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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Starvector
Single-player alternative to Untethered — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Untethered.
Eat a snack while you watch an entire planet burn in your image.
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Skyformer
Single-player alternative to Untethered — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Untethered.
Create an automated system that terraforms a planet with an army of drones. Craft and build bases, set up a weather monitoring system, prepare to survive different types of storms, and take control of the climate and biomes!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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Chocolate Factory
Single-player alternative to Untethered — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Untethered.
Build your dream Chocolate Factory among candy cane forests and gumdrop hills to produce the tastiest sweets. A delicious first-person factory automation game with a little exploration and combat. Confectionary conveyor belt heaven awaits!
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No Man's Sky
Single-player alternative to Untethered — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Untethered.
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.