Single-player games like Close Combat 3: The Russian Front
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Close Combat 3: The Russian Front, 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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Close Combat 4: The Battle of the Bulge
Single-player alternative to Close Combat 3: The Russian Front — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Close Combat 3: The Russian Front.
"The Battle of the Bulge" continues the epic saga of the critically acclaimed and award-winning Close Combat series. Whether you command American or German troops, you decide when and where they will be deployed. History in the making is in your hands!
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Company of Heroes 2
Single-player alternative to Close Combat 3: The Russian Front — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Close Combat 3: The Russian Front.
Experience the ultimate WWII RTS platform with COH2 and its standalone expansions. This package includes the base game, which you can then upgrade by purchasing The Western Front Armies, Ardennes Assault and/or The British Forces. More info in the "About This Game" section below.
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Steel Division: Normandy 44
Single-player alternative to Close Combat 3: The Russian Front — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Close Combat 3: The Russian Front.
Steel Division: Normandy is a tactical real-time strategy (RTS) game that pits players against AI enemies in a single-player campaign -- or against several opponents in massive 10-on-10 multiplayer battles.
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Steel Division 2
Single-player alternative to Close Combat 3: The Russian Front — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Close Combat 3: The Russian Front.
Steel Division 2 is a historically-accurate WW2 real-time strategy game set on the Eastern Front. Features 1:1-scale turn-based army management and real-time tactical battles with thousands of men at your order.
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Commandos: Origins
Single-player alternative to Close Combat 3: The Russian Front — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Close Combat 3: The Russian Front.
ALARM! You have been selected for a mission which will shape the fate of the entire world. Witness the very beginning of the legendary elite WWII force in Commandos: Origins. The long-awaited sequel to the Commandos series brings you right back to the foundation of the real-time tactics genre.
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Sudden Strike 4
Single-player alternative to Close Combat 3: The Russian Front — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Close Combat 3: The Russian Front.
Sudden Strike is back! The beloved Real Time Strategy series returns, this time with bigger battlefields, more units, better graphics, new scenarios and legendary commanders – making Sudden Strike 4 more tactical and realistic than ever before!
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Hearts of Iron IV
Single-player alternative to Close Combat 3: The Russian Front — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Close Combat 3: The Russian Front.
Victory is at your fingertips! Your ability to lead your nation is your supreme weapon, the strategy game Hearts of Iron IV lets you take command of any nation in World War II; the most engaging conflict in world history.
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Hearts of Iron III
Single-player alternative to Close Combat 3: The Russian Front — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Close Combat 3: The Russian Front.
Hearts of Iron III lets you play the most engaging conflict in world history, World War 2, on all fronts as any country and through multiple different scenarios. Guide your nation to glory between 1936 and 1948 and wage war, conduct diplomacy and build your industry in the most detailed World War 2 game ever made.
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Close Combat
Single-player alternative to Close Combat 3: The Russian Front — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Close Combat 3: The Russian Front.
Defeat the enemy in this classic nonstop World War II battle action. Lead your men through the terror, fatigue, and hell of war on to victory. Only you can bring'em back alive!
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Close Combat 2: A Bridge Too Far
Single-player alternative to Close Combat 3: The Russian Front — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Close Combat 3: The Russian Front.
Close Combat 2: A Bridge Too Far challenges you to take control of five strategic bridges in the most dramatic battle of World War II. From war-room strategy to gritty trench combat, battlefields come to life as you command Allied or Axis powers. It's a fight where every second counts.
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Close Combat 5: Invasion: Normandy - Utah Beach to Cherbourg
Single-player alternative to Close Combat 3: The Russian Front — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Close Combat 3: The Russian Front.
Close Combat: Invasion: Normandy takes WWII realism back to the beaches of Northern France. Re-live the campaign that gave the Allies a foothold on the doorstep of Fortress Europe.