Single-player games like Solar System Simulator
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Solar System Simulator, 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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StarbaseSim
Single-player alternative to Solar System Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Solar System Simulator.
Operate the Starship space launch system and learn how to catch a rocket to understand what it takes to colonize Mars in this ever-evolving simulation of SpaceX Starbase Texas.
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Space Crash Simulator
Single-player alternative to Solar System Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Solar System Simulator.
Real-time planetary collision sandbox powered by SPH physics: smash planets together and watch the destruction and its aftermath!
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Planet Genesis 2
Single-player alternative to Solar System Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Solar System Simulator.
Design your own solar systems and enjoy watching them orbit, collide and smash each other in a cosmic dance!
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Starship Simulator
Single-player alternative to Solar System Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Solar System Simulator.
Explore a scientifically accurate Milky Way galaxy and discover distant uncharted worlds, while having unrestricted access to every deck of your Magellan Class deep space exploration vessel. Interact with numerous fully simulated ship systems, or simply relax in the bar and watch the stars drift by.
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Lunar Odyssey
Single-player alternative to Solar System Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Solar System Simulator.
Don your xEMU Spacesuit, explore the Orontius Crater, and Lunar Module in an immersive first-person VR experience with out of this world accuracy and interaction. Follow real-life procedures, launch the Apollo-era Lunar Module, play Space Golf, and experience the moon like never before.
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Astronomy3D: Artemis II
Single-player alternative to Solar System Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Solar System Simulator.
Explore more than 2,900 carefully selected photos from the Artemis II mission in an interactive 3D space, featuring distant views of Earth, the Moon's far side, ancient craters, earthrise, earthset, and a solar eclipse. Photo credit: NASA / Artemis II crew
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Rocket Science
Single-player alternative to Solar System Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Solar System Simulator.
Take part in a space program. Design spacecrafts and send them off to explore the vast expanses of space. Experience the real scale of the Solar system and the size of its celestial bodies.
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Space Travellers
Single-player alternative to Solar System Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Solar System Simulator.
Space Travellers is a unique open-world sandbox space simulator set in the year 2343. Travel the galaxy, trade, explore unexplored worlds, fight, build bases and factories, forge alliances and experience new adventures!