Single-player games like Space Salvage
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Space Salvage, 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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Nomad Station
Single-player alternative to Space Salvage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Space Salvage.
Become a master MI6 saboteur, and earn your name as the ministry's most important asset on the Moon in this 1st-person shooter VR sci-fi epic! Follow the orders of your handler, or explore and find new weapons and defenses! Do whatever it takes to complete your mission!
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Rogue Stargun
Single-player alternative to Space Salvage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Space Salvage.
Rogue Stargun is an action-packed space combat sim where you pilot 5 unique starfighters with interactive VR cockpits in a story-driven single player campaign consisting of over 24 unique missions covering both land and space.
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Jack Walker: Ethereal
Single-player alternative to Space Salvage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Space Salvage.
Jack Walker: Ethereal is a Sci-Fi/Action/RPG game for advanced VR players, with unique movement and combat mechanics. You play as an intergalactic bounty hunter who can fly and shoot laser beams out of his wrist as well as slow down the time. The fate of the universe is in your hands...
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Project Coreward
Single-player alternative to Space Salvage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Space Salvage.
Embark on an open world journey across the stars while encountering foes, friends and forgotten stories. Build your ship. Recruit and train your crew. Most of all, explore and confront the unknown to reveal the true, vast nature of choice and consequence.
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Expedition Astra
Single-player alternative to Space Salvage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Space Salvage.
Old machines guard silent asteroid sites across the outer solar system. Pilot a 6DoF spacecraft, fight around the rock, dock with old vessels, and touch the asteroid to extract rare materials.
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Starcom: Unknown Space
Single-player alternative to Space Salvage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Space Salvage.
Starcom: Unknown Space is an action RPG of space exploration and adventure. Build your own starship while discovering an epic story in a universe of strange mysteries, alien factions and uncharted worlds.
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Star Shelter
Single-player alternative to Space Salvage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Space Salvage.
Star shelter is a space survival game built from the ground up for VR. You are stranded in space, you must climb around in Zero-G, explore, scavenge, craft, hack and fight to survive. You have to build, arm and upgrade your own space station in order to escape the cosmic graveyard.
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Elite Dangerous
Single-player alternative to Space Salvage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Space Salvage.
Take control of your own starship and blaze your trail in an ever-changing galaxy. Master the arts of combat, mining and trade or venture out into the unknown across a 1:1 scale universe.