Single-player games like The Station
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to The Station, 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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Tacoma
Single-player alternative to The Station — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Station.
Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure from the creators of Gone Home. Set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088, explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.
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STARDROP
Single-player alternative to The Station — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Station.
STARDROP is an interactive sci-fi cinematic experience.
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Deliver Us The Moon
Single-player alternative to The Station — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Station.
The Moon has gone dark, cutting off Earth’s last source of energy. As a lone astronaut, you’ll explore abandoned lunar bases, solve intricate puzzles, and navigate stunning zero-gravity environments. Operate advanced vehicles, uncover hidden truths, and survive in this gripping sci-fi thriller.
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Observation
Single-player alternative to The Station — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Station.
Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.
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The Fall of Lazarus
Single-player alternative to The Station — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Station.
The Fall of Lazarus is first person exploration and puzzle game. A deeply narrative scifi mystery game based on the exploration of an abandoned cargo spaceship about redemption and second chances.
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Titan Station
Single-player alternative to The Station — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Station.
Far into the future, in the year 1999: David, a systems operator, runs from his troubles by taking a job on a space station. After arriving, his mundane work turns into a struggle for his very life as he makes a shocking discovery.
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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Single-player alternative to The Station — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Station.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
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Aporia: Beyond The Valley
Single-player alternative to The Station — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Station.
CRYNEGINE Indie Game of 2017. Featuring an incredibly detailed ancient world and a breathtaking soundtrack, Aporia: Beyond the Valley takes open world storytelling to new heights of adventure.
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Outer Wilds
Single-player alternative to The Station — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Station.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
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SOMA
Single-player alternative to The Station — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Station.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
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What Remains of Edith Finch
Single-player alternative to The Station — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Station.
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
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Dear Esther
Single-player alternative to The Station — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Station.
Begin a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
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Dead Space
Single-player alternative to The Station — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Station.
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
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Gone Home
Single-player alternative to The Station — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Station.
June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.
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Star Control®: Origins
Single-player alternative to The Station — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Station.
Star Control is a space role-playing game in which you command Earth's first interstellar starship on a mission to save the Earth from hostile alien empires.
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The Station VR
Single-player alternative to The Station — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Station.
The Station VR is a first-person sci-fi mystery set on a space station sent to study a sentient alien civilization. Assuming the role of a recon specialist, players must unravel a mystery which will decide the fate of two civilizations.