Single-player games like Headquarters: World War II
Below are 20 single-player Steam games similar to Headquarters: World War II, 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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Valor & Victory
Single-player alternative to Headquarters: World War II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: World War II.
Valor & Victory is a fast-playing, easy to learn World War II squad-level game system. Based on the original Valor & Victory board game, the digital edition provides you with an accessible and deep challenge, developed for classic tabletop game lovers.
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Hex of Steel
Single-player alternative to Headquarters: World War II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: World War II.
Hex of Steel is a refreshing WWII wargame covering all fronts featuring a certain amount of original mechanics. Fight in solo against finally a decent AI throughout Europe, Africa or the Pacific, or against a friend in the cross-platform PBEM or real time multiplayer. Coop is also an option!
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Panzer Corps 2
Single-player alternative to Headquarters: World War II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: World War II.
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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Second Front
Single-player alternative to Headquarters: World War II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Headquarters: World War II.
Second Front is a tactical WWII turn-based strategy game. Craft & share your own scenarios and maps or use your strategic prowess in 48 scenarios set in iconic locations. Command over 40 types of infantry and 216 tanks, vehicles and guns. An infinite tactical sandbox experience.
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Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg
Single-player alternative to Headquarters: World War II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Headquarters: World War II.
Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg is a turn-based strategy set in the period of WW2. It brings a modern look and new features to a good old wargame genre. You are to lead the German Armed forces overcoming unthinkable odds and claiming the ultimate bittersweet victory in Europe. Blitzkrieg is the way!
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KARDS - The WW2 Card Game
Single-player alternative to Headquarters: World War II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: World War II.
KARDS, The World War II Card Game, combines traditional CCG gameplay with innovative mechanics inspired by classic strategy games and real battlefield tactics. Take command and challenge other players in grand-scale warfare on the ground, air, or seas.
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Unity of Command II
Single-player alternative to Headquarters: World War II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Strategy with Headquarters: World War II.
Unity of Command II is the sequel to one of the most critically acclaimed strategy games of all time; a game critics called 'the perfect gateway' into computer war games.
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The Troop
Single-player alternative to Headquarters: World War II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: World War II.
The Troop is a turn-based, platoon-level tactical game set in WW2. From the early hours of D-Day to Falaise, play as British and Canadian or German forces in desperate fighting across Normandy.
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Panzer Corps Gold
Single-player alternative to Headquarters: World War II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: World War II.
The ultimate edition of Panzer Corps, containing hundreds of scenarios and all its expansions. Panzer Corps Gold is the culmination of the wargame that has enthralled millions of fans all around the globe, and now it’s your chance to fully experience a real classic.
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XCOM® 2
Single-player alternative to Headquarters: World War II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: World War II.
XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.
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Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front
Single-player alternative to Headquarters: World War II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Headquarters: World War II.
Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front - tactical battalion level combat simulation. Action takes place in the summer of 1943 at Mius river and Saur-Mogila tumulus area of over 140 sq. km. Four large-scale operations for the Red Army and Wehrmacht.
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Armored Brigade
Single-player alternative to Headquarters: World War II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Strategy with Headquarters: World War II.
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
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Combat Mission Cold War
Single-player alternative to Headquarters: World War II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Strategy with Headquarters: World War II.
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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Strategic Mind: The Pacific
Single-player alternative to Headquarters: World War II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Strategy with Headquarters: World War II.
Strategic Mind: The Pacific is a turn-based strategy set in the WW2 period depicting the war between the USA and the Empire of Japan waged in the Pacific Ocean with mindblowing historical accuracy and attention to detail. Two Sides. Two Commanders. Two Destinies.
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Panzer Strategy
Single-player alternative to Headquarters: World War II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: World War II.
Panzer Strategy is a World War II wargame that combines classic turn-based strategy gameplay with modern looks. Command your armies and adapt your units to any objective using a huge selection of real-life military equipment and battle skills.
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Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism
Single-player alternative to Headquarters: World War II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Headquarters: World War II.
Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism is a (hi)story-driven turn-based strategy set in the WW2 period. It offers refined wargame mechanics, story-rich gameplay, and modern 3D graphics. Lead the USSR Armed forces staging the world Communist revolution. For Stalin! For the Motherland!
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Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom
Single-player alternative to Headquarters: World War II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Strategy with Headquarters: World War II.
Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom is a history-driven turn-based strategy set in WW2. Take command of the Allied forces and protect your homeland and the whole of Europe from totalitarian madness. Form armies. Win battles. Change history.
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Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty
Single-player alternative to Headquarters: World War II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Headquarters: World War II.
Prove to have a true Strategic Mind! Spirit of Liberty will put your strategic planning skills to the test. It’s a hardcore, turn-based, historically accurate strategy game set in WWII. Lead Finnish forces against an overwhelming threat through the Winter War, Continuation War, and Lapland War.
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Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty - Prologue 1939
Single-player alternative to Headquarters: World War II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Headquarters: World War II.
Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty is a history-driven turn-based strategy set in WW2. Lead the scarce Finnish forces through the Winter War, Continuation War, and Lapland War. Save your country’s very existence from the Red Menace. Niet Molotoff!
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Headquarters: Cold War
Single-player alternative to Headquarters: World War II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: World War II.
Headquarters: Cold War is a fast-paced turn-based strategy game set in a hypothetical 1984 conflict between NATO and the USSR. Play as both sides and command helicopters, tanks, and infantry across 20 campaign missions and rewrite the outcome of modern history.