Single-player games like Etherium
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Etherium, 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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Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
Single-player alternative to Etherium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Etherium.
A massive-scale real-time strategy game where you command entire armies on a dynamic battlefield. Conquer multiple worlds across several single-player campaigns; or play with your friends in multiplayer combat.
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Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity®
Single-player alternative to Etherium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Etherium.
In Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity, you are the leader of a civilization embroiled in a galactic war, fighting for the survival of your entire race against relentless foes.
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Beyond Sol
Single-player alternative to Etherium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Etherium.
Beyond Sol is a unique blend of action combat and grand strategy empire building in a dynamic open world. Collect resources, build your city, upgrade your ships, and cultivate relationships or wage wars with rival cities in your quest to dominate the solar system. Play singleplayer or multiplayer.
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Grey Goo
Single-player alternative to Etherium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Etherium.
Fight for control of a frontier world. Gather resources, build your base, and command your forces in battle. Survive long enough to unleash your ultimate weapon - THE EPIC.
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Supreme Commander
Single-player alternative to Etherium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Etherium.
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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AI War 2
Single-player alternative to Etherium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Etherium.
The most devious and acclaimed artificial intelligence in strategy gaming is better than ever. A grand strategy/RTS hybrid that reverses many conventions of both genres. Take territory without attracting attention, build your empire with care, and adapt to an ever-evolving galactic battleground.
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Conflicks - Revolutionary Space Battles
Single-player alternative to Etherium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Etherium.
Spaceships, lasers, and… chickens! What more could you ask for?Conflicks: Revolutionary Space Battles is a creative new take on space-themed videogames that merges the deep, thoughtful gameplay of strategy games with the intuitive accessibility of physics-based games.
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Nexus 5X
Single-player alternative to Etherium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Etherium.
eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate, EXPRESS. All of the depth, diplomacy, conflict and conquest of a turn-based 4X epic but played in fast-paced 60-minute competitive sessions. Play Solo or Multiplayer for 2-8 players.
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Age of Empires® III (2007)
Single-player alternative to Etherium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Etherium.
Microsoft Studios brings you three epic Age of Empires III games in one monumental collection for the first time.
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Z
Single-player alternative to Etherium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Etherium.
“Z”, the classic Real Time Strategy Game by the Bitmap Brothers. Fans of this classic strategy title are in for a real treat. Everything is in here from the terrific comedy cut scenes to the frantic game play making this is the definitive version of Z.
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Aliens: Dark Descent
Single-player alternative to Etherium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Etherium.
Drop into the gripping journey of Aliens: Dark Descent, a squad-based, single-player action game in the iconic Alien franchise. Lead your soldiers in real-time to stop a new and terrifying kind of Xenomorph outbreak on Planet Lethe.
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Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2
Single-player alternative to Etherium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Etherium.
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 is the new real-time strategy game adapted from Games Workshop’s famous tabletop game that portrays the epic space battles of the Warhammer 40,000 universe.
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Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (Classic)
Single-player alternative to Etherium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Etherium.
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada is the RTS videogame adaptation of Games Workshop’s classic tabletop game, pitting the Chaos, Imperium, Eldar, and Orks against each other in visceral space-battles.
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EverSiege: Untold Ages
Single-player alternative to Etherium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Etherium.
Retreating ends here. Defend Bastion against evil hordes, reclaim lost powers, rebuild ancient ruins, and adapt your tactics to reverse the siege. Shape your playstyle in this hero-strategy rogue-lite solo or co-op up to 3 players.
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Bunker Constructor
Single-player alternative to Etherium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Etherium.
In Bunker Constructor you build strong bunkers that protect against enemy attacks. You must build resilient bunkers through 45 levels and in 5 environments including desert, forest, beach, mountains and city ruins, because the next attack wave is already underway!