Single-player games like Peddlers Between Pulsars
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Peddlers Between Pulsars, 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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My Galaxy Buddy
Single-player alternative to Peddlers Between Pulsars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Peddlers Between Pulsars.
Pilot a lone UFO in this cozy idle desktop game that lives in the corner of your screen. Discover randomly generated planets, extract rare resources, uncover strange artifacts, and build your collection one world at a time.
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Epic Space Trader
Single-player alternative to Peddlers Between Pulsars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and RPG with Peddlers Between Pulsars.
Commanding a starship, you’ll trade goods across the galaxy, evade cosmic threats, and grow your trading empire. Do you have what it takes to outmaneuver rivals and become a trading legend? Take command of your destiny in Epic Space Trader, your journey to the stars begins now!
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Above Earth
Single-player alternative to Peddlers Between Pulsars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Peddlers Between Pulsars.
Above Earth is a science fiction survival game. Experience a struggle for life in the fragile artificial environment of a damaged space station.
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Planet's Edge
Single-player alternative to Peddlers Between Pulsars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and RPG with Peddlers Between Pulsars.
Travel between dozens of stars, harvest resources to repair and upgrade your equipment, meet and negotiate with friendly (and hostile) aliens, and do whatever it takes to stay alive and bring Earth back in this groundbreaking sci-fi RPG.
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Silent Sector
Single-player alternative to Peddlers Between Pulsars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Peddlers Between Pulsars.
Oldschool action open-world sci-fi with a unique storyline, frenetic battles, crude humor, loose morals and cows.
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Eventide Matter
Single-player alternative to Peddlers Between Pulsars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Peddlers Between Pulsars.
A 2D space mining adventure. Mine exotic resources, unlock powerful equipment, and fend off relentless enemies to build an inter-dimensional portal, the last hope of salvation for your civilization.
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Vanguard Galaxy
Single-player alternative to Peddlers Between Pulsars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Peddlers Between Pulsars.
A relaxing game about space exploration that can be played full screen or at the bottom of your screen. Trade, fight, mine and salvage your way through a procedurally generated galaxy. Let the game idle while your autopilot handles business and builds your fortune.
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Wayward Terran Frontier: Zero Falls
Single-player alternative to Peddlers Between Pulsars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Peddlers Between Pulsars.
2d space combat like no other. From the perspective of a single crew member, explore the fully destructible interior of any ship in a massive living world. Engage in space combat with no hitpoints where you know your enemy is dead when you see them fall out of their ship into the cold dark of space.