Single-player games like ---Red---Tether-->
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to ---Red---Tether-->, 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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Power of Ten
Single-player alternative to ---Red---Tether--> — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ---Red---Tether-->.
Fly a star-fighter against a bloodthirsty armada. Gather weapons, resources, and upgrades to help you push back the relentless assault while protecting the galaxies' civilians!
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FTL: Faster Than Light
Single-player alternative to ---Red---Tether--> — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with ---Red---Tether-->.
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.
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Crying Suns
Single-player alternative to ---Red---Tether--> — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with ---Red---Tether-->.
Crying Suns is a tactical rogue-lite that puts you in the role of a space fleet commander as you explore a mysteriously fallen empire. In this story rich experience inspired by Dune and Foundation, each successful run will uncover the truth about the Empire... and yourself as well.
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Teleglitch: Die More Edition
Single-player alternative to ---Red---Tether--> — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ---Red---Tether-->.
In a cold, dark future dominated by mega-corporations, a small lonely planet on the edge of habitable space is the site of a shadowy research facility specializing in necrotic tissue reactivation. You are a scientist who has suddenly awoken to the realization that you are the lone survivor.
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CRYPTARK
Single-player alternative to ---Red---Tether--> — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ---Red---Tether-->.
Cryptark is a 2D sci-fi shooter where you take on the role of a heavily armed privateer seeking to earn government contracts by boarding deadly alien space-hulks. It's up to you to strategize a plan of attack, pick an equipment loadout, and destroy the central core to be victorious.
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Brigador: Up-Armored Edition
Single-player alternative to ---Red---Tether--> — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ---Red---Tether-->.
Pilot a mech to hunt down and destroy the oppressive government of a cyberpunk autocracy. In this fast-paced, top-down shooter, use overwhelming firepower to destroy columns of tanks and level buildings. Unlock up to 56 unique vehicles and 40 weapons.
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Hyperspace Dogfights
Single-player alternative to ---Red---Tether--> — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ---Red---Tether-->.
Hyperspace Dogfights is a juicy jet-combat roguelite in which you blast, dodge and slice your way through masses of technologically inferior baddies. Your jet evolves differently on each run and becomes stronger and weirder by gathering some of the 300+ available items.
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Shortest Trip to Earth
Single-player alternative to ---Red---Tether--> — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ---Red---Tether-->.
Shortest Trip to Earth is a roguelike spaceship simulator focused on exploration, ship management and tactical battles. Embark on a perilous journey across the universe with nuclear missiles, armed crew and a cat.
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Red Faction
Single-player alternative to ---Red---Tether--> — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with ---Red---Tether-->.
JOIN THE REVOLUTION! Lured to Mars by the Ultor Corporation's promise of a better life, thousands have come to seek their fortune and work for the massive mining company. But all is not as it seems. A deadly plague is sweeping through the barracks, and miners suffer daily abuse at the hands of the Ultor guards.
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Swirl W@tch
Single-player alternative to ---Red---Tether--> — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ---Red---Tether-->.
Swirl W@tch is a tense stealth-action roguelite that takes place on an over-exploited gas giant. Infiltrate industrial installations, evade or eliminate guard ships, commit corporate sabotage and grow the movement to unlock new gear. Can your actions free this otherworldly world?
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Hyperspace Deck Command
Single-player alternative to ---Red---Tether--> — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with ---Red---Tether-->.
Hyperspace Deck Command is a complex deck building roguelite. Command a massive space fleet that operates on individual turn timers, combine a wide variety of cards into powerful decks and master the dual-use status effects to defeat the hegemonising swarm.