Single-player games like Gears Tactics
Below are 23 single-player Steam games similar to Gears Tactics, 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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XCOM® 2
Single-player alternative to Gears Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Gears Tactics.
XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.
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Wasteland 3
Single-player alternative to Gears Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Gears Tactics.
Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.
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Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus
Single-player alternative to Gears Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Gears Tactics.
MECHANICUS II ANNOUNCED! Take control of one of the most technologically advanced factions in the Imperium: the Adeptus Mechanicus. In this turn-based tactical game, your every decision will weigh heavily on the outcome of the conflict. Will you be blessed by the Omnissiah?
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Jagged Alliance 3
Single-player alternative to Gears Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Gears Tactics.
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.
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Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
Single-player alternative to Gears Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Gears Tactics.
A tactical game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with story, exploration, stealth, and strategy. Take control of a team of Mutants navigating a post-human Earth. Created by a team including former HITMAN leads and the designer of PAYDAY.
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Tactics Ogre: Reborn
Single-player alternative to Gears Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Tactics Ogre, crown jewel of the tactical role-playing genre, is reborn! Based on the 2010 release, the game features improved graphics and sound, as well as updated game design, bringing to life a new Tactics Ogre that remains true to its roots.
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Into the Breach
Single-player alternative to Gears Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Gears Tactics.
Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.
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Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition
Single-player alternative to Gears Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Gears Tactics.
Gather your party and get ready for the kick-ass new version of GameSpot's PC Game of the Year 2014. With hours of new content, new game modes, full voiceovers, split-screen multiplayer, and thousands of improvements, there's never been a better time to explore the epic world of Rivellon!
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Phoenix Point
Single-player alternative to Gears Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Gears Tactics.
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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Phantom Doctrine
Single-player alternative to Gears Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Gears Tactics.
The year is 1983. The world teeters on the verge of destruction as the Cold War tightens its icy grip. East or West: trust no one, question everything. The fate of humanity rests in your hands as you pit spy versus spy in tactical Phantom Doctrine.
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Shadowrun Returns
Single-player alternative to Gears Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Gears Tactics.
The unique cyberpunk-meets-fantasy world of Shadowrun has gained a huge cult following since its creation nearly 25 years ago. Now, creator Jordan Weisman returns to the world of Shadowrun, modernizing this classic game setting as a single player, turn-based tactical RPG.
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XCOM®: Chimera Squad
Single-player alternative to Gears Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Gears Tactics.
XCOM: Chimera Squad delivers an all-new story and turn-based tactical combat experience in the XCOM universe.
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BATTLETECH
Single-player alternative to Gears Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Gears Tactics.
Take command of your own mercenary outfit of 'Mechs and the MechWarriors that pilot them, struggling to stay afloat as you find yourself drawn into a brutal interstellar civil war.
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Invisible, Inc.
Single-player alternative to Gears Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Gears Tactics.
Take control of Invisible's agents in the field and infiltrate the world's most dangerous corporations. Stealth, precision, and teamwork are essential in high-stakes, high-profit missions, where every move may cost an agent their life.
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Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters
Single-player alternative to Gears Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Gears Tactics.
Lead humanity’s greatest weapon, the Grey Knights, in this fast-paced turn-based tactical RPG. Root out and purge a galaxy-spanning plague in a cinematic, story-driven campaign, using the tactics and talents of your own personalised squad of Daemonhunters.
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Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising
Single-player alternative to Gears Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Gears Tactics.
Red Alert 3: Uprising features four new mini-campaigns, giving players a deeper dive into the storyline's of the Soviets, the Allies, the Empire of the Rising Sun and a unique campaign centered on the origins of everyone’s favorite psionic Japanese schoolgirl commando, Yuriko Omega.
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Halo: The Master Chief Collection
Single-player alternative to Gears Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The Master Chief’s iconic journey includes six games, built for PC and collected in a single integrated experience. Whether you’re a long-time fan or meeting Spartan 117 for the first time, The Master Chief Collection is the definitive Halo gaming experience.
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Batman™: Arkham Origins
Single-player alternative to Gears Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
As of December 4, 2016, the online services portion of Batman: Arkham Origins has been retired. We thank those that have joined us to battle. The Single player campaign may still be played and enjoyed offline. For any questions relating to Batman: Arkham Origins, please contact WB Games customer service.
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BRINK
Single-player alternative to Gears Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
You decide the combat role you want to assume in the world of Brink as you fight to save yourself and mankind’s last refuge!
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Halo 3 Mod Tools - MCC
Single-player alternative to Gears Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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Halo 2 Anniversary MP Mod Tools - MCC
Single-player alternative to Gears Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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Halo 4 Mod Tools - MCC
Single-player alternative to Gears Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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Halo: Reach Mod Tools – MCC
Single-player alternative to Gears Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required.