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Single-player games like After the Crash : Colony

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to After the Crash : Colony, 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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    MORS — Steam game cover

    MORS

    Single-player alternative to After the Crash : Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with After the Crash : Colony.

    Build an automated factory on a true-scale Mars streamed from real NASA terrain. Mine, smelt and belt resources, run trains between outposts, master chemistry, and grow from a lone lander into a planet-spanning industry while the real Martian weather does its worst.

    StrategyIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    New Stars — Steam game cover

    New Stars

    Single-player alternative to After the Crash : Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with After the Crash : Colony.

    Expand your own galactic empire across new stars, research technologies, and challenge great alien powers in this immersive 4X grand strategy game. Build interstellar colonies, and starbases to gather more resources. Explore a unique galaxy full of secrets, great perils, and limitless possibilities.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie11.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stargazer's Terraforming Estate Co. — Steam game cover

    Stargazer's Terraforming Estate Co.

    Single-player alternative to After the Crash : Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with After the Crash : Colony.

    Stargazer's Terraforming Estate Company terraforms & sells planets for years. Be a respectful member of the family and monopolize the galaxy by building dyson spheres in the name of the company.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Worlds Explorers — Steam game cover

    Worlds Explorers

    Single-player alternative to After the Crash : Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with After the Crash : Colony.

    Explore alien planets with carefully designed ecosystems, weather, resources, dangers and unique phenomena. Hunt animals for food and collect resources to craft equipment and repair devices on your ship. Escape each unique planet and unlock crew members and new ships.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SpaceCraft — Steam game cover

    SpaceCraft

    Single-player alternative to After the Crash : Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with After the Crash : Colony.

    The Universe is yours. SpaceCraft is an online space exploration and building game. Explore a vast galaxy of solar systems and planets, mine and craft resources, design and build ships, automate planetary bases and interplanetary logistics, trade and cooperate.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation26.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stardeus — Steam game cover

    Stardeus

    Single-player alternative to After the Crash : Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with After the Crash : Colony.

    Stardeus is a deep colony sim set on a broken starship manned by drones and hibernating human survivors. As the AI, have your drones repair your ship, save your crew and travel the stars in this beautiful simulation.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation20.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dust Fleet — Steam game cover

    Dust Fleet

    Single-player alternative to After the Crash : Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with After the Crash : Colony.

    Assume command of a battle fleet and deploy immediately to the Dust Zone, commander. Our main food supply station has gone dark and the United Earth Nations (UEN) needs to know why in this 4X RTS space sim. Manage your ships, control space stations, and watch your back.

    2023StrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Galactic Ruler — Steam game cover

    Galactic Ruler

    Single-player alternative to After the Crash : Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with After the Crash : Colony.

    Galactic Ruler offers real time strategy game play at both planetary level and in space! Lead your faction in diplomacy or conquest across a procedurally generated galactic map where any system might hold hostile enemies or resource riches. Develop advanced technologies to rule the galaxy!

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Lifeline — Steam game cover

    The Lifeline

    Single-player alternative to After the Crash : Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with After the Crash : Colony.

    To escape this terrifying hospital, you must leave your fears behind. Can you do it? Explore, face zombies, use weapons, avoid traps, and react fast to survive.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →