Single-player games like Starship Colony
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Starship Colony, 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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Surviving Mars
Single-player alternative to Starship Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Starship Colony.
There will be challenges to overcome. Execute your strategy and improve your colony’s chances of survival while unlocking the mysteries of this alien world. Are you ready? Mars is waiting for you.
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Space Haven
Single-player alternative to Starship Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Starship Colony.
Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.
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Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder
Single-player alternative to Starship Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Starship Colony.
Stellar Settlers is a chill space base/city builder and colony sim game. With unique vertical and horizontal base-building gameplay, settle on 10 hostile alien planets and build your own thriving colony. Get enough materials to build a physics-based Spaceship and try to escape from disasters.
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The Final Earth 2
Single-player alternative to Starship Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Starship Colony.
The Final Earth 2 is a vertical sci-fi city builder. Earth is unlivable, so you decide to create a space colony. Gather resources, then build and research your way to a better future! Grow your city from an exploration ship to a huge metropolis, full of advanced technology. What will you build?
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Planetbase
Single-player alternative to Starship Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Starship Colony.
Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.
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The Universim
Single-player alternative to Starship Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Starship Colony.
Jump straight into managing your own planets as you guide a civilization through the ages. Build the ultimate empire in The Universim, a new breed of God Game in development by Crytivo.
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Aven Colony
Single-player alternative to Starship Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Starship Colony.
Build a new home for humanity in Aven Colony. Discover Aven Prime - an alien planet of deserts, tundras, and wetlands light years from earth. Build your colonies into massive, sprawling cities whilst dealing with the challenges faced when settling on a new world.
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Dwarf Fortress
Single-player alternative to Starship Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Starship Colony.
Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.