Single-player games like PULSAR: Lost Colony
Below are 19 single-player Steam games similar to PULSAR: Lost 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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Avorion
Single-player alternative to PULSAR: Lost Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PULSAR: Lost Colony.
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.
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Remnant Protocol
Single-player alternative to PULSAR: Lost Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PULSAR: Lost Colony.
The assassination of the Blessed Mother has plunged the galaxy in darkness. Usurpers rule with absolute authority, and blood flows in rivers of red across the stars. Only the Protocol can restore Her light.
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Jump Space
Single-player alternative to PULSAR: Lost Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PULSAR: Lost Colony.
Jump Space (formerly Jump Ship) is a mission based co-op PvE for 1-4 players, where you are the crew of a spaceship. Transition seamlessly from crewing the ship to on-foot exploration and space walks. Explore, upgrade, and survive intense encounters in deep space together.
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Nomad Station
Single-player alternative to PULSAR: Lost Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PULSAR: Lost Colony.
Become a master MI6 saboteur, and earn your name as the ministry's most important asset on the Moon in this 1st-person shooter VR sci-fi epic! Follow the orders of your handler, or explore and find new weapons and defenses! Do whatever it takes to complete your mission!
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Expedition Astra
Single-player alternative to PULSAR: Lost Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PULSAR: Lost Colony.
Old machines guard silent asteroid sites across the outer solar system. Pilot a 6DoF spacecraft, fight around the rock, dock with old vessels, and touch the asteroid to extract rare materials.
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Odyssey: The Deep Space Expedition
Single-player alternative to PULSAR: Lost Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PULSAR: Lost Colony.
Odyssey is a story-driven space adventure for solo and multiplayer. Search for a new home for humanity while protecting your exploration ship. Scientists onboard carry Earth's last hope—its biodiversity. The fate of life itself is in your hands.
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No Man's Sky
Single-player alternative to PULSAR: Lost Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with PULSAR: Lost Colony.
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
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Elite Dangerous
Single-player alternative to PULSAR: Lost Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with PULSAR: Lost Colony.
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.
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Starfield
Single-player alternative to PULSAR: Lost Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with PULSAR: Lost Colony.
Starfield is the first new universe in 25 years from Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 4.
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Genesis Alpha One Deluxe Edition
Single-player alternative to PULSAR: Lost Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PULSAR: Lost Colony.
Hyperjump into the dark recesses of space with Genesis Alpha One - a roguelike FPS where you must build, maintain and navigate your ship through a galaxy filled with hostile alien and human threats. Explore, create and survive the militarized space race in order to secure humanity’s future.
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Star Trek™: Bridge Crew
Single-player alternative to PULSAR: Lost Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and RPG with PULSAR: Lost Colony.
Star Trek™: Bridge Crew, playable in both VR and non-VR, will immerse you in the Star Trek universe. In co-op, form a crew of four players to serve in the roles of Captain, Helm, Tactical or Engineer. Make strategic decisions and coordinate actions with your crew.
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Starfish Simulator 👍
Single-player alternative to PULSAR: Lost Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PULSAR: Lost Colony.
Game characters come in all shapes and sizes. They can be brave knights, brilliant scientists, or superheroes who save entire worlds. This game offers a more unusual experience. Here you can become a starfish.
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Void Crew
Single-player alternative to PULSAR: Lost Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with PULSAR: Lost Colony.
Void Crew is a Chaotic, Co-op Roguelite game for 1 to 6 players: Outfit your spaceship and crew for thrilling quests, brave fierce enemies in Space Battles... and try not to panic!
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Quintet
Single-player alternative to PULSAR: Lost Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PULSAR: Lost Colony.
A cooperative, cross-platform, multiplayer scifi game where players control the same ship through 5 roles — Captain, Helm, Tactical, Engineering & Science. Battle with other player crews over the Internet.
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htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary
Single-player alternative to PULSAR: Lost Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with PULSAR: Lost Colony.
In the depths of a labyrinthine ruin, a young girl named Mion rises from a deep sleep. Lost, alone, and with no memory of how she got here or where her parents are, she is greeted by two fireflies—one composed entirely of light, and another who lurks among the shadows.
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Idols of Ash
Single-player alternative to PULSAR: Lost Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with PULSAR: Lost Colony.
Grapple, clamber and fall thousands of meters down into a dark and ancient place in this first-person horror climbing game. You are being hunted.
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WYRMHALL: Brush and Banter
Single-player alternative to PULSAR: Lost Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with PULSAR: Lost Colony.
Meet quirky characters and clean strange artifacts in this short cozy comedy game. From an enchanted teacup to a cursed skull with a chip on its shoulder, each item and client brings new twists and surprises.
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Gorble
Single-player alternative to PULSAR: Lost Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PULSAR: Lost Colony.
Gorble is a short marble-based dungeon crawl.
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wizbuilder!
Single-player alternative to PULSAR: Lost Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with PULSAR: Lost Colony.
Build your very own wizard and then learn their story!