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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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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Galactic Civilizations III
Single-player alternative to Star Control III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Star Control III.
Build a civilization that will stand the test of time in the largest space-based strategy game ever! Choose from dozens of unique races and make a name for yourself across the galaxy through diplomacy, espionage, technological advances, and more.
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Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity®
Single-player alternative to Star Control III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Control III.
In Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity, you are the leader of a civilization embroiled in a galactic war, fighting for the survival of your entire race against relentless foes.
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Starcom: Unknown Space
Single-player alternative to Star Control III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Star Control III.
Starcom: Unknown Space is an action RPG of space exploration and adventure. Build your own starship while discovering an epic story in a universe of strange mysteries, alien factions and uncharted worlds.
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STAR WARS™ Battlefront
Single-player alternative to Star Control III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure 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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Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition
Single-player alternative to Star Control III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Star Control III.
The Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition includes single-player base content and over 40 DLC from the highly acclaimed Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, and Mass Effect 3 games, including promo weapons, armors, and packs — remastered and optimized for 4K Ultra HD.
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Everreach: Project Eden
Single-player alternative to Star Control III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Star Control III.
Take on the role of Nora Harwood, member of Everreach’s Security Division, on a mission to secure the colonization process of Eden and investigate mysterious incidents! Everreach: Project Eden is a fast-paced, story-driven action-RPG set on the visually stunning Planet Eden.
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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 Adventure and Strategy 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 Adventure and Strategy 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.