Single-player games like Engine Room
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Engine Room, 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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Out There: Oceans of Time
Single-player alternative to Engine Room — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Engine Room.
Out There: Oceans of Time is a space exploration game that puts you at the helm of an interstellar mission of discovery spanning a vast and vibrant cosmos.
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Out There: Ω Edition
Single-player alternative to Engine Room — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Engine Room.
Out There is an award-winning space exploration game blending roguelike, resource management and interactive fiction.
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Void War
Single-player alternative to Engine Room — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Engine Room.
Command an ancient starship and fight your way to the heart of a dying Empire. Fend off attacks from demented cultists, craven space pirates, and xenophobic Imperial soldiers. Discover powerful artifacts and use them to build your ship into a fearsome war engine.
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Shortest Trip to Earth
Single-player alternative to Engine Room — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Engine Room.
Shortest Trip to Earth is a roguelike spaceship simulator focused on exploration, ship management and tactical battles. Embark on a perilous journey across the universe with nuclear missiles, armed crew and a cat.
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Genesis Alpha One Deluxe Edition
Single-player alternative to Engine Room — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Engine Room.
Hyperjump into the dark recesses of space with Genesis Alpha One - a roguelike FPS where you must build, maintain and navigate your ship through a galaxy filled with hostile alien and human threats. Explore, create and survive the militarized space race in order to secure humanity’s future.
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Stellar Orphans
Single-player alternative to Engine Room — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Engine Room.
"Explore 'Stellar Orphans', a captivating deck-building game where every choice determines the fate of your crew lost in infinite space. Forge alliances, manage resources, and resolve crises to guide your 'Stellar Orphans' to survival. Ready to defy the stars?"
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Void Bastards
Single-player alternative to Engine Room — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Engine Room.
Inspired by BioShock and System Shock 2, Void Bastards is a revolutionary new strategy-shooter that will test your wits as well as exercise your aim. Can you lead the misfit prisoners of the Void Ark through the derelict spaceships and myriad dangers of the Sargasso Nebula?
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Heat Signature
Single-player alternative to Engine Room — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Engine Room.
Heat Signature is a game from the developers of Gunpoint where you break into spaceships, make terrible mistakes, and think of clever ways out of them. You take a mission, fly to the target ship, sneak inside, and make clever use of your gadgets to distract, ambush and take out the crew.
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Pizzah!
Single-player alternative to Engine Room — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Engine Room.
Join with your friends in this co-op game about catching creatures to use for pizza toppings! Just make sure to keep away from the monsters lurking in the darkness...