Single-player games like Five Nations
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Five Nations, 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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BlackChain
Single-player alternative to Five Nations — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with Five Nations.
A classic single-player RTS set in a Solar System ruled by megacorporations. Journey from Mars all the way to Planet 9 and uncover the secrets of the BlackChain.
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Cossacks 3
Single-player alternative to Five Nations — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Five Nations.
Cossacks 3 is the return of RTS classics. Obtain resources, build cities and research technologies while taking command of great armies, crushing enemies in grand historical warfares on land and sea!
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SunAge: Battle for Elysium
Single-player alternative to Five Nations — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with Five Nations.
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.
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Grey Goo
Single-player alternative to Five Nations — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Five Nations.
Fight for control of a frontier world. Gather resources, build your base, and command your forces in battle. Survive long enough to unleash your ultimate weapon - THE EPIC.
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9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far
Single-player alternative to Five Nations — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with Five Nations.
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 Five Nations — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Five Nations.
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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SpellForce 3 Soul Harvest
Single-player alternative to Five Nations — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Five Nations.
Three years after the Purity Wars, Nortander is on the cusp of a new era.
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TFC: The Fertile Crescent
Single-player alternative to Five Nations — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Five Nations.
Gather resources, build your base, and lead your people to victory in this captivating reimagining of classic RTS, set in the Bronze Age. Secure fertile land, fend off raids, and stockpile food to generate knowledge and unlock powerful village advancements.
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Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising
Single-player alternative to Five Nations — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Five Nations.
Red Alert 3: Uprising features four new mini-campaigns, giving players a deeper dive into the storyline's of the Soviets, the Allies, the Empire of the Rising Sun and a unique campaign centered on the origins of everyone’s favorite psionic Japanese schoolgirl commando, Yuriko Omega.
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SpellForce 3 Reforced
Single-player alternative to Five Nations — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Five Nations.
SpellForce 3 - The perfect blend between RTS and RPG!
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Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
Single-player alternative to Five Nations — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Five Nations.
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War brings you to a world of terror and violence. Four factions will engage in a brutal war for dominance over the planet’s resources. In the first turn-based 4X strategy game set in Warhammer 40,000 you will lead one of four unique factions.
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Age of Empires: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Five Nations — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Five Nations.
Age of Empires, the pivotal real-time strategy game that launched a 20-year legacy returns with modernized gameplay, all-new 4K visuals, 8-person multiplayer battles and a host of other new features. Welcome back to history.
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Sins of a Solar Empire II
Single-player alternative to Five Nations — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Five Nations.
Battle for galactic dominance in this real-time 4X strategy game with unrivaled scale! You’ll explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate through military force, diplomacy, trade, culture, influence, and other underhanded tactics.
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War Wind
Single-player alternative to Five Nations — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Five Nations.
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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Command & Conquer™ Generals
Single-player alternative to Five Nations — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Five Nations.
Command & Conquer Generals puts your trigger finger on the pulse of modern warfare. Prepare your forces General... it's time to engage in the next generation of real-time strategy.