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Single-player games like Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour

Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour, 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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    Warfare Ultimatum — Steam game cover

    Warfare Ultimatum

    Single-player alternative to Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour.

    Modern FPS/RTS hybrid, Large-scale battles from the depth of the sea all the way to space! Either play the standard 64-player non-stop battle using Air/Land/Sea vehicles or drop in a thriller, long game of Diplomacy Warfare, experience sabotage, betrayal, war crime, organized operations and more

    2026ActionStrategySimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Terrors of War — Steam game cover

    Terrors of War

    Single-player alternative to Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour.

    Base-building WW2 RTS. The Reich is collapsing, and burying something the Allies were never meant to find. Command US or Wehrmacht forces. Run supply lines under fire. Push forward depots. Unleash artillery and superweapons. Fight the war you know, while you still can.

    StrategyEarly AccessSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Command & Conquer™ Red Alert™ 3 — Steam game cover

    Command & Conquer™ Red Alert™ 3

    Single-player alternative to Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour.

    The desperate leadership of a doomed Soviet Union travels back in time to change history and restore the glory of Mother Russia.

    2009ActionStrategyDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Speak of The Crown — Steam game cover

    Speak of The Crown

    Single-player alternative to Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour.

    Command a fantasy army using only your voice in this real-time strategy game where speech controls the battlefield.

    ActionStrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars™ — Steam game cover

    Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars™

    Single-player alternative to Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour.

    The year is 2047. A massive nuclear fireball explodes high in the night sky, marking the dramatic beginning of the Third Tiberium War and the long-awaited return of the most groundbreaking Real-Time Strategy franchise of all time

    2009ActionStrategyDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Orbfall Reclaim the Planet — Steam game cover

    Orbfall Reclaim the Planet

    Single-player alternative to Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour.

    After a devastating alien invasion, the last survivors of humanity struggle to stay alive. While attempting to rebuild civilization, they face overwhelming alien forces that now dominate the Earth. But with the newly developed Orb Technology, humanity has one final chance to reclaim the planet.

    ActionStrategyIndieFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kingdoms in Arms — Steam game cover

    Kingdoms in Arms

    Single-player alternative to Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour.

    Kingdoms in Arms is a strategy game where you build and manage your kingdom. Build cities, outposts and military camps to conquer the whole island. Besiege your enemies castles and bring down their walls with your siege engines like catapults and trebuchets. Control your armies in real time.

    ActionStrategySingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Freeman: Guerrilla Warfare — Steam game cover

    Freeman: Guerrilla Warfare

    Single-player alternative to Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour.

    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 →
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    Supreme Commander — Steam game cover

    Supreme Commander

    Single-player alternative to Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour.

    For a thousand years, three opposing forces have waged war for what they believe is true. There can be no room for compromise: their way is the only way. Dubbed The Infinite War, this devastating conflict has taken its toll on a once-peaceful galaxy and has only served to deepen the hatred between the factions.

    2011Strategy12.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising — Steam game cover

    Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising

    Single-player alternative to Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour.

    Red Alert 3: Uprising features four new mini-campaigns, giving players a deeper dive into the storyline's of the Soviets, the Allies, the Empire of the Rising Sun and a unique campaign centered on the origins of everyone’s favorite psionic Japanese schoolgirl commando, Yuriko Omega.

    2009ActionStrategyFree To PlayDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit — Steam game cover

    Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit

    Single-player alternative to Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Need for Speed Hot Pursuit launches you into a new open-world landscape behind the wheel of the world's fastest and most beautiful cars. From Criterion, the award-winning studio behind the Burnout series, Hot Pursuit will redefine racing games for a whole new generation.

    2010RacingDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rise of Nations: Extended Edition — Steam game cover

    Rise of Nations: Extended Edition

    Single-player alternative to Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour.

    Rise of Nations is back! Play the updated classic with full Steamworks integration and enhanced features!

    2014StrategySimulation19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SC2VN - The eSports Visual Novel — Steam game cover

    SC2VN - The eSports Visual Novel

    Single-player alternative to Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour.

    SC2VN is a visual novel about the South Korean StarCraft 2 scene. You play as Mach, a foreign semi-pro trying to make it in eSports who soon learns that success in StarCraft takes more than in-game strategy.

    2015IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Total War: WARHAMMER II — Steam game cover

    Total War: WARHAMMER II

    Single-player alternative to Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour.

    Strategy gaming perfected. A breath-taking campaign of exploration, expansion and conquest across a fantasy world. Turn-based civilisation management and real-time epic strategy battles with thousands of troops and monsters at your command.

    2017ActionStrategy59.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Command & Conquer™ Tiberian Sun™ and Firestorm™ — Steam game cover

    Command & Conquer™ Tiberian Sun™ and Firestorm™

    Single-player alternative to Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour.

    The Second Tiberium War begins in this legendary sequel to the original Command & Conquer. With his forces stronger than ever, arch villain and leader of The Brotherhood of Nod - Kane - is pitched in an epic battle against the world's war machine - the Global Defense Initiative.

    2024ActionStrategyDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Command & Conquer™ Generals — Steam game cover

    Command & Conquer™ Generals

    Single-player alternative to Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour.

    Command & Conquer Generals puts your trigger finger on the pulse of modern warfare. Prepare your forces General... it's time to engage in the next generation of real-time strategy.

    2024ActionStrategyDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →