Single-player games like Mars 2030
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Mars 2030, 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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Rocket Explorer
Single-player alternative to Mars 2030 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Mars 2030.
Rocket Explorer is a rocket viewing experience, where you can view the rockets of the world with your own eyes. Also in Virtual Reality! Launch rockets, compare them side by side, and take them apart.
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Red Rover
Single-player alternative to Mars 2030 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Mars 2030.
RED ROVER is a Mars driving simulator that uses NASA HiRISE satellite data and imagery to replicate a traversable terrain on the PC for you to drive around and explore!
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The Solus Project
Single-player alternative to Mars 2030 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Mars 2030.
The Solus Project is a single player exploration adventure with survival elements. The adventure is set on a mysterious planet and is the spiritual successor to The Ball - 2010 PC Gamer Action/Adventure Game Of The Year...
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Expedition Astra
Single-player alternative to Mars 2030 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Mars 2030.
Old machines guard silent asteroid sites across the outer solar system. Pilot a 6DoF spacecraft, fight around the rock, dock with old vessels, and touch the asteroid to extract rare materials.
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Tungsten Moon
Single-player alternative to Mars 2030 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Mars 2030.
Tungsten Moon is a first-person, immersive spaceflight simulator set on a fictional moon, somewhere in the universe. Stay alive by exploring over 1 million square kilometers of open-world terrain, while at the controls of your personal SkyDart spacecraft.
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Elite Dangerous
Single-player alternative to Mars 2030 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Mars 2030.
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.
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OVERVIEW (A Walk Through The Universe)
Single-player alternative to Mars 2030 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Mars 2030.
Overview is a mind-changing experience about our position in the Universe. With a narrative and an interactive mode, it features realistic imagery and accurate data to leave you in awe and wonder at the vastness of the Cosmos.
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Orders of Magnitude
Single-player alternative to Mars 2030 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Mars 2030.
Have you ever wondered what the whole Universe looks like? With the myriad Galaxies, each containing billions of Stars, including our Solar System? Have you seen a Human Brain and its Neurons? DNA? What about the Electrons surrounding the tiny Atomic Nucleus? And what lies at even smaller scales?
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Euro Truck Simulator
Single-player alternative to Mars 2030 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Mars 2030.
The original Euro Truck Simulator - the game which has become the classic of the genre and is still relevant today. The first truck simulation game in a European setting, with European long haul trucks!