Single-player games like Sid Meier's Covert Action (Classic)
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Sid Meier's Covert Action (Classic), 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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Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic)
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Covert Action (Classic) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Sid Meier's Covert Action (Classic).
The New World lies before you with all its peril, promise and infinite possibility. Your colonists anxiously follow you to shore. The treasures of an entire continent await you.
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Sid Meier's Pirates! Gold Plus (Classic)
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Covert Action (Classic) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Sid Meier's Covert Action (Classic).
Ahoy mateys! From the Mind of Sid Meier, The Golden Age of Buccaneering has returned with Pirates! Gold!
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Kathy Rain: Director's Cut
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Covert Action (Classic) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sid Meier's Covert Action (Classic).
The award-winning point-and-click adventure returns in the Director's Cut with an extended story, additional puzzles, and new areas to explore. Witness the rise of an iconic detective as you uncover a dark and sinister truth hiding behind the calm exterior of a small rural town.
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Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Covert Action (Classic) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Sid Meier's Covert Action (Classic).
Big Brother has arrived - and it’s you. Investigate the lives of citizens to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks. Information from the internet, personal communications and private files are all accessible to you. But, be warned, the information you supply will have consequences.
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Tormenture
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Covert Action (Classic) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sid Meier's Covert Action (Classic).
Tormenture is a psychological horror game where you play as a child trapped in a cursed 8-bit game with a dark secret. To survive, you must find four relics and solve reality-blurring puzzles. But beware—some creatures may escape the game and haunt you in the real world. A game within a game.
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Mainlining
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Covert Action (Classic) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Sid Meier's Covert Action (Classic).
After MI7 has been hacked, your primary goal is to bring a cyber-criminal network to justice. Played entirely from your computer's desktop, Mainlining is a thrilling point and click hacking adventure that features a gripping narrative which will have you hooked from the very first case.
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The Operator
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Covert Action (Classic) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Sid Meier's Covert Action (Classic).
Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.
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Stranger Things 3: The Game
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Covert Action (Classic) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sid Meier's Covert Action (Classic).
Stranger Things 3: The Game is the official companion game to Season 3 of the hit original series! Play through familiar events from the series while also uncovering never-before-seen quests, character interactions, and secrets!
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X-COM: UFO Defense
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Covert Action (Classic) — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
You are in control of X-COM: an organization formed by the world's governments to fight the ever-increasing alien menace.
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X-COM: Apocalypse
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Covert Action (Classic) — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
There's something evil in the city tonight... Earth has been ravaged by human excess, petty conflict and alien invasion. The world's population has been herded into huge cities, the first of which was Mega Primus. 2084: A Utopia shattered, social collapse and civil unrest reigns in Mega Primus. Fiendish aliens terrorize the city.
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X-COM: Terror From the Deep
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Covert Action (Classic) — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The war continues... X-COM: UFO Defense brought you to a galactic battlefield. X-COM: Terror from the Deep brings the alien terror into a totally new dimension.Seeking to take advantage of a weakened Earth, X-COM's deep space foes unexpectedly change strategy and launch a powerful second front against planet Earth.
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X-COM: Enforcer
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Covert Action (Classic) — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
X-COM: Earth's top-secret eXtraterrestrial COMbat unit The Place: America - early 21st century The Mission: Eradicate the extraterrestrials Alien forces have invaded Earth and are terrorizing the population.
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X-COM: Interceptor
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Covert Action (Classic) — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
They're back...only this time the heinous aliens are out to destroy Earth and rule the new frontier. As X-COM commander, it's your sole duty to protect humanity and the prized mining operations in outer space.
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BloodNet
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Covert Action (Classic) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sid Meier's Covert Action (Classic).
I met her in her penthouse, expecting payment for the freelance job-and perhaps a little more. But I got more than I bargained for. I'm now part of an exclusive fraternity that moves catlike in the night through a world of high technology and senseless violence.