Single-player games like Space industrial empire
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Space industrial empire, 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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Unnamed Space Idle
Single-player alternative to Space industrial empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Space industrial empire.
Destroy endless waves of alien ships that have all but wiped out humanity in this long form, unfolding, sci-fi idle game. Customize your ship with different weapons and defenses to defeat specific enemy types and utilize a ton of different systems to increase your overall power.
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Military Incremental Complex
Single-player alternative to Space industrial empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Space industrial empire.
Make weapons, make money. An active incremental game where you amass as much money as you can by starting a Military Industrial Complex company. Produce multiple different weapons, research upgrades, manipulate the stock market, and lobby the government for favors.
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Vanguard Galaxy
Single-player alternative to Space industrial empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space industrial empire.
A relaxing game about space exploration that can be played full screen or at the bottom of your screen. Trade, fight, mine and salvage your way through a procedurally generated galaxy. Let the game idle while your autopilot handles business and builds your fortune.
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Multiverse Loot Hunter
Single-player alternative to Space industrial empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space industrial empire.
This is a brush treasure adventure game across the heavens. The protagonist awakens his powers and freely passes through different planes such as Xiuxian, history, Wuxia, magic, and future. Collect equipment, spirits, characters and cheats distributed across all planes through battle.
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Outworld Station
Single-player alternative to Space industrial empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space industrial empire.
Take the helm as a new Station Commander and exploit an alien star system in this stunning space-station factory automation game. Amass resources and construct starships using increasingly advanced manufacturing and expand your station in a hostile universe.
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Incremental Factory
Single-player alternative to Space industrial empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space industrial empire.
Craft and automate an industrial empire from scratch! Experience a strategic game teeming with challenges as you manage resources, overcome hurdles, and optimize production chains. Are you ready to conquer the challenges of Incremental Factory? Your journey starts here... The Factory Must Grow!
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Widget Inc.
Single-player alternative to Space industrial empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space industrial empire.
A hybrid factory builder / incremental clicker game. Starting from humble beginnings, master the many crafting processes to build up resources and expand your factory. Then, using your newly automated production, unlock new technology and grow ever closer to your goal of spreading to the stars.
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Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder
Single-player alternative to Space industrial empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space industrial empire.
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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xiuzhen idle
Single-player alternative to Space industrial empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space industrial empire.
This is a xiuzhen simulation placement game! From the refining of qi, building the foundation to the ascension of the celestial realm, crossed into the divine realm. （The game has been updated with the english mod, but you will need to select the "english" beta in the properties option to update it）
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Factory Town
Single-player alternative to Space industrial empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space industrial empire.
Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!
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Dyson Sphere Program
Single-player alternative to Space industrial empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space industrial empire.
Build the most efficient intergalactic factory in space simulation strategy game Dyson Sphere Program! Harness the power of stars, collect resources, plan and design production lines and develop your interstellar factory from a small space workshop to a galaxy-wide industrial empire.