Single-player games like StarDrive
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to StarDrive, 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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Stardust Exile
Single-player alternative to StarDrive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with StarDrive.
Stardust Exile is an RTS set in the Milky Way galaxy, containing currently known stars and exoplanets with their real characteristics. The remaining star systems are procedurally generated. It has both online mode and single-player skirmish mode. The online server is persistent and single-shard.
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Distant Worlds: Universe
Single-player alternative to StarDrive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with StarDrive.
Distant Worlds is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game. Experience the full depth and detail of turn-based strategy, but with the simplicity and ease of real-time, and on the scale of a massively-multiplayer online game.
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Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity®
Single-player alternative to StarDrive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with StarDrive.
In Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity, you are the leader of a civilization embroiled in a galactic war, fighting for the survival of your entire race against relentless foes.
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SPACECOM
Single-player alternative to StarDrive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with StarDrive.
SPACECOM – a strategic-to-the-bone, starfleet command game in which deception, smart movement, and choices to battle decide victory or defeat.
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AI War 2
Single-player alternative to StarDrive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with StarDrive.
The most devious and acclaimed artificial intelligence in strategy gaming is better than ever. A grand strategy/RTS hybrid that reverses many conventions of both genres. Take territory without attracting attention, build your empire with care, and adapt to an ever-evolving galactic battleground.
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Gemini Wars
Single-player alternative to StarDrive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with StarDrive.
Take control of a fleet commander returned from exile, rise through the ranks of the United Space Federation forces and join an epic war across the stars.
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Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion
Single-player alternative to StarDrive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with StarDrive.
Command a space-faring empire in Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, the new stand-alone expansion that combines 4X depth with real-time strategy gameplay.
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Horizon
Single-player alternative to StarDrive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with StarDrive.
Horizon is a turn-based space strategy game of galactic exploration and conquest in which you are in control of humanity’s destiny. You will explore deep space, find new frontiers and discover alien artifacts hidden on long-abandoned planets.
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StarDrive 2
Single-player alternative to StarDrive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with StarDrive.
StarDrive 2 is an exciting and evolutionary step forward for the StarDrive franchise. In this eagerly anticipated sequel, the core mechanics have evolved to incorporate a turn-based strategic layer, featuring spectacular realtime battles.
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X4: Foundations
Single-player alternative to StarDrive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with StarDrive.
Your journey to building a vast space empire begins behind the controls of a single ship. Explore, trade, fight, and build as you rise to command fleets, stations, and entire economies in a living, fully simulated universe that reacts to every decision.
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Master of Orion 2
Single-player alternative to StarDrive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with StarDrive.
Forge an empire in a universe where population growth is stripping away planetary resources. Colonize unknown planets and trade with other races for their knowledge.
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Stardew Valley
Single-player alternative to StarDrive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with StarDrive.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
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Longsword - Tabletop Tactics
Single-player alternative to StarDrive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with StarDrive.
Longsword is a game of hardcore turn-based tactical combat. Build decks of spells and miniatures to fight against humans or the AI in skirmishes and campaigns. Earn cards through play or just pay once for the whole set.