Single-player games like Slipways
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Slipways, 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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Anno 2205™
Single-player alternative to Slipways — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Slipways.
In Anno 2205™, you join humankind‘s next step into the future with the promise to build a better tomorrow. You conquer Earth, establishing rich, bustling cities and grand industrial complexes, but to secure the prosperity of your people, you must travel into space.
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Time Distortionists
Single-player alternative to Slipways — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Slipways.
Manage time itself from a base outside causality in this turn-based strategy game. Scan and deploy agents across 13 billion years to stabilize collapsing eras. Build infrastructure to extract resources and defend the timeline. Every mission ripples through time. You can't save everything.
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Age of Wonders: Planetfall
Single-player alternative to Slipways — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Slipways.
Age of Wonders: Planetfall is the new strategy game from Triumph Studios, creators of the critically acclaimed Age of Wonders series, bringing all the exciting tactical turn-based combat and in-depth empire building of its predecessors to space in an all-new, sci-fi setting.
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Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition
Single-player alternative to Slipways — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Slipways.
Get the complete GalCiv II saga including Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords, the expansion pack Dark Avatar, and the newest expansion pack Twilight of the Arnor!
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Emperor of the Fading Suns Enhanced
Single-player alternative to Slipways — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Slipways.
Command interstellar forces in this epic return of the 4X strategy classic. From planetary politics to galactic warfare, the stakes couldn’t be higher as you lead your Royal House through battles on land, sea, air, and the vast reaches of space.
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Alliance of the Sacred Suns
Single-player alternative to Slipways — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Slipways.
Alliance of the Sacred Suns is a sci-fi grand-strategy RPG that begins with your coronation as the head of an interstellar Empire, and ends with your demise. Manage feuding noble houses and the schemes of would-be usurpers as you try to revive the glory of an Empire on the brink of collapse.
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Galactic Civilizations III
Single-player alternative to Slipways — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Slipways.
Build a civilization that will stand the test of time in the largest space-based strategy game ever! Choose from dozens of unique races and make a name for yourself across the galaxy through diplomacy, espionage, technological advances, and more.
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Old World
Single-player alternative to Slipways — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Slipways.
Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?
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Stellaris
Single-player alternative to Slipways — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Slipways.
Explore a galaxy full of wonders in this sci-fi grand strategy game from Paradox Development Studios. Interact with diverse alien races, discover strange new worlds with unexpected events and expand the reach of your empire. Each new adventure holds almost limitless possibilities.
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ISLANDERS
Single-player alternative to Slipways — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Slipways.
ISLANDERS is a minimalist strategy game about building cities on colorful islands.
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Seal of Solitomb
Single-player alternative to Slipways — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Slipways.
A deck-building roguelike that takes solitaire and puts it in a dungeon. Stack cards into poker hands and rid your deck of the monsters within. Assemble an invincible build and beat the demon threatening the kingdom - at least until the next run!