Single-player games like Star Control III
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Star Control III, 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 Control I and II
Single-player alternative to Star Control III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Star Control III.
Explore a vast universe with pulse-pounding action, side-splitting humor, and hair-raising plot twists in these 2 classic space adventure games.
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Steel Graves
Single-player alternative to Star Control III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Star Control III.
A nervous Action / Strategy / Building game in multiplayer that oppose humans against aliens in huge battlefields. Build your base anywhere, upgrade your equipment, recruit hundreds of IA soldiers, and take part in the greatest intergalactic war.
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Astronaut Assault
Single-player alternative to Star Control III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Star Control III.
Dive into Astronaut Assault, a third-person Sci-Fi tower defense game, and battle against relentless enemy waves in diverse arena settings. Arm yourself with an array of turrets, traps, and gadgets to halt, hinder, and outmaneuver your foes.
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STAR WARS™ Battlefront
Single-player alternative to Star Control III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Star Control III.
The STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ Ultimate Edition includes the STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ Deluxe Edition as well as the STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ Season Pass.
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Voidling Bound
Single-player alternative to Star Control III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Star Control III.
Hatch, evolve, and upgrade powerful space creatures in this action-packed sci-fi 3rd person shooter that reinvents the monster taming genre!
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Star Control®: Origins
Single-player alternative to Star Control III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Star Control III.
Star Control is a space role-playing game in which you command Earth's first interstellar starship on a mission to save the Earth from hostile alien empires.
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STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II
Single-player alternative to Star Control III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Star Control III.
Be the hero in the ultimate STAR WARS™ battle fantasy with STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II: Celebration Edition!
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Scrap Galaxy
Single-player alternative to Star Control III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Star Control III.
Scrap Galaxy is a local build-and-destroy deathmatch game for up to 4 players. It is a 2D top-down shooter taking place out in space in a galactic junkyard. In this setting, the players are trying to survive by constructing space ships.
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Eric The Unready
Single-player alternative to Star Control III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Star Control III.
Eric the Unready established his reputation by impaling his instructor during jousting class. Then, when Princess Lorealle the Worthy is kidnapped, Eric begins a madcap quest through his hilarious fantasy world packed with horrible beasts!
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Mission Critical
Single-player alternative to Star Control III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Star Control III.
THE ULTIMATE GAME OF SURVIVAL... The hull of your crippled vessel has ruptured, air is leaking into space, and weapons systems are down. Your mission could have ended fifteen years of interstellar war, but now - as the only remaining crewman - your first order of business is to stay alive...
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Spellcasting Collection
Single-player alternative to Star Control III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Star Control III.
Steve Meretzky's trilogy of magic-themed collegiate text adventures-with-graphics for Legend. The sometimes-smutty but never-beyond-softcore stories put the player in the shoes of one Ernie Eaglebeak, a wizard-in-training at at Sorcerer University.
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Super Hero League of Hoboken
Single-player alternative to Star Control III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Star Control III.
The U.S. is a nightmare of toxic waste, melted ice caps, and desperate shortages of oat bran. Horrible mutations roam the countryside. Monsters spawned of radiation, environmental toxins, and unregulated bio-engineering. But a small group of Superheroes band together to the rebirth of a new society.
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Timequest
Single-player alternative to Star Control III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Star Control III.
Timequest is a classic graphical text-based adventure game of breathtaking scope and astonishing depth. Travel to 80 locations to see the effects of your actions unfold over 3 millennia.