Single-player games like Arms Race 2
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Arms Race 2, 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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Imperator: Rome
Single-player alternative to Arms Race 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Arms Race 2.
Dominate the classical Mediterranean in Imperator: Rome, a grand strategy game from Paradox Interactive. Navigate the dangerous waters of politics and diplomacy as you build up your provinces and conquer foreign lands. Now available with special content and the digital artbook.
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Sid Meier's Civilization VII
Single-player alternative to Arms Race 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Arms Race 2.
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!
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Europa Universalis IV
Single-player alternative to Arms Race 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Arms Race 2.
Rule your land and dominate the world with unparalleled freedom, depth and historical accuracy. Write a new history of the world and build an empire for the ages.
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Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升
Single-player alternative to Arms Race 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Arms Race 2.
A Giant Strategy Sandbox experience set in Warlord China. *Tons of playable factions! *Communist insurgents, * Boxers like rebels, *Greedy warlords, *Mongol riders, *A mad russian baron, *Shanghai gangsters, *And armored trains!
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Socialism Simulator
Single-player alternative to Arms Race 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Arms Race 2.
The civil war is over. To the rapturous cheers of the crowd, you and four of your companions take control of the country. The young socialist state proudly raises its flags, its eyes fixed on a distant, bright future.
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SuperPower 2 Steam Edition
Single-player alternative to Arms Race 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Arms Race 2.
SuperPower 2 is the only global geopolitical simulation game which allows players to control entire countries. Players control countries in 3 major areas: political, economic and military, but this time, in a beautiful real-time 3D environment.
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AfterWar
Single-player alternative to Arms Race 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Arms Race 2.
AfterWar is a strategy about the world in 2028
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Millennia
Single-player alternative to Arms Race 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Arms Race 2.
Create your own nation in Millennia, a historical turn-based 4X game that challenges your strategic prowess across 10,000 years of history, from the dawn of humanity to our possible futures.
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Twilight Struggle
Single-player alternative to Arms Race 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Arms Race 2.
Twilight Struggle is a two-player game where players play as either the US or USSR during the Cold War. Using actual events from history, players must plan out their strategies in order to obtain world dominance. Play Twilight Struggle and change the course of history.
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The Cold War Era
Single-player alternative to Arms Race 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Arms Race 2.
The Cold War Era is strategy game based on the historical conflict between the USA and the USSR
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Arms Race - TCWE
Single-player alternative to Arms Race 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Arms Race 2.
Arms Race - TCWE is PC strategy game based on the historical conflict between the USA and the USSR
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The Great Fantasy Struggle
Single-player alternative to Arms Race 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Arms Race 2.
TGFS is an indie grand strategy game set in a fantasy world, engrossed in an unrelenting conflict between light and darkness.