Single-player games like Transcendence
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Transcendence, 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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Starcom: Nexus
Single-player alternative to Transcendence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Transcendence.
Suddenly thrown into an unknown galaxy, you must explore, fight or befriend aliens and transform your ship from a small survey vessel into a powerful battlecruiser to unravel the mystery of the forces that brought you here and find your way home.
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Starcom: Unknown Space
Single-player alternative to Transcendence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Transcendence.
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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Gaia Beyond
Single-player alternative to Transcendence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Transcendence.
Gaia Beyond is a handcrafted 2D Action-RPG, an exploration mix built around the core features fighting, mining and trading. Your decisions are footprints within a vast non-linear solar system. Forge alliances among numerous factions and develop relations with hundreds of NPCs.
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Star Nomad 2
Single-player alternative to Transcendence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Transcendence.
A space trader & combat sim meets squad-RPG, large scale conquest, choice driven gameplay with fluid & punchy tactical real-time combat set in a dynamic open-world sandbox.
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ΔV: Rings of Saturn
Single-player alternative to Transcendence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Transcendence.
A physics-based mining sim, set in the thickest debris field in Sol. Every action has a reaction, lasers are invisible without a medium, and your thrust is a potent weapon. Find trade, adapt your equipment to your playstyle, hire a crew to help. Unravel the mysteries of the rings, or just get rich.
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RymdResa
Single-player alternative to Transcendence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Transcendence.
A relaxed roguelike space odyssey in a procedurally generated universe! Travel through a lonely and mysterious cosmos. Customize your ship, explore and survive!
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Heat Signature
Single-player alternative to Transcendence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Transcendence.
Heat Signature is a game from the developers of Gunpoint where you break into spaceships, make terrible mistakes, and think of clever ways out of them. You take a mission, fly to the target ship, sneak inside, and make clever use of your gadgets to distract, ambush and take out the crew.
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Genesis Alpha One Deluxe Edition
Single-player alternative to Transcendence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Transcendence.
Hyperjump into the dark recesses of space with Genesis Alpha One - a roguelike FPS where you must build, maintain and navigate your ship through a galaxy filled with hostile alien and human threats. Explore, create and survive the militarized space race in order to secure humanity’s future.
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Star Valor
Single-player alternative to Transcendence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Transcendence.
Choose your own destiny as you explore an open-world procedurally generated galaxy where anything is possible. Become a miner, a trader, a bounty hunter, a pirate, or perhaps a jack of all trades. Start off small and build your way to the top but remember with every action, comes consequences.
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Star Control I and II
Single-player alternative to Transcendence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Transcendence.
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 III
Single-player alternative to Transcendence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Transcendence.
The universe is on the brink of destruction. It’s up to you to embark on an epic adventure of strategy and diplomacy to save thousands of worlds from total annihilation. But no pressure, right?
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Sid Meier's Pirates!
Single-player alternative to Transcendence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Transcendence.
Sail the Caribbean, marauding all on the high seas or ally your ship and crew as a privateer in search of riches - the life you choose is up to you. Face dogged enemies, raid unsuspecting villages, woo fair maidens, avoid capture or dig for buried treasure. Discover what it takes to become one of the most famous pirates in history!
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NetHack: Legacy
Single-player alternative to Transcendence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Transcendence.
NETHACK: LEGACY is a remastered version of the original NetHack, the deeply rich and complex fantasy D&D roguelike. Hack and slash your way through orcs, dragons, and cockatrices as you explore the perilous procedurally-generated dungeons seeking the Amulet of Yendor.
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Stalker
Single-player alternative to Transcendence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Transcendence.
The background story of "Stalker" is that a teenager encounters various events on the road following a young girl. The teenager(player) can selectively interact and give repairs / help due to these events. How you will lead to different ending. The game was developed during the Global Game Jam 2020.
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HackHub - Ultimate Hacker Simulator
Single-player alternative to Transcendence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Transcendence.
Unravel cyber secrets and foil mass surveillance as a skilled hacker in Hackhub. Challenge authority, rewrite the rules, and emerge as the ultimate digital rebel.