Single-player games like Starling Ascent
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Starling Ascent, 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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Water Droplet Simulator
Single-player alternative to Starling Ascent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Starling Ascent.
You are a water droplet. You can look around. That's it.
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Game about jetpack fly
Single-player alternative to Starling Ascent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Starling Ascent.
This game about jetpack fly. Two thrusters. Two control buttons.
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NEW TERRA®
Single-player alternative to Starling Ascent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Starling Ascent.
NEW TERRA is a challenging and addictive multi-directional gravity-based space shooter. Fuel goes fast and is hard to come by. Hauling cargo makes your ship very heavy and mobility becomes limited. Strategy and resource conservation is key to completing your missions or you won't survive.
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Starlight Brigade
Single-player alternative to Starling Ascent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Starling Ascent.
Starlight Brigade is a realistic space action-adventure game with a precise combat system and full 6DOF controls. You command the Wayfarer, an aging light cruiser centuries past her time. Plot missile salvos, hunt down your enemy, design munitions, manage your crew, and send engineers to fix damage.
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Omega-Altro
Single-player alternative to Starling Ascent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Starling Ascent.
Young mercenary Rita was called by some organisation on the mission: piloting and shooting! What secrets this mission has?Fly and explore the underground sectors, find and enter rooms, shoot the enemies, and find switchers to advance!
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Voyager 2
Single-player alternative to Starling Ascent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Starling Ascent.
Launch the Voyager space probe to the furthest depths of the Solar System! Use gravity to slingshot around planets and scan, orbit, or land on targets to earn stunning replays of your accomplishments.
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SHARKS
Single-player alternative to Starling Ascent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Starling Ascent.
Become a shark and rule a living, physics-driven ocean! Hunt, survive, and team up with friends to take down bosses, collect loot, and customize your look. You'll be amazed at what you can do with a mouth full of teeth. Play flat-screen, VR or cross-platform with your friends on the Meta Quest.
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Cosmic collapse
Single-player alternative to Starling Ascent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Starling Ascent.
Lasers, blasters, black holes and a lot of enemies... All this is in the endless space, the expanses of which you have to clean up from enemies!