Single-player games like Praetorians
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Praetorians, 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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Rome: Total War™ - Collection
Single-player alternative to Praetorians — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Praetorians.
Control and conquer the greatest empire ever known to man.
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Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition
Single-player alternative to Praetorians — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Praetorians.
Emperor Edition is the definitive edition of ROME II, featuring an improved politics system, overhauled building chains, rebalanced battles and improved visuals in both campaign and battleEmperor Edition contains all free feature updates since its release in 2013, which includes bug fixes, balancing, Twitch.
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Imperial Glory
Single-player alternative to Praetorians — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Praetorians.
It is a time of war in Europe. Driven by new ideas of Enlightenment, the hearts of men and women across the continent are inflamed with dreams of freedom and glory. This is the moment for a military genius to forge himself a name to be remembered throughout all eternity. This is your moment.
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Imperivm RTC - HD Edition "Great Battles of Rome"
Single-player alternative to Praetorians — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Praetorians.
Lead the battles that forged the greatest Empire of all time. Seven civilizations fighting for glory or freedom: Rome, Aegyptus, Britannia, Germania, Gallia, Hispania, and Carthago. Enjoy the fast-paced RTC “Real-Time Conquest” gameplay, an Old School RTS oriented to military conquest.
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Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
Single-player alternative to Praetorians — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Praetorians.
The next chapter in the #1 rated RTS franchise thrusts players into a hellish war torn landscape to command two battle-hardened armies in relentless campaigns for honor and country. Players lead the tenacious British 2nd Army during the heroic World War II liberation of Caen, France, and command the German Panzer Elite as they struggle...
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Grand Ages: Rome
Single-player alternative to Praetorians — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Praetorians.
As Governor of a Roman Province in the time-honoured Roman Empire, its fortune very much lies in your hands. Choose one of five Roman noble families such as Caesar’s Julii with different abilities to accomplish the comprehensive missions.
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Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Praetorians — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Praetorians.
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition offers players a trial of this historical single & multiplayer RTS experience. *Note: To unlock all features of the game please see the “Base Game” product.
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Rise of Nations: Extended Edition
Single-player alternative to Praetorians — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Praetorians.
Rise of Nations is back! Play the updated classic with full Steamworks integration and enhanced features!
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Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
Single-player alternative to Praetorians — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines is a real-time tactics game set in World War II that puts you in command of a small squad of elite troopers. Send them behind enemy lines on a series of hazardous missions, and bring them back alive.
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Commandos 2: Men of Courage
Single-player alternative to Praetorians — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Praetorians.
Commandos 2: Men of Courage is a tactical action/strategy game set against the backdrop of World War II. Take control of an elite group of commandos who must venture deep into enemy territory and utilize their combined expertise to complete a series of mission-based objectives.
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Commandos 2 - HD Remaster
Single-player alternative to Praetorians — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Praetorians.
Relive the real-time tactics masterpiece that defined the genre like no other: Commandos 2 - HD Remaster is a true homage to one of gaming’s most celebrated masterpieces.
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Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty
Single-player alternative to Praetorians — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
You have been selected for active service in the Commandos Corps, and must now mobilize in a series of 8 new dangerous missions.
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Commandos 3: Destination Berlin
Single-player alternative to Praetorians — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Commandos 3: Destination Berlin is a game of real-time tactics that places you in command of an elite unit of Special Forces behind enemy lines in the European theater of World War II.