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Single-player games like Untethered

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Untethered, 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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    Space — Steam game cover

    Space

    Single-player alternative to Untethered — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Untethered.

    Stranded on a hostile alien world, you must gather resources, craft tools, and automate production to survive. Build a base, fend off deadly wildlife, and uncover ancient secrets in this immersive sci-fi survival adventure. Will you conquer the planet or succumb to its perils?

    ActionIndieAdventureFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Industronaut — Steam game cover

    Industronaut

    Single-player alternative to Untethered — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Untethered.

    A survival engineering game where you build life support habitats, mine resources, and automate production chains on a radiation heavy planet. No rescue. No support. Just engineering.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Lunar Impact — Steam game cover

    Lunar Impact

    Single-player alternative to Untethered — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Untethered.

    Go to the Moon to explore its harsh nature and mysterious anomalies. Build your own lunar base, craft equipment, extract valuable resources and make many discoveries. Overcome the challenges of extreme lunar conditions, an oxygen-free atmosphere and much more unknown...

    IndieAdventureSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    MORS — Steam game cover

    MORS

    Single-player alternative to Untethered — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Untethered.

    Build an automated factory on a true-scale Mars streamed from real NASA terrain. Mine, smelt and belt resources, run trains between outposts, master chemistry, and grow from a lone lander into a planet-spanning industry while the real Martian weather does its worst.

    StrategyIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SpaceCraft — Steam game cover

    SpaceCraft

    Single-player alternative to Untethered — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Untethered.

    The Universe is yours. SpaceCraft is an online space exploration and building game. Explore a vast galaxy of solar systems and planets, mine and craft resources, design and build ships, automate planetary bases and interplanetary logistics, trade and cooperate.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation26.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Blossom: The Seed of Life — Steam game cover

    Blossom: The Seed of Life

    Single-player alternative to Untethered — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Untethered.

    Terraform a dead planet back to life in this open world survival crafting game. Explore ruins, gather resources, print machines, drive modular vehicles, grow forests, biomes, and ecosystems. Create life and make it thrive with your own hands.

    2026IndieAdventure13.59 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    StarRupture — Steam game cover

    StarRupture

    Single-player alternative to Untethered — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Untethered.

    StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Satisfactory — Steam game cover

    Satisfactory

    Single-player alternative to Untethered — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Untethered.

    Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →