Single-player games like STAR WARS™: TIE Fighter Special Edition
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to STAR WARS™: TIE Fighter Special Edition, 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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STAR WARS™ - X-Wing Alliance™
Single-player alternative to STAR WARS™: TIE Fighter Special Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with STAR WARS™: TIE Fighter Special Edition.
A neutral family fights for its business - and its survival - and is swept up in the struggle against the encroaching Empire. You must defy the strong-arm tactics of a rival family who will stop at nothing to destroy your trading company.
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STAR WARS™ - X-Wing Special Edition
Single-player alternative to STAR WARS™: TIE Fighter Special Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with STAR WARS™: TIE Fighter Special Edition.
Against the overwhelming might of the Empire stands a small but growing Rebel Alliance. Scattered resistance groups are uniting and what is needed most now are Starfighter pilots. Will you join their struggle to end this tyranny and become a hero of the Rebellion?
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Freespace 2
Single-player alternative to STAR WARS™: TIE Fighter Special Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with STAR WARS™: TIE Fighter Special Edition.
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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Strike Suit Zero
Single-player alternative to STAR WARS™: TIE Fighter Special Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with STAR WARS™: TIE Fighter Special Edition.
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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Independence War® 2: Edge of Chaos
Single-player alternative to STAR WARS™: TIE Fighter Special Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with STAR WARS™: TIE Fighter Special Edition.
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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Starpoint Gemini 2
Single-player alternative to STAR WARS™: TIE Fighter Special Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with STAR WARS™: TIE Fighter Special Edition.
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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House of the Dying Sun
Single-player alternative to STAR WARS™: TIE Fighter Special Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with STAR WARS™: TIE Fighter Special Edition.
House of the Dying Sun is a tactical space shooter that puts you in the cockpit of the universe's most terrifying starfighter. Hunt the enemies of the Empire and bring ruin to their people.
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EVERSPACE™ 2
Single-player alternative to STAR WARS™: TIE Fighter Special Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with STAR WARS™: TIE Fighter Special Edition.
EVERSPACE 2 is a fast-paced single-player spaceship shooter with exploration in space and on planets, tons of loot, RPG elements, mining, and crafting. Experience an exciting sci-fi story set in a vivid, handcrafted open world full of secrets, puzzles, and perils.
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STAR WARS™ X-Wing vs TIE Fighter - Balance of Power Campaigns™
Single-player alternative to STAR WARS™: TIE Fighter Special Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with STAR WARS™: TIE Fighter Special Edition.
Real-time against real pilots; this is Star Wars space combat as it was meant to be! Featuring challenging real-time dogfights of 2 to 8 players, Star Wars™: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter is one of the most historically significant space combat simulators ever made.