Single-player games like Sanctuary: Shattered Sun
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Sanctuary: Shattered Sun, 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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Unnatural Worlds
Single-player alternative to Sanctuary: Shattered Sun — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Sanctuary: Shattered Sun.
Innovative yet familiar real-time strategy game in development. Grand-scale RTS game played on maps/planets of any 3D shape. It emphasizes strategy, base building, logistics, and reduces micro-management of individual units.
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Ashes of the Singularity II
Single-player alternative to Sanctuary: Shattered Sun — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Sanctuary: Shattered Sun.
In this massive RTS game, command vast armies fighting for control of entire worlds. Control the forces of Earth, the mechanical AI Substrate, or the enigmatic Post-Human Coalition as you battle across the solar system in single player, cooperative multiplayer, or competitive multiplayer.
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Vox Machinae
Single-player alternative to Sanctuary: Shattered Sun — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Sanctuary: Shattered Sun.
Strap yourself into the cockpit of a robot seven times taller than a Tyrannosaurus Rex and prepare to do battle in Vox Machinae: the ultimate giant robot combat action-simulator for both VR and standard screens.
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Mechabellum
Single-player alternative to Sanctuary: Shattered Sun — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Sanctuary: Shattered Sun.
Command massive armies in this epic mech auto-battler. Draft your troops, customize your units, master your formations, and crush enemies in spectacular 3D battles. All strategy, no clickfest. Outsmart opponents in 1v1, 2v2, free-for-all, or Survival Mode.
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A Total War Saga: FALL OF THE SAMURAI
Single-player alternative to Sanctuary: Shattered Sun — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sanctuary: Shattered Sun.
Experience the dramatic conflict of samurai culture and modern weaponry between the Imperial throne and the last Shogunate in 19th century Japan.
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Door Kickers 2: Task Force North
Single-player alternative to Sanctuary: Shattered Sun — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Sanctuary: Shattered Sun.
Command military Special Ops Teams in gripping tactical combat against a Middle East-based terrorist network. Sequel to RockPaperShotgun's "Best Tactics Game of 2014".
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Original War
Single-player alternative to Sanctuary: Shattered Sun — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sanctuary: Shattered Sun.
An American geological expedition, under a UN mandate, assesses the natural resources in a distant part of Siberia, deep in the trackless steppes of Eastern Russia. But instead of oil, they discover a deposit of a hitherto unknown mineral.
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Supreme Commander
Single-player alternative to Sanctuary: Shattered Sun — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sanctuary: Shattered Sun.
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.