Single-player games like Paper Battlefield
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Paper Battlefield, 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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Crossfire: Legion
Single-player alternative to Paper Battlefield — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Paper Battlefield.
Crossfire: Legion is a real time strategy game featuring tactical action in furious battles across a shattered version of the near future. Raise and customize your army to engage in intense online combat and carve your own path as you rise through the ranks. It’s a new generation of warfare.
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Company of Heroes 3
Single-player alternative to Paper Battlefield — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Paper Battlefield.
Company of Heroes 3 combines heart-pounding combat with deeper strategic choices in a stunning Mediterranean theatre of war. In Company of Heroes 3, every battle tells a story...what's yours?
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9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far
Single-player alternative to Paper Battlefield — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Paper Battlefield.
Unleash voxel warfare in 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far. Lead a modern military, build bases, unlock units, and attack in all-out war. Engage on land, sea and air in over two dozen missions, online skirmishes, or co-op. Easy to learn, a challenge to master.
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Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
Single-player alternative to Paper Battlefield — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Paper Battlefield.
Celebrating its first year of delighting millions of global players, the award-winning and best-selling strategy franchise continues with Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition, putting you at the center of even more epic historical battles that shaped the world.
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D.O.T. Defence
Single-player alternative to Paper Battlefield — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Paper Battlefield.
Welcome to the frontlines! Build towers, muster armies, and conquer the map. Challenge yourself in the single-player campaign following the Chroma Wars, survive relentless waves in solo defense, or battle it out in local matches against friends and AI bots. Victory comes with the last HQ standing!
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Tempest Rising
Single-player alternative to Paper Battlefield — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Paper Battlefield.
Command distinct factions in a desperate struggle for power and resources in Tempest Rising - a classic RTS set on Earth after a nuclear war.
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Cossacks 3
Single-player alternative to Paper Battlefield — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Paper Battlefield.
Cossacks 3 is the return of RTS classics. Obtain resources, build cities and research technologies while taking command of great armies, crushing enemies in grand historical warfares on land and sea!
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Broken Arrow
Single-player alternative to Paper Battlefield — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Paper Battlefield.
Broken Arrow is a large-scale real-time modern warfare tactics game that combines the complexity of joint-forces wargaming with action-packed real-time tactics gameplay.
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Stellar Empires
Single-player alternative to Paper Battlefield — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Paper Battlefield.
Indie strategy game where you take control of an Empire, lead it to complete domination by colonizing new planets! The goal of the game is simple - the player has an initial planet and he has to control the armies to capture the enemy planets.