Single-player games like The Old War
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Old 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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Warlords of Archaios Online
Single-player alternative to The Old War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Old War.
Command either Humans, Orcs, Undead or Elves in a fantasy factions in a 2D pixel-art real-time strategy game. Build your base & army, gather resources, level up & gear Warlords, conquer bandits, use god powers, and battle AI or rival players online across, natural disaster & weather-struck maps.
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Icon: Voidfall
Single-player alternative to The Old War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with The Old War.
Become Arafel, The Dark, in this story-driven RTS prequel to Icon. Corrupt the Choir, spread living corruption across Atrum, evolve monstrous armies, and bring an empire to ruin as you set the stage for the coming Voidfall.
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Battles of Chaos
Single-player alternative to The Old War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Early Access with The Old War.
Battles of Chaos is a medieval fantasy real time strategy and tactics hybrid game, blending the best elements of the two genres. Play great, realistic open-field battles or sieges in single-player, cooperative or PvP mode, where the emphasis is on combat, with base building elements.
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NexoHominis : Black Sun
Single-player alternative to The Old War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Early Access with The Old War.
NexoHominis: Black Sun is a satirical SciFi RTS that revives the magic of genre classics while innovating on its core. You’ll wage a brutal resource war across a variety of game modes using a host of fresh mechanics that give you unparalleled control over your army’s tactics and play-style.
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The Scouring
Single-player alternative to The Old War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with The Old War.
The Scouring is an RTS with fast pace, high attention to detail and next generation experience. Lead humans or orcs in a Classic Mode or use one of powerful Heroes to fight for victory! Play alone or with friends. Use our modding tools to create maps and custom game modes! Join The Scouring!
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Kingdom Wars 2: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to The Old War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Old War.
An intense real-time strategy game set in a dark fantasy world of Orcs, Elves and Dragons. Kingdom Wars 2 combines the best of Zombie survival and crafting with complex fast-paced city building. Fight massive siege battles that turn beautiful landscapes into gory blood-soaked battlefields.
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Total War: WARHAMMER II
Single-player alternative to The Old War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with The Old War.
Strategy gaming perfected. A breath-taking campaign of exploration, expansion and conquest across a fantasy world. Turn-based civilisation management and real-time epic strategy battles with thousands of troops and monsters at your command.
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Total War: WARHAMMER III
Single-player alternative to The Old War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with The Old War.
The cataclysmic conclusion to the Total War: WARHAMMER trilogy is here. Rally your forces and step into the Realm of Chaos, a dimension of mind-bending horror where the very fate of the world will be decided. Will you conquer your Daemons… or command them?