Single-player games like Lightspeed
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Lightspeed, 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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STAR WARS™ - X-Wing Special Edition
Single-player alternative to Lightspeed — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with Lightspeed.
Against the overwhelming might of the Empire stands a small but growing Rebel Alliance. Scattered resistance groups are uniting and what is needed most now are Starfighter pilots. Will you join their struggle to end this tyranny and become a hero of the Rebellion?
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Renegade: Battle for Jacob's Star
Single-player alternative to Lightspeed — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with Lightspeed.
Dive into the ultimate experience of space combat with this first-person flight simulator! Take command and engage in thrilling battles across multiple difficulty levels, ensuring both novice and seasoned pilots can test their skills in the vast expanse of space. Are you ready for the challenge?
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XF5700 Mantis Experimental Fighter
Single-player alternative to Lightspeed — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with Lightspeed.
Out of nowhere, an army of insect-like creatures from a distant world, using technologically advanced space weapons, ambushed and devastated Earth. In this colorful space shooter from the early days of FMV, it’s up to you to fend off the Sirian race in the cutting edge XF5700 Mantis Fighter!
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Deep Space Exploitation
Single-player alternative to Lightspeed — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with Lightspeed.
Deep Space Exploitation is a space mining game featuring 2D physics, fully destructible asteroids, and a story of survival under an exploitative corporation. Use your equipment wisely, upgrade your ship, and make difficult decisions to secure your future!
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Neoteria
Single-player alternative to Lightspeed — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Lightspeed.
A classic shoot-em up where you avoid waves and waves of enemies coming and shooting at you. This is NOT a Bullet hell shooter.
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House of the Dying Sun
Single-player alternative to Lightspeed — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with Lightspeed.
House of the Dying Sun is a tactical space shooter that puts you in the cockpit of the universe's most terrifying starfighter. Hunt the enemies of the Empire and bring ruin to their people.
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X3: Terran Conflict
Single-player alternative to Lightspeed — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with Lightspeed.
It is the year 2938. The long wished-for encounter of the X Universe and the Earth holds both joy and sorrow for the people. Despite flourishing trade, the clash of the diverse races, cultures and life forms creates new tensions, mistrust and open conflict that need to be overcome!
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Starpoint Gemini 2
Single-player alternative to Lightspeed — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with Lightspeed.
Captain your own space ship and roam the galaxy in 3D in this tactical space simulator with tons of RPG depth ! Space has never looked so inviting - but images can betray...It has been two years since the end of the second Gemini war, the situation in the wartorn system is further from resolution than ever.
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Darklands
Single-player alternative to Lightspeed — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Deep in the twilight of the Black Forest, you and your companions crouch before the robber-knight's tower. Hans, the alchemist, places his mysterious potion by the door. Ebhard the friar implores Saint Dunstan to bless your weapons and armor. And you and Gretchen grip naked long swords, praying your plate mail won't squeak.
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Dragonsphere
Single-player alternative to Lightspeed — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Newly-crowned King of Callahach! It's been twenty years since your father saved the world by entrapping the evil Sorcerer Sanwe. Now the spell is waning. Sanwe's malevolent force will soon consume the land, and only you can stop him!
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M1 Tank Platoon
Single-player alternative to Lightspeed — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with Lightspeed.
US Tank Platoons have four M1s. Four soldiers operate each. That's four tanks, sixteen men. And you control the whole shooting match.
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Return of the Phantom
Single-player alternative to Lightspeed — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The legendary Phantom of the Opera has returned! As Inspector Raoul Montand, you are the only one who can pursue the Red Death into the past and prevent him from terrorizing the present in this point and click mystery.