Single-player games like City of Elves
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to City of Elves, 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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Shire Kings
Single-player alternative to City of Elves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with City of Elves.
Build a medieval kingdom across a living tabletop realm. Grow villages, house and feed your people, gather resources, raise buildings piece by piece, and command companies through forests, hills and sieges. Capture rival settlements to claim their lands and wealth.
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Break Point: Brace & Breach
Single-player alternative to City of Elves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with City of Elves.
[Hero-Building] + [Frontline Tower Defense]|Hold against multi-lane assaults|Adjust positions, facing, skill builds, and formations to create a unique defense|Push the front, seize resources, and strengthen your heroes|Let the enemy tide shatter against your masterpiece
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Dungeon Scavenger
Single-player alternative to City of Elves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with City of Elves.
Dungeon Scavenger is a unique turn-based old school dungeon crawler that sets you on a challenging path of exploration. Select a hero to keep the threat of the dungeon and demon realms away from the town's people with an innovative combat system. Can you save the town from the danger below?
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Zombie Party 丧尸派对
Single-player alternative to City of Elves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with City of Elves.
"Zombie Party" is an anti-superhero-themed strategy game. You need to play the role of a chaotic ability user GRAVEDIGGER, and use your super power to summon the zombie army to destroy the land that is governed by the government and the PARLIAMENT OF FIVE, The established order of power.
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Eastern Era
Single-player alternative to City of Elves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with City of Elves.
To escape from pursuit, as the leader of your sect, guide your disciples to rise again! Engage in farming and hunting, train in martial arts, and forge weapons and armor. Build your sect's base and fortifications from the ground up to survive in this perilous, ambition-filled martial world!
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Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to City of Elves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with City of Elves.
The critically acclaimed RPG that raised the bar, from the creators of Baldur's Gate 3. Gather your party. Master deep, tactical combat. Venture as a party of up to four - but know that only one of you will have the chance to become a God.
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Song's Fantasy
Single-player alternative to City of Elves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with City of Elves.
This Chinese martial arts sandbox game blends character growth, adventure, survival, and building. It offers varied regions, towns, factions, engaging NPC interactions, and branching narratives. The combat system is novel, focusing on troop arrangement and skill cards, with replayable talent points.
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Animal Trainer
Single-player alternative to City of Elves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with City of Elves.
Become an animal trainer. It is a game that faithfully reproduces everything that happens in real work with various animals, domestic and exotic. You will learn how to work to get perfect results.
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Police Interceptors
Single-player alternative to City of Elves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with City of Elves.
High-speed, adrenaline-packed car chases right in the middle of rush hour in a big city. Face multiple challenges and put your skills to the test. There’s a call coming in – bring those perps into custody!
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I am Your Lawyer
Single-player alternative to City of Elves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with City of Elves.
I Am Your Lawyer is a game where you play the role of a lawyer. Your task is to represent your clients in court. You have to defend innocent, harmless people and shady guys (murderers, thieves, crooks). See you in court!
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Moses: From Egypt to the Promised Land
Single-player alternative to City of Elves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with City of Elves.
Moses: from Egypt to the promised land is a first person adventure game inspired by one of the most amazing stories in human history from the Old Testament. In the game, we play the role of Moses, the holy prophet, the leader of the Israelites, during their journey to the Promised Land.