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Single-player games like Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition

Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition, 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: ATTILA — Steam game cover

    Total War: ATTILA

    Single-player alternative to Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition.

    Against a darkening background of famine, disease and war, a new power is rising in the great steppes of the East. With a million horsemen at his back, the ultimate warrior king approaches, and his sights are set on Rome… The next instalment in the multi award-winning PC series that combines turn-based strategy with real-time tactics,...

    2015Strategy44.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Total War: SHOGUN 2 — Steam game cover

    Total War: SHOGUN 2

    Single-player alternative to Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition.

    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: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition — Steam game cover

    Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition

    Single-player alternative to Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition.

    Command the seas, control the land, forge a new nation, and conquer the globe.

    2009Strategy24.99 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: ROME II - Emperor Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition.

    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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    Total War: WARHAMMER II — Steam game cover

    Total War: WARHAMMER II

    Single-player alternative to Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition.

    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: WARHAMMER III — Steam game cover

    Total War: WARHAMMER III

    Single-player alternative to Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition.

    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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    Total War: WARHAMMER — Steam game cover

    Total War: WARHAMMER

    Single-player alternative to Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition.

    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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    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: ROME II - Emperor Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition.

    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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    Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition — Steam game cover

    Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition

    Single-player alternative to Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition.

    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 →
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    Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition — Steam game cover

    Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition

    Single-player alternative to Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition.

    Complete your Total War collection with this Definitive Edition of Total War: NAPOLEON, which includes all DLC and feature updates since the game’s release

    2010Strategy24.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Medieval Nightt - Part 1 — Steam game cover

    Medieval Nightt - Part 1

    Single-player alternative to Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Medieval Nightt is a first-person horror game where, as a young adventurer, you explore an ancient medieval empire in ruins, facing restless spirits and paranormal creatures while unraveling the dark secrets of a lost civilization.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual5.00 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rome: Total War™ - Collection — Steam game cover

    Rome: Total War™ - Collection

    Single-player alternative to Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition.

    Control and conquer the greatest empire ever known to man.

    2007StrategyDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SHOGUN: Total War™ - Collection — Steam game cover

    SHOGUN: Total War™ - Collection

    Single-player alternative to Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition.

    SHOGUN: Total War™ is the first, original title in a 15 year series of award-winning strategy games. This Collection Edition also includes the Mongol Invasion Expansion Pack.

    2015ActionStrategy9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Alien: Isolation — Steam game cover

    Alien: Isolation

    Single-player alternative to Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    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 →