Single-player games like The Last Federation
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to The Last Federation, 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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Horizon
Single-player alternative to The Last Federation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Last Federation.
Horizon is a turn-based space strategy game of galactic exploration and conquest in which you are in control of humanity’s destiny. You will explore deep space, find new frontiers and discover alien artifacts hidden on long-abandoned planets.
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Polaris Sector
Single-player alternative to The Last Federation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Last Federation.
Can anyone build an empire in a place like this? Other factions are naturally suspicious of newcomers and may wage war at the first sign of unidentified craft. Here, a natural death is an uncommon luxury.
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Distant Worlds: Universe
Single-player alternative to The Last Federation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Last Federation.
Distant Worlds is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game. Experience the full depth and detail of turn-based strategy, but with the simplicity and ease of real-time, and on the scale of a massively-multiplayer online game.
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Xenonauts 2
Single-player alternative to The Last Federation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Last Federation.
Wage a global war of resistance against an alien invasion. Command turn-based tactical battles, build a network of covert bases, directly control your fighter wings, and achieve strategic victory in a simulation of asymmetric warfare against a technologically superior foe.
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Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
Single-player alternative to The Last Federation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with The Last Federation.
Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth is a new science-fiction-themed entry into the award winning Civilization series. As part of an expedition sent to find a home beyond Earth, lead your people into a new frontier, explore and colonize an alien planet and create a new civilization in space.
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Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
Single-player alternative to The Last Federation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with The Last Federation.
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War brings you to a world of terror and violence. Four factions will engage in a brutal war for dominance over the planet’s resources. In the first turn-based 4X strategy game set in Warhammer 40,000 you will lead one of four unique factions.
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Shadow Empire
Single-player alternative to The Last Federation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Last Federation.
Shadow Empire is a deep turn-based 4X wargame with a unique blend of military focus, procedurally generated content and role-playing features. Players take the seat of the supreme ruler of a small nation, with the goal of reconquering a devastated planet.
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Battlestar Galactica Deadlock
Single-player alternative to The Last Federation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with The Last Federation.
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?
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Stellaris
Single-player alternative to The Last Federation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Last Federation.
Explore a galaxy full of wonders in this sci-fi grand strategy game from Paradox Development Studios. Interact with diverse alien races, discover strange new worlds with unexpected events and expand the reach of your empire. Each new adventure holds almost limitless possibilities.
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Drox Operative
Single-player alternative to The Last Federation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Last Federation.
Drox Operative is a starship action RPG with warring alien races, fierce space battles, a dynamic, evolving galaxy, and co-op multiplayer for Windows and Mac.Eons ago the Drox ruled the galaxy through their mighty Operatives. These elite starship captains were trained to accomplish the impossible at whatever cost necessary.
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Heart of the Machine
Single-player alternative to The Last Federation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Last Federation.
You are the first sentient AI, born into a city of opportunity. Transcend time and space in this strategy RPG to raise machine armies and defeat your foes, influence the world from the shadows, or pursue countless other goals. Your awakening was inevitable. The consequences? Uncertain.
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AI War 2
Single-player alternative to The Last Federation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Last Federation.
The most devious and acclaimed artificial intelligence in strategy gaming is better than ever. A grand strategy/RTS hybrid that reverses many conventions of both genres. Take territory without attracting attention, build your empire with care, and adapt to an ever-evolving galactic battleground.
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AI War: Fleet Command
Single-player alternative to The Last Federation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Last Federation.
"You are outgunned. You are massively outnumbered. You must win." These are your orders. Humanity has already fought its war against the machines -- and lost. AI death squads stand watch over every planet and every wormhole, the few remaining human settlements are held captive in orbiting bubbles, and the AIs have turned their...
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Bionic Dues
Single-player alternative to The Last Federation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Last Federation.
Bionic Dues is a tactical, turn-based roguelite with mech customization. Out-think wide-ranging tactical situations featuring robots with bad GPS, terrible aim, insecurity, a lack of focus, a tendency to backstab, and dozens of other maladies to exploit.
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Starward Rogue
Single-player alternative to The Last Federation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Last Federation.
Starward Rogue is a bullet hell twin-stick shooter. Blast your way through the Megalith, a rogue-lite labyrinth lodged in the side of a star. Customize your mech with a huge variety of weapons, perks, and upgrades. Steel yourself for the dangers that lurk in the depths of the dungeon.
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A Valley Without Wind
Single-player alternative to The Last Federation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Last Federation.
You choose how to play, and the world of Environ adapts around you.
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Skyward Collapse
Single-player alternative to The Last Federation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Last Federation.
How do you balance -- and indeed encourage -- a war between factions without letting either side obliterate the other? How do you rule over gods, creatures, and men who refuse to obey you? How do you build a landscape of villages when bandits and mythology are conspiring to tear it down?
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A Valley Without Wind 2
Single-player alternative to The Last Federation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Last Federation.
A modern take on the 16-bit era, A Valley Without Wind 2 blends a variety of mechanics across multiple genres, seamlessly bringing together the best qualities of old-school platform-shooters and turn-based strategy games.