Single-player games like Children of a Dead Earth
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Children of a Dead Earth, 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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Solar Expanse - Space Exploration Manager
Single-player alternative to Children of a Dead Earth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Children of a Dead Earth.
Explore the Solar System. Mine and drop asteroids. Colonize and terraform. Lead the space race and compete with other corporations on your way to profit. Watch the expansion of human race over the centuries.
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Kerbal Space Program 2
Single-player alternative to Children of a Dead Earth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Children of a Dead Earth.
Kerbal Space Program 2 is the sequel to the acclaimed space-flight simulation game Kerbal Space Program. Enter the next generation of space adventure with exciting new parts, stunning visuals, fully revamped UI and Map View, and rich new environments to explore.
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ΔV: Rings of Saturn
Single-player alternative to Children of a Dead Earth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Children of a Dead Earth.
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.
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Celestial Golf
Single-player alternative to Children of a Dead Earth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Children of a Dead Earth.
It’s 2D golf on an astronomical scale. Bite-sized missions will teach you the techniques of real space flight, without having to worry about fuel or crew. Precisely plan orbital trajectories over the moons of Mars, through the rings of Saturn, and boldly go where no golf ball has gone before.
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Spacefleet: Heat Death
Single-player alternative to Children of a Dead Earth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Children of a Dead Earth.
In the 23rd century, Earth orbit is flooded with debris from constant warfare. Countries, megacorporations, and mercenaries are fighting for control. Take contracts, build your warfleets, and dominate the Earth-Luna system in this realism-focused strategy RPG!
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SpaceEngine
Single-player alternative to Children of a Dead Earth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Children of a Dead Earth.
The world's first science-based photorealistic interactive 3D planetarium that models the entire Universe, using procedural generation for uncharted areas.
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Kerbal Space Program
Single-player alternative to Children of a Dead Earth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Children of a Dead Earth.
In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.
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Rocket Science
Single-player alternative to Children of a Dead Earth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Children of a Dead Earth.
Take part in a space program. Design spacecrafts and send them off to explore the vast expanses of space. Experience the real scale of the Solar system and the size of its celestial bodies.
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Space Engineers
Single-player alternative to Children of a Dead Earth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Children of a Dead Earth.
Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.
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Stormworm+
Single-player alternative to Children of a Dead Earth — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Stormworm+ is a Fast-Paced Reflex-Driven Arcade Game backed with colorful visuals and an original soundtrack! Inspired by the arcade games of old, collect, grow and aim for the top spot on the leaderboards!
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Stormworks: Build and Rescue
Single-player alternative to Children of a Dead Earth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Children of a Dead Earth.
Join a world where you design, create and pilot your own air sea rescue service. Release your inner hero as you battle fierce storms out at sea to rescue those in need.
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The Expanse
Single-player alternative to Children of a Dead Earth — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
You and your team are elite killers. Its your job to help defend and protect earth and inform us of your findings. The South East Spaceport have reported nightmareish zombies. The most unsettling thing is that people have changed and will not stop eating each other.
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MegaFactory Titan
Single-player alternative to Children of a Dead Earth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Children of a Dead Earth.
A factory-building game. Survive a harsh climate, strip mine an infinite world, and build a sprawling factory, then trade or go to war with Colonists, Governments, Pirates, Rebels, and more!