Single-player games like Those Who Rule
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Those Who Rule, 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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Lost Eidolons
Single-player alternative to Those Who Rule — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Those Who Rule.
Lost Eidolons is a turn-based tactical RPG with a gripping cinematic narrative, set in a waning empire riven by civil war. Take on the role of a charming mercenary captain, Eden, and lead his band of allies through epic encounters on a classic turn-based battlefield.
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Dark Deity 2
Single-player alternative to Those Who Rule — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Those Who Rule.
Verroa is a peaceful continent on the brink of war as the Asverellian Empire seeks to expand - at your homeland’s expense. Command unlikely heroes, fight challenging turn-based battles, and watch hardship forge iron into steel. Dark Deity is back, bigger and better than before!
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The Iron Oath
Single-player alternative to Those Who Rule — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Those Who Rule.
Command, endure, and prosper in The Iron Oath, a turn-based tactical RPG where the fate of your mercenary company rests on your decisions. Customize your roster, build your renown, and discover the secrets that await in the medieval fantasy realm of Caelum.
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TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children
Single-player alternative to Those Who Rule — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Those Who Rule.
TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children is the first season of a turn-based strategy SRPG that takes place in the world of Troubleshooter.
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Cyber Knights: Flashpoint
Single-player alternative to Those Who Rule — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Those Who Rule.
Cyberpunk mercenaries RPG! Turn-based squad tactics with unique heist-planning strategy. Build your crew wisely; their stories will become interwoven with your own. Pull off heists with powerful cyberware, faction connections, multiclassing, weapon modding, stealth, hacking, and more!
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Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga
Single-player alternative to Those Who Rule — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Those Who Rule.
Enter Tahnra, a land savaged by war. You, a fresh academy graduate with humble beginnings, will grow to lead a grand army against a corrupt adversary. Gather heroes, form bonds, and lead your force in turn-based battles. Make use of tactics, terrain, morale and more to bring peace to the land!
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The Adventurers
Single-player alternative to Those Who Rule — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Those Who Rule.
The Adventurers is a turn-based tactical RPG where every decision shapes your legacy. Lead your party of heroes in an open world filled with random events that affect your story. Survive a high fantasy landscape where your epic saga is waiting to be written.
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Expeditions: Rome
Single-player alternative to Those Who Rule — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Those Who Rule.
Determine the destiny of Rome as you conquer foreign lands and navigate political intrigue in this turn-based RPG. Directly fight with your party of Praetorians, guide your legion to victory, and choose your own path in a story where every decision matters. How will you shape the future of Rome?
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Tactics Ogre: Reborn
Single-player alternative to Those Who Rule — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Those Who Rule.
Tactics Ogre, crown jewel of the tactical role-playing genre, is reborn! Based on the 2010 release, the game features improved graphics and sound, as well as updated game design, bringing to life a new Tactics Ogre that remains true to its roots.
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Wildermyth
Single-player alternative to Those Who Rule — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Those Who Rule.
Wildermyth follows heroes over their whole careers, from their pitchfork days to their powerful primes, and on into old age and memory. It’s a party-based procedural storytelling RPG where tactical combat and story decisions will alter your world and reshape your cast of characters.
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Single-player alternative to Those Who Rule — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Those Who Rule.
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was first released in 1985. It was the first historical simulation game released in Japan based on the Chinese classical literature "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Players become the leaders of their countries and strive to unite the land under their rule.
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Jagged Alliance 3
Single-player alternative to Those Who Rule — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Those Who Rule.
The country of Grand Chien is thrown into chaos when the elected president goes missing and the paramilitary force known as “the Legion” seizes control. Hire mercs, meet interesting characters, and fight in tactically deep turn-based combat in this true successor to a beloved franchise.
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Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster
Single-player alternative to Those Who Rule — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Those Who Rule.
Reawaken your inner demon in a modernized version of the acclaimed ATLUS classic, Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster.
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TRIANGLE STRATEGY
Single-player alternative to Those Who Rule — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Those Who Rule.
A new tactics RPG from the team who brought you the Bravely series and Octopath Traveler. An epic tale, brought to life with stunning HD-2D graphics. Make difficult decisions in this story set against a backdrop of the war-torn continent of Norzelia.
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Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
Single-player alternative to Those Who Rule — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Those Who Rule.
Become a mighty demigod and battle through a decimated Tokyo in a war between angels and demons. Make new allies along your journey, engage in intense, turn-based combat, recruit hundreds of demons and forge your own path to dictate the fate of all existence.
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Redemption Reapers
Single-player alternative to Those Who Rule — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Descending suddenly on the world, the macabre Mort armies destroy nation after nation, leaving humanity decimated in their wake. Among the forces resisting the Mort is a small band of mercenaries known as the Ashen Hawk Brigade.