Single-player games like SimplePlanes
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to SimplePlanes, 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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SimplePlanes VR
Single-player alternative to SimplePlanes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with SimplePlanes.
SimplePlanes VR is a flight sim with an ever-expanding collection of hand-crafted aircraft to download and fly for free. Airplanes, helicopters, cars, boats, and more are available and new crafts are added every day.
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SimplePlanes 2
Single-player alternative to SimplePlanes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with SimplePlanes.
SimplePlanes is back! Build planes, cars, or anything else using powerful procedural parts! Explore detailed environments with friends in multiplayer, cause chaos, or download 1,000,000 community crafts for free.
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ALIGNMENT : An Engineering Odyssey
Single-player alternative to SimplePlanes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with SimplePlanes.
A professional-grade road design sim built on real-world maps. Recreate complex interchanges and iconic highways 1:1, engineer custom solutions with real workflows, and drive what you design.
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Destructor2D
Single-player alternative to SimplePlanes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with SimplePlanes.
2D racing sim with soft-body physics, car deformations, highway driving, demolition derby, professional racing, crash racing, drifting, truck racing, open wheel racing, advanced AI with up to 50 cars on track, and more.
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Dieselpunk Wars
Single-player alternative to SimplePlanes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with SimplePlanes.
Dieselpunk Wars is a vehicle building game, focused on combat with advanced physics and damage simulation. Use over 300 elements to build a war machine of your dreams. Construct vehicles that ride on the ground, soar through the skies, or dive underwater. Prepare for combat and test your skills!
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Stormworks: Build and Rescue
Single-player alternative to SimplePlanes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with SimplePlanes.
Join a world where you design, create and pilot your own air sea rescue service. Release your inner hero as you battle fierce storms out at sea to rescue those in need.
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CrashMetal - Cyberpunk
Single-player alternative to SimplePlanes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with SimplePlanes.
CrashMetal - Cyberpunk The Hokuta City streets await your engine rev. Can you beat everyone in this race for first place? Upgrade your car, take care of its appearance and defeat everyone on the streets of the Hokuta City.
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Crash Time 2
Single-player alternative to SimplePlanes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with SimplePlanes.
Crash Time 2 is an open-world arcade racing game where you play as an Autobahn police officer, engaging in high-speed chases, escort missions, and criminal investigations across a large free-roaming map.
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SimpleRockets
Single-player alternative to SimplePlanes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with SimplePlanes.
I am excited to release my first game on Steam! SimpleRockets was released in 2013 for mobile and I've put a ton of work into it to get it ready for PC and Mac. It was inspired by KSP, and it offers a simpler 2D experience for building rockets and exploring space with realistic orbital mechanics.
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Space Engineers
Single-player alternative to SimplePlanes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with SimplePlanes.
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 SimplePlanes — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
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X-Plane 10 Global - 64 Bit
Single-player alternative to SimplePlanes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with SimplePlanes.
X-Plane 10 brings numerous improvements and enhancements for PC, Mac and Linux virtual pilots, unleashing the power of modern systems with its 64 bit processing and multi-core support.
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Juno: New Origins
Single-player alternative to SimplePlanes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with SimplePlanes.
Bring to life anything you can imagine from rockets and airplanes to cars and more. Automate them with a visual programming language. Explore 3D planets and make your own. Share your creations online. Complete contracts, conquer milestones, and unlock technology in the newly added Career Mode.
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Teardown
Single-player alternative to SimplePlanes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with SimplePlanes.
Prepare the perfect heist in a fully destructible, simulated voxel world. Tear down walls with vehicles or use explosives to create your own shortcuts. Shape the environment to your advantage in the most creative ways you can imagine. Play solo or with up to 12 players in multiplayer.
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Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition
Single-player alternative to SimplePlanes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with SimplePlanes.
From gliders and helicopters to wide-body jets, fly highly detailed and accurate aircraft in the Microsoft Flight Simulator 40th Anniversary Edition. The world is at your fingertips.
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War Thunder
Single-player alternative to SimplePlanes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with SimplePlanes.
War Thunder is the most comprehensive free-to-play, cross-platform, MMO military game dedicated to aviation, armoured vehicles, and naval craft, from the early 20th century to the most advanced modern combat units. Join now and take part in major battles on land, in the air, and at sea.