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Single-player games like WARNO

Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to WARNO, 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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    Wargame: Red Dragon — Steam game cover

    Wargame: Red Dragon

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

    The new reference in RTS at its best! The Wargame series returns to duty, larger, richer and more spectacular than ever before. In Wargame Red Dragon, you are engaged in a large-scale conflict where Western forces clash against the Communist bloc.

    2014StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Steel Division 2 — Steam game cover

    Steel Division 2

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

    Steel Division 2 is a historically-accurate WW2 real-time strategy game set on the Eastern Front. Features 1:1-scale turn-based army management and real-time tactical battles with thousands of men at your order.

    2019ActionStrategyIndie39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Steel Division: Normandy 44 — Steam game cover

    Steel Division: Normandy 44

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

    Steel Division: Normandy is a tactical real-time strategy (RTS) game that pits players against AI enemies in a single-player campaign -- or against several opponents in massive 10-on-10 multiplayer battles.

    2017ActionStrategySimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wargame: European Escalation — Steam game cover

    Wargame: European Escalation

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

    The New Fatal Error DLC includes a new 5-mission Operation and touch-screen controls.

    2012StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wargame: Airland Battle — Steam game cover

    Wargame: Airland Battle

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

    2 SIDES, 12 NATIONS, 750 UNITS: THE STRATEGY GAME REFERENCE IS BACK! Richer, more beautiful and more accessible, Wargame AirLand Battle is the sequel to the explosive real-time strategy game Wargame European Escalation! 1985.

    2013StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Regiments — Steam game cover

    Regiments

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

    Regiments is a Real-Time Tactics game set in Germany 1989. The Cold War has gone hot, and the inferno is raging. Lead your Regiment through the fires of conflict and the fog of war. Break through the lines, call in artillery, maneuver, feign retreats, stage defenses, counter-attack. Do not relent.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Broken Arrow — Steam game cover

    Broken Arrow

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

    Broken Arrow is a large-scale real-time modern warfare tactics game that combines the complexity of joint-forces wargaming with action-packed real-time tactics gameplay.

    2025Strategy49.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Men of War: Assault Squad 2 — Steam game cover

    Men of War: Assault Squad 2

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

    Men of War: Assault Squad 2 expands the real-time tactics series with new skirmish missions, massive multiplayer battles, enhanced visuals, improved AI, and full Direct Control. Command five factions across 65 maps, 250 vehicles, and 200 soldiers in one of the most detailed WWII RTS experiences.

    2014ActionStrategySimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Syrian Warfare — Steam game cover

    Syrian Warfare

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

    Real Time Strategy with a high degree of realism. The game is based on a true story.

    2017StrategyIndie13.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Armored Brigade — Steam game cover

    Armored Brigade

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

    Armored Brigade is a real-time tactical wargame, focusing on realism and playability. In Armored Brigade the Cold War has turned hot, and Europe is once again torn apart by conflict. An "Iron Curtain" divides the Western Powers gathered together under the NATO banner from the Soviet Union

    2019StrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Combat Mission Cold War — Steam game cover

    Combat Mission Cold War

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

    CM Cold War is set in the tipping-point years of a conflict that gripped the world for 45 years. Between 1979-1982, both the NATO and Soviet Warsaw Pact militaries began the shift away from industrialized warfare of the early 20th century and towards the modern digital battlefield of today. 

    2021StrategySimulation59.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SC2VN - The eSports Visual Novel — Steam game cover

    SC2VN - The eSports Visual Novel

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

    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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    Act of Aggression - Reboot Edition — Steam game cover

    Act of Aggression - Reboot Edition

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

    Act of Aggression – Reboot Edition brings the techno-thriller RTS game Act of Aggression to a higher level. The Reboot Edition offers a full gameplay overhaul in skirmish mode against the AI and in your multiplayer battles.

    2015StrategyIndie29.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Act of War: Direct Action — Steam game cover

    Act of War: Direct Action

    Single-player alternative to WARNO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with WARNO.

    Tomorrow's War Is NOW Ripped from today's headlines, Act of War: Direct Action™ is a frightening tale of suspense, international intrigue and geopolitical military conflict. This real-time strategy experience puts you squarely in control of counterterrorist forces and delivers a first look at tomorrow's war.

    2008Action2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Act of War: High Treason — Steam game cover

    Act of War: High Treason

    Single-player alternative to WARNO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with WARNO.

    The highly anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed game Act of War: Direct Action picks up where the techno-thriller left off. On the eve of the U.S. Presidential elections, simultaneous terrorist attacks hit both candidates. Clues point to corrupt elements within the U.S.

    2008Action2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →