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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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    Starship Contractor: Galactic Tycoon — Steam game cover

    Starship Contractor: Galactic Tycoon

    Single-player alternative to Spaceport Trading Company — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Spaceport Trading Company.

    Shape the Galactic Arms Race. As CEO of a private space arms company, design modular ships, research breakthrough tech, and win faction tenders. Outmaneuver rivals in prototype races and make critical choices that make every playthrough unique, from a startup to galactic dominance.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Starlathe — Steam game cover

    Starlathe

    Single-player alternative to Spaceport Trading Company — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Spaceport Trading Company.

    Command your ship and fleet in a galaxy that truly lives: 150 sectors where six factions mine, haul, trade, build and wage war whether you're there or not. Trade it, rob it, defend it — or forge your own fleet and carve out your place in it.

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Game Dev Empire — Steam game cover

    Game Dev Empire

    Single-player alternative to Spaceport Trading Company — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Spaceport Trading Company.

    Start a game studio in 1980 and turn it into an industry empire. Build teams, create hits, follow a changing market with competitors, and expand into engines, publishing, hardware, digital stores, and acquisitions.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Star Corsairs: Fractured Frontier — Steam game cover

    Star Corsairs: Fractured Frontier

    Single-player alternative to Spaceport Trading Company — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Spaceport Trading Company.

    Trade, fight and explore. Build a fleet, level your captain and dive through wormholes for rare loot — a single-player 2D space RPG of free corsairs.

    2026ActionIndieSimulation8.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    D.R.I.F.T. — Steam game cover

    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.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation11.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    X3: Terran Conflict — Steam game cover

    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!

    2008ActionStrategySimulation3.19 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Zorehrai: Space Formations — Steam game cover

    Zorehrai: Space Formations

    Single-player alternative to Spaceport Trading Company — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Spaceport Trading Company.

    Start with your own character and a small ship in a world that lives independently of the player. Develop your skills, explore space, trade, build industry, and grow your fleet to survive real-time battles against hostile fleets—and something far more terrifying lurking in the darkness.

    2027StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Starscrip — Steam game cover

    Starscrip

    Single-player alternative to Spaceport Trading Company — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and RPG with Spaceport Trading Company.

    The top-down space sim. Fly, trade, and fight in a galaxy shaped by simulated history, where production, freight, and war reshape a living economy.

    2027ActionAdventureSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    NOMAD — Steam game cover

    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?

    2020ActionIndieCasual3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Epic Space Trader — Steam game cover

    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!

    2024StrategySimulationRPG5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Christmas CEO — Steam game cover

    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.

    CasualSingle-playerSimilar games →