Single-player games like Skylight
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Skylight, 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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BATTLETECH
Single-player alternative to Skylight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Skylight.
Take command of your own mercenary outfit of 'Mechs and the MechWarriors that pilot them, struggling to stay afloat as you find yourself drawn into a brutal interstellar civil war.
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Battlestar Galactica Deadlock
Single-player alternative to Skylight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Skylight.
In Battlestar Galactica Deadlock™ you’ll take command of the Colonial Fleet in defense of the Twelve Colonies during the First Cylon War. Lead many different types of ships in this 3D tactical game. Every decision counts, your strategy will be vital – can you ensure mankind’s survival?
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Horizon
Single-player alternative to Skylight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Skylight.
Horizon is a turn-based space strategy game of galactic exploration and conquest in which you are in control of humanity’s destiny. You will explore deep space, find new frontiers and discover alien artifacts hidden on long-abandoned planets.
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Nexus 5X
Single-player alternative to Skylight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Skylight.
eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate, EXPRESS. All of the depth, diplomacy, conflict and conquest of a turn-based 4X epic but played in fast-paced 60-minute competitive sessions. Play Solo or Multiplayer for 2-8 players.
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Into the Breach
Single-player alternative to Skylight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Skylight.
Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.
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ENDLESS™ Space - Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Skylight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Skylight.
ENDLESS™ Space is a turn-based 4X strategy game, covering the space colonization age in the ENDLESS™ Universe, where you can control every aspect of your civilization as you strive for galactic domination.
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Age of Wonders: Planetfall
Single-player alternative to Skylight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Skylight.
Age of Wonders: Planetfall is the new strategy game from Triumph Studios, creators of the critically acclaimed Age of Wonders series, bringing all the exciting tactical turn-based combat and in-depth empire building of its predecessors to space in an all-new, sci-fi setting.
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Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy
Single-player alternative to Skylight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Skylight.
Take command of Naval Strike Group 7 and lead your fleet to victory in full 3D tactical space combat. Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy is a sci-fi strategy saga that will test your skills as both capital assault ship Captain and naval fleet Commander.
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Ironlights
Single-player alternative to Skylight — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Ironlights is a VR dueling game with skillful, fluid melee combat. Parry, block, and strike down your opponents using a variety of physics-based weapons. Test your skills in multiplayer battles, or fight to the top of the league in the huge single-player campaign!
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Auralux: Constellations
Single-player alternative to Skylight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Skylight.
Auralux: Constellations is the awaited sequel to Auralux, the critically acclaimed minimalistic Real Time Strategy game. Explore a dozen new gameplay mechanics through each constellation, one new feature at a time. It's Real-Time Strategy, deconstructed.
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Darknet
Single-player alternative to Skylight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Skylight.
Darknet is a strategy/puzzle game in which you play as an elite hacker in the Net. Plug into cyberspace, using viruses, worms, and exploits to steal the data before your signal gets traced. Includes both VR and non-VR versions.
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Tactera
Single-player alternative to Skylight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with Skylight.
Tactera is a Real-Time Strategy game played on a “virtual tabletop”. Comes with VR (Rift/Vive) and non-VR versions! Inside a futuristic war room, a 3D hologram shows two armies on the verge of battle. Build swarms of gunships, tanks, bombers, and other units to strategically outmaneuver the enemy!
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Astraeus
Single-player alternative to Skylight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Skylight.
Astraeus is a VR asteroid mining RTS game that's quick to play, easy to learn, and enormous in scope. Build a mining network from dozens of bases, and watch as hundreds of ships swarm around you.
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IRONSTRIKE
Single-player alternative to Skylight — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
IRONSTRIKE is a 4-player co-op roguelike featuring physics-based swordplay, gestural spellcasting, and archery. Wield a sword, bow & arrow, or magic, and customize your build as you fight to rescue the gods of a vibrant fantasy world.