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Single-player games like Sylph

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Sylph, 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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    Low Earth Orbit Adventures — Steam game cover

    Low Earth Orbit Adventures

    Single-player alternative to Sylph — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Sylph.

    Low Earth Orbit Adventures is a chill space sim set in the near future where the space around Earth has become a frontier of science, commerce and diplomacy. Retrieve the Hubble, rescue astronauts, assemble space stations and many other missions in this realistic but friendly adventure.

    2026SimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    sfsim — Steam game cover

    sfsim

    Single-player alternative to Sylph — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Sylph.

    sfsim is a realistic 3D space flight simulator.Use an advanced single-stage-to-orbit space craft to take off, orbit the planet, perform reentry, and land back on Earth.sfsim features a true to scale Earth planet using NOAA elevation data and procedurally generated volumetric clouds.

    SimulationFree To PlayFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Univoyager — Steam game cover

    Univoyager

    Single-player alternative to Sylph — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Sylph.

    Experience a 1:1 scale, procedurally generated universe with seamless exploration from planets to stars. Journey across the cosmos with zero loading screens and realistic Newtonian physics. Trade, fight, and survive in a post-apocalyptic galaxy where gravity is your only boundary.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Flight Of Nova — Steam game cover

    Flight Of Nova

    Single-player alternative to Sylph — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Sylph.

    Flight of Nova is a simulator based on newtonian mechanics in which you control spacecraft in the Noren star system. You fly multiple types of spacecraft doing transport and search missions in an environment with realistic aerodynamics and orbital physics.

    2022SimulationEarly Access29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Space Docker VR — Steam game cover

    Space Docker VR

    Single-player alternative to Sylph — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Sylph.

    A hardcore flight simulator for VR! Get in the cockpit, pilot a ship, and navigate hazardous environments on a journey to become an expert docker!

    2021IndieSimulation5.09 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Reentry - A Space Flight Simulator — Steam game cover

    Reentry - A Space Flight Simulator

    Single-player alternative to Sylph — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Sylph.

    Do you have what it takes to become an astronaut? Reentry is a realistic space flight simulator inspired by the early NASA space programs, from orbiting Earth in Mercury and Gemini, to the moon landing in project Apollo. Learn the procedures. Operate the spacecraft. Complete the mission.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure34.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ΔV: Rings of Saturn — Steam game cover

    ΔV: Rings of Saturn

    Single-player alternative to Sylph — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Sylph.

    A physics-based mining sim, set in the thickest debris field in Sol. Every action has a reaction, lasers are invisible without a medium, and your thrust is a potent weapon. Find trade, adapt your equipment to your playstyle, hire a crew to help. Unravel the mysteries of the rings, or just get rich.

    2023ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Starpoint Gemini 2 — Steam game cover

    Starpoint Gemini 2

    Single-player alternative to Sylph — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Sylph.

    Captain your own space ship and roam the galaxy in 3D in this tactical space simulator with tons of RPG depth ! Space has never looked so inviting - but images can betray...It has been two years since the end of the second Gemini war, the situation in the wartorn system is further from resolution than ever.

    2014ActionSimulationRPG34.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →