Single-player games like Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition, 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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Total War: SHOGUN 2
Single-player alternative to Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition.
Total War: SHOGUN 2 is the perfect mix of real-time and turn-based strategy gaming for newcomers and veterans alike.
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Total War: THREE KINGDOMS
Single-player alternative to Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition.
Total War: THREE KINGDOMS is the first in the award-winning series to recreate epic conflict across ancient China. Combining a gripping turn-based campaign of empire-building & conquest with stunning real-time battles, THREE KINGDOMS redefines the series in an age of heroes & legends.
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Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition
Single-player alternative to Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition.
Emperor Edition is the definitive edition of ROME II, featuring an improved politics system, overhauled building chains, rebalanced battles and improved visuals in both campaign and battleEmperor Edition contains all free feature updates since its release in 2013, which includes bug fixes, balancing, Twitch.
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Total War: WARHAMMER II
Single-player alternative to Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition.
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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Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition.
Complete your Total War collection with this Definitive Edition of Total War: NAPOLEON, which includes all DLC and feature updates since the game’s release
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Total War: WARHAMMER
Single-player alternative to Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition.
Addictive turn-based empire-building with colossal, real-time battles, all set in a world of legendary heroes, giant monsters, flying creatures and storms of magical power.
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Total War: ATTILA
Single-player alternative to Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition.
Against a darkening background of famine, disease and war, a new power is rising in the great steppes of the East. With a million horsemen at his back, the ultimate warrior king approaches, and his sights are set on Rome… The next instalment in the multi award-winning PC series that combines turn-based strategy with real-time tactics,...
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A Total War Saga: FALL OF THE SAMURAI
Single-player alternative to Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition.
Experience the dramatic conflict of samurai culture and modern weaponry between the Imperial throne and the last Shogunate in 19th century Japan.
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Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition.
Spanning the most turbulent era in Western history, your quest for territory and power takes you through Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and even onto the shores of the New World.
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Single-player alternative to Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition.
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was first released in 1985. It was the first historical simulation game released in Japan based on the Chinese classical literature "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Players become the leaders of their countries and strive to unite the land under their rule.
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Imperial Glory
Single-player alternative to Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition.
It is a time of war in Europe. Driven by new ideas of Enlightenment, the hearts of men and women across the continent are inflamed with dreams of freedom and glory. This is the moment for a military genius to forge himself a name to be remembered throughout all eternity. This is your moment.
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NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Sphere of Influence
Single-player alternative to Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition.
Become a Daimyo of the Warring States period of Japanese history in NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION, a historical simulation game of conquest and domination. It is the 30th anniversary of this series and this current release, NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Sphere of Influence, is the crown of the series.
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Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword
Single-player alternative to Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The standalone expansion for Mount & Blade! With Fire & Sword builds and expands upon the highly regarded combat system from Mount & Blade: Warband. Firearms have been introduced to the battlefield.
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Caribbean Legend: Age of Pirates
Single-player alternative to Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
You are the captain and owner of your own ship—the finest fate one could hope for in the 17th century Caribbean. Unlimited sandbox experience. 60 hours of content. A unique genre blending naval combat, land exploration, and global map. Think Sid Meier's Pirates! meets Bannerlord.
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Crusader Kings II
Single-player alternative to Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition.
Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.
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Total War: WARHAMMER III
Single-player alternative to Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition.
The cataclysmic conclusion to the Total War: WARHAMMER trilogy is here. Rally your forces and step into the Realm of Chaos, a dimension of mind-bending horror where the very fate of the world will be decided. Will you conquer your Daemons… or command them?
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Alien: Isolation
Single-player alternative to Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.