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
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.
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Rank: Warmaster
Single-player alternative to BlackChain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with BlackChain.
Stranded on Mars with next to nothing, build a city, assemble a fleet, and expand your empire to survive a hostile solar system in this new take that combines elements of space combat and RTS inspired by the classics.
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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.
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Crimson Freedom
Single-player alternative to BlackChain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with BlackChain.
Story-driven RTS set on Mars! Build bases, command armies and uncover the choices and failures of humanity. Each campaign offers a radically different perspective on the struggle for humanity's future, a conflict between freedom, control and a frenzied pursuit for immortality through AI.
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IRON GUARD (Non VR)
Single-player alternative to BlackChain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with BlackChain.
A sci-fi Tower Defense game. Strategize to destroy waves of rogue robots and assist the powerful turrets with player controlled drone. Build and collect resources and help evacuate your crew from the alien planet.
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Crossfire: Legion
Single-player alternative to BlackChain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with BlackChain.
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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Byte Lynx
Single-player alternative to BlackChain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with BlackChain.
Byte Lynx is a fast-paced RTS with no units. Build defenses, dismantle your enemy, and steal their buildings in this deeply tactical building combat-based strategy game. Expand your arsenal across a series of diverse levels!
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Rogue Command
Single-player alternative to BlackChain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with BlackChain.
True RTS gameplay reinforced with roguelite build crafting. Control units with bullet-time precision. Call down bases and raise armies. Drafted from a different arsenal every run. Weave builds that break the game. Or the game breaks you.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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...