Single-player games like The Long Drift
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to The Long Drift, 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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Slime Trader
Single-player alternative to The Long Drift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Long Drift.
Summon, place, and merge slimes to stop the larvae pouring from the pen. Collect 111 slimes across 12 grades from F to XXX, grow through runes and rebirths, trade eligible Steam Inventory items, and climb the stage leaderboard in this casual pixel-art horde defense game.
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MORS
Single-player alternative to The Long Drift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Long Drift.
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.
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Benders In Space
Single-player alternative to The Long Drift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Long Drift.
Mine the belts, colonize distant worlds, and choose your allies as three rival factions fight over a fractured frontier, then prestige through five starships and lead a joint fleet against the invading Dominion.
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D.R.I.F.T.
Single-player alternative to The Long Drift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Long Drift.
A slow, system-driven space sim about contracts, reputation, and survival through careful decision-making, not combat or heroics.
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Offworlders: Galactic Ventures
Single-player alternative to The Long Drift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Long Drift.
Top-down space trading and combat on a working frontier. Run cargo, hunt salvage, fight pirates, and build a corporation that survives twenty cycles of pressure from the Cryos Foundation, the Frontier Allegiance, and the Sable Syndicate.
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Gaia Beyond
Single-player alternative to The Long Drift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Long Drift.
Gaia Beyond is a handcrafted 2D Action-RPG, an exploration mix built around the core features fighting, mining and trading. Your decisions are footprints within a vast non-linear solar system. Forge alliances among numerous factions and develop relations with hundreds of NPCs.
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Cat Screen
Single-player alternative to The Long Drift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Long Drift.
Cat Screen is a game about cats living on your desktop and taskbar! Collect, feed, play mini-games, win boxes, power up your cats, and participate in boss battles!
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Belt Colony
Single-player alternative to The Long Drift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Long Drift.
The year is 2040. You, an ex-sergeant, have signed a contract with a large mining corporation in the Belt. Mine ore, build out your outpost, travel to nearby asteroids and collaborate with other belters.
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The Unknown
Single-player alternative to The Long Drift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Long Drift.
Aboard a small spaceship, you embark on an exploration, daring to face the threats of the universe. Activate your spaceship and uncover the hidden secrets of this vast cosmos.
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ParryMaster
Single-player alternative to The Long Drift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Long Drift.
Defend yourself in this minimalist one-button incremental defense game. One hit, and it’s over.
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Tick Walk
Single-player alternative to The Long Drift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Long Drift.
A turn-based puzzle game where you cross a grid of bombs, walls, and traps to reach the door. The board only moves when you move, so there's no rush — take your time and find the safe route. Easy to pick up, tough to solve.