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Single-player games like StarShip-DF

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to StarShip-DF, 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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    Green Again — Steam game cover

    Green Again

    Single-player alternative to StarShip-DF — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with StarShip-DF.

    Make the planet Green Again in this relaxing colony sim game! Help a nation of little plant people reclaim their planet taken over by defective robots, as you build, decorate, and defend your settlement. Grow crops for your citizens, explore the unknown, and protect the new natural order!

    StrategySimulationCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Starship Colony — Steam game cover

    Starship Colony

    Single-player alternative to StarShip-DF — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with StarShip-DF.

    A deep starship colony sim. Build your starship, manage air, water, food, fuel, energy, temperature and psychology to keep your crew alive across vast distances. Closed-loop system in space. Mining, wiring, plumbing, in-ship factory, (alien?) radio signals & translation, diplomacy, combat, and more.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Adhain — Steam game cover

    Adhain

    Single-player alternative to StarShip-DF — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with StarShip-DF.

    Become a god and expand your influence through kindness or fear. Grow your settlements, make villages believe in you, and teach your creature how to follow your example. Play alone or join other gods, as allies or rivals.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mars Attracts — Steam game cover

    Mars Attracts

    Single-player alternative to StarShip-DF — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with StarShip-DF.

    Mars Attracts is a park management sim set in the iconic universe of Mars Attacks™. Play as the devious Martians as you construct detailed enclosures, manage staff, and most importantly - abduct and experiment on humans for the entertainment of your Martian guests!

    2025ActionStrategyAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Universim — Steam game cover

    The Universim

    Single-player alternative to StarShip-DF — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with StarShip-DF.

    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.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fata Deum - The God Sim — Steam game cover

    Fata Deum - The God Sim

    Single-player alternative to StarShip-DF — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with StarShip-DF.

    Inspired by the god games of old, Fata Deum lets you mold settlements and townsfolk in your image. Will you raise the settlements to splendor, or spur them on to violent debauchery and demons? Watch as a living world grows under your whims.

    2025StrategySimulationRPG29.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Deisim — Steam game cover

    Deisim

    Single-player alternative to StarShip-DF — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with StarShip-DF.

    Live the experience of being a powerful god and create the world to see the growth of mankind.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ruinarch — Steam game cover

    Ruinarch

    Single-player alternative to StarShip-DF — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with StarShip-DF.

    Ruinarch is an evil god simulator and sandbox game where you mess with people’s lives for hilarious results! Make them vampires, werewolves or bard haters and cackle as the drama unfolds. Once you’re done, unleash a malicious buffet of spells and custom plagues to wipe them out and start anew!

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation12.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →