Single-player games like Keng's Little Universe
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Keng's Little Universe, 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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Starship EVO
Single-player alternative to Keng's Little Universe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Keng's Little Universe.
Mine and craft your way to orbit, build your own starship and explore a vast, dangerous galaxy alongside your crew. For players who love a meaningful survival progression, a unique and elegant building system, and epic space-opera scale.
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Empyrion - Galactic Survival
Single-player alternative to Keng's Little Universe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Keng's Little Universe.
Build and explore in a true space sandbox survival adventure. Construct mighty capital vessels, sprawling planetary settlements, and vast space stations in your galactic journey to discover the mysteries of Empyrion!
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Nuclear Option
Single-player alternative to Keng's Little Universe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Keng's Little Universe.
Fly near-future aircraft with immersive physics on intense battlefields, facing land, air and sea threats. Wage war against AI or other players with an array of potent weapons. Wield tactical and strategic nuclear weapons, capable of annihilating anything in their path.
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QANGA
Single-player alternative to Keng's Little Universe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Keng's Little Universe.
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.
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Galactic Ruler
Single-player alternative to Keng's Little Universe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Keng's Little Universe.
Galactic Ruler offers real time strategy game play at both planetary level and in space! Lead your faction in diplomacy or conquest across a procedurally generated galactic map where any system might hold hostile enemies or resource riches. Develop advanced technologies to rule the galaxy!
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HELLION
Single-player alternative to Keng's Little Universe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Keng's Little Universe.
After a century in cryosleep you find yourself stranded amidst the ruins of mankind’s first interstellar colony. Explore derelict ships and stations and harvest raw resources in search of air, fuel and other equipment. Or loot and pillage what you need from other survivors. The choice is yours!
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IFO
Single-player alternative to Keng's Little Universe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Keng's Little Universe.
A spaceship simulator for aliens, an ever-changing rule discovery puzzle for humans.
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Executive Assault 2
Single-player alternative to Keng's Little Universe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Keng's Little Universe.
The RTS/FPS phenomenon has moved into space! Build your base on an asteroid, command fleets of starships for epic battles, pilot fighters, mine and trade resources, assemble robots to defend or assault other stations. Take sole command or share the glory as you fight for control of the quadrant.