Single-player games like sfsim
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to sfsim, 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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Flight Of Nova
Single-player alternative to sfsim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with sfsim.
Flight of Nova is a simulator based on newtonian mechanics in which you control spacecraft in the Noren star system. You fly multiple types of spacecraft doing transport and search missions in an environment with realistic aerodynamics and orbital physics.
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Sylph
Single-player alternative to sfsim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with sfsim.
Operate a spacecraft at the edge of a singularity. Use realistic orbital mechanics and Newtonian physics to explore a star system around a black hole and what lies beyond.
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Low Earth Orbit Adventures
Single-player alternative to sfsim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with sfsim.
Low Earth Orbit Adventures is a chill space sim set in the near future where the space around Earth has become a frontier of science, commerce and diplomacy. Retrieve the Hubble, rescue astronauts, assemble space stations and many other missions in this realistic but friendly adventure.
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Starpoint Gemini 2
Single-player alternative to sfsim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with sfsim.
Captain your own space ship and roam the galaxy in 3D in this tactical space simulator with tons of RPG depth ! Space has never looked so inviting - but images can betray...It has been two years since the end of the second Gemini war, the situation in the wartorn system is further from resolution than ever.
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Evochron Mercenary
Single-player alternative to sfsim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with sfsim.
The life of an independent mercenary is rarely without excitement. Your spacecraft awaits and your adventure begins in the Sapphire star system.
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Space Docker VR
Single-player alternative to sfsim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with sfsim.
A hardcore flight simulator for VR! Get in the cockpit, pilot a ship, and navigate hazardous environments on a journey to become an expert docker!
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Star Trucker
Single-player alternative to sfsim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with sfsim.
Haul cargo, trade salvage and keep your space suit close as you search for fame and fortune among the stars in a game that puts an interstellar twist on the truck sim genre.
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Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War
Single-player alternative to sfsim — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Volition's classic is back. Descent: FreeSpace is the quintessential old school space shooter. With a deep story, great graphics and engaging battles against fighters to capital ships it keeps you moving. Breakout that flight stick and enroll with the Grand Terran Alliance today.