Single-player games like Command & Conquer Red Alert™, Counterstrike™ and The Aftermath™
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Command & Conquer Red Alert™, Counterstrike™ and The Aftermath™, 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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Command & Conquer™ and The Covert Operations™
Single-player alternative to Command & Conquer Red Alert™, Counterstrike™ and The Aftermath™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Command & Conquer Red Alert™, Counterstrike™ and The Aftermath™.
The legendary RTS game which started it all. Will you side with the humanistic GDI or bring the world to its knees with Kane and the Brotherhood of Nod. Your adversaries are without mercy. And so are you.
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Command & Conquer Red Alert™ 2 and Yuri’s Revenge™
Single-player alternative to Command & Conquer Red Alert™, Counterstrike™ and The Aftermath™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Command & Conquer Red Alert™, Counterstrike™ and The Aftermath™.
The world erupts in conflict as Soviet forces invade American soil in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2. You are the Supreme Commander. Arm yourself to the teeth with top-secret technologies and lead the Soviet or Allied troops to victory.
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Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders
Single-player alternative to Command & Conquer Red Alert™, Counterstrike™ and The Aftermath™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Command & Conquer Red Alert™, Counterstrike™ and The Aftermath™.
The cult heavy metal fantasy action-strategy gem comes to PC in HD. Lead your armies from the front lines, giving strategic orders to your forces while wading into hack n’ slash action battle. Crush your foes across four campaigns, and spend the spoils of war on upgrading your forces.
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Cossacks 3
Single-player alternative to Command & Conquer Red Alert™, Counterstrike™ and The Aftermath™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Command & Conquer Red Alert™, Counterstrike™ and The Aftermath™.
Cossacks 3 is the return of RTS classics. Obtain resources, build cities and research technologies while taking command of great armies, crushing enemies in grand historical warfares on land and sea!
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Company of Heroes 2
Single-player alternative to Command & Conquer Red Alert™, Counterstrike™ and The Aftermath™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Command & Conquer Red Alert™, Counterstrike™ and The Aftermath™.
Experience the ultimate WWII RTS platform with COH2 and its standalone expansions. This package includes the base game, which you can then upgrade by purchasing The Western Front Armies, Ardennes Assault and/or The British Forces. More info in the "About This Game" section below.
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Total Annihilation
Single-player alternative to Command & Conquer Red Alert™, Counterstrike™ and The Aftermath™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Command & Conquer Red Alert™, Counterstrike™ and The Aftermath™.
What began as a conflict over the transfer of consciousness from flesh to machines escalated into a war which has decimated a million worlds. The Core and the Arm have all but exhausted the resources of a galaxy in their struggle for domination.
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Battlezone: Combat Commander
Single-player alternative to Command & Conquer Red Alert™, Counterstrike™ and The Aftermath™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Command & Conquer Red Alert™, Counterstrike™ and The Aftermath™.
Battlezone: Combat Commander remasters FPS-RTS classic Battlezone II with slick new visuals, brand new achievements, Steam Workshop support and much more! The solar system is at war. Take command.
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8-Bit Armies
Single-player alternative to Command & Conquer Red Alert™, Counterstrike™ and The Aftermath™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Command & Conquer Red Alert™, Counterstrike™ and The Aftermath™.
8-Bit Armies is a retro Real-Time Strategy game. With a colorful, blocky voxel art style, 8-Bit Armies is Petroglyph's most fast-paced, friendly, and accessible RTS game to date. Featuring a campaign of 25 single-player missions, 12 co-op missions, multiplayer and skirmish modes.
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Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising
Single-player alternative to Command & Conquer Red Alert™, Counterstrike™ and The Aftermath™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Command & Conquer Red Alert™, Counterstrike™ and The Aftermath™.
Red Alert 3: Uprising features four new mini-campaigns, giving players a deeper dive into the storyline's of the Soviets, the Allies, the Empire of the Rising Sun and a unique campaign centered on the origins of everyone’s favorite psionic Japanese schoolgirl commando, Yuriko Omega.
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Command & Conquer™ Remastered Collection
Single-player alternative to Command & Conquer Red Alert™, Counterstrike™ and The Aftermath™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Command & Conquer Red Alert™, Counterstrike™ and The Aftermath™.
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.
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Command & Conquer™ Tiberian Sun™ and Firestorm™
Single-player alternative to Command & Conquer Red Alert™, Counterstrike™ and The Aftermath™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Command & Conquer Red Alert™, Counterstrike™ and The Aftermath™.
The Second Tiberium War begins in this legendary sequel to the original Command & Conquer. With his forces stronger than ever, arch villain and leader of The Brotherhood of Nod - Kane - is pitched in an epic battle against the world's war machine - the Global Defense Initiative.
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Command & Conquer Renegade™
Single-player alternative to Command & Conquer Red Alert™, Counterstrike™ and The Aftermath™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Command & Conquer Red Alert™, Counterstrike™ and The Aftermath™.
Command & Conquer gets up close and personal in this classic First Person Shooter for one of the most iconic franchises.
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Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition
Single-player alternative to Command & Conquer Red Alert™, Counterstrike™ and The Aftermath™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Armed with your investigative skills and the tools of the Blade Runner trade, you'll be immersed in a world that lives and breathes around you with breakthrough lighting and visual effects. Your ability to survive will be put to the test in the richest game environment ever created.
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Disney's The Lion King
Single-player alternative to Command & Conquer Red Alert™, Counterstrike™ and The Aftermath™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Command & Conquer Red Alert™, Counterstrike™ and The Aftermath™.
Disney The Lion King brings to life the majesty and mystery of Africa through the tale of Simba, a lion cub faced with the challenging transition to maturity. Now, you too can be part of the adventure!