Single-player games like Kinetic Void
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Kinetic Void, 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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Evochron Mercenary
Single-player alternative to Kinetic Void — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kinetic Void.
The life of an independent mercenary is rarely without excitement. Your spacecraft awaits and your adventure begins in the Sapphire star system.
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Kerbal Space Program
Single-player alternative to Kinetic Void — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kinetic Void.
In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.
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StarMade
Single-player alternative to Kinetic Void — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kinetic Void.
The ultimate space sandbox. Participate in epic fleet battles, form alliances, strive to dominate entire galaxies and harness the universe’s resources for your industrious empire or the destruction of others. Customise your experience, the universe is yours!
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Gratuitous Space Battles
Single-player alternative to Kinetic Void — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kinetic Void.
The first ever auto-battler game, from way back in 2009Who needs backstory? Who needs resource-gathering? Diplomacy is so last year. Gratuitous Space Battles cuts right to the chase of sci-fi strategy games, and deals with large, completely unjustified space battles between huge opposing space fleets.
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Starpoint Gemini Warlords
Single-player alternative to Kinetic Void — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with Kinetic Void.
Strategy from the front lines! Starpoint Gemini Warlords combines 3rd person capital spaceship combat with 4X strategy and RPG gameplay elements. Build mighty war fleets and send them into battle or lead them into combat yourself. Become the Warlord and conquer the Gemini system!
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Universe Sandbox
Single-player alternative to Kinetic Void — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kinetic Void.
Create & destroy on an unimaginable scale with a realistic physics-based space simulator. Explore the beauty of our universe and the fragility of our planet. Use science to bend the laws of gravity, collide planets, boil away oceans, fire epic space lasers, and customize your universe.
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Hardspace: Shipbreaker
Single-player alternative to Kinetic Void — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Kinetic Void.
Equipped with cutting-edge salvaging tech, carve & slice spaceships to recover valuable materials. Upgrade your gear to take on more lucrative contracts and pay your billion credits debt to LYNX Corp!
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Rebel Galaxy
Single-player alternative to Kinetic Void — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kinetic Void.
Rebel Galaxy is a swashbuckling space adventure, with action-packed combat, exploration, discovery, trade, and “negotiation” with the outlandish denizens at the edge of the known universe.
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No Man's Sky
Single-player alternative to Kinetic Void — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Kinetic Void.
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
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From the Depths
Single-player alternative to Kinetic Void — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kinetic Void.
Over 1000 unique components allow you to build and command voxel vehicles from the deep ocean to outer space! Forge strategies, allegiances and fleets strong enough to destroy eight deadly factions of the planet and reign supreme. A genre-defying mashup of simulation, building, RTS and RPG.
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Avorion
Single-player alternative to Kinetic Void — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kinetic Void.
A procedural co-op space sandbox where players can build their own space ships out of dynamically scalable blocks. Fight epic space battles, explore, mine, trade, wage wars and build your own empire to save your galaxy from being torn apart by an unknown enemy.