Single-player games like C-Beams
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to C-Beams, 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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Void Nomads
Single-player alternative to C-Beams — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with C-Beams.
Void Nomads is a solo action-shooter RPG set in a sci-fi universe where those who once set out for outer space can never return to inhabited planets. Scavenge for technology in derelict ancient alien ships. Explore small outposts and massive corporate stations. Take risks and survive in the void.
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Traxion 3000
Single-player alternative to C-Beams — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with C-Beams.
TRAXION 3000 is a cave-flyer set in outer space. Explore the underground caves of 6 different alien planet, fight enemies, solve puzzles and salvage the valuable cargo pods. Now with up to 4 players!
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Explore the Universe 2175
Single-player alternative to C-Beams — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with C-Beams.
Survive a galaxy at war. MEGABOT's machine armada is exterminating all organic life — build and defend station networks, ally with the Mycelari faction and the rebels and fight physics-driven battles where momentum and gravity kill as surely as weapons. A punishing roguelike RTS in a living galaxy.
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Star Control III
Single-player alternative to C-Beams — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with C-Beams.
The universe is on the brink of destruction. It’s up to you to embark on an epic adventure of strategy and diplomacy to save thousands of worlds from total annihilation. But no pressure, right?
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Forces of Ether
Single-player alternative to C-Beams — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with C-Beams.
Blast your way through an Isometric Open World Galaxy. Fly seamlessly to space. Lead your chosen faction in ground and space battles. Stop the imminent Collapse of civilization... Or let it all fall into ruin.
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EVERSPACE™ 2
Single-player alternative to C-Beams — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with C-Beams.
EVERSPACE 2 is a fast-paced single-player spaceship shooter with exploration in space and on planets, tons of loot, RPG elements, mining, and crafting. Experience an exciting sci-fi story set in a vivid, handcrafted open world full of secrets, puzzles, and perils.
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Skin Deep
Single-player alternative to C-Beams — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with C-Beams.
Skin Deep is an immersive first-person shooter. We got sneezing. We got things getting stuck in your feet. Stalk through a vast non-linear starship and sneak, subvert, and sabotage to survive in this stellar sandbox. You're outnumbered, outgunned, and have no shoes. Welcome to Skin Deep!
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Heat Signature
Single-player alternative to C-Beams — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with C-Beams.
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.