Single-player games like Star Traders: 4X Empires
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Star Traders: 4X Empires, 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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Terra Invicta
Single-player alternative to Star Traders: 4X Empires — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Star Traders: 4X Empires.
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.
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Stellaris
Single-player alternative to Star Traders: 4X Empires — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Star Traders: 4X Empires.
Explore a galaxy full of wonders in this sci-fi grand strategy game from Paradox Development Studios. Interact with diverse alien races, discover strange new worlds with unexpected events and expand the reach of your empire. Each new adventure holds almost limitless possibilities.
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Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion
Single-player alternative to Star Traders: 4X Empires — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Traders: 4X Empires.
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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Stellar Monarch
Single-player alternative to Star Traders: 4X Empires — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Traders: 4X Empires.
Asymmetric space empire builder where you feel like the Emperor, not a logistics officer. No micromanagement, grand scale, fast paced, audiences, assassins, imperial court, disloyal admirals.
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Pax Nova
Single-player alternative to Star Traders: 4X Empires — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Traders: 4X Empires.
A sci-fi turn-based 4X strategy game where you lead the fate of one of several factions divided between three races. Explore new worlds and new star systems filled with exciting secrets as well as dangers. Build cities, expand your influence and fight great battles on land and in space.
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ENDLESS™ Space - Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Star Traders: 4X Empires — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Star Traders: 4X Empires.
ENDLESS™ Space is a turn-based 4X strategy game, covering the space colonization age in the ENDLESS™ Universe, where you can control every aspect of your civilization as you strive for galactic domination.
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Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition
Single-player alternative to Star Traders: 4X Empires — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Traders: 4X Empires.
Get the complete GalCiv II saga including Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords, the expansion pack Dark Avatar, and the newest expansion pack Twilight of the Arnor!
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Trade Conquest
Single-player alternative to Star Traders: 4X Empires — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Traders: 4X Empires.
Rise from a cunning strategist to a powerful ruler. Master economic warfare, manipulate global events, and build industries or armies to conquer the world. Every decision in this modern Grand Strategy game shapes your ascent to power—will you rise through wealth or force?
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Star Traders: Frontiers
Single-player alternative to Star Traders: 4X Empires — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Star Traders: 4X Empires.
You are the captain of a starship venturing through a massive open universe. Customize your crew and take command at the helm of your very own ship as you explore a galaxy torn apart by internal strife, alien threats, and political intrigue.
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Templar Battleforce
Single-player alternative to Star Traders: 4X Empires — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Traders: 4X Empires.
An addictive mix of strategic combat and army building, with the precision of an RPG. Design your squad members' exact build of equipment and talents to create unique fireteam combinations. Step into the pilot suit of a Leviathan mech, lead the Templar Knights in turn-based tactical warfare.
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Cyber Knights: Flashpoint
Single-player alternative to Star Traders: 4X Empires — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Traders: 4X Empires.
Cyberpunk mercenaries RPG! Turn-based squad tactics with unique heist-planning strategy. Build your crew wisely; their stories will become interwoven with your own. Pull off heists with powerful cyberware, faction connections, multiclassing, weapon modding, stealth, hacking, and more!
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Heroes of Steel RPG
Single-player alternative to Star Traders: 4X Empires — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Traders: 4X Empires.
Heroes of Steel is a tactical RPG set in a grim post-apocalyptic fantasy world. Coordinate your party of four heroes in turn-based combat and navigate a engaging world and story.