Single-player games like Z
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Z, 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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Shrot
Single-player alternative to Z — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Z.
Shrot is a bite-sized old-school action RTS set on a sandy planet with horses, tractors and techno music.
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8-Bit Armies
Single-player alternative to Z — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Z.
8-Bit Armies is a retro Real-Time Strategy game. With a colorful, blocky voxel art style, 8-Bit Armies is Petroglyph's most fast-paced, friendly, and accessible RTS game to date. Featuring a campaign of 25 single-player missions, 12 co-op missions, multiplayer and skirmish modes.
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Total Annihilation
Single-player alternative to Z — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Z.
What began as a conflict over the transfer of consciousness from flesh to machines escalated into a war which has decimated a million worlds. The Core and the Arm have all but exhausted the resources of a galaxy in their struggle for domination.
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Crush Your Enemies
Single-player alternative to Z — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Z.
Go back to the awesome glory days of Real-Time Strategy games. Crush Your Enemies has everything you love of the genre: Planning, choosing different types of units, managing resources, taking enemy territory and outwitting your opponent with the ingenious formations of your men.
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Battlezone 98 Redux
Single-player alternative to Z — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Z.
One of the greatest sci-fi strategy games of all time returns with remastered visuals, online multiplayer and near unlimited mod content from Steam Workshop. Experience thrilling first person action and acclaimed RTS in this explosive alternate vision of the 1960s space race.
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Metal Fatigue
Single-player alternative to Z — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Z.
Metal Fatigue is a real-time strategy game taking the genre to new heights - literally. Build and customize your massive Combots to dominate the three battlefield levels simultaneously - from orbit, to the surface, and even underground!
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Flesh Eaters
Single-player alternative to Z — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Z.
Flesh Eaters is retro style single player RTS zombie survival game with resource gathering and crafting. Zombies are everywhere! You must gather resources to build barricades, upgrade weapons and armour and explore the city under the siege of the dead
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Men of War™
Single-player alternative to Z — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Z.
Men of War is a stunning Real-Time Strategy game that takes place during the height of World War II. Intense battles span Europe and North Africa as gamers play as Soviet, Allied or German forces across 19 massive single-player missions.
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Rogue Trooper Redux
Single-player alternative to Z — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Z.
A pioneering tactical shooter and landmark comic book adaptation, Rogue Trooper is back, remastered and revitalised in true high definition. Experience acclaimed third-person action in this BAFTA-nominated tale of betrayal and revenge at the far reaches of the galaxy!
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Z Steel Soldiers
Single-player alternative to Z — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Z.
In the bloody aftermath of ‘Z’ comes The Bitmap Brothers classic, “Z Steel Soldiers”: a new breed of robot with a taste for war and a warped sense of humour.