Single-player games like Machines At War 3
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Machines At War 3, 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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Crush Your Enemies
Single-player alternative to Machines At War 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Machines At War 3.
Go back to the awesome glory days of Real-Time Strategy games. Crush Your Enemies has everything you love of the genre: Planning, choosing different types of units, managing resources, taking enemy territory and outwitting your opponent with the ingenious formations of your men.
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SunAge: Battle for Elysium
Single-player alternative to Machines At War 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Machines At War 3.
A return to the roots of real-time strategy, providing beautiful 2D visuals combined with all the features that we came to expect from old school classics. This remastered version is a culmination of all the improvements and new features based upon suggestions from the community.
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Original War
Single-player alternative to Machines At War 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Machines At War 3.
An American geological expedition, under a UN mandate, assesses the natural resources in a distant part of Siberia, deep in the trackless steppes of Eastern Russia. But instead of oil, they discover a deposit of a hitherto unknown mineral.
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Rusted Warfare - RTS
Single-player alternative to Machines At War 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Machines At War 3.
{{An RTS inspired by the classics of the past!}} Making up for it's subpar retro graphics with fun gameplay and modern multi-threaded tech enabling huge battles to run smooth... Featuring singleplayer challenges, skirmish, sandbox, 10-player multiplayer & workshop modding.
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Wargame: European Escalation
Single-player alternative to Machines At War 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Machines At War 3.
The New Fatal Error DLC includes a new 5-mission Operation and touch-screen controls.
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Battlezone: Combat Commander
Single-player alternative to Machines At War 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Machines At War 3.
Battlezone: Combat Commander remasters FPS-RTS classic Battlezone II with slick new visuals, brand new achievements, Steam Workshop support and much more! The solar system is at war. Take command.
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Men of War: Assault Squad 2
Single-player alternative to Machines At War 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Machines At War 3.
Men of War: Assault Squad 2 expands the real-time tactics series with new skirmish missions, massive multiplayer battles, enhanced visuals, improved AI, and full Direct Control. Command five factions across 65 maps, 250 vehicles, and 200 soldiers in one of the most detailed WWII RTS experiences.
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8-Bit Armies
Single-player alternative to Machines At War 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Machines At War 3.
8-Bit Armies is a retro Real-Time Strategy game. With a colorful, blocky voxel art style, 8-Bit Armies is Petroglyph's most fast-paced, friendly, and accessible RTS game to date. Featuring a campaign of 25 single-player missions, 12 co-op missions, multiplayer and skirmish modes.
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Supreme Commander
Single-player alternative to Machines At War 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Machines At War 3.
For a thousand years, three opposing forces have waged war for what they believe is true. There can be no room for compromise: their way is the only way. Dubbed The Infinite War, this devastating conflict has taken its toll on a once-peaceful galaxy and has only served to deepen the hatred between the factions.
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Total Annihilation
Single-player alternative to Machines At War 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Machines At War 3.
What began as a conflict over the transfer of consciousness from flesh to machines escalated into a war which has decimated a million worlds. The Core and the Arm have all but exhausted the resources of a galaxy in their struggle for domination.
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Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising
Single-player alternative to Machines At War 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Machines At War 3.
Red Alert 3: Uprising features four new mini-campaigns, giving players a deeper dive into the storyline's of the Soviets, the Allies, the Empire of the Rising Sun and a unique campaign centered on the origins of everyone’s favorite psionic Japanese schoolgirl commando, Yuriko Omega.
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Command & Conquer™ Remastered Collection
Single-player alternative to Machines At War 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Machines At War 3.
Command & Conquer and Red Alert are both remastered in 4K by the former Westwood Studios team members. Includes all 3 expansions, rebuilt multiplayer, a modernized UI, Map Editor, bonus footage gallery, and over 7 hours of remastered music.