Single-player games like Tachyon: The Fringe
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Tachyon: The Fringe, 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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Freespace 2
Single-player alternative to Tachyon: The Fringe — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
FreeSpace 2, the follow up to the classic Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War is ready to engage you in the second round. Follow the Grand Terran Vasudan Alliance further into the mysteries of the Shivans. Get your flight stick and hit the flight deck. The last time was just a warm up.
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Evochron Mercenary
Single-player alternative to Tachyon: The Fringe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Tachyon: The Fringe.
The life of an independent mercenary is rarely without excitement. Your spacecraft awaits and your adventure begins in the Sapphire star system.
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Darkstar One
Single-player alternative to Tachyon: The Fringe — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Darkstar One offers a fantastic amount of freedom of choice. The story-based missions gradually lead you deeper into the galaxy to new races, new technologies and ever stronger opponents. Explore a vast array of solar systems in search of hidden artifacts of ancient races, essential objects for upgrading your ship--the Darkstar One.
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Starpoint Gemini 2
Single-player alternative to Tachyon: The Fringe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Tachyon: The Fringe.
Captain your own space ship and roam the galaxy in 3D in this tactical space simulator with tons of RPG depth ! Space has never looked so inviting - but images can betray...It has been two years since the end of the second Gemini war, the situation in the wartorn system is further from resolution than ever.
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Strike Suit Zero
Single-player alternative to Tachyon: The Fringe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Tachyon: The Fringe.
Pilot the mecha Strike Suit across massive fleet battles where your dogfighting skills decide Earth's fate. Fast, frantic space combat with capital ship destruction, multiple endings, and a universe that's anything but empty. This is space combat reborn.
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Rebel Galaxy
Single-player alternative to Tachyon: The Fringe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Tachyon: The Fringe.
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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Independence War® 2: Edge of Chaos
Single-player alternative to Tachyon: The Fringe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Tachyon: The Fringe.
Command four space vessels and a band of revolutionary pirates into an all-consuming battle against impossible odds, because there just isn't enough Space for everyone!
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STAR WARS™ Starfighter™
Single-player alternative to Tachyon: The Fringe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Tachyon: The Fringe.
Join three heroic starfighter pilots in harrowing deep space and planetary missions to save the planet of Naboo. Rookie Naboo pilot Rhys Dallows, mercenary Vana Sage and alien pirate Nym form an unlikely alliance as they join together against an unexpected assault on the peaceful planet.
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Starmancer
Single-player alternative to Tachyon: The Fringe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Tachyon: The Fringe.
From a small 2-man team comes a unique space station management sim. Take on the role of an A.I commanding a lost space ark. Try not to let your crew run amok and wreck the place.
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Delta Force: Black Hawk Down
Single-player alternative to Tachyon: The Fringe — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
In late 1993, the United States launched dual military operations in Mogadishu Somalia. Delta Force Operatives and Army Rangers were sent in to capture Somali warlords and restore order. Experience the intense combat of Operation Restore Hope in this ground breaking first person shooter.
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Delta Force 1
Single-player alternative to Tachyon: The Fringe — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
As a member of Delta Force — The Army's Elite, top secret special forces unit — the word 'impossible' is not in your vocabulary. In Delta Force, you will conduct missions swiftly and silently, in every possible terrain, under every imaginable condition and through unconventional means.
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Delta Force 2
Single-player alternative to Tachyon: The Fringe — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
You're a member of the U.S. Army's best kept secret: the elite SPECIAL OPERATIONS unit known as Delta Force, formed to BATTLE TERRORISM throughout the world. When the best of the rest can't handle the op, YOU are called into action. Can you handle THE JOB? Features FREE NovaWorld™: online gaming supporting up to 50 players.
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Delta Force Land Warrior
Single-player alternative to Tachyon: The Fringe — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Engage the enemy across vast outdoor environments and expansive indoor environments as you take control of the US Army's elite anti-terrorist unit. Delta Force Land Warrior™ introduces new weapons and characters for both single player and intense online multiplayer via NovaWorld.
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Comanche 4
Single-player alternative to Tachyon: The Fringe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Tachyon: The Fringe.
The best-selling Comanche series returns with this fast-paced action game that places you at the controls of a Comanche RAH-66 helicopter. In 6 single player campaigns and multiplayer, the game combines serious firepower with effortless controls and stunning, interactive terrain.
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Joint Operations: Combined Arms Gold
Single-player alternative to Tachyon: The Fringe — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The most ferocious online conflict of the 21st century is now available in its most definitive form: introducing Joint Operations: Combined Arms Gold, the largest multiplayer FPS collection ever. With the award-winning Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising and the bestselling Joint Operations: Escalation together in one convenient package,...
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Delta Force Xtreme 2
Single-player alternative to Tachyon: The Fringe — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Enemies lurk in locations around the globe, waiting for the right opportunity to strike. As part of Delta Force, the U.S. Army's most secretive and highly trained unit, you have the skills and the firepower to hunt them down and take them out.
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F-22 Lightning 3
Single-player alternative to Tachyon: The Fringe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Tachyon: The Fringe.
Mass Destruction! Use tactical nuclear weapons to level entire city regions. The most realistic weather environments ever created. Changing weather effects including: rain, snow, hail, and wind. Extreme temperatures affect flight performance. Fly it yourself or let the world's most advanced fighter do it for you!