Single-player games like Astro Prospector
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Astro Prospector, 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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Void Miner – Incremental Asteroids Roguelite
Single-player alternative to Astro Prospector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Astro Prospector.
Blast. Collect. Upgrade. Repeat. Void Miner is a retro-inspired roguelite asteroid shooter where you pilot a space ship and manage an automated tower to destroy endless fields of chaos. Dodge, blast, and harvest your way through waves of asteroids in a fast-paced loop of destruction and progression.
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Mining Survivors
Single-player alternative to Astro Prospector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Astro Prospector.
Incremental Survivors-like in which you mine valuable resources whilst slaying hoards of enemies.
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Minutescape
Single-player alternative to Astro Prospector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Astro Prospector.
Dodge bullets and upgrade yourself in Minutescape, a retro-inspired incremental game that keeps unfolding. Unlock new abilities and keep upgrading yourself to survive for 5 consecutive minutes.
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Grind Survivors
Single-player alternative to Astro Prospector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Astro Prospector.
Grind Survivors is a fast-paced action roguelike where demon hunters face endless hellspawn. Dodge, loot, and blast through brutal bullet-hell combat with dynamic builds and ever-changing weapons in a scorched, demon-ridden world.
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Nova Drift
Single-player alternative to Astro Prospector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Astro Prospector.
Nova Drift distills the mechanical depth and strategy of an ARPG into classic arcade space combat. Control an endlessly evolving bio-mechanical ship, face legions of strange and deadly foes, and ride the wake of a dying star across the void.
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Monsters are Coming!
Single-player alternative to Astro Prospector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Astro Prospector.
Beware, Monsters are Coming! In this Tower-Survivor rogue-lite, you protect an ever-moving city from unrelenting hordes. Gather resources, fortify defences, and survive for as long as you can. Will you reach the Ark?
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Achilles: Survivor
Single-player alternative to Astro Prospector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Astro Prospector.
Thousands of enemies. One survivor. Fight like a demigod, build deadly defenses, and grow stronger after every run in this fast-paced bullet heaven set in mythic Greece.
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Arcadium - Space Odyssey
Single-player alternative to Astro Prospector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Astro Prospector.
Arcadium is a survival roguelite set in a dynamic, ever-changing universe. Journey across space, harvest planetary resources, and craft powerful builds to eradicate relentless waves of aliens. Each playthrough unveils a new and uncharted universe, ensuring endless challenges and discoveries.
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Risk of Rain 2
Single-player alternative to Astro Prospector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Astro Prospector.
Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.
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Nuclear Throne
Single-player alternative to Astro Prospector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Astro Prospector.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
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TowerFall Ascension
Single-player alternative to Astro Prospector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Astro Prospector.
TowerFall Ascension is the definitive version of the hit archery combat game. Inspired by classics from the golden age of couch multiplayer, it's a 4-player local party game centering around hilarious, intense versus matches. The core mechanics are simple and accessible, but hard to master and combat is fierce.
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Slay the Spire
Single-player alternative to Astro Prospector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Astro Prospector.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
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Touhou Mystia's Izakaya
Single-player alternative to Astro Prospector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Astro Prospector.
A brand new pixel art restaurant simulator based on the Touhou Project! Play as Mystia, the owner of a small izakaya. Collect ingredients by day, cater to the customers by night, learn recipes from familiar characters, and become the best izakaya owner in all of Gensokyo!
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Vampire Survivors
Single-player alternative to Astro Prospector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Astro Prospector.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
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The Binding of Isaac
Single-player alternative to Astro Prospector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Astro Prospector.
Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!
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Nodebuster
Single-player alternative to Astro Prospector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Astro Prospector.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
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Hole Is Mine
Single-player alternative to Astro Prospector — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Astro Prospector.
Hole Is Mine is an incremental adventure about purifying a divine Hole. Dive inside and launch your Mini'Ohs to mine for you. Extract impurities, upgrade your power, and find hidden secrets to grow the Village, customizing your Mini'Ohs with incredible powers. The Hole has spoken!