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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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    Starvector — Steam game cover

    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.

    ActionStrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Skyformer — Steam game cover

    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!

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure17.99 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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    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 USDSingle-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 →
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    Chocolate Factory — Steam game cover

    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!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure13.39 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    No Man's Sky — Steam game cover

    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.

    2016ActionAdventure59.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →