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Single-player games like Stellar Infestation

Below are 10 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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    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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    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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    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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    Cliff Empire — Steam game cover

    Cliff Empire

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

    After a nuclear war life on the surface became impossible. A 300m thick radioactive fog covered the Earth. We are looking for bold active people to manage the process of restoring life on Earth. Join!

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation17.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal — Steam game cover

    Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal

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

    Creeper World 3 is what happens when cellular automata takes over a strategy simulation. Instead of discrete units that attack your base, a fluid-like substance spreads over the terraformable terrain. Your base, your weapons, your strategy... you must adapt them all.

    2014StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Deep Among the Swarm — Steam game cover

    Deep Among the Swarm

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

    Deep Among the Swarm is a challenging survival RTS roguelite about surviving against thousands of enemies. Drill ever deeper underground while fighting the endless onslaught of the Swarm. Can you save humanity?

    2024Strategy8.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Final Earth 2 — Steam game cover

    The Final Earth 2

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

    The Final Earth 2 is a vertical sci-fi city builder. Earth is unlivable, so you decide to create a space colony. Gather resources, then build and research your way to a better future! Grow your city from an exploration ship to a huge metropolis, full of advanced technology. What will you build?

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-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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    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.

    2026StrategyIndie10.39 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →