Single-player games like StarDrive
Below are 12 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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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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Polaris Sector
Single-player alternative to StarDrive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with StarDrive.
Can anyone build an empire in a place like this? Other factions are naturally suspicious of newcomers and may wage war at the first sign of unidentified craft. Here, a natural death is an uncommon luxury.
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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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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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Galactic Civilizations III
Single-player alternative to StarDrive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with StarDrive.
Build a civilization that will stand the test of time in the largest space-based strategy game ever! Choose from dozens of unique races and make a name for yourself across the galaxy through diplomacy, espionage, technological advances, and more.
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Space Empires V
Single-player alternative to StarDrive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with StarDrive.
Space Empires V is the latest edition in the Space Empires series. This new chapter completely updates the UI and takes the player into a real-time rendered 3D universe. Watch space battles played out in glorious detail and realistic effects. Expand, Explore, Exploit, and Exterminate in a huge living breathing galaxy.
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Star Ruler
Single-player alternative to StarDrive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with StarDrive.
Take command of a vast interstellar empire and safeguard your species from total extinction in a procedurally generated 3D galaxy (with the option to flatten it) from 1 System to 10,000+! Prove your species' ingenuity through a deep and intricate combat system where anything (from individual components on ships to the stars themselves)...
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Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection
Single-player alternative to StarDrive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with StarDrive.
Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection is the original Sword of the Stars games and the three expansions Born of Blood, A Murder of Crows and Argos Naval Yard. It is the year 2405, and human scientists have discovered a new technology that allows travel from star to star at speeds faster than light.
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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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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.