Single-player games like Cargo Commander
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Cargo Commander, 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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CRYPTARK
Single-player alternative to Cargo Commander — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cargo Commander.
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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A Valley Without Wind
Single-player alternative to Cargo Commander — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cargo Commander.
You choose how to play, and the world of Environ adapts around you.
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Heat Signature
Single-player alternative to Cargo Commander — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cargo Commander.
Heat Signature is a game from the developers of Gunpoint where you break into spaceships, make terrible mistakes, and think of clever ways out of them. You take a mission, fly to the target ship, sneak inside, and make clever use of your gadgets to distract, ambush and take out the crew.
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Void Bastards
Single-player alternative to Cargo Commander — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cargo Commander.
Inspired by BioShock and System Shock 2, Void Bastards is a revolutionary new strategy-shooter that will test your wits as well as exercise your aim. Can you lead the misfit prisoners of the Void Ark through the derelict spaceships and myriad dangers of the Sargasso Nebula?
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Shortest Trip to Earth
Single-player alternative to Cargo Commander — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cargo Commander.
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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Fallback
Single-player alternative to Cargo Commander — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cargo Commander.
Lead the rebellion in an epic rogue-like adventure. Guide your jet-pack equipped post-apocalyptic volunteers through a labyrinthine underground complex by jumping, dodging, and battling against robot minions (and masters) to get to the surface — and bring life back to the scorched Earth.
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ArcRunner
Single-player alternative to Cargo Commander — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cargo Commander.
Traverse 'The Arc' in this beautiful, Cyberpunk-styled action rogue-lite as you attempt to reset an evil rogue AI. Experiment with different weapons and augments as you fight hordes of machines programmed for your annihilation! Collect Nanites & power-up after every run either solo or with friends!
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30XX
Single-player alternative to Cargo Commander — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cargo Commander.
Jump, shoot, and slash your way through 30XX, the roguelike action platformer you can play with a friend! Explore lush, ever-changing worlds that mix precise platforming with fevered combat. Destroy fearsome Guardians. Master unique Powers. Rediscover the thousand years we've lost.
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Spelunky
Single-player alternative to Cargo Commander — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cargo Commander.
Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a challenging new experience each time you play. Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with all manner of monsters, traps, and treasure.