Single-player games like Gratuitous Space Battles 2
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to Gratuitous Space Battles 2, 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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Gratuitous Space Battles
Single-player alternative to Gratuitous Space Battles 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gratuitous Space Battles 2.
The first ever auto-battler game, from way back in 2009Who needs backstory? Who needs resource-gathering? Diplomacy is so last year. Gratuitous Space Battles cuts right to the chase of sci-fi strategy games, and deals with large, completely unjustified space battles between huge opposing space fleets.
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The Last Federation
Single-player alternative to Gratuitous Space Battles 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gratuitous Space Battles 2.
From the creators of AI War: Fleet Command comes an all-new grand strategy title with turn-based tactical combat, set in a deep simulation of an entire solar system and its billions of inhabitants. You are the last of a murdered race, determined to unify or destroy the 8 others.
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Into the Stars
Single-player alternative to Gratuitous Space Battles 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gratuitous Space Battles 2.
Take the role of Captain in this Space Survival Simulation as you explore a massive star system in search of a new home for humanity. Outfit your ship, hand pick your crew and set off on a journey through an open-world where you must scavenge resources, shelter civilians and outrun a hostile alien force.
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Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander
Single-player alternative to Gratuitous Space Battles 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gratuitous Space Battles 2.
Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander is a retro space strategy RPG with base building, deep tactical combat, crew management and emergent storytelling.
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Starpoint Gemini Warlords
Single-player alternative to Gratuitous Space Battles 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Gratuitous Space Battles 2.
Strategy from the front lines! Starpoint Gemini Warlords combines 3rd person capital spaceship combat with 4X strategy and RPG gameplay elements. Build mighty war fleets and send them into battle or lead them into combat yourself. Become the Warlord and conquer the Gemini system!
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Objects in Space
Single-player alternative to Gratuitous Space Battles 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gratuitous Space Battles 2.
Objects in Space is a retro space game centred on 2D point-and-click stealth action in a massive open world. Players have their own customisable ships and can meet people, become a trader, bounty hunter, explorer, scavenger or all of them at once.
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Nexus - The Jupiter Incident
Single-player alternative to Gratuitous Space Battles 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gratuitous Space Battles 2.
Ambitious megacorporations monopolize the conquest of space and the colonization of the solar system. At the very edge of the solar system, the companies make a discovery that will shift the technological advantage and upset the balance. And so a new conflict is born: "The Jupiter Incident."
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Particle Fleet: Emergence
Single-player alternative to Gratuitous Space Battles 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gratuitous Space Battles 2.
Build and design your own fleets and stand opposed to the Particulate in this physics/strategy/RTS/fleet hybrid. Build partially destructible and self repairing ships that interact with enemies less controlled by some scripted logic and more driven by a real time massive physics particle simulation.
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Stellaris
Single-player alternative to Gratuitous Space Battles 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Gratuitous Space Battles 2.
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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Starvector
Single-player alternative to Gratuitous Space Battles 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gratuitous Space Battles 2.
Eat a snack while you watch an entire planet burn in your image.
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
Single-player alternative to Gratuitous Space Battles 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Winner of more than 200 Game of the Year Awards, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition brings the epic fantasy to life in stunning detail. The Special Edition includes the critically acclaimed game and add-ons with all-new features.
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Democracy 3
Single-player alternative to Gratuitous Space Battles 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gratuitous Space Battles 2.
Have you ever wanted to be president? or prime-minister? Convinced you could do a better job of running the country? Let's face it, you could hardly do a worse job than our current political leaders.
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Democracy 4
Single-player alternative to Gratuitous Space Battles 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gratuitous Space Battles 2.
Democracy 4 lets you take the role of President / Prime minister, govern the country (choosing its policies, laws and other actions), and both transform the country as you see fit, while trying to retain enough popularity to get re-elected...
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Production Line : Car factory simulation
Single-player alternative to Gratuitous Space Battles 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gratuitous Space Battles 2.
Production line is the new car factory management/simulation/tycoon game that pushes your organisational and entrepreneurship skills to the limit. Can you build the ultimate optimised, free-flowing car production line whilst beating the competition and still turn a profit?
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Democracy 3 Africa
Single-player alternative to Gratuitous Space Battles 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gratuitous Space Battles 2.
Democracy 3: Africa is the new standalone 're-imagining' of the hit political strategy game 'Democracy 3'. Set entirely in countries on the continent of Africa, D3:A puts you in charge of these countries and challenges you to stay in power whilst fixing each country's problems, improving the quality of life for your electorate, and...
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Gratuitous Tank Battles
Single-player alternative to Gratuitous Space Battles 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gratuitous Space Battles 2.
Set in an alternate history timeline where World War I never ends, you are the commander of allied forces fighting right up to the year 2114.
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Democracy 2
Single-player alternative to Gratuitous Space Battles 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gratuitous Space Battles 2.
On Tuesday, November 6th Americans will vote to shape the future of their country. Why wait? Start shaping your country's future now in Democracy 2.
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Kudos 2
Single-player alternative to Gratuitous Space Battles 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gratuitous Space Battles 2.
Kudos is a turn-based game that puts you in control of a single character and manages their life from age 20 to 30. You get to pick their friends, their job, and how they spend their free time, but there is a catch! You can only choose to do one thing each day, or two at the weekends.