Single-player games like Hard West
Below are 16 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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Wasteland 2: Director's Cut
Single-player alternative to Hard West — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hard West.
From the producer of the original Fallout comes Wasteland 2. With over 80 hours of gameplay, deck out your Ranger squad with devastating weaponry, test the limits of your strategy skills, and bring justice to the Wasteland! The choices are yours…but so are the consequences.
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Blackguards
Single-player alternative to Hard West — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hard West.
What happens when the only hope of a threatened world lies not with heroes in shining armor, but in the hands of a band of misfits and criminals? Blackguards, a new turn-based strategy RPG, explores this very question. You will discover over 180 unique hex-based battlegrounds within a dark and mature story of crime, drugs, and murder.
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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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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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Dead State: Reanimated
Single-player alternative to Hard West — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hard West.
Dead State is a narrative-driven survival RPG set at the dawn of the undead apocalypse. Drawing inspiration from classic RPGs like Fallout, X-Com, and Suikoden, Dead State combines strategic, turn-based combat with base building mechanics, character creation, and social management.
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Mordheim: City of the Damned
Single-player alternative to Hard West — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Hard West.
Mordheim: City of the Damned is the first video game adaptation of Games Workshop's cult classic tabletop game Mordheim. Set in the Warhammer World's decimated Empire city, Mordheim: City of the Damned is a turn-based tactical game where you lead warbands into bloody and lethal skirmishes.
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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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Black Gold: Oil Drilling Simulator
Single-player alternative to Hard West — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hard West.
Step into the grit of the early 20th-century oil boom. Build your drilling empire from the dirt up chop timber, maintain rusty machinery, and manage a rugged crew. Strike black gold, overcome ruthless crises, and turn raw earth into an unimaginable fortune. The rush begins now.
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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.