Single-player games like Plague Lords
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Plague Lords, 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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Tattered Banners
Single-player alternative to Plague Lords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Plague Lords.
Lead a mercenary company in a turn-based tactics RPG set in a dynamic, simulated world shaped by your actions. Recruit, equip, and evolve your warband to survive a medieval-fantasy realm where cities rise and fall, noble houses pursue personal agendas, and the land bears the scars of your decisions.
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Battle Brothers
Single-player alternative to Plague Lords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Plague Lords.
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.
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Wartales
Single-player alternative to Plague Lords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Plague Lords.
Wartales is an open world RPG in which you lead a group of mercenaries in their search for wealth across a massive medieval universe. Explore the world, recruit companions, collect bounties and unravel the secrets of the tombs of the ancients!
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Dead State: Reanimated
Single-player alternative to Plague Lords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Plague Lords.
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.
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Blackguards 2
Single-player alternative to Plague Lords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Plague Lords.
Blackguards 2 is a turn-based strategy-RPG and will deliver challenging hexfield battles and a gritty story filled with violence and crime. - Includes bonus content: Soundtrack, digital Art Book and Strategy Guide Book!
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Gloomhaven
Single-player alternative to Plague Lords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Plague Lords.
Lead your band of mercenaries in the land of Gloomhaven, work with unsavoury individuals, shape the fate of the region, fight your way through horrific places and get rich or die trying in this ruthless Tactical-RPG.
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King's Bounty: The Legend
Single-player alternative to Plague Lords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Plague Lords.
King’s Bounty: The Legend is a fan-favorite classic fantasy adventure and an early entry into the modern King’s Bounty era, built around tough battles, smart decisions, and turn-based tactics.
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The Last Spell
Single-player alternative to Plague Lords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Plague Lords.
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
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Warbands: Bushido
Single-player alternative to Plague Lords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Plague Lords.
Warbands:Bushido is a miniatures board game arena with cards, miniatures, dice and beautiful terrains to fight on, with both multiplayer battles boardgamers are used to, and challenging single-player scenarios.
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Plague Lords: Witch Hunt
Single-player alternative to Plague Lords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Plague Lords.
What seemed like an easy coin leads a small detachment of mercenaries and their employer to a barony lost in the woods, afflicted by a strange disease. The prologue to Plague Lords will introduce you to the basics of the game and take control of a small squad of trained soldiers.