Single-player games like Make War
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Make War, 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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Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
Single-player alternative to Make War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Make War.
Be the leader of wobblers from ancient lands, spooky places, and fantasy worlds. Watch them fight in simulations made with the wobbliest physics system ever created, make your own wobblers in the unit creator and send your army off to fight your friends in multiplayer.
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Total Tank Simulator
Single-player alternative to Make War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Make War.
Commander in the ranks. Soldier at heart. Choose a faction and deploy and command your army into massive physics-driven WWII battles to the last man standing. Destroy everything on sight with an insane amount of units that will behave tactically.
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Bridge Constructor Portal
Single-player alternative to Make War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Make War.
Enter the Aperture Science Enrichment Center and experience Bridge Constructor Portal – the unique merging of the classic Portal™ and Bridge Constructor™ games.
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Beast Battle Simulator
Single-player alternative to Make War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Make War.
Beast Battle Simulator is a physics based battle-simulation sandbox game featuring dinosaurs, animals, and humans. Kamikaze Zebras VS. T-Rex with laser guns, Lions VS. medieval knights; anything is possible! Watch as the beasts dismember and rip each other apart in gory detail!
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Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
Single-player alternative to Make War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Make War.
A strategy/action RPG. Create a character, engage in diplomacy, craft, trade and conquer new lands in a vast medieval sandbox. Raise armies to lead into battle and command and fight alongside your troops in massive real-time battles using a deep but intuitive skill-based combat system.
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Game Dev Tycoon
Single-player alternative to Make War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Make War.
In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.
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Two Point Campus
Single-player alternative to Make War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Make War.
Build the university of your dreams with Two Point Campus, the sim with a twist from the makers of Two Point Hospital. Build, hire staff and run an academic institution packed with wild courses.
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Wargame: Airland Battle
Single-player alternative to Make War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Make War.
2 SIDES, 12 NATIONS, 750 UNITS: THE STRATEGY GAME REFERENCE IS BACK! Richer, more beautiful and more accessible, Wargame AirLand Battle is the sequel to the explosive real-time strategy game Wargame European Escalation! 1985.
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Creepy Tale
Single-player alternative to Make War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Make War.
Creepy quest with the atmosphere of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales. Go through a dangerous adventure filled with puzzles and challenges! Perhaps it is you who will be able to solve all the secrets of forest and save the peaceful creatures?
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Creepy Tale 2
Single-player alternative to Make War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Make War.
Experience the creepy tension of a brothers Grimm fairy tale in this puzzle adventure game. Follow the young and brave Lars as he embarks on a dangerous journey to save his sisters mind from the clutches of a mysterious evil.
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StrikeForce Kitty
Single-player alternative to Make War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Make War.
Comedic puzzle-adventure with strong RPG influences. Take away costumes from the foxes, create the most mad combinations of clothes, explore the world, find secrets and save the princess from the clutches of the cunning king!
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Creepy Tale 3: Ingrid Penance
Single-player alternative to Make War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Make War.
As punishment for her transgressions, Ingrid is sent to hell. As she struggles through the darkness that hungers to consume her heart, she makes her way toward redemption. Her fate is in your hands.
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Creepy Tale: Some Other Place
Single-player alternative to Make War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Make War.
Creepy Tale is a mysterious adventure rich in riddles and eerie atmosphere. An autumn morning promised a quiet fishing trip, but events took Martin to "some other place." Find the way home, uncover loads of secrets, and save everyone that you can.
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Picklock
Single-player alternative to Make War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Make War.
Join exciting adventure of escaping from cops. Be tricky and use your skills to complete your missions in green town. If you’re successful, you can enjoy well-deserved vacation at the seaside.
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Creepy Tale: Snow Child
Single-player alternative to Make War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Make War.
An explosive mix of action and mystery, seasoned with black humor and a sinister atmosphere. Journey into Hell alongside a brave boy named Blizzy and defeat Evil itself. Save the world and become a hero. But at what cost?
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The 'I Love Money' Show
Single-player alternative to Make War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Make War.
Grab a weapons and fight! Play single player campaign or with friends in local coop. Wins the one who collects the most money!