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Single-player games like Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War

Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War, 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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    Crisis in the Kremlin — Steam game cover

    Crisis in the Kremlin

    Single-player alternative to Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War.

    Don’t let the Soviet Union collapse, and fall in the darkness of history or lead the Union by a new path – democracy and free market! But before you decide something, think – wouldn’t it cause more harm than good?

    2017StrategyIndieSimulation1.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Collapse: A Political Simulator — Steam game cover

    Collapse: A Political Simulator

    Single-player alternative to Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War.

    is a grand strategy game that takes place in 1992-2004. You take lead of your own Party in the face of the total devastation of one of the fictional post-Soviet states in Europe. Try to realize your (or someone else's) political dreams in the shaky arena of this dilapidated situation.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation6.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    China: Mao's legacy — Steam game cover

    China: Mao's legacy

    Single-player alternative to Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War.

    Year 1976, the stormy Cultural revolution has died down, hard times of hongweibing and public critics are coming to an end. Old and sick Mao Zedong will soon leave China to his comrades from CPC. The Cold War is coming into a new phase...

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation2.79 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Victoria 3 — Steam game cover

    Victoria 3

    Single-player alternative to Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War.

    Paradox Development Studio invites you to build your ideal society in the tumult of the exciting and transformative 19th century. Balance the competing interests in your society and earn your place in the sun in Victoria 3, one of the most anticipated games in Paradox’s history.

    2022StrategySimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall — Steam game cover

    Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall

    Single-player alternative to Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War.

    The confrontation between the East and the West is coming to an end, but not between East and West Germany. The old party leaders are still sitting in their offices, not changing anything and waiting for exclamations from Moscow. But their end is close – Gorbachev and Kohl have already decided...

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation2.39 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    1992: Rasputie — Steam game cover

    1992: Rasputie

    Single-player alternative to Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War.

    Take a place of a politician in the post-Soviet space and immerse yourself in the struggle for power amid the ruins of the former empire. Your decisions will determine the path of the young state's development.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Arms Race 2 — Steam game cover

    Arms Race 2

    Single-player alternative to Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War.

    Arms Race 2 is a PC strategy game based on the historical conflict between the USA and the USSR that took place in the 20th century.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    AfterWar — Steam game cover

    AfterWar

    Single-player alternative to Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War.

    AfterWar is a strategy about the world in 2028

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Europa Universalis IV — Steam game cover

    Europa Universalis IV

    Single-player alternative to Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War.

    Rule your land and dominate the world with unparalleled freedom, depth and historical accuracy. Write a new history of the world and build an empire for the ages.

    2013StrategySimulation4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hearts of Iron IV — Steam game cover

    Hearts of Iron IV

    Single-player alternative to Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War.

    Victory is at your fingertips! Your ability to lead your nation is your supreme weapon, the strategy game Hearts of Iron IV lets you take command of any nation in World War II; the most engaging conflict in world history.

    2016StrategySimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Suzerain — Steam game cover

    Suzerain

    Single-player alternative to Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War.

    Assume the role of President Anton Rayne and guide the nation of Sordland. Amidst brewing international conflicts, need for reform, deep-seated corruption, and economic recession, you must make the decisions in this political drama. How will you lead?

    2020IndieAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    PARADOX — Steam game cover

    PARADOX

    Single-player alternative to Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War.

    PARADOX is a puzzle-platformer about time traveling and avoiding paradoxes.

    2020Indie0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →