Single-player games like NOVA
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to NOVA, 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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rymdkapsel
Single-player alternative to NOVA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with NOVA.
Build a space station. Command the tiny crew. Explore the galaxy. A meditative space strategy game.
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Aliens: Dark Descent
Single-player alternative to NOVA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with NOVA.
Drop into the gripping journey of Aliens: Dark Descent, a squad-based, single-player action game in the iconic Alien franchise. Lead your soldiers in real-time to stop a new and terrifying kind of Xenomorph outbreak on Planet Lethe.
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Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak
Single-player alternative to NOVA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with NOVA.
A ground-based RTS prequel to the classic Homeworld games. Assemble your fleet and lead them to victory on the shifting sands of Kharak in this compelling strategy game for PC from Blackbird Interactive.
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Total War: WARHAMMER III
Single-player alternative to NOVA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with NOVA.
The cataclysmic conclusion to the Total War: WARHAMMER trilogy is here. Rally your forces and step into the Realm of Chaos, a dimension of mind-bending horror where the very fate of the world will be decided. Will you conquer your Daemons… or command them?
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Nexus - The Jupiter Incident
Single-player alternative to NOVA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with NOVA.
Ambitious megacorporations monopolize the conquest of space and the colonization of the solar system. At the very edge of the solar system, the companies make a discovery that will shift the technological advantage and upset the balance. And so a new conflict is born: "The Jupiter Incident."
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AI War 2
Single-player alternative to NOVA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with NOVA.
The most devious and acclaimed artificial intelligence in strategy gaming is better than ever. A grand strategy/RTS hybrid that reverses many conventions of both genres. Take territory without attracting attention, build your empire with care, and adapt to an ever-evolving galactic battleground.
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SPACECOM
Single-player alternative to NOVA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with NOVA.
SPACECOM – a strategic-to-the-bone, starfleet command game in which deception, smart movement, and choices to battle decide victory or defeat.
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Taur
Single-player alternative to NOVA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with NOVA.
Taur is an action-strategy sci-fi game. Control the Prime Cannon and unlock all of its powerful weapons and abilities. Build turrets, droids, aircraft and more as you fight to protect the homeworld of the Tauron droids against a relentless invasion. Will your Taur stand against the Imperion warmachine?