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Single-player games like Astral Shipwright

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Astral Shipwright, 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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    A-Spec First Assault — Steam game cover

    A-Spec First Assault

    Single-player alternative to Astral Shipwright — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Astral Shipwright.

    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.

    2023ActionIndieSimulation12.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Starbase Gunship — Steam game cover

    Starbase Gunship

    Single-player alternative to Astral Shipwright — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Astral Shipwright.

    Starbase Gunship places you in the seat of a weapons officer on a state-of-the-art Gunship as you defend a remote outpost from an Alien invasion fleet. With access to laser cannons, missiles, miniguns and nuclear warheads, you are the last line of defense between humanity and the alien invaders.

    2021ActionSimulation9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Starfighter Arduxim — Steam game cover

    Starfighter Arduxim

    Single-player alternative to Astral Shipwright — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Astral Shipwright.

    Strap into the cockpit of your Arduxim fighter and take on enemy starships in this first-person tactical space shooter. Harks back to the classic Wing Commander games. Playable in VR or on monitor.

    2016ActionIndieSimulation3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Reentry - A Space Flight Simulator — Steam game cover

    Reentry - A Space Flight Simulator

    Single-player alternative to Astral Shipwright — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Astral Shipwright.

    Do you have what it takes to become an astronaut? Reentry is a realistic space flight simulator inspired by the early NASA space programs, from orbiting Earth in Mercury and Gemini, to the moon landing in project Apollo. Learn the procedures. Operate the spacecraft. Complete the mission.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure34.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Nuclear Option — Steam game cover

    Nuclear Option

    Single-player alternative to Astral Shipwright — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Astral Shipwright.

    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.

    2023ActionIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Base One — Steam game cover

    Base One

    Single-player alternative to Astral Shipwright — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Astral Shipwright.

    Base One is a space base builder game where you take control of a network of space stations and its crew's tasks and wellbeing. Maintain your resources and defenses as you navigate the wide array of dangers ahead of you!

    2021Simulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Starpoint Gemini 2 — Steam game cover

    Starpoint Gemini 2

    Single-player alternative to Astral Shipwright — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Astral Shipwright.

    Captain your own space ship and roam the galaxy in 3D in this tactical space simulator with tons of RPG depth ! Space has never looked so inviting - but images can betray...It has been two years since the end of the second Gemini war, the situation in the wartorn system is further from resolution than ever.

    2014ActionSimulationRPG34.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bomber Crew — Steam game cover

    Bomber Crew

    Single-player alternative to Astral Shipwright — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Astral Shipwright.

    Chocks away! Bomber Crew is a strategic simulation game, where picking the right crew and keeping your bomber in tip top shape is the difference between completing your mission or losing it all! USAAF DLC NOW AVAILABLE! FLY THE ICONIC AMERICAN BOMBER!

    2017StrategySimulation2.39 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Helium Rain — Steam game cover

    Helium Rain

    Single-player alternative to Astral Shipwright — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Astral Shipwright.

    Trade your wares and eliminate the competition in a cutthroat world. Buy new ships and stations to mine and haul resources. Explore the vast emptiness of space.

    2018ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →