Single-player games like Dying Breed
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Dying Breed, 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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Cepheus Protocol
Single-player alternative to Dying Breed — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Dying Breed.
Cepheus Protocol is an Open World RTS Military Survival Game. Play as the CERC hunting Patient 0, maintain Quarantine camps, fight dangerous mutations & Rogue Civilian Combatants . There’s nobody else coming, it’s up to you now.
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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III
Single-player alternative to Dying Breed — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Dying Breed.
Step into a brutal battle between three warring factions In Dawn of War III you will have no choice but to face your foes when a catastrophic weapon is found on the mysterious world of Acheron.
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Ancestors Legacy
Single-player alternative to Dying Breed — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Dying Breed.
Ancestors Legacy is a squad-based real time strategy with a strong focus on tactics. Inspired by medieval European history, it brings to life four different nations and their conflicts, usually solved by war.
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Invasion Machine
Single-player alternative to Dying Breed — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Early Access with Dying Breed.
Modern-warfare RTS/sandbox game inspired by the real conflicts in the Middle East. Fight a counter-insurgency war, protect the civilian population, casevac your wounded and decide how the world sees your struggle. And remember - no one gets left behind.
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Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War® - Dark Crusade
Single-player alternative to Dying Breed — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Dying Breed.
Deep under the central desert of Kronus, a vast honeycomb of skull-lined tunnels and funeral chambers house the awakening Necron menace. Eons ago, these were the boulevards and squares of a great necropolis built to house the bones of the races who had fallen to the Necrons, and ultimately were where the Necrons themselves retire to...
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Skirmish Line
Single-player alternative to Dying Breed — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Dying Breed.
Experience the brutality and randomness of war as an Allied tactical commander in the Pacific Theater during World War 2. Train, equip, and command a squad of soldiers as you fight against the fanatical Imperial Japanese Empire.
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Endless Horde
Single-player alternative to Dying Breed — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The horde is here to eat your brain and murder every single one of your scientists. Gather your forces, this is the last stand before we lose the facility! Place guards, close doors, and position traps. Survive as long as you can!
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After Inc: Revival
Single-player alternative to Dying Breed — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Early Access with Dying Breed.
Can you rebuild civilisation after a zombie apocalypse? From the creator of Plague Inc. comes a unique blend of strategic simulation, survival city builder and ‘mini 4X’. Build settlements, harvest resources and shape society as you lead Humanity out of the darkness.
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Siberian Dawn
Single-player alternative to Dying Breed — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Dying Breed.
Siberian Dawn is an original, solo, digital card game that combines the core soul of a deck builder with the tactical power of a war game and the strategic challenge of crisis management. Take on various objective based Missions as you defend the Union against the dangers of the cult of the Dawn.
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Contrast
Single-player alternative to Dying Breed — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
CONTRAST is a puzzle/platform game where you can move between a fantastic 3D world and a mysterious shadowy universe in 2D in the blink of an eye. Delve into a dreamlike and surreal 1920s world, inspired by the performance art world of vaudeville and film noir, and cradled by a smooth and sultry jazz ambiance.
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SC2VN - The eSports Visual Novel
Single-player alternative to Dying Breed — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
SC2VN is a visual novel about the South Korean StarCraft 2 scene. You play as Mach, a foreign semi-pro trying to make it in eSports who soon learns that success in StarCraft takes more than in-game strategy.
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Command & Conquer™ Remastered Collection
Single-player alternative to Dying Breed — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Dying Breed.
Command & Conquer and Red Alert are both remastered in 4K by the former Westwood Studios team members. Includes all 3 expansions, rebuilt multiplayer, a modernized UI, Map Editor, bonus footage gallery, and over 7 hours of remastered music.