Single-player games like I Made Myself a Ship
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to I Made Myself a Ship, 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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Combat Miner
Single-player alternative to I Made Myself a Ship — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with I Made Myself a Ship.
Every asteroid is worth more than the last, but so is the danger. An arcade mining roguelite where you mine rare ore, outfly homing missiles, unlock the firepower to fight back, and warp into ever richer sectors. Death ends the run. Your credits and upgrades stay.
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REVO
Single-player alternative to I Made Myself a Ship — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with I Made Myself a Ship.
Dodge and shoot your way through waves of enemies. REVO is a high speed, neon drenched space shoot ‘em up inspired by arcade classics of the 1980’s. Collect pickups, unlock powerful, ammo hungry weapons, and defeat giant bosses.
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Broadside Renegades
Single-player alternative to I Made Myself a Ship — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with I Made Myself a Ship.
Broadside Renegades combines auto-firing weapons with manual ship abilities in a rogue-like space pirate adventure. Choose your captain and upgrade your ship to steal the space kings booty. Warp ahead to stay alive, and mind your bearing.
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Lonely tiny spaceship
Single-player alternative to I Made Myself a Ship — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with I Made Myself a Ship.
A shooter in the space arena, in which you grow from a small, clumsy to a powerful capital spaceship, using resources obtained from destroyed hordes of enemies and other cosmic evil.
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Mars 2099
Single-player alternative to I Made Myself a Ship — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with I Made Myself a Ship.
Defend humanity's first Mars colony in this fast-paced modern arcade space shooter. Battle asteroid storms, hostile UFOs, complete challenging missions, and master skill-based gameplay inspired by the golden age of arcade classics.
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Breakpoint
Single-player alternative to I Made Myself a Ship — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with I Made Myself a Ship.
Breakpoint is a twin-stick slasher where your weapons explode. Break through the swarm to claim your spot on the online leaderboard.
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Fabular: Once Upon a Spacetime
Single-player alternative to I Made Myself a Ship — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with I Made Myself a Ship.
Cross blades with space knights in this epic physics-based roguelike where space-age and medieval combat collide. Die often, upgrade, and battle your way across the galaxy, defeating rival ships in methodical skirmishes on a quest to save your kingdom from destruction!
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Retro Classix: SRD - Super Real Darwin
Single-player alternative to I Made Myself a Ship — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with I Made Myself a Ship.
Super Real Darwin is a fast-paced, vertical scrolling shoot-em-up that rewards skill and persistence – a cult classic for the retro shmup fan. Take control of a fighter ship capable of mutating into different shapes as it evolves while fighting off enemy invaders.
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I Made Myself An AI
Single-player alternative to I Made Myself a Ship — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Build circuits and manage heat as you complete tasks in this surprisingly intuitive puzzle game unlike anything you've ever played before.