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Single-player games like Discovering Space 2

Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Discovering Space 2, 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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    Inside The Cubes — Steam game cover

    Inside The Cubes

    Single-player alternative to Discovering Space 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Discovering Space 2.

    ITC is the story of Andy who is kidnapped by Tisafolians. Andy is put into a station, in where there is no gravity, to be tested some skills that are observation, analytical intelligence, eye hand coordination, weakness, etc. Your choices matter and change the end of the game.

    2019IndieAdventureSimulation3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    PlanetariumVR — Steam game cover

    PlanetariumVR

    Single-player alternative to Discovering Space 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Discovering Space 2.

    Planetarium for VR to learn about the stars, constellations, and deep sky objects from the Messier, Caldwell, Herschel400, NGC, IC, Sharpless, and Arp catalogs. Learn the positions of stars and the Messier objects; play the minesweeper in VR in a polyhedron.

    2021IndieSimulationCasual9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Spacefolk City — Steam game cover

    Spacefolk City

    Single-player alternative to Discovering Space 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Discovering Space 2.

    Spacefolk is a funky, casual take on the city-building genre. Construct a floating city in space, decorate it with a variety of absurd items, and keep your Spacefolk citizens happy.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    RollerCoaster VR Universe — Steam game cover

    RollerCoaster VR Universe

    Single-player alternative to Discovering Space 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Discovering Space 2.

    Virtual Reality Roller Coasters: Visit dinosaurs forest, medieval castle, space, underwater, horror, micro-world and city environment.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pulsar, The VR Experience — Steam game cover

    Pulsar, The VR Experience

    Single-player alternative to Discovering Space 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Discovering Space 2.

    PULSAR is an award-winning 40-minute Immersive Art Installation with occasional interaction: a tribute to the imaginative spirit of six-year-old Eloise who lost her battle with leukemia. Three portals into deep space. Three unique, music-driven journeys.

    2024IndieSimulationCasual9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Elite Encounter — Steam game cover

    Elite Encounter

    Single-player alternative to Discovering Space 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Discovering Space 2.

    Elite Encounter put you in the middle of a major Sci-fi laser based battlefield. Pick up your laser and defend your ground.

    2017ActionSportsIndie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Band Space — Steam game cover

    Band Space

    Single-player alternative to Discovering Space 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Discovering Space 2.

    Grab your friends and get ready to rock - Band Space is the VR game that lets you form your dream music group. Tune up and take the stage, mastering guitar, bass, drums and keyboard with up to four players. Slide to catch notes, power through the drum beat, and dazzle with your keyboard.

    2024IndieSimulationCasual19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hit The Hive — Steam game cover

    Hit The Hive

    Single-player alternative to Discovering Space 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Discovering Space 2.

    Hit the Hive is a dark Space Shooter in VR, where you must test your mettle against waves of brutal robots. HTH is focused on challenging you like never before and we utilise procedural generation to make sure no two waves are the same, ensuring a fun, energetic and novel experience every time you play.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Universe Sandbox — Steam game cover

    Universe Sandbox

    Single-player alternative to Discovering Space 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Discovering Space 2.

    Create & destroy on an unimaginable scale with a realistic physics-based space simulator. Explore the beauty of our universe and the fragility of our planet. Use science to bend the laws of gravity, collide planets, boil away oceans, fire epic space lasers, and customize your universe.

    2015IndieSimulationCasual29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Space Engineers — Steam game cover

    Space Engineers

    Single-player alternative to Discovering Space 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Discovering Space 2.

    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.

    2019ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Elite Dangerous — Steam game cover

    Elite Dangerous

    Single-player alternative to Discovering Space 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Discovering Space 2.

    Take control of your own starship and blaze your trail in an ever-changing galaxy. Master the arts of combat, mining and trade or venture out into the unknown across a 1:1 scale universe.

    2015ActionStrategyAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Apollo 11 VR — Steam game cover

    Apollo 11 VR

    Single-player alternative to Discovering Space 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Discovering Space 2.

    Apollo 11 VR is the story of the greatest journey ever taken by humankind. This VR experience is a recreation of the events which took place between July 16th and July 24th 1969. Now for the first time ever you get to experience this historic event through the eyes of those who lived through it.

    2016AdventureSimulation9.69 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mars Odyssey — Steam game cover

    Mars Odyssey

    Single-player alternative to Discovering Space 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Discovering Space 2.

    Mars Odyssey is a single player VR simulator experience. Land on Earth’s sister planet. Walk the surface of Mars in your living room and interact with full-scale, realistic NASA Landers and Rovers. Learn about the Red Planet, its history, and its geography in this interactive experience. Play time: 20 min.

    2016Simulation9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Titans of Space PLUS — Steam game cover

    Titans of Space PLUS

    Single-player alternative to Discovering Space 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Discovering Space 2.

    Just how big is big? Journey through this holographic Solar System, and then squint your eyes in the intense light of a few of the largest known stars. Enjoy various accidentally-educational activities along the way. Great care has been taken to ensure a comfortable VR experience. VR optional.

    2019IndieAdventureSimulation9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →