Single-player games like Approaching Infinity
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Approaching Infinity, 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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Caves of Qud
Single-player alternative to Approaching Infinity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Approaching Infinity.
Inhabit a deeply-simulated science fantasy world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations. Build a character from over a hundred mutations and cybernetics. The award-winning sandbox roguelike & RPG full of robots, deep lore, and sentient plants.
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Rogue Empire: Dungeon Crawler RPG
Single-player alternative to Approaching Infinity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Approaching Infinity.
Explore randomly generated content and experience the thrill of a classic tactical turn-based rogue-like RPG! Choose from a diverse cast of characters, each with their own unique abilities and strengths. Get ready for an unforgettable journey of strategy, skill, and discovery.
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The Doors of Trithius
Single-player alternative to Approaching Infinity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Approaching Infinity.
The Doors of Trithius is an open-world RPG roguelike. Engage in tactical turn-based combat in a living world of warring factions, wandering behemoths, and ancient magic. Level your skills, cook, craft, and explore dungeons. Will you follow the story, or let adventure be your guide?
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UnReal World
Single-player alternative to Approaching Infinity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Approaching Infinity.
The cult classic open-ended wilderness survival roguelike taking place in the ancient North, iron-age Finland. Throughout the years, UnReal World has been praised for its incredible depth, realism, atmos and immersion. Lose yourself in the most intricate, detailed and enchanting iron-age game world.
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Wayward
Single-player alternative to Approaching Infinity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Approaching Infinity.
You awake to discover yourself no longer in the company of good men or a fine seafaring vessel. Treasure... you remember something about treasure. Wayward is a challenging turn-based, top-down, wilderness survival roguelike. Explore, build, and most importantly survive in these unforgiving lands.
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Tales of Maj'Eyal
Single-player alternative to Approaching Infinity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Approaching Infinity.
Tales of Maj’Eyal is a roguelike RPG, featuring tactical turn-based combat and advanced character building. Play as one of many unique races and classes in the lore-filled world of Eyal, exploring random dungeons, facing challenging battles, and developing characters with your own tailored mix of abilities and powers.
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Cogmind
Single-player alternative to Approaching Infinity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Approaching Infinity.
Cogmind is a sci-fi roguelike epic in which you play a robot building yourself from components found or salvaged from other robots. Explore a living, breathing world through turn-based tactical combat, or sneak, hack, and fly your way to victory.
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ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery)
Single-player alternative to Approaching Infinity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Approaching Infinity.
ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery) is one of the most successful roguelike games ever created, boasting a brilliant mix of story, RPG, exploration, and intensely strategic & flexible combat. The Steam version adds various features like achievements, difficulty level customization & play modes.
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Star Control III
Single-player alternative to Approaching Infinity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Approaching Infinity.
The universe is on the brink of destruction. It’s up to you to embark on an epic adventure of strategy and diplomacy to save thousands of worlds from total annihilation. But no pressure, right?
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Star Traders: Frontiers
Single-player alternative to Approaching Infinity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Approaching Infinity.
You are the captain of a starship venturing through a massive open universe. Customize your crew and take command at the helm of your very own ship as you explore a galaxy torn apart by internal strife, alien threats, and political intrigue.
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Star Control I and II
Single-player alternative to Approaching Infinity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Approaching Infinity.
Explore a vast universe with pulse-pounding action, side-splitting humor, and hair-raising plot twists in these 2 classic space adventure games.
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Sid Meier's Pirates!
Single-player alternative to Approaching Infinity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Approaching Infinity.
Sail the Caribbean, marauding all on the high seas or ally your ship and crew as a privateer in search of riches - the life you choose is up to you. Face dogged enemies, raid unsuspecting villages, woo fair maidens, avoid capture or dig for buried treasure. Discover what it takes to become one of the most famous pirates in history!
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Transcendence
Single-player alternative to Approaching Infinity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Approaching Infinity.
Explore the farthest reaches of Human Space in this open-world space adventure. Compelled to journey to the Galactic Core by a mysterious hyperintelligence, you must fight your way through dozens of star systems teeming with clashing empires, expansionist AIs, and fearsome xenophobes.
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NetHack: Legacy
Single-player alternative to Approaching Infinity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Approaching Infinity.
NETHACK: LEGACY is a remastered version of the original NetHack, the deeply rich and complex fantasy D&D roguelike. Hack and slash your way through orcs, dragons, and cockatrices as you explore the perilous procedurally-generated dungeons seeking the Amulet of Yendor.
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Prospector
Single-player alternative to Approaching Infinity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Approaching Infinity.
Land on a distant planet in this chill resource management game. Harvest alien resources, build and automate machinery, uncover secrets across the stars and strike shipping deals with distant colonies for exclusive rewards!