Single-player games like US and THEM
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to US and THEM, 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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Phantom Doctrine
Single-player alternative to US and THEM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with US and THEM.
The year is 1983. The world teeters on the verge of destruction as the Cold War tightens its icy grip. East or West: trust no one, question everything. The fate of humanity rests in your hands as you pit spy versus spy in tactical Phantom Doctrine.
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Buzz Aldrin's Space Program Manager
Single-player alternative to US and THEM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with US and THEM.
Space Program Manager (SPM) is the ultimate game of space exploration. It is the mid 1950s and the race for dominance between the US and the Soviet Union is about to move into a new dimension: space.
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Twilight Struggle
Single-player alternative to US and THEM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with US and THEM.
Twilight Struggle is a two-player game where players play as either the US or USSR during the Cold War. Using actual events from history, players must plan out their strategies in order to obtain world dominance. Play Twilight Struggle and change the course of history.
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Maestro's Cold War 2
Single-player alternative to US and THEM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with US and THEM.
Addictive yet chill. An immersive Cold War sandbox. Revive the Cold War in this classic strategy game—easy to pick up, yet challenging and deep, offering endless replayability.
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Vietnam ‘65
Single-player alternative to US and THEM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with US and THEM.
It is 1965 and the US ground war in Vietnam is in full swing. As a US Army commander, wage a counter-insurgency (COIN) war to secure the Ia Drang valley, on the border with Cambodia.
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Terminal Conflict
Single-player alternative to US and THEM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with US and THEM.
Touch the world with your fingertips! Your retro terminal awaits your command, for the balance of power, in this definitive Cold War strategy game. Here you belong; assert your leadership through turn based strategic tit-for-tat, on the brink of mutually assured destruction. Don't let it slip away!
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Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall
Single-player alternative to US and THEM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with US and THEM.
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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ICBM: Escalation
Single-player alternative to US and THEM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with US and THEM.
ICBM: Escalation is a grand RTS where you command armies, develop cutting-edge tech, and wield devastating weapons. Conquer enemies with conventional forces or nuclear firepower. With new modes like Standoff and Conquest, the game offers deep strategic layers in a global warfare setting.
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World Basketball Manager 2010
Single-player alternative to US and THEM — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
World Basketball Manager (WBM) is a basketball strategy game. It uses the same game-play principles as most soccer management games do. Entering the game, the player creates his manager profile and he is hired as the general manager of a basketball club and his task is to improve the team’s performance by analyzing the facts and making...
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World Basketball Tycoon
Single-player alternative to US and THEM — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
WBM Tycoon is a fresh look in sports strategy games that combines the classic manager game with the financial management and development of a Tycoon type game. As the Club Owner you must generate (or loan) the necessary funds in order to expand the club's facilities, raise the financial level and improve the team's roster.
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Sim Junta
Single-player alternative to US and THEM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with US and THEM.
Sim Junta – A game of dirty politics! You are the new dictator of Risuena, a small and poor country of the third world. You have just seized power after a bloody coup and your intentions are to stay in power as long as you can, to rip this country off, transfer the money to your secret Swiss bank account and of course, stay alive and...
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World Basketball Manager 2
Single-player alternative to US and THEM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with US and THEM.
Start an international career as a basketball manager in the ultimate old school sport management game! WBM2 is not just the latest addition to the successful series of basketball management games, but a completely new game, based on a super fast engine and a friendly and simple interface!