Single-player games like Empire Earth: Gold Edition
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Empire Earth: Gold Edition, 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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DEFCON
Single-player alternative to Empire Earth: Gold Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth: Gold Edition.
Inspired by the 1983 cult classic film, Wargames, DEFCON superbly evokes the tension, paranoia and suspicion of the Cold War era, playing on the fascinating aspects of psychological gameplay that occur during strategic nuclear warfare.
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Company of Heroes 3
Single-player alternative to Empire Earth: Gold Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth: Gold Edition.
Company of Heroes 3 combines heart-pounding combat with deeper strategic choices in a stunning Mediterranean theatre of war. In Company of Heroes 3, every battle tells a story...what's yours?
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IDUN - Frontline Survival
Single-player alternative to Empire Earth: Gold Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth: Gold Edition.
A defense RTS where you can move turrets at will. Extract resources, upgrade technology, and defend against enemy swarms in a gripping space campaign. Hold the line, set up your turrets, and brace for screen-filling hordes!
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Regiments
Single-player alternative to Empire Earth: Gold Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth: Gold Edition.
Regiments is a Real-Time Tactics game set in Germany 1989. The Cold War has gone hot, and the inferno is raging. Lead your Regiment through the fires of conflict and the fog of war. Break through the lines, call in artillery, maneuver, feign retreats, stage defenses, counter-attack. Do not relent.
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Commandos: Origins
Single-player alternative to Empire Earth: Gold Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth: Gold Edition.
ALARM! You have been selected for a mission which will shape the fate of the entire world. Witness the very beginning of the legendary elite WWII force in Commandos: Origins. The long-awaited sequel to the Commandos series brings you right back to the foundation of the real-time tactics genre.
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Farthest Frontier
Single-player alternative to Empire Earth: Gold Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth: Gold Edition.
Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.
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Age of Mythology: Retold
Single-player alternative to Empire Earth: Gold Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth: Gold Edition.
Play as mythological Gods and smite your enemies in this award-winning, mythological Real-Time Strategy classic given new life. Wage war across timeless campaigns, fierce skirmishes, and god-powered multiplayer modes.
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Anno 1800
Single-player alternative to Empire Earth: Gold Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth: Gold Edition.
Anno 1800™ – Lead the Industrial Revolution! Welcome to the dawn of the Industrial Age. The path you choose will define your world. Are you an innovator or an exploiter? A conqueror or a liberator? How the world remembers your name is up to you.