Single-player games like Spaceport Trading Company
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Spaceport Trading Company, 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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D.R.I.F.T.
Single-player alternative to Spaceport Trading Company — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Spaceport Trading Company.
A slow, system-driven space sim about contracts, reputation, and survival through careful decision-making, not combat or heroics.
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X3: Terran Conflict
Single-player alternative to Spaceport Trading Company — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Spaceport Trading Company.
It is the year 2938. The long wished-for encounter of the X Universe and the Earth holds both joy and sorrow for the people. Despite flourishing trade, the clash of the diverse races, cultures and life forms creates new tensions, mistrust and open conflict that need to be overcome!
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Starport Merchants
Single-player alternative to Spaceport Trading Company — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Spaceport Trading Company.
From rags to riches, build your merchant empire in this space trader tycoon. Haul cargo, mine asteroids, run factories, trade stocks, command a fleet or even colonize an entire planet. Grow to become a gazillionaire as you outsmart the competition and expand your business across the planets.
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Starminer
Single-player alternative to Spaceport Trading Company — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Spaceport Trading Company.
Design and build a massive interstellar fleet in this simulation sandbox. Strip space of its minerals for profit, but stay alert: your greed attracts the alien. Master deep base-building and deploy warships to protect your empire in immersive real-time space.
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X: Beyond the Frontier
Single-player alternative to Spaceport Trading Company — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Spaceport Trading Company.
The Human Race had advanced to the point where we could travel among the stars, we developed giant automated machines to help us colonise other worlds, but there was a fault in their programming and they turned and attacked. Forcing us to lay a trap to protect Earth and exiling the Human race to stay on Earth once again.
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Ostranauts
Single-player alternative to Spaceport Trading Company — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Spaceport Trading Company.
Navigate your scrappy ship through the boneyard in search of valuable parts in abandoned vessels. Use salvage to upgrade your ship, or sell it for cash to pay down your mounting debt, or restock fuel, air, or food. Fly and role-play aboard your dream spaceship in this hardcore noir space-sim.
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Cosmonautica
Single-player alternative to Spaceport Trading Company — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Spaceport Trading Company.
Cosmonautica is a fresh take on space trading in a procedurally generated universe, paired with quirky humor for your intergalactic enjoyment.
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Rebel Galaxy
Single-player alternative to Spaceport Trading Company — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Spaceport Trading Company.
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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NOMAD
Single-player alternative to Spaceport Trading Company — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Spaceport Trading Company.
Shoot your way through the sands and catch as many chickens as you can. Why? Because you get to keep any gold you find for yourself! A skill-based perma-death shooter with challenging AI rather than floods of kamikaze sprites. How many chickens can you catch before your inevitable demise?
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Epic Space Trader
Single-player alternative to Spaceport Trading Company — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Spaceport Trading Company.
Commanding a starship, you’ll trade goods across the galaxy, evade cosmic threats, and grow your trading empire. Do you have what it takes to outmaneuver rivals and become a trading legend? Take command of your destiny in Epic Space Trader, your journey to the stars begins now!
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Christmas CEO
Single-player alternative to Spaceport Trading Company — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Run Santa's Workshop in this cozy management sim. Assign workers, manage resources, survive crisis events, and make enough toys before Christmas.