Single-player games like Ship Miner
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Ship Miner, 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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Drown World
Single-player alternative to Ship Miner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Ship Miner.
Drown World combines grid-based mining with a pixel-perfect elemental simulation. Dig for resources, upgrade equipment at your airship, and carve your way through a volatile underground world in search of long-lost dwarven relics as waves of rain flood the tunnels you leave behind.
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Seam Walker
Single-player alternative to Ship Miner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Ship Miner.
Seam Walker is a first-person sci-fi shooter about crossing between worlds. Mine ore from fully destructible rock, spawn and rotate platforms in mid-air to teleport onto, and tear singularity wells that pull enemies in. Upgrade your dimension gun and push through the seam.
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Two Sides of Hell
Single-player alternative to Ship Miner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Ship Miner.
Think fast, kill faster. Blast through shifting alien hellscapes in this roguelite platform-twin stick shooter, switching between Soldier precision and demonic destruction. Survive relentless hordes, brutal bosses, and endless roguelite chaos.
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Star Conflict: Burrownauts
Single-player alternative to Ship Miner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Ship Miner.
Addictive action roguelite about a space miner with nail-biting bullet-heaven battles. Burrow into ancient planetoids, collect resources, upgrade your ship, and defend your base in the middle of a hostile galaxy.
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Cat-Astrophy
Single-player alternative to Ship Miner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Ship Miner.
Cat-Astrophy is a fast-paced Action Roguelite that combines frantic combat, precision platforming and unique builds across procedurally generated planets. Every run offers new ways to play, death is permanent. Can you survive the cat-astrophe?
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Gunblade Ranger
Single-player alternative to Ship Miner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Ship Miner.
An action shooting Roguelite focused on relentless attacks and brutal executions. Fight through the wasteland, execute enemies to restore ammo, collect weapons and mutations, and create your own killing build. Local 2 player co-op supported.
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Deadship Protocol
Single-player alternative to Ship Miner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Ship Miner.
Bullet heaven auto-shooter with ONLINE AND COUCH CO-OP for 1-4 players. Fight hordes of energy-feeding aliens, recover eight Protocol Cores, and choose powerful upgrades. Leave the reactor undefended, then fight your way back before the ship runs out of power.
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Dome Keeper
Single-player alternative to Ship Miner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Ship Miner.
Defend against waves of alien monsters in this unique roguelike action miner. Dig for resources, collect useful gadgets, and upgrade equipment to increase odds of survival – just hurry back before your dome is destroyed!