Single-player games like Original War
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Original War, 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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Iron Harvest
Single-player alternative to Original War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Original War.
A classic real-time strategy game with an epic single player campaign, multiplayer & coop, set in the alternate reality of 1920+
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Wargame: European Escalation
Single-player alternative to Original War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Original War.
The New Fatal Error DLC includes a new 5-mission Operation and touch-screen controls.
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Supreme Commander
Single-player alternative to Original War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Original War.
For a thousand years, three opposing forces have waged war for what they believe is true. There can be no room for compromise: their way is the only way. Dubbed The Infinite War, this devastating conflict has taken its toll on a once-peaceful galaxy and has only served to deepen the hatred between the factions.
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Tempest Rising
Single-player alternative to Original War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Original War.
Command distinct factions in a desperate struggle for power and resources in Tempest Rising - a classic RTS set on Earth after a nuclear war.
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S.W.I.N.E. HD Remaster
Single-player alternative to Original War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Original War.
S.W.I.N.E. HD Remaster is the new edition of the challenging classic strategy game S.W.I.N.E! The filthiest of all wars between the Rabbit and the Pig armies is a sophisticated real-time strategy with completely revised textures, detailed unit models, a 16:9 adapted interface.
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Wargame: Airland Battle
Single-player alternative to Original War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Original War.
2 SIDES, 12 NATIONS, 750 UNITS: THE STRATEGY GAME REFERENCE IS BACK! Richer, more beautiful and more accessible, Wargame AirLand Battle is the sequel to the explosive real-time strategy game Wargame European Escalation! 1985.
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Company of Heroes 2
Single-player alternative to Original War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Original War.
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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Rusted Warfare - RTS
Single-player alternative to Original War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Original War.
{{An RTS inspired by the classics of the past!}} Making up for it's subpar retro graphics with fun gameplay and modern multi-threaded tech enabling huge battles to run smooth... Featuring singleplayer challenges, skirmish, sandbox, 10-player multiplayer & workshop modding.
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Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising
Single-player alternative to Original War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Original War.
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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UFO: Afterlight
Single-player alternative to Original War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Original War.
The story is situated on Mars. It starts where UFO: Aftermath left off and runs simultaneously with UFO: Aftershock. While the Laputans on Earth are fighting Wargots and Starghosts and finding out what caused the destruction of their home planet, a small colony on Mars is trying to survive and flourish.
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Fish Fillets 2
Single-player alternative to Original War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Original War.
In this underwater puzzle game you control fish secret agents Max Flounder and Tina Guppy. Seemingly a common case turns into a tough fight with a mysterious enemy and the strings appear to lead pretty high. Fortunately, you are not alone.