Single-player games like The Emperor and State
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to The Emperor and State, 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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Three Kingdoms : Alias
Single-player alternative to The Emperor and State — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Emperor and State.
A world where officers hide their names and abilities. Can you spot Zhuge Liang? A hardcore turn-based strategy simulation for true Three Kingdoms devotees.
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Clockwork Dawn
Single-player alternative to The Emperor and State — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Emperor and State.
A new dawn approaches with the advent of intricate mechanical designs that will transform the world into an era of steam and steel. Take control of a country in this alternate history steampunk timeline and either survive and prosper or be forgotten in the dust of ages past.
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Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升
Single-player alternative to The Emperor and State — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Emperor and State.
A Giant Strategy Sandbox experience set in Warlord China. *Tons of playable factions! *Communist insurgents, * Boxers like rebels, *Greedy warlords, *Mongol riders, *A mad russian baron, *Shanghai gangsters, *And armored trains!
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Cascade: Hindcast
Single-player alternative to The Emperor and State — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Emperor and State.
Cascade: Hindcast is an alternate-history grand strategy game where monthly political and military decisions reshape a living war map. Use hindsight, spend scarce political capital, and watch borders, armies, and consequences move in real time.
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O.A.C - World Begins
Single-player alternative to The Emperor and State — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Emperor and State.
Are you a leader? Once you convince your nation you are their leader, it will be time to show the world your own political, people management and military strategy skills. O.A.C aims to be a breath of fresh air in the grand strategy genre that will inspire its own kind of videogames!
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Terra Invicta
Single-player alternative to The Emperor and State — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Emperor and State.
An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.
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Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall
Single-player alternative to The Emperor and State — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Emperor and State.
The confrontation between the East and the West is coming to an end, but not between East and West Germany. The old party leaders are still sitting in their offices, not changing anything and waiting for exclamations from Moscow. But their end is close – Gorbachev and Kohl have already decided...
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Europa Universalis IV
Single-player alternative to The Emperor and State — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Emperor and State.
Rule your land and dominate the world with unparalleled freedom, depth and historical accuracy. Write a new history of the world and build an empire for the ages.
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Kill The Emperor
Single-player alternative to The Emperor and State — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Emperor and State.
A traditional RPG with unexpected plot. The female ghost said she would be reborn to revenge, but her memory would be erased before her rebirth. Can she get revenge? You play a college student. You can see things that others can't see and investigate a story of "Southeast the Peacock Flies".