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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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    Kerbal Space Program — Steam game cover

    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.

    2015IndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Evochron Mercenary — Steam game cover

    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.

    2012ActionIndieSimulation14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Starship EVO — Steam game cover

    Starship EVO

    Single-player alternative to Kinetic Void — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kinetic Void.

    Mine and craft your way to orbit, build your own starship and explore a vast, dangerous galaxy alongside your crew. For players who love a meaningful survival progression, a unique and elegant building system, and epic space-opera scale.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Celestial Command — Steam game cover

    Celestial Command

    Single-player alternative to Kinetic Void — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kinetic Void.

    Mine asteroids, salvage space debris, design your own small or massive spacecraft using individual functional components, complete missions, and engage in battles against enemies in a vast galaxy with realistic physics based on orbital mechanics or in a classic physics mode.

    2014ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    X Rebirth — Steam game cover

    X Rebirth

    Single-player alternative to Kinetic Void — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with Kinetic Void.

    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.

    2013ActionSimulation5.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rebel Galaxy — Steam game cover

    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.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Elite Dangerous — Steam game cover

    Elite Dangerous

    Single-player alternative to Kinetic Void — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with Kinetic Void.

    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.

    2015ActionStrategyAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    StarMade — Steam game cover

    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!

    2014ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    From the Depths — Steam game cover

    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.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    No Man's Sky — Steam game cover

    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.

    2016ActionAdventure59.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Avorion — Steam game cover

    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.

    2020ActionIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →