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Single-player games like Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord

Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord, 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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    Mount & Blade: Warband — Steam game cover

    Mount & Blade: Warband

    Single-player alternative to Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord.

    In a land torn asunder by incessant warfare, it is time to assemble your own band of hardened warriors and enter the fray. Lead your men into battle, expand your realm, and claim the ultimate prize: the throne of Calradia!

    2010ActionRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword — Steam game cover

    Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword

    Single-player alternative to Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord.

    The standalone expansion for Mount & Blade! With Fire & Sword builds and expands upon the highly regarded combat system from Mount & Blade: Warband. Firearms have been introduced to the battlefield.

    2011ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kinstrife — Steam game cover

    Kinstrife

    Single-player alternative to Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord.

    Medieval strategy RPG with revolutionary physically simulated combat. Become a wandering knight, journeying to castles and towns in your quest for fortune & glory, fighting in battles & tournaments. Build your wealth, equipment & following - and carve out your destiny in a time of strife!

    ActionSimulationRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Viking Frontiers — Steam game cover

    Viking Frontiers

    Single-player alternative to Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord.

    Survival of your people - that's the only thing that matters. Become the leader of a newly founded Viking settlement and lead it to safety and glory. Gather, build, craft, hunt, raid and follow your Gods to endure hardships of nature and save your clan from violent destruction.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Crusader Kings III — Steam game cover

    Crusader Kings III

    Single-player alternative to Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord.

    Love, fight, scheme, and claim greatness. Determine your noble house’s legacy in the sprawling grand strategy of Crusader Kings III. Death is only the beginning as you guide your dynasty’s bloodline in the rich and larger-than-life simulation of the Middle Ages.

    2020StrategySimulationRPG49.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Han Xiongnu Wars — Steam game cover

    Han Xiongnu Wars

    Single-player alternative to Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord.

    Welcome to Han Xiongnu Wars. A stand-along game and synergy of historical Far East and multiple features in role-playing, real-time strategy and action gameplay. This game brings you to the eventful years of the early Han Dynasty, and faithfully presents the ancient eastern culture with many objects and scenes faithfully reconstructed...

    2017ActionStrategyIndie6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead — Steam game cover

    Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead

    Single-player alternative to Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord.

    Three years after the conflict in Chernarus, portrayed in the original Arma 2, a new flashpoint explodes in the Green Sea Region. Coalition forces led by the US Army are deployed to Takistan to quickly restore peace and prevent further civilian casualties.

    2010ActionStrategySimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Battle Brothers — Steam game cover

    Battle Brothers

    Single-player alternative to Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord.

    Lead a mercenary company in this tactical RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Chase fame and fortune as you choose where to go, who to recruit, which contracts to pursue, and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.

    2017StrategySimulationRPG29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mount & Blade — Steam game cover

    Mount & Blade

    Single-player alternative to Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord.

    Calradia is a land at war, offering great riches and even greater dangers to adventurers and mercenaries that flock to shed their blood on its soil. With courage and a strong sword, an unknown stranger can make a name as a warrior. Free-form sand-box gameplay.

    2008IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kenshi — Steam game cover

    Kenshi

    Single-player alternative to Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord.

    A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Starvector — Steam game cover

    Starvector

    Single-player alternative to Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord.

    Eat a snack while you watch an entire planet burn in your image.

    ActionStrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — Steam game cover

    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

    Single-player alternative to Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord.

    EPIC FANTASY REBORN The next chapter in the highly anticipated Elder Scrolls saga arrives from the makers of the 2006 and 2008 Games of the Year, Bethesda Game Studios. Skyrim reimagines and revolutionizes the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose.

    2011RPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Chronicles: Medieval — Steam game cover

    Chronicles: Medieval

    Single-player alternative to Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord.

    Step into a vast, dynamic medieval sandbox set in the age of the Hundred Years' War. Explore a brutal but beautiful, historically grounded Europe, command armies in massive battles, leave a mark the chroniclers can't ignore as you make your name one fight at a time. What story will you write?

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bellwright — Steam game cover

    Bellwright

    Single-player alternative to Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord.

    Establish and expand your own settlements, liberate the land and assist its villagers, and recruit others to your cause while learning more about a life you had to leave behind. Command your forces, prove your valor through combat, and cement yourself as the hero of your people.

    2024ActionStrategySimulation29.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Freeman: Guerrilla Warfare — Steam game cover

    Freeman: Guerrilla Warfare

    Single-player alternative to Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord.

    In the anarchic world of Freeman: Guerrilla Warfare, only the mightiest warlord rules. Start with a pistol and a few militias, you will set yourself on a wild and ambitious journey towards world domination. Enjoy the immersive combination of intense FPS and sandbox strategy.

    2019ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →