Single-player games like Empyrion - Galactic Survival
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Empyrion - Galactic Survival, 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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Avorion
Single-player alternative to Empyrion - Galactic Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Empyrion - Galactic Survival.
A procedural co-op space sandbox where players can build their own space ships out of dynamically scalable blocks. Fight epic space battles, explore, mine, trade, wage wars and build your own empire to save your galaxy from being torn apart by an unknown enemy.
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Space Engineers
Single-player alternative to Empyrion - Galactic Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Empyrion - Galactic Survival.
Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.
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No Man's Sky
Single-player alternative to Empyrion - Galactic Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Empyrion - Galactic Survival.
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
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7 Days to Die
Single-player alternative to Empyrion - Galactic Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Empyrion - Galactic Survival.
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
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Elite Dangerous
Single-player alternative to Empyrion - Galactic Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Empyrion - Galactic Survival.
Take control of your own starship and blaze your trail in an ever-changing galaxy. Master the arts of combat, mining and trade or venture out into the unknown across a 1:1 scale universe.
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Starbound
Single-player alternative to Empyrion - Galactic Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Empyrion - Galactic Survival.
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
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Stationeers
Single-player alternative to Empyrion - Galactic Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Empyrion - Galactic Survival.
Stationeers puts you in control of the construction and management of a space station to run by yourself or online with your friends. Complex atmospheric, electrical, manufacturing, agriculture, and gravitational systems require your thought and management at all times!
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Starship EVO
Single-player alternative to Empyrion - Galactic Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Empyrion - Galactic Survival.
Mine and craft your way to orbit, build your own starship and explore a vast, dangerous galaxy alongside your crew. For players who love a meaningful survival progression, a unique and elegant building system, and epic space-opera scale.
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Starfield
Single-player alternative to Empyrion - Galactic Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Starfield is the first new universe in 25 years from Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 4.
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Smalland: Survive the Wilds
Single-player alternative to Empyrion - Galactic Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Empyrion - Galactic Survival.
Experience a big adventure on a tiny scale! Enjoy multiplayer survival in a vast, hazardous world. Preparation is key when you're this small & at the bottom of the food chain. Craft weapons & armour, tame & ride creatures, build encampments & explore a strange new land.
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Grounded
Single-player alternative to Empyrion - Galactic Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Empyrion - Galactic Survival.
The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?
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Enshrouded
Single-player alternative to Empyrion - Galactic Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Empyrion - Galactic Survival.
Enshrouded is a solo and co-op survival action RPG where your freedom and creativity come first. Conquer the Shroud, a corrupting fog devouring the kingdom of Embervale: explore a handcrafted world full of secrets, forge your hero your way, and build anything, anywhere in a fully terraformable land.
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Terraria
Single-player alternative to Empyrion - Galactic Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Empyrion - Galactic Survival.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
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Palworld
Single-player alternative to Empyrion - Galactic Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Empyrion - Galactic Survival.
Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!
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Cubic Odyssey
Single-player alternative to Empyrion - Galactic Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Empyrion - Galactic Survival.
Embark on a galactic journey in Cubic Odyssey, an open-world adventure where you explore vibrant planets, craft tools, build vehicles, and fight the Red Darkness. Uncover ancient mysteries, and shape a universe full of life, danger, and limitless possibilities!