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Single-player games like Harpoon Classic '97

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Harpoon Classic '97, 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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    Carrier Commander — Steam game cover

    Carrier Commander

    Single-player alternative to Harpoon Classic '97 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Harpoon Classic '97.

    Carrier Commander is a real-time strategy game which allows you choose the intensity of gameplay. You can manage your Carrier Operations against incoming attacks or intensify your game play by directly engaging the enemy controlling your own Jets, Destroyer's, Helicopter's and more...

    2022ActionStrategyIndie7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    War on the Sea — Steam game cover

    War on the Sea

    Single-player alternative to Harpoon Classic '97 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Harpoon Classic '97.

    Command ships, submarines and aircraft in the South Pacific during WWII.

    2021StrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Radio Commander: Vietnam '64 — Steam game cover

    Radio Commander: Vietnam '64

    Single-player alternative to Harpoon Classic '97 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Harpoon Classic '97.

    Use the radio to give commands to the soldiers on the battlefield. Keep track of the situation based on their voice reports only. Lead US platoons to clash with Vietcong in a realistic, innovative approach to the RTS genre. Make hard choices in a narrative driven experience, and face the outcome.

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Battlestations Pacific — Steam game cover

    Battlestations Pacific

    Single-player alternative to Harpoon Classic '97 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Harpoon Classic '97.

    Experience one war through two epic sagas where you will be a part of history or change it. Feel the power of the historically authentic and decisive battles of the Pacific War. Relive some of the grandest and most critical naval battles of recent history and for the first time, choose to lead your fleet to a completely different ending...

    2009ActionStrategySingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Supreme Ruler 2020 Gold — Steam game cover

    Supreme Ruler 2020 Gold

    Single-player alternative to Harpoon Classic '97 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Harpoon Classic '97.

    Supreme Ruler 2020 Gold contains Supreme Ruler 2020 and the expansion, Global Crisis: SUPREME RULER 2020 Overnight, the US dollar crashes AND the sound echoes across the globe. The economic crisis amplifies global instabilities and regional disputes, tearing the world asunder. Nations dissolve, economies collapse, and tensions escalate.

    2009Strategy3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Regiments — Steam game cover

    Regiments

    Single-player alternative to Harpoon Classic '97 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Harpoon Classic '97.

    Regiments is a Real-Time Tactics game set in Germany 1989. The Cold War has gone hot, and the inferno is raging. Lead your Regiment through the fires of conflict and the fog of war. Break through the lines, call in artillery, maneuver, feign retreats, stage defenses, counter-attack. Do not relent.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sub Command — Steam game cover

    Sub Command

    Single-player alternative to Harpoon Classic '97 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Harpoon Classic '97.

    Take charge of the most deadly modern-day submarines in the world - three distinct submarines across two unique and challenging campaigns. Utilize cutting-edge sensor and weapon technology to locate, track and destroy the enemy - even deliver Tomahawk missiles to inland targets.

    2006Strategy3.79 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gemini Wars — Steam game cover

    Gemini Wars

    Single-player alternative to Harpoon Classic '97 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Harpoon Classic '97.

    Take control of a fleet commander returned from exile, rise through the ranks of the United Space Federation forces and join an epic war across the stars.

    2012StrategyIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fleet Command — Steam game cover

    Fleet Command

    Single-player alternative to Harpoon Classic '97 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Harpoon Classic '97.

    International waterways become theaters of war when the world's most formidable maritime powers exchange their fatal blows. With entire fleets at your command, you must strategically deploy vessels from every class - frigate to aircraft to nuclear submarine - to maintain the precarious balance of naval power and gain position for the...

    2006Strategy3.79 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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