Single-player games like Clockwork Dawn
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Clockwork Dawn, 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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Arms Race 2
Single-player alternative to Clockwork Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Clockwork Dawn.
Arms Race 2 is a PC strategy game based on the historical conflict between the USA and the USSR that took place in the 20th century.
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Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升
Single-player alternative to Clockwork Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Clockwork Dawn.
A Giant Strategy Sandbox experience set in Warlord China. *Tons of playable factions! *Communist insurgents, * Boxers like rebels, *Greedy warlords, *Mongol riders, *A mad russian baron, *Shanghai gangsters, *And armored trains!
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Gilded Destiny
Single-player alternative to Clockwork Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Clockwork Dawn.
Forge empires, incite revolutions, and reshape society in Gilded Destiny, the definitive grand strategy game of the Industrial Age. Take command of your chosen nation and lead it to glory through masterful diplomacy, sweeping industrialization, and decisive warfare.
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The Emperor and State
Single-player alternative to Clockwork Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Clockwork Dawn.
The Emperor and State is a turn-based strategy game that simulates the rule of an ancient feudal monarch. It involves the administration, policy adjustment, diplomatic checks and balances, national wars, as well as the emperor's self-cultivation, the cultivation of successors and so on.
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Europa Universalis IV
Single-player alternative to Clockwork Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Clockwork Dawn.
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 History 2: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Clockwork Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Clockwork Dawn.
The grand strategy classic returns with improved gameplay, a massive 13,892 province map, expanded diplomacy and wartime capitulation, new civilizations and scenarios, atomic weapons, smarter AI, enhanced visuals, UI upgrades, and major performance improvements.
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Power & Revolution 2020 Edition
Single-player alternative to Clockwork Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Clockwork Dawn.
The new version of Geopolitical Simulator 4, the ultrarealistic simulator of today's world where you play as the head of state or as the opposition! Stop the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic and restart the economy, participate in the US elections or engage in lightning wars with new 2020 scenarios.
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AfterWar
Single-player alternative to Clockwork Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Clockwork Dawn.
AfterWar is a strategy about the world in 2028