Single-player games like Close Combat 3: The Russian Front
Below are 12 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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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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Blitzkrieg 2 Anthology
Single-player alternative to Close Combat 3: The Russian Front — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Close Combat 3: The Russian Front.
Return to the bloody battlefields of World War II in this epic sequel. Blitzkrieg 2 returns you to the gritty realism of WWII battles while pushing your focus into new, strategic opportunities during global war!
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Sudden Strike 5
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 5 delivers real-time tactics in epic WWII battles. A host of tactical options and more than 300 playable units open-up multiple approaches to reach your objectives in a 25 mission campaign on historical battlefields in Europe and North Africa.
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Wargame: Red Dragon
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 new reference in RTS at its best! The Wargame series returns to duty, larger, richer and more spectacular than ever before. In Wargame Red Dragon, you are engaged in a large-scale conflict where Western forces clash against the Communist bloc.
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Men of War™
Single-player alternative to Close Combat 3: The Russian Front — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Close Combat 3: The Russian Front.
Men of War is a stunning Real-Time Strategy game that takes place during the height of World War II. Intense battles span Europe and North Africa as gamers play as Soviet, Allied or German forces across 19 massive single-player missions.
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Unity of Command II
Single-player alternative to Close Combat 3: The Russian Front — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Close Combat 3: The Russian Front.
Unity of Command II is the sequel to one of the most critically acclaimed strategy games of all time; a game critics called 'the perfect gateway' into computer war games.
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Soldiers: Heroes of World War II - Enhanced Edition
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 first installment in the real-time tactics series that would become known as Men of War, now refreshed and enhanced! Take command of American, British, Soviet, or German forces and fight on the battlefields of World War II in 32 single-player missions or with others in PvP and co-op sessions.
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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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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 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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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.