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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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    Empire Earth III — Steam game cover

    Empire Earth III

    Single-player alternative to Empire Earth: Gold Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth: Gold Edition.

    In Empire Earth III it’s you who creates history. Build your empire from three distinct factions or create a custom faction of your choosing. Lead your people to supremacy in technology, politics and economy, from ancient times to the future. Your quest for world domination is finally at hand.

    2026Strategy9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Empire Earth II: Gold Edition — Steam game cover

    Empire Earth II: Gold Edition

    Single-player alternative to Empire Earth: Gold Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth: Gold Edition.

    Empire Earth II: Gold Edition refines the series’ time-spanning gameplay with a host of new features. With advanced AI, picture-in-picture control, dynamic weather and many other additions, this RTS doesn’t just stand the test of time – it annihilates it.

    2026Strategy9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Last Stand: Defense — Steam game cover

    Last Stand: Defense

    Single-player alternative to Empire Earth: Gold Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth: Gold Edition.

    "Last Stand:Defense" is a tower defense-themed Rogue-like game. Players need to defend against waves of enemies by building bases, matching talents, and performing delicate operations during battles. Remember, every choice you make will affect the final outcome of the battle!

    2025ActionStrategy5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    IDUN - Frontline Survival — Steam game cover

    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!

    2025ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Creeper World 4 — Steam game cover

    Creeper World 4

    Single-player alternative to Empire Earth: Gold Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth: Gold Edition.

    The unstoppable fluid enemy has returned and destroyed every world in its path! Defend against Creeper as it floods across the 3D terrain in this real time strategy game where the enemy is a fluid.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Geo-Political Simulator 5 — Steam game cover

    Geo-Political Simulator 5

    Single-player alternative to Empire Earth: Gold Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth: Gold Edition.

    The new 5th edition of the hyperrealistic global simulator game where you play as the Head of State or as the opposition or the president of a large multinational company, with a completely redesigned interface, a new ultra-detailed map, complete control of companies and new scenarios for 2024.

    2024StrategySimulation59.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    After Long Night — Steam game cover

    After Long Night

    Single-player alternative to Empire Earth: Gold Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth: Gold Edition.

    After Long Night is a sandbox survival RTS. Build and fortify your base, scavenge every corner for vital resources, craft deadly weapons, and raise a militia to fight off relentless zombie hordes that strike every night. In this world, scavenging isn't just survival—it's strategy, power and war.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation7.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Company of Heroes 3 — Steam game cover

    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?

    2023ActionStrategy59.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →