Single-player games like OESE
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to OESE, 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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Out There: Ω Edition
Single-player alternative to OESE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with OESE.
Out There is an award-winning space exploration game blending roguelike, resource management and interactive fiction.
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Between the Stars
Single-player alternative to OESE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with OESE.
Become the Captain of an interstellar cruiser and journey across the galaxy to save the Republic. During your journey you will have to make important decisions, improve the weaponry of your ship and fight against numerous enemies.
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Exo One
Single-player alternative to OESE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with OESE.
A strange signal... an alien craft... an interplanetary, gravity-defying journey through space and time.
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Void Miner – Incremental Asteroids Roguelite
Single-player alternative to OESE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with OESE.
Blast. Collect. Upgrade. Repeat. Void Miner is a retro-inspired roguelite asteroid shooter where you pilot a space ship and manage an automated tower to destroy endless fields of chaos. Dodge, blast, and harvest your way through waves of asteroids in a fast-paced loop of destruction and progression.
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Oxygen Not Included
Single-player alternative to OESE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with OESE.
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
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SYMMETRY
Single-player alternative to OESE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with OESE.
A research spaceship reaches an abandoned planet. Nothing is what it seems here and the situation quickly slips out of control. Can the crew manage to survive and get back home?
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Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder
Single-player alternative to OESE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with OESE.
Stellar Settlers is a chill space base/city builder and colony sim game. With unique vertical and horizontal base-building gameplay, settle on 10 hostile alien planets and build your own thriving colony. Get enough materials to build a physics-based Spaceship and try to escape from disasters.
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Space Rogue
Single-player alternative to OESE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with OESE.
Take on the role of a spaceship captain. Explore new worlds, and engage in intense ship-to-ship battles. Develop unique battle tactics, upgrade your ship, and recruit crew members as you fight for peace or piracy.
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Dead
Single-player alternative to OESE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with OESE.
The universe wants you dead. Take on the ten great spirits of the universe in this intense boss fighting challenge!
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Mini-Dead
Single-player alternative to OESE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with OESE.
144 FPS boss battle action with a devilishly creative game mechanic.