Single-player games like Star Merchant
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Star Merchant, 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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Redemption: Eternal Quest
Single-player alternative to Star Merchant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Merchant.
Redemption: Eternal Quest is a casual RPG/Sim game which combines the feel of an RPG with roster management sim mechanics. You become the leader of a band of adventurers, guiding them through quests, watching them grow and signing them to pacts while keeping your gold pouch filled.
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Starship Theory
Single-player alternative to Star Merchant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Merchant.
Starship Theory is a ship building survival game. Mine and trade to gather resources. Plan and construct new upgrades. Train and manage crew. Fight to survive.
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Vanguard Galaxy
Single-player alternative to Star Merchant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Merchant.
A relaxing game about space exploration that can be played full screen or at the bottom of your screen. Trade, fight, mine and salvage your way through a procedurally generated galaxy. Let the game idle while your autopilot handles business and builds your fortune.
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Interstellaria
Single-player alternative to Star Merchant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Merchant.
Managing a fleet across a dangerous galaxy. Every star and planet holds untold riches and dangers. Each encounter will require skills in trading, diplomacy, and combat. Allocate power to engines, charge all weapons, and take on the worst the galaxy has to handle.
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Smugglers 5
Single-player alternative to Star Merchant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Merchant.
Smugglers 5 is the fifth installment in the turn-based single-player space trading game series. Will you be a greedy trader, an ambitious fleet pilot or a ruthless pirate? Board enemy ships, manage factories, conquer star systems and forge your own galactic empire.
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Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space
Single-player alternative to Star Merchant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Merchant.
Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space is a hybrid roguelike game of space exploration, adventure and starship combat.
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Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander
Single-player alternative to Star Merchant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Merchant.
Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander is a retro space strategy RPG with base building, deep tactical combat, crew management and emergent storytelling.
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Galaxy Pass Station
Single-player alternative to Star Merchant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Merchant.
Build a space station for 15 alien races! 👽 Inspect IDs, catch criminals, and manage a chaotic galactic hub. A vibrant mix of colony sim & document-checking action. Can you build the ultimate hotel?
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Fantasy Kingdom Simulator
Single-player alternative to Star Merchant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Merchant.
Fantasy Kingdom Simulator transports you into a medieval realm where you reign as King of four villages, and your duty is to help them grow and blossom into fully developed cities. You'll be making meaningful choices, important decisions and face the consequences if you plan poorly.
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Elysium: Blood Games
Single-player alternative to Star Merchant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Merchant.
Enter a world of blood, influence and secrets in this easy to learn, yet deep strategy sim where you control a group of Gladiators, guiding them through combat and competition. Bribe, gamble and slash your way to an arena championship!
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Streets of Chaos
Single-player alternative to Star Merchant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Merchant.
Streets of Chaos is a unique strategy/board game where you become the leader of a resistance in an apocalyptic world. Features a randomly generated world each game, high-res graphics and original music, and an open-ended strategy model that evolves and encourages thought and planning.
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Cavern of Time
Single-player alternative to Star Merchant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Merchant.
The Cavern of Time is an RPG/Adventure game where you guide the journey of a young girl. Can you find the magical locket in this perilous realm and cure your beloved grandmother's illness? Visit the Cavern of Time and find out!
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Catacombs 1: Demon War
Single-player alternative to Star Merchant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Star Merchant.
Catacombs 1: Demon War is the first of a 3-chapter RPG/Adventure that puts you into the shoes of a brave young hero, building your strength to face long-buried secrets, deception and betrayal.
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Nightingale Downs
Single-player alternative to Star Merchant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Star Merchant.
You play a deer, tasked by your clan leader with a most urgent mission: Find and sabotage the plans of a local human settlement, intent on destroying your homeland. Your journey will be long, through dangerous jungles and facing many natural predators. Will you save your home?
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Finish Line Manager
Single-player alternative to Star Merchant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Merchant.
Ever dreamed of owning and managing your own car racing team? Redline Ultimate Racing allows you to make your dreams come true! Take control of either a randomly generated racing universe or load your own custom-created universe into the game.