Single-player games like Search for Sol
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Search for Sol, 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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Celestial Fragments
Single-player alternative to Search for Sol — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Search for Sol.
Command your robot army in this turn-based tactics game as you battle across the solar system. Conquer asteroids, construct bases, and upgrade your forces as you become a critical element of an interplanetary power struggle.
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Sectron
Single-player alternative to Search for Sol — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Search for Sol.
Sci-fi turn-based strategy on procedurally generated planetoids. Expand your base, deploy and upgrade units, negotiate alliances, and conquer each unique world. Simple rules, deep tactics. Easy to learn, hard to master.
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Ash Run '84
Single-player alternative to Search for Sol — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Search for Sol.
Every unit matters in this fast-paced turn-based strategy game. Keep your veterans alive as they grow stronger, capture strategic objectives, unlock campaign upgrades, and outmaneuver the enemy across a vibrant synth-wave battlefield.
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Kepler Protocol
Single-player alternative to Search for Sol — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Search for Sol.
Kepler-186e, Humanity's first colony — on a world that is not theirs. Lead the Kaiserreich in turn-based hex strategy against the Ordo Arachnis, a swarm intelligence with no commander. Research, build, supply, fight. Survive.
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Banana Kingdom
Single-player alternative to Search for Sol — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Search for Sol.
An addictive retro strategy simulation! Simple rules with deep strategy. A powerful, highly flexible map editor. Built by a developer who has sunk countless hours into strategy games, with one concept in mind: the perfect companion for an immortal life.
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Starwing Tactics
Single-player alternative to Search for Sol — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Search for Sol.
Command a mercenary starfighter squadron in turn-based tactical battles. Between missions, manage your squadron's finances, refit and customize your starfighters, hunt for new contracts and care for your pilots. Come for the cinematic dogfights and tight tactical puzzles, stay for the permadeath.
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Xenonauts 2
Single-player alternative to Search for Sol — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Search for Sol.
Wage a global war of resistance against an alien invasion. Command turn-based tactical battles, build a network of covert bases, directly control your fighter wings, and achieve strategic victory in a simulation of asymmetric warfare against a technologically superior foe.
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Songs of Silence
Single-player alternative to Search for Sol — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Search for Sol.
Lead armies, rebuild fallen kingdoms, and rise to greatness! Embark on an epic journey of strategy in a visually stunning world. Fight intense battles and uncover a captivating story.
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Stella Pastoris
Single-player alternative to Search for Sol — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Search for Sol.
Shepherd the last remnants of the Malthusian monks marooned on Proxima Centauri B. As a mechanical saint, will you delve into forbidden means to save your people or allow them to go quietly into the night? Set up production chains to spend limited resources to save as many as you can.
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Xenocide
Single-player alternative to Search for Sol — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Search for Sol.
Preserve the hierarchy of humanity's distant mechanical children by cleansing the galaxy in this transhumanist turn-based tactical tale. Capture factories from unworthy machines and claim the holy words to access the tomb of the Man the All-Maker.
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Unearth
Single-player alternative to Search for Sol — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Dig for the bones of your creators in this mashup of Bomberman, Digdug, and Lemmings.
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Degrowth
Single-player alternative to Search for Sol — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Unbuild various cities in order to convince citizens of the benefits of cloud based living! Perform demolition using our simple one-click interface, but be careful not to delete the homes of citizens who are still employed! Your work is complete when everyone's brain is uploaded to the cloud!
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Gulf Strike
Single-player alternative to Search for Sol — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Gulf Strike is a top-down helicopter shooter from 1991. A rogue nation is threatening the oil industry in the middle east! Complete the 6 sandbox campaigns by destroying enemy units while searching for supplies. It's time for another strike in the desert!