlds, prestige for Dark Energy, and construct a Dyson Sphere around the Sun. Ten planets. Infinite power. One way home.
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Zero-Point
Single-player alternative to Planet Miner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Planet Miner.
Zero-Point is a 3D space roguelike featuring tactical ship-to-ship combat, crew command and an immersive view of your ship's interior. As Captain of a Star Federation cruiser, lead your crew and ship to victory over the rebellious Galactic Liberation Front!
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Galactum Meridian
Single-player alternative to Planet Miner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Planet Miner.
Lead humanity's first deep survey beyond Sol in a research-first space strategy game. Explore star systems, investigate worlds, deploy probes, and turn scientific discoveries into strategic power.
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Rocket Simulator
Single-player alternative to Planet Miner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Planet Miner.
Travel with your spacecraft throughout the solar system based on realistic Kepler's laws of gravity. Invent your own routes between planets, use gravity, explore space, trade, upgrade your spaceship and enjoy the beautiful scenery!
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ORBITAL
Single-player alternative to Planet Miner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Planet Miner.
A space adventure where you solve the mystery of your past, building a thriving civilization across a distant solar system. Fly your rocket as a commander, grow your colonies and build planet upgrades to conquer this unknown space.
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Space Travellers
Single-player alternative to Planet Miner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Planet Miner.
Space Travellers is a unique open-world sandbox space simulator set in the year 2343. Travel the galaxy, trade, explore unexplored worlds, fight, build bases and factories, forge alliances and experience new adventures!
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QANGA
Single-player alternative to Planet Miner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Planet Miner.
QANGA: 750 years after humanity's fall, you must survive in a shattered world where Earth itself demands vengeance. Tear through the fabric of space to face the Voss, awaken the ancient civilisation, and dare to challenge the Sanglines, born from the bowels of a world that condemned you.