Single-player games like Dark Star
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Dark Star, 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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Astro Protocol
Single-player alternative to Dark Star — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Dark Star.
Astro Protocol is a high-stakes, turn-based 4X space strategy game distilled into intense one-hour matches. Six factions, randomized maps, tech trees, and anomalies ensure every run is unique. Victories are earned against challenging opponents that play to win.
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From The Void
Single-player alternative to Dark Star — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dark Star.
Command a fleet of customizable spaceships, go through intense battles and create builds with unique synergies. Think your placements and upgrades as they will shape the fleet's fate and determines victory or defeat. Test your strategic skills in this rogue-like autobattler game.
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2 Fights in 2 Tight Spaces
Single-player alternative to Dark Star — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Early Access with Dark Star.
Agent 11 is back. The iconic tactical deck-builder returns, with new tricks up its impeccably tailored sleeves… and this time it’s with friends. Improvise within the space, adapt your deck to the challenges ahead, and overcome a roster of new enemies in stylish, animated, fight sequences.
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Stellar Hustler
Single-player alternative to Dark Star — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dark Star.
A space trading roguelite. Buy low, sell high, dodge pirates, bribe customs, and pay off your debt to The Syndicate before time runs out.
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Fire and Movement
Single-player alternative to Dark Star — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dark Star.
Scout enemy positions, apply pressure from the front, and send another force around the flank. Combine tanks, infantry, reconnaissance units, and artillery support in a turn-based wargame where damage and losses carry throughout the operation.
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As We Descend
Single-player alternative to Dark Star — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dark Star.
The apocalyptic roguelike deckbuilder with squad sculpting and deep tactics. Recruit the right units and outmaneuver titanic foes on dangerous expeditions. Build up allies and resources in the feudal Vault-City. Can you survive all the perils that await the last bastion of humanity?
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Death Ring: Second Impact
Single-player alternative to Dark Star — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Early Access with Dark Star.
Death Ring: Second Impact is a turn-based Roguelite strategy game. As the commander of the "Griffin" squadron, you must lead your Mechas and Pilots to resist the threat of mutated monsters and approaching to the secrets hidden behind the Death Ring.
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Conquest Tactics : Realm of Sin
Single-player alternative to Dark Star — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dark Star.
Conquest Tactics: Realm of Sin is a dark-fantasy roguelite tactics game. Command your army and engage in turn-based battles on a hex-based board as you advance step by step to conquer a land shrouded in sin. Your choices carry weight: will you restore order… or allow eternal darkness to reign?