Single-player games like Star Traders: 4X Empires
Below are 15 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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Three Kingdoms : Alias
Single-player alternative to Star Traders: 4X Empires — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Star Traders: 4X Empires.
A world where officers hide their names and abilities. Can you spot Zhuge Liang? A hardcore turn-based strategy simulation for true Three Kingdoms devotees.
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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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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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Orbit Zero
Single-player alternative to Star Traders: 4X Empires — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Star Traders: 4X Empires.
Create a Company, Build structures, Collect Resources, Make Investments and Speculate on Assets. Carefully manage your Workforce, Finances, Resources, Shareholders, BOD & Political Partnerships.
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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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Realpolitiks 3: Earth and Beyond
Single-player alternative to Star Traders: 4X Empires — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Traders: 4X Empires.
Prove your political brilliance in a grand strategy like no other: pick any contemporary country, set up your government and navigate the pitfalls of domestic and international politics. A glorious destiny awaits - the domination of not just the Earth, but the whole Solar system!
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Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升
Single-player alternative to Star Traders: 4X Empires — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Star Traders: 4X Empires.
A Giant Strategy Sandbox experience set in Warlord China. *Tons of playable factions! *Communist insurgents, * Boxers like rebels, *Greedy warlords, *Mongol riders, *A mad russian baron, *Shanghai gangsters, *And armored trains!
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Galactic Civilizations® I: Ultimate Edition
Single-player alternative to Star Traders: 4X Empires — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Traders: 4X Empires.
Galactic Civilizations is a space based strategy game in which you are in control of humanity's destiny.
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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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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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Duke of Alpha Centauri
Single-player alternative to Star Traders: 4X Empires — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Star Traders: 4X Empires.
Duke of Alpha Centuri is a space shooter with amazing graphics. The main goal of our game is to have a lot of fun while blowing up hordes of different types of enemies. Engage in boss fights, upgrade your ship and ship systems until you are able to show off in an endless mode.
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Dune Sea
Single-player alternative to Star Traders: 4X Empires — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Star Traders: 4X Empires.
Fly. Honk. Explore. Dune Sea is a side-scrolling adventure Goose game that lets you fly like a bird.
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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.