Single-player games like Base Wars
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Base Wars, 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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Eternal Warfare
Single-player alternative to Base Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Base Wars.
Eternal Warfare is a turn-based strategy and war game where you harvest resources, build an army, and then destroy your opponents! Construct production facilities, advance your tech level, and then fight through land, sea and air, until you emerge victorious!
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Tide Of Tactics
Single-player alternative to Base Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Base Wars.
Tide Of Tactics is a medieval turn-based tactics game. Choose a commander to play, each with their own unique unit and abilities, then go to battle on a grid-based battlefield. Use the terrain to your advantage, place traps on the ground, and build the right units to counter your enemy.
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Combat Mission Shock Force 2
Single-player alternative to Base Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Base Wars.
The latest title in the famous Combat Mission franchise of wargames, now on Steam. Shock Force 2 brings you to a hypothetical conflict in Syria between the forces of NATO and the Syrian Army. Play either on WeGo or Real Time in an incredibly detailed and realistic 1:1 tactical simulation.
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Combat Mission Cold War
Single-player alternative to Base Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Base Wars.
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.
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Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
Single-player alternative to Base Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Base Wars.
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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Panzer Corps 2
Single-player alternative to Base Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Base Wars.
Panzer Corps 2 is the ultimate Second World War strategy game! Enjoy the time-proven gameplay formula which has been appreciated by millions of players over the years, brought to a whole new level of refinement up to the latest technical standards.
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The Conquest of Go
Single-player alternative to Base Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Base Wars.
Learn and play Go, the classic board game that has been played for thousands of years, and compete in the race to conquer the most land in the in-game world, or compete online against opponents around the real world.
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Dominions 6 - Rise of the Pantokrator
Single-player alternative to Base Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Base Wars.
In Dominions 6 you take control of a powerful being that rules a nation and aspires to godhood. The type of Pretender Gods can vary from magically powerful arch mages to old dragons or an enormous tree. Dominions is a deep 4x turn based strategy game with a very large variety of spells and units.