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Single-player games like Space Salvage: Ship Happens

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Space Salvage: Ship Happens, 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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    Folletti — Steam game cover

    Folletti

    Single-player alternative to Space Salvage: Ship Happens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Space Salvage: Ship Happens.

    Step into a twisted world of danger and adventure in this dark Action-RPG. Battle your way through bizarre landscapes teeming with sinister foes. Unearth lethal weapons and tackle mind-bending quests that will test your limits. Stay vigilant—you're not the only one prowling these eerie lands.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sand: A Superfluous Game — Steam game cover

    Sand: A Superfluous Game

    Single-player alternative to Space Salvage: Ship Happens — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    An open-world, base-building, adventure game with quirky humor and llamas. Explore the wasteland of Alaska smashing skeletons in your supped-up cab and trading veggies with the native rhino people. Do the bidding of a mysterious cube from space and unlock the secrets of the desert.

    2025ActionIndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    wonShot — Steam game cover

    wonShot

    Single-player alternative to Space Salvage: Ship Happens — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Your job is to destroy as many enemy ships as possible with your giant laser, but it only fires once per day! Travel through the galaxy destroying the rebel army one shot at a time in wonShot!

    2020ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Haunted House Hellshift — Steam game cover

    Haunted House Hellshift

    Single-player alternative to Space Salvage: Ship Happens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Space Salvage: Ship Happens.

    Fight through a haunted house full of monsters and traps while a live TV audience watches. Collect eyeballs to open cursed doors, find the exit, and try to make it out alive—solo or with a friend in local 2-player co-op.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Endless Furry TD - Tower Defense — Steam game cover

    Endless Furry TD - Tower Defense

    Single-player alternative to Space Salvage: Ship Happens — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Slaughter furries before they destroy your base! Get upgrades and climb leaderboards to be the best!

    2023ActionStrategyCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    1976 - Back to midway — Steam game cover

    1976 - Back to midway

    Single-player alternative to Space Salvage: Ship Happens — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Are you ready to travel back in time to 1943 and relive the excitement of classic arcade dogfights? Now, thanks to Virtual Reality, you’re about to discover a new level of immersion and spectacularity, while retaining the original essence and fun.

    2020ActionIndieSimulation14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Lethal Wedding — Steam game cover

    Lethal Wedding

    Single-player alternative to Space Salvage: Ship Happens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Space Salvage: Ship Happens.

    Say “I do” to Lethal Wedding, a top-down RPG shooter where the wedding is off, and vengeance is on. When criminal clowns kidnap the groom, the Bride and Mother-in-Law must fight through circus freaks and mafia thugs in this gritty 16-bit experience of bullets and blood.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Moth Lake: A Horror Story — Steam game cover

    Moth Lake: A Horror Story

    Single-player alternative to Space Salvage: Ship Happens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Space Salvage: Ship Happens.

    This is the story of Moth Lake, a small town that, behind its peaceful facade, hides a terrible secret. Only a group of teenagers, with a difficult life, will reveal what has been hidden for generations.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Space Salvage — Steam game cover

    Space Salvage

    Single-player alternative to Space Salvage: Ship Happens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Space Salvage: Ship Happens.

    Space Salvage is a first-person adventure seeking game. Your job is to skillfully maneuver your spaceship through wreckage and asteroids while destroying mines and enemy factions! All while your eager yet amoral ship AI guides you. Do you have what it takes to dominate space?

    2023ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →