Single-player games like Mothership Down
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Mothership Down, 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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Dyson Sphere Program
Single-player alternative to Mothership Down — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Mothership Down.
Build the most efficient intergalactic factory in space simulation strategy game Dyson Sphere Program! Harness the power of stars, collect resources, plan and design production lines and develop your interstellar factory from a small space workshop to a galaxy-wide industrial empire.
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Hardspace: Shipbreaker
Single-player alternative to Mothership Down — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Equipped with cutting-edge salvaging tech, carve & slice spaceships to recover valuable materials. Upgrade your gear to take on more lucrative contracts and pay your billion credits debt to LYNX Corp!
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The Crust
Single-player alternative to Mothership Down — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Mothership Down.
Automate a lunar base as you become the savior of humanity exploring the future on the moon. Mine, craft, research, and trade resources with Earth in this gripping narrative basebuilder.
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Infinifactory
Single-player alternative to Mothership Down — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Infinifactory is a sandbox puzzle game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infiniminer. Build factories that assemble products for your alien overlords, and try not to die in the process.
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Final Upgrade
Single-player alternative to Mothership Down — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Mothership Down.
Help humanity to spread throughout the cosmos by exploring new worlds, building space factories and setting up trade routes. Research advanced technologies to increase efficiency and unlock new paths of development. Fight off other artificial intelligences in your goal to reach the Final Upgrade!
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Stationeers
Single-player alternative to Mothership Down — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Stationeers puts you in control of the construction and management of a space station to run by yourself or online with your friends. Complex atmospheric, electrical, manufacturing, agriculture, and gravitational systems require your thought and management at all times!
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Timberborn
Single-player alternative to Mothership Down — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Mothership Down.
Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.
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Bridge Constructor Portal
Single-player alternative to Mothership Down — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Mothership Down.
Enter the Aperture Science Enrichment Center and experience Bridge Constructor Portal – the unique merging of the classic Portal™ and Bridge Constructor™ games.