Single-player games like LTA: Light-years! Thrusters! Action!
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to LTA: Light-years! Thrusters! Action!, 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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Distant Colony
Single-player alternative to LTA: Light-years! Thrusters! Action! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with LTA: Light-years! Thrusters! Action!.
Explore alien planets in sci-fi survival adventure, gather resources to craft tools, overcome environmental hazards, uncover hidden secrets, and build thriving, self-sustaining colonies with advanced technology. Prepare humanity for a new future among the stars.
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The Mystery Of The Moon
Single-player alternative to LTA: Light-years! Thrusters! Action! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with LTA: Light-years! Thrusters! Action!.
The game of survival and construction on the surface of the moon. Learn to build a base on the surface of the moon, maintain survival, explore and discover the secrets inside the moon, and solve abnormal problems.
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Superstring Transition: The Warp Ancestor
Single-player alternative to LTA: Light-years! Thrusters! Action! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with LTA: Light-years! Thrusters! Action!.
An AI returns from a relativistic test flight to find humanity gone. Explore a real data‑based solar‑system ephemeris, pilot spacecraft across accurate topological data, and push the limits of physics as you attempt escalating Superstring Transitions.
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Stellar Embers: United Fleet
Single-player alternative to LTA: Light-years! Thrusters! Action! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with LTA: Light-years! Thrusters! Action!.
Stellar Embers: United Fleet is a real-time space combat game with flagship piloting, fleet command & roguelike growth. Pilot your ship, direct escorts, explore random systems, refit warships, recruit captains & build a mighty fleet via dynamic missions & co-op.
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Search of Galaxy
Single-player alternative to LTA: Light-years! Thrusters! Action! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with LTA: Light-years! Thrusters! Action!.
After the supernova explosion, the Thermian race was destroyed. All knowledge, technologies and data about the past were lost. You must to restore civilization and explore the territories of your home system in search of lost technologies and artifacts.
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TheFlagship
Single-player alternative to LTA: Light-years! Thrusters! Action! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with LTA: Light-years! Thrusters! Action!.
"The Flagship" is a singleplayer third-person space warship roguelike game. From destroyers to battleships, choose your vessel and equip it to face node-based roguelike challenges, each adventure is a different experience. Your ship, equipment, skill level and roguelike ability build will be tested.
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Astro Inc
Single-player alternative to LTA: Light-years! Thrusters! Action! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with LTA: Light-years! Thrusters! Action!.
Astro Inc is a 6DOF physics-based survival space mining game. Grapple, mine, and haul mass through zero-G asteroid fields — every ton changes how you fly. Extract rare ore and get out before the hazards close in.
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Benders In Space
Single-player alternative to LTA: Light-years! Thrusters! Action! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with LTA: Light-years! Thrusters! Action!.
Mine the belts, colonize distant worlds, and choose your allies as three rival factions fight over a fractured frontier, then prestige through five starships and lead a joint fleet against the invading Dominion.
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Yury
Single-player alternative to LTA: Light-years! Thrusters! Action! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with LTA: Light-years! Thrusters! Action!.
For those of you who cannot live without old-style hardcore platformer challenges, Yury brings the ultimate spikes-lava-monsters experience.