Single-player games like SpaceShips
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to SpaceShips, 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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SPL: Skilled Pilots Live
Single-player alternative to SpaceShips — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Early Access with SpaceShips.
SPL is a genre mix of fast paced looter shooter, souls-like and 3D space sim, with realistic physics dogfights.
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BlassHole
Single-player alternative to SpaceShips — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with SpaceShips.
A space action, looting and ship progression game first made over 25 years ago while I was studying programming, now remade: explore systems, fight, collect loot and upgrade your ship module by module.
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BEETLES
Single-player alternative to SpaceShips — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with SpaceShips.
BEETLES is a first - person strategy shooter. In the game you will find the extraction of a resource that you can exchange for weapons, machine guns, rocket launchers and even a tactical nuclear bomb. And all this fun under an endless stream of bugs. The game also features achievements and a leaderboard.
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Nibiru Voyage
Single-player alternative to SpaceShips — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with SpaceShips.
Nibiru Voyage is a classic scrolling game with weapon upgrades and hordes of enemy ships.
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Dimensions: Dreadnought Architect
Single-player alternative to SpaceShips — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with SpaceShips.
Unleash your creativity, design your dreadnought with a variety of modules, and have complete control over the function and style of each module. Command your battleship with wisdom and decisiveness. Gallop in the vast galaxy and destroy all enemies.
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A-Spec First Assault
Single-player alternative to SpaceShips — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with SpaceShips.
Fly corvette-class warships. Engage in combat operations against fighters, frigates, cruisers, and more dangerous foes. Choose the ships, weapons, and improvement modules, your group will deploy with. Use tactical command decisions to overcome dangerous encounters with unrelenting enemies.
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House of the Dying Sun
Single-player alternative to SpaceShips — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with SpaceShips.
House of the Dying Sun is a tactical space shooter that puts you in the cockpit of the universe's most terrifying starfighter. Hunt the enemies of the Empire and bring ruin to their people.
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Nienix: Cosmic Warfare
Single-player alternative to SpaceShips — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with SpaceShips.
Search for the legendary lost artifact Nienix through galaxies in conflict! An open world space action RPG adventure that can be played both alone and together!