Single-player games like Warring States
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Warring States, 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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Rising Lords
Single-player alternative to Warring States — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with Warring States.
Rising Lords is a medieval turn-based strategy game with card and board game elements. Send your serfs to fight and die in your name... or let them prosper, and use them to your advantage!
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Oriental Empires
Single-player alternative to Warring States — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with Warring States.
Turn based 4X strategy game, recreating the civilizations of ancient China. Develop your land, build great cities, raise huge armies and fight epic battles, with hundreds of soldiers fighting right on the game map. Advance your technologies, culture and religion to create one of mankind’s biggest empires.
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Panzer Corps 2
Single-player alternative to Warring States — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Warring States.
Panzer Corps 2 is the ultimate Second World War strategy game! Enjoy the time-proven gameplay formula which has been appreciated by millions of players over the years, brought to a whole new level of refinement up to the latest technical standards.
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Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
Single-player alternative to Warring States — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Warring States.
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War brings you to a world of terror and violence. Four factions will engage in a brutal war for dominance over the planet’s resources. In the first turn-based 4X strategy game set in Warhammer 40,000 you will lead one of four unique factions.
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Old World
Single-player alternative to Warring States — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Warring States.
Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?
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Total War: THREE KINGDOMS
Single-player alternative to Warring States — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Warring States.
Total War: THREE KINGDOMS is the first in the award-winning series to recreate epic conflict across ancient China. Combining a gripping turn-based campaign of empire-building & conquest with stunning real-time battles, THREE KINGDOMS redefines the series in an age of heroes & legends.
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Field of Glory II
Single-player alternative to Warring States — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Warring States.
Field of Glory II is a turn-based tactical game set during the Rise of Rome from 280 BC to 25 BC.
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Hex of Steel
Single-player alternative to Warring States — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Warring States.
Hex of Steel is a refreshing WWII wargame covering all fronts featuring a certain amount of original mechanics. Fight in solo against finally a decent AI throughout Europe, Africa or the Pacific, or against a friend in the cross-platform PBEM or real time multiplayer. Coop is also an option!
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Total War: WARHAMMER II
Single-player alternative to Warring States — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Warring States.
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.
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Europa Universalis V
Single-player alternative to Warring States — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Warring States.
Use war, trade or diplomacy to satisfy your grandest ambitions and dominate five centuries of history in the newest version of Europa Universalis, Paradox Interactive's flagship historical grand strategy game.