Single-player games like Miner Wars 2081
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Miner Wars 2081, 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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Space Engineers
Single-player alternative to Miner Wars 2081 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Miner Wars 2081.
Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.
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Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead
Single-player alternative to Miner Wars 2081 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with Miner Wars 2081.
Three years after the conflict in Chernarus, portrayed in the original Arma 2, a new flashpoint explodes in the Green Sea Region. Coalition forces led by the US Army are deployed to Takistan to quickly restore peace and prevent further civilian casualties.
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Elite Dangerous
Single-player alternative to Miner Wars 2081 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Miner Wars 2081.
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.
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GRAV
Single-player alternative to Miner Wars 2081 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Miner Wars 2081.
GRAV is a sand box experience where you explore a multitude of planets, hunt strange alien creatures, build and defend outposts, craft weapons and armor, and attempt to survive against other players in a hostile environment.
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Interstellar Marines
Single-player alternative to Miner Wars 2081 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Miner Wars 2081.
UPDATE 28 AVAILABLE - Interstellar Marines is an immersive tactical sci-fi First Person Simulator in the making, offering a unique blend of tactical gameplay, dynamic environments and non-scripted AI. Play Singleplayer or Co-op/PvP on servers around the world.
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X Rebirth
Single-player alternative to Miner Wars 2081 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with Miner Wars 2081.
In the distant future, the X universe faces a period of profound and irrevocable change. While the universe stumbles towards an uncertain future, countless adventures await as new enemies rise in search of power.
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Shattered Horizon
Single-player alternative to Miner Wars 2081 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Miner Wars 2081.
Experience zero gravity space combat in this innovative FPS. Now includes the Last Stand pack: play all game modes in single player with bots.
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Humanity Lost
Single-player alternative to Miner Wars 2081 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Miner Wars 2081.
Will you save humanity? You are on a mission to find a new planet for humans to inhabit. In this story driven FPS space opera you will explore open world planets, find weapons, upgrade your character, and befriend alien species.
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No Man's Sky
Single-player alternative to Miner Wars 2081 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Miner Wars 2081.
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
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Starpoint Gemini 3
Single-player alternative to Miner Wars 2081 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Miner Wars 2081.
Fight, loot, explore and craft in the living open world of Starpoint Gemini 3. Assemble your trusty ship and boost your RPG skills to face all challenges.
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Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
Single-player alternative to Miner Wars 2081 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Miner Wars 2081.
Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.
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X4: Foundations
Single-player alternative to Miner Wars 2081 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with Miner Wars 2081.
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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Medieval Engineers
Single-player alternative to Miner Wars 2081 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Miner Wars 2081.
Medieval Engineers is a sandbox game about engineering, construction and the maintenance of architectural works and mechanical equipment using medieval technology. Players build castles; construct mechanical devices and underground mining. There is an entire planet to explore!
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Descent
Single-player alternative to Miner Wars 2081 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Miner Wars 2081.
Welcome to Descent™ - 27 levels of the most mind-bending, stomach-churning action game ever. Featuring true 3-Dimensional worlds and six degrees of freedom.
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Terraria
Single-player alternative to Miner Wars 2081 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Miner Wars 2081.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
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Space Engineers 2
Single-player alternative to Miner Wars 2081 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Miner Wars 2081.
Space Engineers 2 is a sandbox about engineering and colonization where you build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible world. Begin the story of Miro and Ivan Sokol, expand humanity’s foothold in the Almagest system, and fight to survive.
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Miner Wars Arena
Single-player alternative to Miner Wars 2081 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Miner Wars 2081.
Fast-paced arcade game inspired by the classic PC game, Tunneler, with state-of-the-art top-down view, 2.5D gameplay in a fully destructible environment. Enjoy unlimited gameplay variation by adjusting arena settings, such as terrain, map size, number of AI-controlled bots, technology level and many more.