Single-player games like Hard West
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Hard West, 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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Hard West 2
Single-player alternative to Hard West — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Hard West.
Hard West 2 is a journey to the heart of darkness in the American West. Take control of a supernatural posse and catch the mysterious Ghost Train. Outsmart, outcheat and outgun your enemies in this turn-based tactics game set in a Wild West world where nothing is as it seems.
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Phantom Doctrine
Single-player alternative to Hard West — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Hard West.
The year is 1983. The world teeters on the verge of destruction as the Cold War tightens its icy grip. East or West: trust no one, question everything. The fate of humanity rests in your hands as you pit spy versus spy in tactical Phantom Doctrine.
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Jagged Alliance 3
Single-player alternative to Hard West — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Hard West.
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.
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Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
Single-player alternative to Hard West — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Hard West.
A tactical game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with story, exploration, stealth, and strategy. Take control of a team of Mutants navigating a post-human Earth. Created by a team including former HITMAN leads and the designer of PAYDAY.
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Gears Tactics
Single-player alternative to Hard West — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Hard West.
Gears Tactics is the fast-paced, turn-based strategy game from one of the most-acclaimed video game franchises – Gears of War. Outnumbered and fighting for survival, recruit and command your squad to hunt down an evil mastermind who makes monsters.
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Into the Breach
Single-player alternative to Hard West — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hard West.
Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.
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Expeditions: Conquistador
Single-player alternative to Hard West — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hard West.
Conquer the New world: In the 16th Century, Spanish explorers and soldiers reached the shores of America. The search for gold, fame, and adventure drove these travelers into a treacherous wilderness where they faced hunger, disease, and dangerous predators. In their wake, the Aztec Empires lay in ruins.
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Blackguards 2
Single-player alternative to Hard West — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hard West.
Blackguards 2 is a turn-based strategy-RPG and will deliver challenging hexfield battles and a gritty story filled with violence and crime. - Includes bonus content: Soundtrack, digital Art Book and Strategy Guide Book!
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Victor Vran ARPG
Single-player alternative to Hard West — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hard West.
Victor Vran is the isometric action-RPG where your skill is just as essential as your character build and gear. Experience intense combat action: dodge, jump and unleash powerful skills to finish off your enemies!
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The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
Single-player alternative to Hard West — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The year is 1962 and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear. A top-secret government unit called The Bureau begins investigating a series of mysterious attacks by an enemy more powerful than communism.
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XCOM® 2
Single-player alternative to Hard West — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Hard West.
XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.
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Weird West: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Hard West — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hard West.
Survive and unveil the mysteries of the Weird West through the intertwined destinies of its unusual heroes in an Action RPG from the co-creators of Dishonored and Prey.
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POSTAL: Brain Damaged
Single-player alternative to Hard West — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
POSTAL: Brain Damaged is a new, action-oriented take on the Running With Scissors’ cult game series with throwback graphics, and fast-paced, modern gameplay. Take a wild roller coaster ride through the twisted wonderland encased in the POSTAL DUDE’S messed-up mind.
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Ancient Space
Single-player alternative to Hard West — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Hard West.
Ancient Space is a story driven single player real time strategy game where you take command of a fleet embarking on a scientific mission to chart undiscovered reaches of space called ‘The Black Zone’. Overcome overwhelming odds and fight for your life and the survival of your ship and its crew.
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Aircraft Carrier Survival: Tutorial
Single-player alternative to Hard West — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
When the harshness of the sea meets the cruelties of war, a challenge for perseverance makes itself known. And it is like none other. Welcome to Aircraft Carrier Survival, a strategy set in the merciless reality of World War II, where your prowess as a commander decides the fate of a naval behemoth.