Single-player games like Para Bellum
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Para Bellum, 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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Ratten Reich
Single-player alternative to Para Bellum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Para Bellum.
Ratten Reich is an RTS focusing on realistic combat in a unique, steampunk/dieselpunk world ripped apart by an ongoing war between rats, mice, cockroaches, and lizards.
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Commandos: Origins
Single-player alternative to Para Bellum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Para Bellum.
ALARM! You have been selected for a mission which will shape the fate of the entire world. Witness the very beginning of the legendary elite WWII force in Commandos: Origins. The long-awaited sequel to the Commandos series brings you right back to the foundation of the real-time tactics genre.
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War Wind
Single-player alternative to Para Bellum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Para Bellum.
War Wind is a real-time strategy game that allows you to view an epic battle through the eyes of four unique races, each with its own strengths and weaknesses. The game features 28 ready-to-play scenarios and a story of such compelling depth you won't believe it's just a game.
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9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far
Single-player alternative to Para Bellum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Para Bellum.
Unleash voxel warfare in 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far. Lead a modern military, build bases, unlock units, and attack in all-out war. Engage on land, sea and air in over two dozen missions, online skirmishes, or co-op. Easy to learn, a challenge to master.
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Crossfire: Legion
Single-player alternative to Para Bellum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Para Bellum.
Crossfire: Legion is a real time strategy game featuring tactical action in furious battles across a shattered version of the near future. Raise and customize your army to engage in intense online combat and carve your own path as you rise through the ranks. It’s a new generation of warfare.
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Commandos 3 - HD Remaster
Single-player alternative to Para Bellum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Para Bellum.
Fall in, soldier! Commandos 3 - HD Remaster sends you to the relentless and unforgiving battlefields of Europe. Remastered in high definition including reworked 3D models and textures, improved controls and refined UI.
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Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice
Single-player alternative to Para Bellum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Para Bellum.
Aiko's Choice is the anticipated standalone expansion to the acclaimed stealth strategy game Shadow Tactics. Set in Edo Japan, you take control of the skillful kunoichi adept Aiko and her deadly assassin friends to hunt down the ghosts of her past.
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Radio Commander: Vietnam '64
Single-player alternative to Para Bellum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Para Bellum.
Use the radio to give commands to the soldiers on the battlefield. Keep track of the situation based on their voice reports only. Lead US platoons to clash with Vietcong in a realistic, innovative approach to the RTS genre. Make hard choices in a narrative driven experience, and face the outcome.