Single-player games like Empires and Tribes
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Empires and Tribes, 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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Stronghold: Warlords
Single-player alternative to Empires and Tribes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Empires and Tribes.
Besiege Great Khans, Imperial warlords and Shōgun commanders in Stronghold: Warlords, the latest 'castle sim' from Firefly Studios. Command AI warlords across the battlefield as you build a castle economy and new gunpowder-fuelled siege engines!
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Legends of Ellaria
Single-player alternative to Empires and Tribes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Empires and Tribes.
Legends of Ellaria is a unique blend of sandbox action-RPG and real-time strategy. Build a new kingdom for your people, construct and manage its cities, command your troops in epic battles and join them fighting in third-person action, and live adventures in an immersive high fantasy world.
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Age of Empires® III (2007)
Single-player alternative to Empires and Tribes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Empires and Tribes.
Microsoft Studios brings you three epic Age of Empires III games in one monumental collection for the first time.
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The Last Haven
Single-player alternative to Empires and Tribes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Empires and Tribes.
The world after a nuclear war. Manage the settlement, learn technology, make decisions, produce weapons, ammunition, organize defense, raid for supplies on other areas, do not let residents die, survive the nuclear winter.
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BANNERMEN
Single-player alternative to Empires and Tribes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Empires and Tribes.
A singleplayer fast-paced classic RTS game in which you take on the role of a fallen lord on his journey back to become one of the mightiest in the medieval realm of Valtoria.
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Age of Empires II (Retired)
Single-player alternative to Empires and Tribes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Empires and Tribes.
Age of Empires II has been re-imagined in high definition. With the release of Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, this product will not be updated further.
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Pioneers of Pagonia
Single-player alternative to Empires and Tribes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Empires and Tribes.
Rebuild hope in a world that was lost in the fog. Lead your Pioneers across the isles of Pagonia, unite scattered tribes, raise thriving communities and discover the history of your people as you reclaim your world in the new story campaign.
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Kenshi
Single-player alternative to Empires and Tribes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Empires and Tribes.
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
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Mount & Blade
Single-player alternative to Empires and Tribes — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Calradia is a land at war, offering great riches and even greater dangers to adventurers and mercenaries that flock to shed their blood on its soil. With courage and a strong sword, an unknown stranger can make a name as a warrior. Free-form sand-box gameplay.
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Medieval Dynasty
Single-player alternative to Empires and Tribes — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.
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The Guild 3
Single-player alternative to Empires and Tribes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Empires and Tribes.
The Guild 3 is a fascinating trade and life simulation that takes place during the late Middle Ages. Step into the shoes of a citizen, acquire businesses and mansions, produce goods and trade them, start intrigues in politics and society, love, hate, bribe, fight and live through good and bad times!
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The Guild Gold Edition
Single-player alternative to Empires and Tribes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Empires and Tribes.
It’s the year 1400- the late Middle Ages. Europe sees the dawn of the golden age of the new departures and the free spirit. Under the rule of the bourgeoisie and businessmen, more and more towns are emerging from the clutches of the aristocracy and are achieving independence, power and wealth.
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The Guild II
Single-player alternative to Empires and Tribes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Empires and Tribes.
The Guild 2 is the shining successor of the ultra successful medieval life sim, Europe 1400. The Guild 2 is a unique mixture of RPG and life simulation in an immersive middle ages scenario. The player and his party become part of history and can even change it in real-time. Go back to the dark middle ages and found a new dynasty!
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Manor Lords
Single-player alternative to Empires and Tribes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Empires and Tribes.
Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.
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Civica: Italian Renaissance
Single-player alternative to Empires and Tribes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Empires and Tribes.
Build your Italian empire in this realistic medieval RTS that combines truly organic city building and immersive roleplaying. City-states compete for influence, families such as the Medici try to divide power among themselves and artists create masterpieces that define an entire era.