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Single-player games like BlackChain

Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to BlackChain, 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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    Five Nations — Steam game cover

    Five Nations

    Single-player alternative to BlackChain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with BlackChain.

    Five Nations is a real-time sci-fi strategy game for PC platform. Encompassing tactical combat in space in real-time mixed with micromanagement of economy, construction, and production featuring different kind of single player modes.

    2021StrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Barkhan — Steam game cover

    Barkhan

    Single-player alternative to BlackChain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with BlackChain.

    A harsh sand planet has become the stage for a brutal war between three Great Clans. For the power over rare minerals each wants to prove their superiority. In the heat of dynamic battles with the enemy's troops, be prepared to face and attack giant Sand Snakes.

    StrategyIndieMassively MultiplayerSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Endeavor: Rite of Passage — Steam game cover

    Endeavor: Rite of Passage

    Single-player alternative to BlackChain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with BlackChain.

    Take command of powerful armies with intuitive player controls and classic RTS features and feel. Control powerful super-weapons and elite units through a 21-mission campaign. Continue the fight on 16 skirmish and 8 unique survival maps.

    2025StrategyIndieEarly Access19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Swarm Queen — Steam game cover

    Swarm Queen

    Single-player alternative to BlackChain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with BlackChain.

    A quick-to-learn but challenging real-time strategy game where you spawn an army of space-bugs that control themselves.

    2017StrategyIndieSimulation7.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SunAge: Battle for Elysium — Steam game cover

    SunAge: Battle for Elysium

    Single-player alternative to BlackChain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with BlackChain.

    A return to the roots of real-time strategy, providing beautiful 2D visuals combined with all the features that we came to expect from old school classics. This remastered version is a culmination of all the improvements and new features based upon suggestions from the community.

    2014ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Taur — Steam game cover

    Taur

    Single-player alternative to BlackChain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with BlackChain.

    Taur is an action-strategy sci-fi game. Control the Prime Cannon and unlock all of its powerful weapons and abilities. Build turrets, droids, aircraft and more as you fight to protect the homeworld of the Tauron droids against a relentless invasion. Will your Taur stand against the Imperion warmachine?

    2020ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Supreme Commander — Steam game cover

    Supreme Commander

    Single-player alternative to BlackChain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with BlackChain.

    For a thousand years, three opposing forces have waged war for what they believe is true. There can be no room for compromise: their way is the only way. Dubbed The Infinite War, this devastating conflict has taken its toll on a once-peaceful galaxy and has only served to deepen the hatred between the factions.

    2011Strategy12.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Impossible Creatures Steam Edition — Steam game cover

    Impossible Creatures Steam Edition

    Single-player alternative to BlackChain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with BlackChain.

    Impossible Creatures is a 3D RTS game that pits the player against an evil villain. Using Earth’s most formidable animals as building blocks, the player must create an army of genetically-altered mutant monsters in a titanic struggle to protect an unsuspecting world.

    2015Strategy9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Command & Conquer™ Red Alert™ 3 — Steam game cover

    Command & Conquer™ Red Alert™ 3

    Single-player alternative to BlackChain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with BlackChain.

    The desperate leadership of a doomed Soviet Union travels back in time to change history and restore the glory of Mother Russia.

    2009ActionStrategyDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SC2VN - The eSports Visual Novel — Steam game cover

    SC2VN - The eSports Visual Novel

    Single-player alternative to BlackChain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with BlackChain.

    SC2VN is a visual novel about the South Korean StarCraft 2 scene. You play as Mach, a foreign semi-pro trying to make it in eSports who soon learns that success in StarCraft takes more than in-game strategy.

    2015IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Brood — Steam game cover

    Brood

    Single-player alternative to BlackChain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with BlackChain.

    Immerse into a mythical meadow full of unrevealed secrets as you play as a fox attempting to find his way home.

    2019IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rum & Gun — Steam game cover

    Rum & Gun

    Single-player alternative to BlackChain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with BlackChain.

    Rum & Gun combines fast-paced shooter action with ARPG loot and character building. Journey across the Indian Ocean, uncover the secrets of the Drunken God, and become a legendary pirate captain. You're not on the Caribbean anymore...

    2024ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →