Single-player games like Controware
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Controware, 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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Xeno Command
Single-player alternative to Controware — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Controware.
Defend galaxy against Alien invasion in the RTS offline game with roguelike fun
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ReEarth
Single-player alternative to Controware — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Controware.
ReEarth is an exciting TD & (RTS) indie game. Here, you will play as humanity's last hope. You will fend off the oncoming swarms by continuously building your base and dispatching various types of units. Prepare for the challenge and save the future of humanity!
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Radiant Defense
Single-player alternative to Controware — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Controware.
MILLIONS OF ALIENS WILL DIE!Radiant Defense is a tower defense game set in a vibrant universe invaded by countless alien hordes.Build your space fortress any way you wish, set up wide variety of weapons and traps and let the invasions begin!
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Attack on Toys
Single-player alternative to Controware — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Controware.
Relive Your Childhood Toys comes to life! Build your Army Toys, make battle scenario, watch the Toys battling each other, and customize your play with Attack on Toys Toy Box. Command your Army Toys to fight againts another toys strategically and keep them alive during battle!
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D.O.T. Defence
Single-player alternative to Controware — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Controware.
Welcome to the frontlines! Build towers, muster armies, and conquer the map. Challenge yourself in the single-player campaign following the Chroma Wars, survive relentless waves in solo defense, or battle it out in local matches against friends and AI bots. Victory comes with the last HQ standing!
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Operation: Polygon Storm
Single-player alternative to Controware — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Controware.
A fastpaced, military tug-of-war game with minimal micromanagement. Choose and deploy from a mix of specialized military units to overwhelm the enemy. Experiment with a huge variety of unit compositions, synergies, abilities, and upgrades to lead your army to victory!
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Calyx
Single-player alternative to Controware — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Controware.
A strategy game with a new kind of enemy, Calyx puts you in charge of a space mining outpost, locked in battle against powerful plant-aliens. Build your base, gather resources, assemble your forces, and take on the Calyx. With only an out-of-date AI for company, can you survive?
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Company of Heroes 3
Single-player alternative to Controware — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Controware.
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?
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Space Adventures
Single-player alternative to Controware — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
An endless adventure in the middle of empty space. You will have to fight off endless waves of enemy ships, pumping your own and moving forward through space. Be careful, your opponents are getting stronger and stronger every time!
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Funny puzzle
Single-player alternative to Controware — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Funny puzzle game is an electronic form of classic puzzles, now you can collect puzzles on your computer! puzzles is not only a game of the mind, where you need logic, intelligence and ingenuity, but also a great way to calm your nerves.
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Mystery Swords
Single-player alternative to Controware — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Mystery Swords is a survival game with RPG elements. Your village was attacked by evil orcs. To protect the inhabitants, you, as the best soldier, are sent to explore the forest, but the enemies were much closer than it seemed. Can you stop a whole horde of hostile orcs?
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Skull Bullets
Single-player alternative to Controware — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Skull Bullets is a roguelike game with RPG elements. You are a risen from the dead shooter who is trying to get out of the endless forest with the undead. Upgrade your skills, get new weapons and deal with a whole crowd of enemies. Will you be able to get out? It all depends on you.
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Alien worm
Single-player alternative to Controware — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Welcome to an incredibly atmospheric game in which you have to control an alien underground worm and kill everything that moves!
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Endless Zombie Weekend
Single-player alternative to Controware — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Endless Zombie Weekend is an endless arcade game with RPG elements. It's hard to be the only survivor after the apocalypse. How often do you think about it? As the main character of the game, you can feel it! Upgrade your weapons and try to survive as many days as possible.
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Golden Mine Pickaxe
Single-player alternative to Controware — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
You are a brave digger who went in search of minerals! Alone, you have to find as many of them as possible and improve your outfit in order to move further and further each time.
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Cat and fish
Single-player alternative to Controware — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Controware.
You are a brave cat who got lost in the forest in search of food. You have to collect all the food, while getting out of the forest alive. Be careful, because the forest is full of various traps and obstacles!