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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 — Steam game cover

    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. Mine increasingly valuable ore, survive relentless homing missiles, upgrade your ship, and see how rich you can get before everything resets.

    ActionIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    REVO — Steam game cover

    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.

    2021ActionIndie14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Broadside Renegades — Steam game cover

    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.

    2024ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Breakpoint — Steam game cover

    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.

    2020ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fabular: Once Upon a Spacetime — Steam game cover

    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!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Retro Classix: SRD - Super Real Darwin — Steam game cover

    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.

    2021ActionSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gratuitous Space Battles — Steam game cover

    Gratuitous Space Battles

    Single-player alternative to I Made Myself a Ship — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with I Made Myself a Ship.

    The first ever auto-battler game, from way back in 2009Who needs backstory? Who needs resource-gathering? Diplomacy is so last year. Gratuitous Space Battles cuts right to the chase of sci-fi strategy games, and deals with large, completely unjustified space battles between huge opposing space fleets.

    2009StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hotline Miami — Steam game cover

    Hotline Miami

    Single-player alternative to I Made Myself a Ship — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with I Made Myself a Ship.

    Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.

    2012ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    I Made Myself An AI — Steam game cover

    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.

    2023SimulationCasual8.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →