Single-player games like Scavenger SV-4
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Scavenger SV-4, 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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Duskers
Single-player alternative to Scavenger SV-4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Scavenger SV-4.
Pilot drones into derelict spaceships to find the means to survive and piece together how the universe became a giant graveyard.
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ΔV: Rings of Saturn
Single-player alternative to Scavenger SV-4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Scavenger SV-4.
A physics-based mining sim, set in the thickest debris field in Sol. Every action has a reaction, lasers are invisible without a medium, and your thrust is a potent weapon. Find trade, adapt your equipment to your playstyle, hire a crew to help. Unravel the mysteries of the rings, or just get rich.
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Star Explorers
Single-player alternative to Scavenger SV-4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Scavenger SV-4.
Planets, aliens, resources, upgrades, caves, mapping & documenting star systems ... seek a new home for the human race. An all-inclusive (admittedly janky) procedural space-sim made by solo developer Schmidt Workshops.
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Space Beast Terror Fright
Single-player alternative to Scavenger SV-4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Scavenger SV-4.
S.B.T.F. is a very hard arcade-style / rogue-like / perma-death first person shooter. You play as Marines who must brave dark, claustrophobic and terrifyingly intense Space Beast infested spacecraft in order to extract critical data and lucrative upgrades. Can you make it out alive?
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Outer Wilds
Single-player alternative to Scavenger SV-4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Scavenger SV-4.
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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Signal Simulator
Single-player alternative to Scavenger SV-4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Scavenger SV-4.
Game inspired by SETI. Take the role of a scientist to find an extraterrestrial signal .Control massive Radio Antennas by using interactive control in your Observatory. Detect , download and decode unknown or story telling signals. Manage and Maintain an electrical system to improve your systems and make it more efficient.
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Event[0]
Single-player alternative to Scavenger SV-4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scavenger SV-4.
Event[0] is a sci-fi narrative exploration game where you build a relationship with a lonely spaceship computer to get home to Earth.
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The Station
Single-player alternative to Scavenger SV-4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scavenger SV-4.
The Station 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.
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The Office Void
Single-player alternative to Scavenger SV-4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Scavenger SV-4.
You’re stuck on the night shift. The code refuses to compile, the deadline is on fire, and your mind is no longer yours. To keep from passing out and blowing the entire shift, you have to drink coffee. Lots of it.
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Legend of Grimrock
Single-player alternative to Scavenger SV-4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scavenger SV-4.
Use the Dungeon Editor to build entirely new adventures and challenges for other players to solve.
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Parkan 2
Single-player alternative to Scavenger SV-4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Scavenger SV-4.
Parkan II is an original concept game that will allow you to feel as a pilot of a spacecraft lost somewhere in the universe. Become a pirate or mercenary, get money to buy the most powerful cruiser and show them all who is to be the new master of the galaxy. Unforgettable adventures in the Parkan II universe await you!