Single-player games like Smugglers 5
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Smugglers 5, 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 Traders: Frontiers
Single-player alternative to Smugglers 5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG and Strategy with Smugglers 5.
You are the captain of a starship venturing through a massive open universe. Customize your crew and take command at the helm of your very own ship as you explore a galaxy torn apart by internal strife, alien threats, and political intrigue.
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Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection
Single-player alternative to Smugglers 5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Smugglers 5.
Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection is the original Sword of the Stars games and the three expansions Born of Blood, A Murder of Crows and Argos Naval Yard. It is the year 2405, and human scientists have discovered a new technology that allows travel from star to star at speeds faster than light.
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The Last Federation
Single-player alternative to Smugglers 5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Smugglers 5.
From the creators of AI War: Fleet Command comes an all-new grand strategy title with turn-based tactical combat, set in a deep simulation of an entire solar system and its billions of inhabitants. You are the last of a murdered race, determined to unify or destroy the 8 others.
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Interstellaria
Single-player alternative to Smugglers 5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Smugglers 5.
Managing a fleet across a dangerous galaxy. Every star and planet holds untold riches and dangers. Each encounter will require skills in trading, diplomacy, and combat. Allocate power to engines, charge all weapons, and take on the worst the galaxy has to handle.
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Horizon
Single-player alternative to Smugglers 5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Smugglers 5.
Horizon is a turn-based space strategy game of galactic exploration and conquest in which you are in control of humanity’s destiny. You will explore deep space, find new frontiers and discover alien artifacts hidden on long-abandoned planets.
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Space Rangers HD: A War Apart
Single-player alternative to Smugglers 5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Smugglers 5.
Space adventure, open world RPG, strategy, arcade, quest and more!
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Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION)
Single-player alternative to Smugglers 5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Smugglers 5.
A retro space strategy RPG with base building, deep tactical combat, crew management and emergent storytelling. Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition is a massively enhanced version of the Award Winning indie strategy RPG, Halcyon 6.
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Rebel Galaxy
Single-player alternative to Smugglers 5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Smugglers 5.
Rebel Galaxy is a swashbuckling space adventure, with action-packed combat, exploration, discovery, trade, and “negotiation” with the outlandish denizens at the edge of the known universe.
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Sid Meier's Pirates!
Single-player alternative to Smugglers 5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Smugglers 5.
Sail the Caribbean, marauding all on the high seas or ally your ship and crew as a privateer in search of riches - the life you choose is up to you. Face dogged enemies, raid unsuspecting villages, woo fair maidens, avoid capture or dig for buried treasure. Discover what it takes to become one of the most famous pirates in history!
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Smugglers 5: Invasion
Single-player alternative to Smugglers 5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Smugglers 5.
Smugglers 5: Invasion is a standalone expansion for the turn-based science-fiction space trading game, Smugglers 5. Board enemy ships, manage factories, conquer star systems and forge your own galactic empire - ultimately, your actions will have an impact on a galactic scale.
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Dead But Alive! Southern England
Single-player alternative to Smugglers 5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Smugglers 5.
Dead But Alive is a 120,000 words zombie zombie survival visual novel set in South England. The game features a non-linear storyline with moral choices on despair, commitment and sacrifice.
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Of Love And Sorrow
Single-player alternative to Smugglers 5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Smugglers 5.
Of Love And Sorrow is a 120,000 word interactive visual novel following the story of two young brothers from the South during the Civil War, separated by war, love and betrayal. The choices you make will direct the story - their lives, their loves, their very destiny is up to you.