Single-player games like Helium Rain
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Helium Rain, 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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X3: Terran Conflict
Single-player alternative to Helium Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Helium Rain.
It is the year 2938. The long wished-for encounter of the X Universe and the Earth holds both joy and sorrow for the people. Despite flourishing trade, the clash of the diverse races, cultures and life forms creates new tensions, mistrust and open conflict that need to be overcome!
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X Rebirth
Single-player alternative to Helium Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with Helium Rain.
In the distant future, the X universe faces a period of profound and irrevocable change. While the universe stumbles towards an uncertain future, countless adventures await as new enemies rise in search of power.
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Rebel Galaxy
Single-player alternative to Helium Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Helium Rain.
Rebel Galaxy is a swashbuckling space adventure, with action-packed combat, exploration, discovery, trade, and “negotiation” with the outlandish denizens at the edge of the known universe.
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Void Destroyer 2
Single-player alternative to Helium Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Helium Rain.
Start with nothing... End with everything! All you have is a basic ship, barely fit for combat, with it you'll start your journey and empire. A open world space sandbox, inspired by and expanding the classics.
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Capital Command
Single-player alternative to Helium Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Helium Rain.
Take the helm of a state-of-the-art warship as you fight epic space battles in a sandbox campaign. Upgrade and customize your ship, master the art of maneuvering, and use a blend of tactical prowess and heavy firepower to overcome deadly threats.
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Stellar Trader
Single-player alternative to Helium Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Helium Rain.
See the galaxy through the eyes of a trader. Hundreds of years after humanity took to the stars, you're free to buy, fight, explore, and build your way to power. Shape economies, form alliances, and influence the systems that control trade, tech, and politics.
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Objects in Space
Single-player alternative to Helium Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Helium Rain.
Objects in Space is a retro space game centred on 2D point-and-click stealth action in a massive open world. Players have their own customisable ships and can meet people, become a trader, bounty hunter, explorer, scavenger or all of them at once.
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Cosmonautica
Single-player alternative to Helium Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Helium Rain.
Cosmonautica is a fresh take on space trading in a procedurally generated universe, paired with quirky humor for your intergalactic enjoyment.
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No Man's Sky
Single-player alternative to Helium Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Helium Rain.
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
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The Expanse
Single-player alternative to Helium Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Helium Rain.
You and your team are elite killers. Its your job to help defend and protect earth and inform us of your findings. The South East Spaceport have reported nightmareish zombies. The most unsettling thing is that people have changed and will not stop eating each other.
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Elite Dangerous
Single-player alternative to Helium Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Helium Rain.
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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Total War: WARHAMMER II
Single-player alternative to Helium Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Helium Rain.
Strategy gaming perfected. A breath-taking campaign of exploration, expansion and conquest across a fantasy world. Turn-based civilisation management and real-time epic strategy battles with thousands of troops and monsters at your command.
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Astral Shipwright
Single-player alternative to Helium Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Helium Rain.
Build and upgrade your personal ship to travel around a strange planet.