Single-player games like Dead Hand
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Dead Hand, 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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Templar Battleforce
Single-player alternative to Dead Hand — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead Hand.
An addictive mix of strategic combat and army building, with the precision of an RPG. Design your squad members' exact build of equipment and talents to create unique fireteam combinations. Step into the pilot suit of a Leviathan mech, lead the Templar Knights in turn-based tactical warfare.
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Phantom Brigade
Single-player alternative to Dead Hand — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead Hand.
Phantom Brigade 2.0 is a cinematic, tactical mech strategy game with a revolutionary timeline-based command system. See the future, predict enemy actions, and plot your counterattack on the timeline! Recruit and level up your squad of rebels to retake war-torn Fyrland from the Kaskad occupation.
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Rhea of the Remnant
Single-player alternative to Dead Hand — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Dead Hand.
“Rhea of the Remnant” is a mecha Tactical RPG where you command a small group of allies to take on a powerful enemy force. Anticipate enemy moves, combine your allies' abilities, and devise the best strategy to secure victory!
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Twilight Wars
Single-player alternative to Dead Hand — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead Hand.
Twilight Wars is a tactical dungeon crawler set in a neon-drenched cyberpunk future. Corporations rule the world. Rebuild a shattered spy agency, assemble a team of elite operatives, and wage a covert war to reclaim the world from the shadows.
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Netherguild
Single-player alternative to Dead Hand — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead Hand.
Descend into Netherguild, a tactical grid-based roguelite. Lead expeditions deep into mysterious, strange depths. Explore, battle dangerous foes, and manage resources carefully. Push your limits before returning to resupply. What secrets await below?
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SD GUNDAM G GENERATION CROSS RAYS
Single-player alternative to Dead Hand — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Dead Hand.
Beyond creation, four eras come together as one! Discover the latest entry in this iconic Tactical RPG series. Form your own team of SD Gundams and deploy for battle -- with units from Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, SEED, 00, and Iron-Blooded Orphans!
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Mainframe Defenders
Single-player alternative to Dead Hand — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead Hand.
MAINFRAME DEFENDERS - Turn-based tactics centered around gear and unit customization. It offers simple combat, high replayability, and tons of loot. Items don't just provide stats boost, but also offer distinct mechanics that can be combined into powerful builds.
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Terra Randoma
Single-player alternative to Dead Hand — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Dead Hand.
Terra Randoma is a turn-based roguelike RPG in a procedurally generated open world. Travel a world full of curiousity and perilous dungeons. Develop your character however you want with skills, talent stones and randomized items while you discover an ancient secret.
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Worms
Single-player alternative to Dead Hand — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Dead Hand.
Throw a grenade down memory lane with the original and classic turn-based strategy game Worms™! Up to 4 teams of worms do battle over an ever-changing battlefield with falling weapon crates, crazed exploding sheep and more besides. Winner of many industry awards, find out what all the fuss was about.
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Phoenix Point
Single-player alternative to Dead Hand — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Dead Hand.
The acclaimed strategy game from the creator of X-COM. Fight tactical battles on procedural maps against a foe that adapts to your tactics. Manage diplomacy and economy on a global scale. Research, explore, overcome. Now includes Steam Workshop support for mods!
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X-COM: UFO Defense
Single-player alternative to Dead Hand — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Dead Hand.
You are in control of X-COM: an organization formed by the world's governments to fight the ever-increasing alien menace.
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Front Mission Evolved
Single-player alternative to Dead Hand — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Experience piloting and customizing massive armored units called Wanzers while engaging in high-intensity battles driven by a compelling story. The battle begins now!
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Cogmind
Single-player alternative to Dead Hand — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead Hand.
Cogmind is a sci-fi roguelike epic in which you play a robot building yourself from components found or salvaged from other robots. Explore a living, breathing world through turn-based tactical combat, or sneak, hack, and fly your way to victory.
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Jagged Alliance 3
Single-player alternative to Dead Hand — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Dead Hand.
The country of Grand Chien is thrown into chaos when the elected president goes missing and the paramilitary force known as “the Legion” seizes control. Hire mercs, meet interesting characters, and fight in tactically deep turn-based combat in this true successor to a beloved franchise.