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Single-player games like To the Stars

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to To the Stars, 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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    Micron Defense Force — Steam game cover

    Micron Defense Force

    Single-player alternative to To the Stars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with To the Stars.

    A Roguelike Tower Defense in space with missions to conquer. Can you hold against the spreading alien bosses? Build and upgrade towers against the corruption. Choose your technologies and warpspeed your way to victory.

    2024Strategy9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gallic Wars: Battle Simulator Prologue — Steam game cover

    Gallic Wars: Battle Simulator Prologue

    Single-player alternative to To the Stars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with To the Stars.

    Time to conquer ROME! Become a commander of Gallic Warriors and destroy Roman Empire in this Rogue-like strategy game.

    2020StrategySimulationFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Emberward — Steam game cover

    Emberward

    Single-player alternative to To the Stars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with To the Stars.

    Build twisting mazes with tetromino blocks and deploy unique towers in this strategic roguelite tower defense adventure!

    2026StrategyIndieFree To Play16.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Necronator: Dead Wrong — Steam game cover

    Necronator: Dead Wrong

    Single-player alternative to To the Stars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with To the Stars.

    Necronator: Dead Wrong is a deck-building roguelike with an RTS twist. Build a powerful deck. Collect and deploy undead units and raise a unique army. Master each commander’s playstyle and conquer the world. Change the game with rule-bending relics. Unlock new decks and do it all again.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie12.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dice Legacy — Steam game cover

    Dice Legacy

    Single-player alternative to To the Stars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with To the Stars.

    Dice Legacy is a dice-based survival city builder set on a mysterious ringworld. Your ship has reached the shore of an uncharted continent. Roll and use your dice to gather resources, expand and defend your settlement, survive the winter and interact with the strange inhabitants of this eerie world.

    2021StrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Yokai Art: Night Parade of One Hundred Demons — Steam game cover

    Yokai Art: Night Parade of One Hundred Demons

    Single-player alternative to To the Stars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with To the Stars.

    By accident, you broke the seal of the mysterious book, which contains an enormous magical power that allows users to control any Yokai by defeating them and recording their names. This godly power is too much which alerts all the Yokai. You must find your own way to defeat them and survive.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie6.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tower Dominion — Steam game cover

    Tower Dominion

    Single-player alternative to To the Stars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with To the Stars.

    Build and design the terrain while defending your stronghold against alien invasion in this unique Roguelike tower defense. Choose from 30 heroes, survive enemy waves, and upgrade a variety of destructive towers to hold the line!

    2025Strategy17.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Inscryption — Steam game cover

    Inscryption

    Single-player alternative to To the Stars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with To the Stars.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →