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Single-player games like Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars

Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars, 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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    Cossacks II: Battle for Europe — Steam game cover

    Cossacks II: Battle for Europe

    Single-player alternative to Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars.

    Cossacks II: Battle for Europe is a standalone add-on for "Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars" presenting new nations with the possibility to wage multiplayer battles.

    2011Strategy4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    A Total War Saga: FALL OF THE SAMURAI — Steam game cover

    A Total War Saga: FALL OF THE SAMURAI

    Single-player alternative to Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars.

    Experience the dramatic conflict of samurai culture and modern weaponry between the Imperial throne and the last Shogunate in 19th century Japan.

    2012Strategy29.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cossacks 3 — Steam game cover

    Cossacks 3

    Single-player alternative to Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars.

    Cossacks 3 is the return of RTS classics. Obtain resources, build cities and research technologies while taking command of great armies, crushing enemies in grand historical warfares on land and sea!

    2016ActionStrategyAdventure19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Han Xiongnu Wars — Steam game cover

    Han Xiongnu Wars

    Single-player alternative to Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars.

    Welcome to Han Xiongnu Wars. A stand-along game and synergy of historical Far East and multiple features in role-playing, real-time strategy and action gameplay. This game brings you to the eventful years of the early Han Dynasty, and faithfully presents the ancient eastern culture with many objects and scenes faithfully reconstructed...

    2017ActionStrategyIndie6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Company of Heroes 2 — Steam game cover

    Company of Heroes 2

    Single-player alternative to Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars.

    Experience the ultimate WWII RTS platform with COH2 and its standalone expansions. This package includes the base game, which you can then upgrade by purchasing The Western Front Armies, Ardennes Assault and/or The British Forces. More info in the "About This Game" section below.

    2013Strategy19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Total War: THREE KINGDOMS — Steam game cover

    Total War: THREE KINGDOMS

    Single-player alternative to Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars.

    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.

    2019ActionStrategy59.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition — Steam game cover

    Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition

    Single-player alternative to Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars.

    Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition offers players a trial of this historical single & multiplayer RTS experience. *Note: To unlock all features of the game please see the “Base Game” product.

    2020StrategyFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Crusader Kings III — Steam game cover

    Crusader Kings III

    Single-player alternative to Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars.

    Love, fight, scheme, and claim greatness. Determine your noble house’s legacy in the sprawling grand strategy of Crusader Kings III. Death is only the beginning as you guide your dynasty’s bloodline in the rich and larger-than-life simulation of the Middle Ages.

    2020StrategySimulationRPG49.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    American Conquest — Steam game cover

    American Conquest

    Single-player alternative to Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars.

    In American Conquest, Players set sail from Europe to discover new world and conquer its innumerable riches.

    2011Strategy4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl — Steam game cover

    S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl

    Single-player alternative to Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Discover the vast Chornobyl Exclusion Zone full of dangerous enemies, deadly anomalies and powerful artifacts. Unveil your own epic story as you make your way to the Heart of Chornobyl. Make your choices wisely, as they will determine your fate in the end.

    2024ActionAdventureRPG59.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl — Steam game cover

    S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl

    Single-player alternative to Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl tells a story about survival in the Zone – a very dangerous place, where you fear not only the radiation, anomalies and deadly creatures, but other S.T.A.L.K.E.R.s, who have their own goals and wishes.

    2007ActionRPG19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat — Steam game cover

    S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

    Single-player alternative to Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat is the direct sequel of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. As a Major Alexander Degtyarev you should investigate the crash of the governmental helicopters around the Zone and find out, what happened there.

    2010ActionRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky — Steam game cover

    S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky

    Single-player alternative to Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky – standalone prequel for the acclaimed S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, which tells you story about the Clear Sky group, that want to research the Zone and understand it better.

    2008ActionRPG19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl - Enhanced Edition — Steam game cover

    S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl - Enhanced Edition

    Single-player alternative to Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl, the first chapter of the Legends of the Zone Trilogy, which started it all.

    2025ActionAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Prypiat - Enhanced Edition — Steam game cover

    S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Prypiat - Enhanced Edition

    Single-player alternative to Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Prypiat follows the story of special service agent Major Degtyarev as he investigates the fate of a lost expedition.

    2025ActionAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cossacks: Back to War — Steam game cover

    Cossacks: Back to War

    Single-player alternative to Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars.

    Cossacks: Back to War contains all of the gameplay features of Cossacks: European Wars and Cossacks: The Art of War, this is a complete care package for all current and future Cossacks fans. This add-on contains two new nations: Switzerland and Hungary.

    2010Strategy4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →