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Single-player games like Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection, 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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    Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection — Steam game cover

    Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection

    Single-player alternative to Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection.

    Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection is the original Sword of the Stars games and the three expansions Born of Blood, A Murder of Crows and Argos Naval Yard. It is the year 2405, and human scientists have discovered a new technology that allows travel from star to star at speeds faster than light.

    2010Strategy2.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Galactic Civilizations III — Steam game cover

    Galactic Civilizations III

    Single-player alternative to Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection.

    Build a civilization that will stand the test of time in the largest space-based strategy game ever! Choose from dozens of unique races and make a name for yourself across the galaxy through diplomacy, espionage, technological advances, and more.

    2015Strategy29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ENDLESS™ Space 2 — Steam game cover

    ENDLESS™ Space 2

    Single-player alternative to Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection.

    ENDLESS™ Space 2 is a Strategic Space Opera, featuring the compelling “just one more turn” gameplay, set in the mysterious ENDLESS™ Universe. As the leader of your civilization, will you impose your vision and build the greatest stellar empire?

    2017Strategy39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Age of Wonders: Planetfall — Steam game cover

    Age of Wonders: Planetfall

    Single-player alternative to Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection.

    Age of Wonders: Planetfall is the new strategy game from Triumph Studios, creators of the critically acclaimed Age of Wonders series, bringing all the exciting tactical turn-based combat and in-depth empire building of its predecessors to space in an all-new, sci-fi setting.

    2019Strategy10.19 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ENDLESS™ Space - Definitive Edition — Steam game cover

    ENDLESS™ Space - Definitive Edition

    Single-player alternative to Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection.

    ENDLESS™ Space is a turn-based 4X strategy game, covering the space colonization age in the ENDLESS™ Universe, where you can control every aspect of your civilization as you strive for galactic domination.

    2012Strategy9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Battlestar Galactica Deadlock — Steam game cover

    Battlestar Galactica Deadlock

    Single-player alternative to Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection.

    In Battlestar Galactica Deadlock™ you’ll take command of the Colonial Fleet in defense of the Twelve Colonies during the First Cylon War. Lead many different types of ships in this 3D tactical game. Every decision counts, your strategy will be vital – can you ensure mankind’s survival?

    2017StrategyDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pandora: First Contact — Steam game cover

    Pandora: First Contact

    Single-player alternative to Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection.

    Pandora: First Contact is a science fiction 4X turn-based strategy game on a planetary scale. Our Earth has been exhausted and colonial attempts on other planetary bodies have been in vain. Finally, after decades of exploration, an interstellar probe has brought promise of a new world.

    2014StrategySimulation29.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kaiju-A-GoGo — Steam game cover

    Kaiju-A-GoGo

    Single-player alternative to Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection.

    Choose your giant monster! Destroy cities around the world! Rule the Earth in this light action-strategy game that harkens back to the classic PC monster city-stomping games of yesteryear!

    2015ActionStrategyIndie3.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fort Zombie — Steam game cover

    Fort Zombie

    Single-player alternative to Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    In Fort Zombie, players are trapped in the small town of Piety, Indiana. Organize and build a defense shelter from an impending wave of undead. Choose a building to be your Fort and forage for Food, Weapons, Supplies and People.

    2018ActionIndieRPG1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ground Pounders — Steam game cover

    Ground Pounders

    Single-player alternative to Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection.

    Ground Pounders is a turn-based, strategy wargame. Inspired by classic strategy games like Panzer General, and steeped in the lore of the Sword of the Stars universe, Ground Pounders offers a new generation of gamers an updated taste of turn-based strategic warfare.

    2014StrategyIndie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →