Single-player games like Wreckborn
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Wreckborn, 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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Stellar Shipyard
Single-player alternative to Wreckborn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Wreckborn.
Stellar Shipyard is a space colony sandbox where you design modular ships and stations, and automate resource production using drones and workers. Let the automated systems fly even the most improvised designs. Face rival factions and threats solo, or alongside friends as allies or rivals.
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Starvector
Single-player alternative to Wreckborn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Wreckborn.
Eat a snack while you watch an entire planet burn in your image.
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Sol Survivor
Single-player alternative to Wreckborn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Wreckborn.
Build, host, and survive in a persistent multiplayer space sandbox set in the outer Sol system. Construct orbital habitats, manage fragile station systems, and keep your crew alive while expanding through zero-g, Saturn-ring danger, and player-built infrastructure.
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Red Dust Colony
Single-player alternative to Wreckborn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Wreckborn.
The spirit of the space race lives on in this Mars based colony sim. Mine, craft and research in order to build up your initial lander into a self sustaining colony. Keep oxygen levels high and CO₂ levels low. Discover and grow a variety of plants to balance out colonist nutrition.
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Untethered
Single-player alternative to Wreckborn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Wreckborn.
Untethered is a space survival-sandbox set in our own cosmic backyard. Explore zero-gravity environments, build and operate realistic space stations, and fight to stay alive in the unforgiving realm of deep space.
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Blossom: The Seed of Life
Single-player alternative to Wreckborn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Wreckborn.
Terraform a dead planet back to life in this open world survival crafting game. Explore ruins, gather resources, print machines, drive modular vehicles, grow forests, biomes, and ecosystems. Create life and make it thrive with your own hands.
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Steel Artery: Train City Builder
Single-player alternative to Wreckborn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Wreckborn.
Build a living city on rails in this steampunk fantasy train-city builder. Manage multiracial colonies with thousands of autonomous citizens, balance their needs, manage the economy, and create logistics as you explore distant regions to ensure the prosperity of your Empire.
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Flotsam
Single-player alternative to Wreckborn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Wreckborn.
Sail, scavenge, and rescue survivors in a vibrant floating city-builder. Captain your drifters across the endless garbage sea to uncover soaked ruins, rusting factories, and stories from the old world.