Single-player games like Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
Below are 22 single-player Steam games similar to Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI, 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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Sid Meier's Civilization® V
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
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Sid Meier's Civilization VII
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
The award-winning strategy game franchise returns with a revolutionary new chapter. Sid Meier's Civilization® VII empowers you to build the greatest empire the world has ever known!
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Millennia
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Create your own nation in Millennia, a historical turn-based 4X game that challenges your strategic prowess across 10,000 years of history, from the dawn of humanity to our possible futures.
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HUMANKIND™
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Rewrite history by shaping a civilization as unique as you are. Combine 60 cultures from the Ancient Era to the Modern Age to lead your empire to victory. Build thriving cities, outsmart rivals in epic battles, spread your influence and leave your mark on HUMANKIND™.
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ENDLESS™ Space 2
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
ENDLESS™ Space 2 is a Strategic Space Opera, featuring the compelling “just one more turn” gameplay, set in the mysterious ENDLESS™ Universe. As the leader of your civilization, will you impose your vision and build the greatest stellar empire?
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Stellaris
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Explore a galaxy full of wonders in this sci-fi grand strategy game from Paradox Development Studios. Interact with diverse alien races, discover strange new worlds with unexpected events and expand the reach of your empire. Each new adventure holds almost limitless possibilities.
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Europa Universalis IV
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Rule your land and dominate the world with unparalleled freedom, depth and historical accuracy. Write a new history of the world and build an empire for the ages.
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Age of Wonders III
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Age of Wonders III is the long anticipated sequel to the award-winning strategy series. Delivering a unique mix of Empire Building, Role Playing and Warfare, Age of Wonders III offers the ultimate in turn-based fantasy strategy for veterans of the series and new players alike!
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Cities: Skylines
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.
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Sid Meier's Civilization® IV
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
With over 6 million units sold and unprecedented critical acclaim from fans and press around the world, Sid Meier's Civilization is recognized as one of the greatest PC game franchises of all-time. Now, Sid Meier and Firaxis Games will take this incredibly fun and addictive game to new heights by adding new ways to play and win, new...
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Anno 1800
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Anno 1800™ – Lead the Industrial Revolution! Welcome to the dawn of the Industrial Age. The path you choose will define your world. Are you an innovator or an exploiter? A conqueror or a liberator? How the world remembers your name is up to you.
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Kingdoms Rise and Fall
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Kingdoms Rise and Fall is a captivating Real-Time Strategy game that takes you on an epic journey through different eras, spanning the entirety of history and beyond! Kingdoms Rise & Fall focuses more on culture, science, and keeping your nation happy over time.
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The Settlers: New Allies
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
The Settlers®: New Allies is a strategy game with an in-depth build-up experience and real-time strategic battles.
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Tropico 4
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
The world is changing and Tropico is moving with the times - geographical powers rise and fall and the world market is dominated by new players with new demands and offers - and you, as El Presidente, face a whole new set of challenges.
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Banished
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.
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Caesar™ 3
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Prove your strength of mind and spirit and you just may be crowned Caesar!
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XCOM® 2
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.
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XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
The XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Slingshot Pack is Now Available!
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XCOM®: Chimera Squad
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
XCOM: Chimera Squad delivers an all-new story and turn-based tactical combat experience in the XCOM universe.
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Marvel's Midnight Suns
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
FIGHT AND STRATEGIZE LIKE A SUPER HERO IN THE DARKER CORNERS OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE. Play as The Hunter, a legendary demon slayer who must lead a team of Super Heroes and supernatural warriors facing apocalyptic threats.
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Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.
Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth is a new science-fiction-themed entry into the award winning Civilization series. As part of an expedition sent to find a home beyond Earth, lead your people into a new frontier, explore and colonize an alien planet and create a new civilization in space.
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Sid Meier's Pirates!
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Sail the Caribbean, marauding all on the high seas or ally your ship and crew as a privateer in search of riches - the life you choose is up to you. Face dogged enemies, raid unsuspecting villages, woo fair maidens, avoid capture or dig for buried treasure. Discover what it takes to become one of the most famous pirates in history!