Single-player games like Cogstellation
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Cogstellation, 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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Big Flying Asteroid
Single-player alternative to Cogstellation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Cogstellation.
A fun little space shooter inspired by the 1979 classic Asteroids.
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Orbital Invaders
Single-player alternative to Cogstellation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cogstellation.
3D Sci-Fi arcade Shoot'em up game. Destroy asteroids and aliens. Shoot them all!3D arena shooter with multiple worlds. Spaceship simulator and shmup arcade style game.
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X-teroids
Single-player alternative to Cogstellation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cogstellation.
Look back on the classic arcade games of the 80s. X-teroids is a retro-style, addictive, and fast-paced arcade shooter game.
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Escape from Andromeda
Single-player alternative to Cogstellation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cogstellation.
Escape from Andromeda is an overhead 2D sci-fi spaceship looter shooter based in a procedurally generated galaxy. In Escape from Andromeda, every planet is a level, and every star is a part of your story.
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BlassHole
Single-player alternative to Cogstellation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cogstellation.
A space action, looting and ship progression game first made over 25 years ago while I was studying programming, now remade: explore systems, fight, collect loot and upgrade your ship module by module.
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Bye Bye Swingby
Single-player alternative to Cogstellation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cogstellation.
'Bye Bye Swingby' is a fresh and unique simulation game that tells a sad story of escaping a destroyed Earth and exploring a new world. Take a rocket into space and use the gravity of the stars to travel to new worlds in Swingby.
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Orbital Defence Command
Single-player alternative to Cogstellation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cogstellation.
A third person arcade shooter set in orbit above earth. Craft and find puzzle blocks to liberate captured alien continents. Defend yourself and your blocks from constant alien attacks and avoid a variety of obstacles and disasters. Watch out for the enemy bosses when you liberate a continent!
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Astero
Single-player alternative to Cogstellation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cogstellation.
This game is about flying in space. You must destroy asteroids from the explosion of an object near the planet Jupiter. You will also encounter other extraterrestrial objects and even UFOs.