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Single-player games like Stellar Infestation

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Stellar Infestation, 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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    IDUN - Frontline Survival — Steam game cover

    IDUN - Frontline Survival

    Single-player alternative to Stellar Infestation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Stellar Infestation.

    A defense RTS where you can move turrets at will. Extract resources, upgrade technology, and defend against enemy swarms in a gripping space campaign. Hold the line, set up your turrets, and brace for screen-filling hordes!

    2025ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Anno 2205™ — Steam game cover

    Anno 2205™

    Single-player alternative to Stellar Infestation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Stellar Infestation.

    In Anno 2205™, you join humankind‘s next step into the future with the promise to build a better tomorrow. You conquer Earth, establishing rich, bustling cities and grand industrial complexes, but to secure the prosperity of your people, you must travel into space.

    2015StrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Reshaping Mars — Steam game cover

    Reshaping Mars

    Single-player alternative to Stellar Infestation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Stellar Infestation.

    「Reshaping Mars」is a colony simulation game on Mars, you will start by gathering resources, storing food, accepting immigrants, and building a better colony together. Develop powerful technologies for Mars Reshaping, make Mars great agai..sorry, just great. Don't forget to make the residents happy.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mars or Die! — Steam game cover

    Mars or Die!

    Single-player alternative to Stellar Infestation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Stellar Infestation.

    Control two characters simultaneously! Survive, gather, collect upgrades, fight all sizes of one-eyed Martians, build defensible outposts and conquer Mars, in this glorious mix between roguelite and tower defense.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Farthest Frontier — Steam game cover

    Farthest Frontier

    Single-player alternative to Stellar Infestation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Stellar Infestation.

    Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation34.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation — Steam game cover

    Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation

    Single-player alternative to Stellar Infestation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Stellar Infestation.

    A massive-scale real-time strategy game where you command entire armies on a dynamic battlefield. Conquer multiple worlds across several single-player campaigns; or play with your friends in multiplayer combat.

    2016StrategySimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Spacebase Startopia — Steam game cover

    Spacebase Startopia

    Single-player alternative to Stellar Infestation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Stellar Infestation.

    Spacebase Startopia captivates with its original mixture of economic simulation and empire building strategy paired with classic RTS skirmishes and a good dose of humor.

    2021StrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Surviving Mars — Steam game cover

    Surviving Mars

    Single-player alternative to Stellar Infestation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Stellar Infestation.

    There will be challenges to overcome. Execute your strategy and improve your colony’s chances of survival while unlocking the mysteries of this alien world. Are you ready? Mars is waiting for you.

    2018StrategySimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Guardian Grids — Steam game cover

    Guardian Grids

    Single-player alternative to Stellar Infestation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Stellar Infestation.

    A simple and fun tower defense game! Combining light card elements with the fun of randomness.

    2024StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Crazy Fruit Shooter — Steam game cover

    Crazy Fruit Shooter

    Single-player alternative to Stellar Infestation — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    One day you wake up and find yourself turned into a Fruitman? Face the endless waves of vegetables chasing you, grab your gun, and blast them away!

    2026ActionRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rogue Realm: Guardian Grids — Steam game cover

    Rogue Realm: Guardian Grids

    Single-player alternative to Stellar Infestation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Stellar Infestation.

    Rogue Realm: Guardian Grids is a medieval fantasy blend of tower defense and roguelike progression. Build defenses on a grid, manage resources, and survive ever-evolving enemies.

    2026StrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →