Single-player games like Shogun's Empire: Hex Commander
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to Shogun's Empire: Hex Commander, 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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The Battle of Polytopia
Single-player alternative to Shogun's Empire: Hex Commander — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shogun's Empire: Hex Commander.
Welcome to the unique, turn-based strategy game set in the strange, flat world of the Square. Lead one of 16 distinct civilizations to victory by expanding your empire, researching technologies, and ultimately become ruler of the world! Play in single-player or multiplayer mode for up to 16 players.
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Tropico 5
Single-player alternative to Shogun's Empire: Hex Commander — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Shogun's Empire: Hex Commander.
Return to the remote island nation of Tropico and expand your Dynasty’s reign from the early colonial period to beyond the 21st Century, facing new challenges including advanced trading mechanics, technology and scientific research, as well as cooperative and competitive MULTIPLAYER.
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Expeditions: Conquistador
Single-player alternative to Shogun's Empire: Hex Commander — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shogun's Empire: Hex Commander.
Conquer the New world: In the 16th Century, Spanish explorers and soldiers reached the shores of America. The search for gold, fame, and adventure drove these travelers into a treacherous wilderness where they faced hunger, disease, and dangerous predators. In their wake, the Aztec Empires lay in ruins.
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Sengoku Jidai: Shadow of the Shogun
Single-player alternative to Shogun's Empire: Hex Commander — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Shogun's Empire: Hex Commander.
Sengoku Jidai: Shadow of the Shogun is a turn-based tactical and strategic game set during the Sengoku era; primarily focusing on the Japanese Warring States period and Japanese Invasion of Korea.
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Sid Meier's Starships
Single-player alternative to Shogun's Empire: Hex Commander — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Shogun's Empire: Hex Commander.
Build and command a fleet of starships and travel between planets as you explore, build, negotiate, and fight to preserve your vision for humanity.
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Democracy 3
Single-player alternative to Shogun's Empire: Hex Commander — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shogun's Empire: Hex Commander.
Have you ever wanted to be president? or prime-minister? Convinced you could do a better job of running the country? Let's face it, you could hardly do a worse job than our current political leaders.
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Age of Conquest IV
Single-player alternative to Shogun's Empire: Hex Commander — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shogun's Empire: Hex Commander.
Age of Conquest is a turn-based grand strategy wargame.
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Rising Lords
Single-player alternative to Shogun's Empire: Hex Commander — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shogun's Empire: Hex Commander.
Rising Lords is a medieval turn-based strategy game with card and board game elements. Send your serfs to fight and die in your name... or let them prosper, and use them to your advantage!
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Total War: SHOGUN 2
Single-player alternative to Shogun's Empire: Hex Commander — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Shogun's Empire: Hex Commander.
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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SHOGUN: Total War™ - Collection
Single-player alternative to Shogun's Empire: Hex Commander — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Shogun's Empire: Hex Commander.
SHOGUN: Total War™ is the first, original title in a 15 year series of award-winning strategy games. This Collection Edition also includes the Mongol Invasion Expansion Pack.
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Warplanes: WW1 Fighters
Single-player alternative to Shogun's Empire: Hex Commander — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Become a pilot! Immerse in WW1 aerial combat like never before in a captivating VR experience. Be a pilot during the Great War in Warplanes: WW1 Fighters. No matter whether you prefer arcade games or flight simulators – a variety of options will let you adjust the game to your preferences.
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Warplanes: Battles over Pacific
Single-player alternative to Shogun's Empire: Hex Commander — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Warplanes: Battles over Pacific opens the next chapter in aviation history. Become a World War II pilot and take part in the campaign against the Empire of Japan. The sequel to the hit Warplanes: WW1 Fighters, takes dogfight to a new level.
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The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt
Single-player alternative to Shogun's Empire: Hex Commander — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shogun's Empire: Hex Commander.
Hail to the Captain! Sail into the heart of the Caribbean in the Age of Piracy - the time of black flags and white skulls, blue waves and golden opportunities. Hoist the Jolly Roger and grab the steering wheel to sail through battles and raids, ransoms and treasures, to become the Crimson King of the Antilles!
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Zombie Defense
Single-player alternative to Shogun's Empire: Hex Commander — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shogun's Empire: Hex Commander.
A modern hybrid of the classic RTS and modern Tower Defense. Recruit soldiers, place them on slots and let them shoot incoming waves of zombies by their own. Order supplies, throw grenades, order airstrikes and many more... Perfect mix of strategy, tactics and micromanagement.
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The Pirate: Plague of the Dead
Single-player alternative to Shogun's Empire: Hex Commander — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shogun's Empire: Hex Commander.
Command the most fearsome pirates in an exciting Caribbean adventure! Plague of the Dead is a new installment of The Pirate series, featuring an open world without loading screens, dynamic day and night cycle and weather system, it offers each gamer an unforgettable experience.
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Hex Commander: Fantasy Heroes
Single-player alternative to Shogun's Empire: Hex Commander — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shogun's Empire: Hex Commander.
Build an army and lead your heroes into battle in an epic fantasy strategy game. Hex Commander: Fantasy Heroes is a turn-based strategy game that will put you right in the middle of war between Humans, Orcs, Goblins, Elves, Dwarves and the undead.
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Warplanes: WW2 Dogfight
Single-player alternative to Shogun's Empire: Hex Commander — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shogun's Empire: Hex Commander.
Grab the control yoke of a warplane and jump into the battlefields of World War 2 in this thrilling combat flight action game. In each of the campaigns for USA, Great Britain, USSR, Germany and Japan you will assume the role of a pilot and squadron leader of an elite air force unit.
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Space Commander: War and Trade
Single-player alternative to Shogun's Empire: Hex Commander — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shogun's Empire: Hex Commander.
Fight, explore the stars, trade, and lead your fleet across the galaxySpace Commander: War and Trade is an ultimate single player space-sim featuring spectacular graphics, intuitive combat and deep mechanics.