Single-player games like Star Shelter
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Star Shelter, 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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Stationeers
Single-player alternative to Star Shelter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Star Shelter.
Stationeers puts you in control of the construction and management of a space station to run by yourself or online with your friends. Complex atmospheric, electrical, manufacturing, agriculture, and gravitational systems require your thought and management at all times!
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Breathedge
Single-player alternative to Star Shelter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Star Shelter.
Survive in outer space! Together with your immortal chicken, discover the truth behind your sudden spaceship crash. Craft tools, pilot vehicles, and even control space stations to survive and explore the wreckage.
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ASTRONEER
Single-player alternative to Star Shelter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Star Shelter.
Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.
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Ostranauts
Single-player alternative to Star Shelter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Star Shelter.
Navigate your scrappy ship through the boneyard in search of valuable parts in abandoned vessels. Use salvage to upgrade your ship, or sell it for cash to pay down your mounting debt, or restock fuel, air, or food. Fly and role-play aboard your dream spaceship in this hardcore noir space-sim.
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Remains
Single-player alternative to Star Shelter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Star Shelter.
Remains - survival in outer space orbiting the planet. Explore the area. Find a way to restore oxygen. Create tools for your needs. Beware of the dangers of outer space. Build your shelter in orbit and try not to die!
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Undead Development
Single-player alternative to Star Shelter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Star Shelter.
How long would you survive in this unrealistic representation of the zombie apocalypse? Scavenge for supplies, find a base, and construct your defenses. Break down furniture and board up your home. Set bear traps, nail your axe to a gun, or find your own ways to fight off the undead. VR required.
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Astrometica
Single-player alternative to Star Shelter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Star Shelter.
Astrometica is a space exploration and base-building survival game. After a catastrophic event, explore vast space, gather resources, build bases, and uncover cosmic mysteries. Use advanced technology, craft tools, and discover new blueprints to survive and thrive in the unknown.
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Space Trash Scavenger
Single-player alternative to Star Shelter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Star Shelter.
Grab your jetpack and explore procedural asteroid fields, derelict spaceships and abandoned outposts. Build and automate your Space Rig to process scavenged trash. Craft, trade and fight your way home in this interstellar, open-world survival sandbox.
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Subnautica
Single-player alternative to Star Shelter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Star Shelter.
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
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Abode
Single-player alternative to Star Shelter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Star Shelter.
Abode is an escape room puzzle game. You will have to find, combine and utilize tools and furniture in the room to unveil all its secrets.
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Conductor
Single-player alternative to Star Shelter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Star Shelter.
Conductor is a action-adventure, puzzle game. Take control of a locomotive and clear anything that stands in your way. Solve puzzles by using tools and wit. Defend yourself from the forces of Overcorp.
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Madshot
Single-player alternative to Star Shelter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Star Shelter.
Madshot is a fast-paced, acrobatic, rogue-lite shooter. Survive the ever-changing road through Cthulhu and beyond. Equip endless upgrade combinations as you fight your way through horrific monsters and multi-phased boss battles.
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Abode 2
Single-player alternative to Star Shelter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Star Shelter.
Explore and investigate every corner and detail of this highly interactive apartment to unveil all its secrets and restore power to the city. An "escape the room" puzzle game.
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Cornerstone: The Song of Tyrim
Single-player alternative to Star Shelter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Star Shelter.
It's been weeks since anyone last saw the Viking men of the village of Borja, and young Tyrim is determined to set forth and find them. Wielding his crafting and combat skills, you’ll set sail on the Mad Goat across the seas to uncover the world of Nygard’s mysteries, collecting fabulous relics, uncovering forbidden secrets and magic,...
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Madshot: Road to Madness
Single-player alternative to Star Shelter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Star Shelter.
Slaughter endless abominations while moving stylishly through a lovecraftian nightmare. Combine a multitude of unlockable weapons, abilities and upgrades in order to survive as long as possible, and reach the top of the leaderboards.