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Single-player games like Total War: PHARAOH

Below are 20 single-player Steam games similar to Total War: PHARAOH, 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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    Total War: PHARAOH DYNASTIES — Steam game cover

    Total War: PHARAOH DYNASTIES

    Single-player alternative to Total War: PHARAOH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Total War: PHARAOH.

    Wage total war across the ancient world from the Aegean to Mesopotamia in this free addition to Total War: PHARAOH. Challenge the Bronze Age Collapse by building your own dynasty and leading your faction to victory with new cultures, new units and dramatic new battle mechanics.

    2024ActionStrategyDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Old World — Steam game cover

    Old World

    Single-player alternative to Total War: PHARAOH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: PHARAOH.

    Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?

    2022StrategySimulationRPG39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Total War: THREE KINGDOMS — Steam game cover

    Total War: THREE KINGDOMS

    Single-player alternative to Total War: PHARAOH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Total War: PHARAOH.

    Total War: THREE KINGDOMS is the first in the award-winning series to recreate epic conflict across ancient China. Combining a gripping turn-based campaign of empire-building & conquest with stunning real-time battles, THREE KINGDOMS redefines the series in an age of heroes & legends.

    2019ActionStrategy59.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    A Total War Saga: FALL OF THE SAMURAI — Steam game cover

    A Total War Saga: FALL OF THE SAMURAI

    Single-player alternative to Total War: PHARAOH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: PHARAOH.

    Experience the dramatic conflict of samurai culture and modern weaponry between the Imperial throne and the last Shogunate in 19th century Japan.

    2012Strategy29.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ENDLESS™ Legend 2 — Steam game cover

    ENDLESS™ Legend 2

    Single-player alternative to Total War: PHARAOH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: PHARAOH.

    Lead your people to victory on an ever-evolving world in this strategy game featuring asymmetric factions led by powerful heroes. Build your empire, wield political influence, and raise grand armies to wage war in a race to uncover dark secrets buried within the planet.

    2025StrategySimulationRPG49.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sid Meier's Civilization VII — Steam game cover

    Sid Meier's Civilization VII

    Single-player alternative to Total War: PHARAOH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: PHARAOH.

    The award-winning strategy game franchise returns with a revolutionary new chapter. Sid Meier's Civilization® VII empowers you to build the greatest empire the world has ever known!

    2025StrategySimulation69.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Total War: WARHAMMER III — Steam game cover

    Total War: WARHAMMER III

    Single-player alternative to Total War: PHARAOH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Total War: PHARAOH.

    The cataclysmic conclusion to the Total War: WARHAMMER trilogy is here. Rally your forces and step into the Realm of Chaos, a dimension of mind-bending horror where the very fate of the world will be decided. Will you conquer your Daemons… or command them?

    2022ActionStrategy59.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI — Steam game cover

    Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI

    Single-player alternative to Total War: PHARAOH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: PHARAOH.

    Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?

    2016Strategy5.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    A Total War Saga: TROY — Steam game cover

    A Total War Saga: TROY

    Single-player alternative to Total War: PHARAOH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Total War: PHARAOH.

    Inspired by The Iliad and brought to life through the award-winning strategy game series, A Total War Saga: TROY brings a blend of grand, turn-based empire management and spectacular real-time battles to the heart of the Trojan War.

    2021ActionStrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Oriental Empires — Steam game cover

    Oriental Empires

    Single-player alternative to Total War: PHARAOH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: PHARAOH.

    Turn based 4X strategy game, recreating the civilizations of ancient China. Develop your land, build great cities, raise huge armies and fight epic battles, with hundreds of soldiers fighting right on the game map. Advance your technologies, culture and religion to create one of mankind’s biggest empires.

    2017StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rome: Total War™ - Collection — Steam game cover

    Rome: Total War™ - Collection

    Single-player alternative to Total War: PHARAOH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: PHARAOH.

    Control and conquer the greatest empire ever known to man.

    2007StrategyDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Crusader Kings II — Steam game cover

    Crusader Kings II

    Single-player alternative to Total War: PHARAOH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: PHARAOH.

    Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.

    2012StrategySimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION — Steam game cover

    NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION

    Single-player alternative to Total War: PHARAOH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: PHARAOH.

    Nobunaga's Ambition, the first of the series, was released in 1983. Players assume the mantle of either Nobunaga Oda or Shingen Takeda and strive to conquer the entire land (17 areas in the Kansai and central Japan region). They manage their country to make it rich, then prepare their military forces.

    2016Strategy6.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stronghold Crusader HD (2012) — Steam game cover

    Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)

    Single-player alternative to Total War: PHARAOH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: PHARAOH.

    The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.

    2013StrategySimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Total War: WARHAMMER II — Steam game cover

    Total War: WARHAMMER II

    Single-player alternative to Total War: PHARAOH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Total War: PHARAOH.

    Strategy gaming perfected. A breath-taking campaign of exploration, expansion and conquest across a fantasy world. Turn-based civilisation management and real-time epic strategy battles with thousands of troops and monsters at your command.

    2017ActionStrategy59.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition — Steam game cover

    Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition

    Single-player alternative to Total War: PHARAOH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: PHARAOH.

    Emperor Edition is the definitive edition of ROME II, featuring an improved politics system, overhauled building chains, rebalanced battles and improved visuals in both campaign and battleEmperor Edition contains all free feature updates since its release in 2013, which includes bug fixes, balancing, Twitch.

    2013Strategy59.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Alien: Isolation — Steam game cover

    Alien: Isolation

    Single-player alternative to Total War: PHARAOH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Total War: PHARAOH.

    Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.

    2014Action39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Total War: SHOGUN 2 — Steam game cover

    Total War: SHOGUN 2

    Single-player alternative to Total War: PHARAOH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: PHARAOH.

    Total War: SHOGUN 2 is the perfect mix of real-time and turn-based strategy gaming for newcomers and veterans alike.

    2011Strategy29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Total War: WARHAMMER — Steam game cover

    Total War: WARHAMMER

    Single-player alternative to Total War: PHARAOH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Total War: PHARAOH.

    Addictive turn-based empire-building with colossal, real-time battles, all set in a world of legendary heroes, giant monsters, flying creatures and storms of magical power.

    2016ActionStrategy59.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition — Steam game cover

    Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition

    Single-player alternative to Total War: PHARAOH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: PHARAOH.

    Spanning the most turbulent era in Western history, your quest for territory and power takes you through Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and even onto the shores of the New World.

    2006Strategy24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →