Single-player games like Frantic Freighter
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Frantic Freighter, 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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Starfighter Arduxim
Single-player alternative to Frantic Freighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Frantic Freighter.
Strap into the cockpit of your Arduxim fighter and take on enemy starships in this first-person tactical space shooter. Harks back to the classic Wing Commander games. Playable in VR or on monitor.
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Space Merchants: Arena
Single-player alternative to Frantic Freighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Frantic Freighter.
Space Merchants: Arena is a cross-platform online multiplayer game where futuristic spaceships engage in intense dogfights.3 game modes: Free for all/Team battle/Capture the Artefact.4 different maps: Faarlands, Tristar, Jupiter, Naussike system.Online leaderboards
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Rogue Stargun
Single-player alternative to Frantic Freighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Frantic Freighter.
Rogue Stargun is an action-packed space combat sim where you pilot 5 unique starfighters with interactive VR cockpits in a story-driven single player campaign consisting of over 24 unique missions covering both land and space.
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Space Docker VR
Single-player alternative to Frantic Freighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Frantic Freighter.
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!
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Starpoint Gemini 2
Single-player alternative to Frantic Freighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Frantic Freighter.
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.
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Interstellar Transport Company
Single-player alternative to Frantic Freighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Frantic Freighter.
Build a galactic transportation empire and supply humanity with everything it needs to colonize the stars. In this sci-fi logistics simulator, grow your company from a local transport agency into an interstellar logistics behemoth! Singleplayer, vs AI, and online multiplayer.
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Startenders: Intergalactic Bartending
Single-player alternative to Frantic Freighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Frantic Freighter.
Prepare for your unexpected enrollment into the Startenders Academy. Your goal is to create bizarre beverages for colourful customers in the hope that no one notices you haven’t the slightest clue what’s going on.
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Evochron Legacy SE
Single-player alternative to Frantic Freighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Frantic Freighter.
Advanced Space Flight, Combat, Trading, and Exploration Simulation. Set in a vast explorable universe, Evochron Legacy offers freeform gameplay with many diverse objectives and paths to choose from.
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Spermination
Single-player alternative to Frantic Freighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Frantic Freighter.
Fight the battle you already won, but never remember. It is you up against 1000 other sperm fighters. Can you beat off your competition and come first? Finally, collect your very own baby gnomes as trophies for your minivan!
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3089 -- Futuristic Action RPG
Single-player alternative to Frantic Freighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Frantic Freighter.
3089 is a futuristic, procedurally generated, open-world action role-playing game. All terrain, enemies, weapons, items, quests & more are uniquely generated. Will you obey your creator, the Overlord, or find your own path?
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3079 -- Block Action RPG
Single-player alternative to Frantic Freighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Frantic Freighter.
3079 is a futuristic, open-world action first-person role playing game. All areas, buildings, items, quests and characters are randomly generated. You will find unique lands & challenges. I hope you enjoy it!
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5089: The Action RPG
Single-player alternative to Frantic Freighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Frantic Freighter.
5089 is a deep & complex action RPG featuring strong sandbox roots. VR is supported, but not required. Watch the tutorial & VR videos next to the trailer! Everything is procedurally generated, like terrain, enemies, weapons, items & quests. Planet Xax's war rages on... how is that possible?
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4089: Ghost Within
Single-player alternative to Frantic Freighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Frantic Freighter.
Sneak & battle your way through a procedurally generated mothership in this stealth action RPG! Supports user content & the Oculus Rift!
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StratoBash
Single-player alternative to Frantic Freighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Frantic Freighter.
Be a contestant on StratoBash! Race up the floating islands along the stratosphere, bashing off Eyeoids, solving puzzles & more to score. Use VR controllers to throw Bashers, or play with a mouse & keyboard.
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ROMBIE
Single-player alternative to Frantic Freighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Frantic Freighter.
Modular robotics & a Central Command was suppose to usher in prosperity, yet something went terribly wrong... ROMBIEs now scour the artificial wasteland for credits, modules & purpose. You, the Elite Recovery, spawned after a routine check on society started to fail...
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Adapt or Perish
Single-player alternative to Frantic Freighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Frantic Freighter.
This is more than just an odd looking strategy game, it is a strategy platform. Genetically engineer amorphic creatures & buildings, in real time, in an endlessly open world that adapts to your playstyle. Share, and even battle your designs. How much will they be worth?