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Single-player games like Wasteland 2: Director's Cut

Below are 21 single-player Steam games similar to Wasteland 2: Director's Cut, 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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    Torment: Tides of Numenera — Steam game cover

    Torment: Tides of Numenera

    Single-player alternative to Wasteland 2: Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.

    Torment: Tides of Numenera is the thematic successor to Planescape: Torment, one of the most critically acclaimed role-playing games of all time. Immerse yourself in a single-player, isometric, story-driven RPG set in Monte Cook’s Numenera universe. What does one life matter? Find your answer.

    2017StrategyIndieAdventure34.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shadowrun Returns — Steam game cover

    Shadowrun Returns

    Single-player alternative to Wasteland 2: Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.

    The unique cyberpunk-meets-fantasy world of Shadowrun has gained a huge cult following since its creation nearly 25 years ago. Now, creator Jordan Weisman returns to the world of Shadowrun, modernizing this classic game setting as a single player, turn-based tactical RPG.

    2013StrategyIndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fallen: A2P Protocol — Steam game cover

    Fallen: A2P Protocol

    Single-player alternative to Wasteland 2: Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.

    A post-apocalyptic, turn based, tactical combat and strategy game where you lead your caravan on a quest for revenge.

    2015StrategyIndieRPG9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dead State: Reanimated — Steam game cover

    Dead State: Reanimated

    Single-player alternative to Wasteland 2: Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.

    Dead State is a narrative-driven survival RPG set at the dawn of the undead apocalypse. Drawing inspiration from classic RPGs like Fallout, X-Com, and Suikoden, Dead State combines strategic, turn-based combat with base building mechanics, character creation, and social management.

    2014StrategyIndieRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ATOM RPG Trudograd — Steam game cover

    ATOM RPG Trudograd

    Single-player alternative to Wasteland 2: Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.

    ATOM RPG: Trudograd is a turn-based post-apocalyptic roleplaying game, which continues the story of ATOM RPG as a stand-alone sequel/expansion, and follows the traditions set by classic cRPGs such as the early Fallout and Wasteland titles.

    2021RPG10.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Banner Saga — Steam game cover

    The Banner Saga

    Single-player alternative to Wasteland 2: Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.

    Live through an epic role-playing Viking saga where your strategic choices directly affect your personal journey. Make allies as you travel with your caravan across this stunning yet harsh landscape. Carefully choose those who will help fight a new threat that jeopardizes an entire civilization.

    2014StrategyIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Expeditions: Conquistador — Steam game cover

    Expeditions: Conquistador

    Single-player alternative to Wasteland 2: Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.

    Conquer the New world: In the 16th Century, Spanish explorers and soldiers reached the shores of America. The search for gold, fame, and adventure drove these travelers into a treacherous wilderness where they faced hunger, disease, and dangerous predators. In their wake, the Aztec Empires lay in ruins.

    2013StrategyIndieRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition — Steam game cover

    Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition

    Single-player alternative to Wasteland 2: Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.

    Gather your party and get ready for the kick-ass new version of GameSpot's PC Game of the Year 2014. With hours of new content, new game modes, full voiceovers, split-screen multiplayer, and thousands of improvements, there's never been a better time to explore the epic world of Rivellon!

    2015StrategyIndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wasteland Remastered — Steam game cover

    Wasteland Remastered

    Single-player alternative to Wasteland 2: Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.

    The RPG classic rises from the nuclear ashes! Wasteland Remastered is an overhaul of the 1988 title that brought the post-apocalypse to video games. See where the Wasteland series began and experience the character and world the sequels are built on.

    2020StrategyRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wasteland 3 — Steam game cover

    Wasteland 3

    Single-player alternative to Wasteland 2: Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.

    Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.

    2020StrategyRPG39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mad Max — Steam game cover

    Mad Max

    Single-player alternative to Wasteland 2: Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.

    Play as Mad Max, a reluctant hero and survivor who wants nothing more than to leave the madness behind and find solace.

    2015ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    RAGE — Steam game cover

    RAGE

    Single-player alternative to Wasteland 2: Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Powered by id’s revolutionary id Tech® 5 technology, RAGE is an intense first-person shooter with breakneck vehicle combat, an expansive world to explore, and jaw-dropping graphics!

    2011Action9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ELEX — Steam game cover

    ELEX

    Single-player alternative to Wasteland 2: Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.

    ELEX is a handcrafted action role-playing experience from the award-winning creators of the Gothic series, set in a brand new post-apocalyptic Science Fantasy universe that puts players into a huge seamless game world full of original characters, mutated creatures, deep moral choices and powerful action.

    2017ActionAdventureRPG29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    X-COM: UFO Defense — Steam game cover

    X-COM: UFO Defense

    Single-player alternative to Wasteland 2: Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.

    You are in control of X-COM: an organization formed by the world's governments to fight the ever-increasing alien menace.

    2008Strategy4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wasteland 1 - The Original Classic — Steam game cover

    Wasteland 1 - The Original Classic

    Single-player alternative to Wasteland 2: Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.

    For the first time in over 20 years, we are heralding the return of a much loved piece of gaming history with the classic RPG, Wasteland! Mutants. Again. Even more than there were last time: they seem to materialize out of the very grains of the radioactive desert sand. Venomous yellow eyes.

    2013StrategyIndieAdventure5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fallout 4 — Steam game cover

    Fallout 4

    Single-player alternative to Wasteland 2: Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.

    From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.

    2015RPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wasteland 2: Director's Cut — Steam game cover

    Wasteland 2: Director's Cut

    Single-player alternative to Wasteland 2: Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.

    From the producer of the original Fallout comes Wasteland 2. With over 80 hours of gameplay, deck out your Ranger squad with devastating weaponry, test the limits of your strategy skills, and bring justice to the Wasteland! The choices are yours…but so are the consequences.

    2014StrategyIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Bard's Tale Trilogy — Steam game cover

    The Bard's Tale Trilogy

    Single-player alternative to Wasteland 2: Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.

    The Bard's Tale Trilogy is a complete remaster of the iconic series that helped define the RPG genre. Featuring updated graphics and optional quality of life gameplay features, this is the ideal way to experience the dungeon crawling challenge that made the original games beloved classics.

    2018RPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled — Steam game cover

    The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled

    Single-player alternative to Wasteland 2: Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.

    You are the Bard, a selfish rogue weary of pointless sub-quests and rat-infested cellars. Now includes original classic games The Bard’s Tale 1, 2 & 3!

    2009ActionAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut — Steam game cover

    The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut

    Single-player alternative to Wasteland 2: Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.

    The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut is the triumphant return of one of the most iconic RPG series of all-time. Delve into a tactically rich combat system that rewards creativity, solve puzzles to gain treasure and advantages, and discover a beautifully crafted world.

    2019RPG34.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep — Steam game cover

    The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep

    Single-player alternative to Wasteland 2: Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.

    The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep is the triumphant return of one of the most iconic RPG series of all-time. Delve into a tactically rich combat system that rewards creativity, solve puzzles to gain treasure and advantages, and discover a beautifully crafted world.

    2018RPGDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →