Single-player games like Solar Wave
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Solar Wave, 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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Anno 2205™
Single-player alternative to Solar Wave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Solar Wave.
In Anno 2205™, you join humankind‘s next step into the future with the promise to build a better tomorrow. You conquer Earth, establishing rich, bustling cities and grand industrial complexes, but to secure the prosperity of your people, you must travel into space.
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Distant Worlds 2
Single-player alternative to Solar Wave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Solar Wave.
Distant Worlds 2 is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game.
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Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion
Single-player alternative to Solar Wave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Solar Wave.
Command a space-faring empire in Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, the new stand-alone expansion that combines 4X depth with real-time strategy gameplay.
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AI War 2
Single-player alternative to Solar Wave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Solar Wave.
The most devious and acclaimed artificial intelligence in strategy gaming is better than ever. A grand strategy/RTS hybrid that reverses many conventions of both genres. Take territory without attracting attention, build your empire with care, and adapt to an ever-evolving galactic battleground.
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Dune: Spice Wars
Single-player alternative to Solar Wave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Solar Wave.
A 4X real-time strategy game from the developers of the critically acclaimed Northgard. Set in Frank Herbert’s groundbreaking Dune universe, you must lead your faction and battle for control and dominance over the harsh desert planet of Arrakis.
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StarFringe: Adversus
Single-player alternative to Solar Wave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Solar Wave.
This is the story about the beginning of the conquest of outer space by earthlings. It began as a global idea of saving mankind from hunger and lack of resources, and ended as a brutal and merciless war in space far from Earth.
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Driftland: The Magic Revival
Single-player alternative to Solar Wave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Solar Wave.
After a devastating war between ancient mages, a powerful spell is all that holds together the shattered planet of Driftland. Take on the role of a powerful mage capable of moving and connecting floating lands, develop a mighty empire, and restore Driftland to its former glory!
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Terra Invicta
Single-player alternative to Solar Wave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Solar Wave.
An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.