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Single-player games like Warlords III: Darklords Rising

Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Warlords III: Darklords Rising, 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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    Fantasy Kommander: Fascination of Evil — Steam game cover

    Fantasy Kommander: Fascination of Evil

    Single-player alternative to Warlords III: Darklords Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Warlords III: Darklords Rising.

    Command the armies of the Adamantia Empire in epic battles! Reclaim lost lands, expand your army, and lead Marcus III to victory in this turn-based strategy RPG set in a fantasy war world.

    2025StrategyRPGCasual1.28 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Forged of Blood — Steam game cover

    Forged of Blood

    Single-player alternative to Warlords III: Darklords Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Warlords III: Darklords Rising.

    A fantasy turn-based tactical RPG built on depth and mechanical complexity, featuring classless character building, strategic management, and small unit tactics on a world scale.

    2019StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Dragoness: Command of the Flame — Steam game cover

    The Dragoness: Command of the Flame

    Single-player alternative to Warlords III: Darklords Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Warlords III: Darklords Rising.

    The Dragoness mixes HOMM-like exploration, city-building and turn-based strategic combat, with a roguelite twist. Choose your battles, paths and skills as you explore a world ravaged by war. Gather and manage your army of beasts, collect resources and expand your city.

    2022StrategyRPG2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch — Steam game cover

    Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch

    Single-player alternative to Warlords III: Darklords Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Warlords III: Darklords Rising.

    Veil of the Witch is a roguelite strategy RPG with turn-based combat and branching progression. Set in the world of “Lost Eidolons,” build a nimble squad of five, pick your skills as you level, and adapt to each unique run. May the gods favor the bold and the wise.

    2025StrategyIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs — Steam game cover

    Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs

    Single-player alternative to Warlords III: Darklords Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Warlords III: Darklords Rising.

    Regalia: Of Men And Monarchs is a tactical RPG set in a cheerful fantasy world full of weirdness and wonder. Assemble your party, go adventuring, manage your kingdom, make new friends, and defeat your opponents in challenging turn-based combat.

    2017StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Skyward Collapse — Steam game cover

    Skyward Collapse

    Single-player alternative to Warlords III: Darklords Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Warlords III: Darklords Rising.

    How do you balance -- and indeed encourage -- a war between factions without letting either side obliterate the other? How do you rule over gods, creatures, and men who refuse to obey you? How do you build a landscape of villages when bandits and mythology are conspiring to tear it down?

    2013StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Howl — Steam game cover

    Howl

    Single-player alternative to Warlords III: Darklords Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Warlords III: Darklords Rising.

    Howl is a turn-based tactical folktale set in medieval times. A sinister "howling plague" has ravaged the land, turning all who hear it into feral beasts. You play a deaf heroine plunging into danger in search of a cure.

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Jagged Alliance 3 — Steam game cover

    Jagged Alliance 3

    Single-player alternative to Warlords III: Darklords Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Warlords III: Darklords Rising.

    The country of Grand Chien is thrown into chaos when the elected president goes missing and the paramilitary force known as “the Legion” seizes control. Hire mercs, meet interesting characters, and fight in tactically deep turn-based combat in this true successor to a beloved franchise.

    2023ActionStrategy13.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    LEGO® The Hobbit™ — Steam game cover

    LEGO® The Hobbit™

    Single-player alternative to Warlords III: Darklords Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Reclaim the Lost Kingdom brick by brick! Join Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf, Thorin and his company of Dwarves in an epic adventure across Middle-earth to recapture the Lonely Mountain in the most expansive LEGO game to date.

    2014ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Lord of the Rings: War in the North — Steam game cover

    Lord of the Rings: War in the North

    Single-player alternative to Warlords III: Darklords Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Work together or die alone in this epic quest to turn the tides in the War of the Ring.

    2011ActionRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    LEGO® The Lord of the Rings™ — Steam game cover

    LEGO® The Lord of the Rings™

    Single-player alternative to Warlords III: Darklords Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Based on The Lord of the Rings motion picture trilogy, LEGO® The Lord of the Rings follows the original story-lines of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, taking players through the epic story events re-imagined with the humor and endl

    2012ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Warlords I + II — Steam game cover

    Warlords I + II

    Single-player alternative to Warlords III: Darklords Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Warlords III: Darklords Rising.

    Warlords 1 + Warlords II Deluxe is a compilation of two great award-winning games. Both bring different worlds to conquer, mighty armies to conquer, and enemies to vanquish.

    2024Strategy5.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →