Single-player games like Drifter
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Drifter, 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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Endless Sky
Single-player alternative to Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Drifter.
Endless Sky is a 2D space trading and combat game inspired by the classic Escape Velocity series. Work your way up from a relatively wimpy shuttle, cargo ship, or fighter, to a highly upgraded and customized flagship or to a massive fleet of warships or freighters.
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Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation
Single-player alternative to Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Drifter.
Exiled to a deep space mining sector, you are left with a crappy ship, a laser, and a small mining beam. It is up to you to survive by working your way through the galaxy. Mine asteroids, refine and trade the ore, buy upgrades for your ship, hunt pirates... you get it.
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Rebel Galaxy
Single-player alternative to Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Drifter.
Rebel Galaxy is a swashbuckling space adventure, with action-packed combat, exploration, discovery, trade, and “negotiation” with the outlandish denizens at the edge of the known universe.
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No Man's Sky
Single-player alternative to Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Drifter.
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
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ΔV: Rings of Saturn
Single-player alternative to Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Drifter.
A physics-based mining sim, set in the thickest debris field in Sol. Every action has a reaction, lasers are invisible without a medium, and your thrust is a potent weapon. Find trade, adapt your equipment to your playstyle, hire a crew to help. Unravel the mysteries of the rings, or just get rich.
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Rodina
Single-player alternative to Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Drifter.
A single-developer passion project. A seamless full scale solar system. Thrilling action. Be part of an incredible journey as a Universe is built from the ground up!
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Helium Rain
Single-player alternative to Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Drifter.
Trade your wares and eliminate the competition in a cutthroat world. Buy new ships and stations to mine and haul resources. Explore the vast emptiness of space.
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Interstellar Rift
Single-player alternative to Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Drifter.
Interstellar Rift is an open world starship simulator with an emphasis on ship construction and multi-player interaction. Survive in a hostile galaxy with your own custom designed and constructed starship. Invite other players to join your crew or fight them across the galaxy!
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StarMade
Single-player alternative to Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Drifter.
The ultimate space sandbox. Participate in epic fleet battles, form alliances, strive to dominate entire galaxies and harness the universe’s resources for your industrious empire or the destruction of others. Customise your experience, the universe is yours!
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Space Engineers
Single-player alternative to Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Drifter.
Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.
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Elite Dangerous
Single-player alternative to Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with Drifter.
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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Avorion
Single-player alternative to Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Drifter.
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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Galaxy on Fire 2™ Full HD
Single-player alternative to Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Drifter.
A hyperdrive malfunction sends Keith T. Maxwell tumbling through space and time to fight for his life against a mysterious alien armada that is wreaking havoc.