Single-player games like Sword of the Samurai
Below are 20 single-player Steam games similar to Sword of the Samurai, 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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Cosmi: Forbidden Forest & Beyond
Single-player alternative to Sword of the Samurai — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Sword of the Samurai.
A celebration of pioneering 1980s games, this new-and-old collection of classic C64™ games originally published by Cosmi includes a medieval styled remake of Forbidden Forest with all new graphics and audio, new comic book stories and remade box art, plus a trove of archival bonus material.
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The Completionist: 1980-1989
Single-player alternative to Sword of the Samurai — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Sword of the Samurai.
Run a scrappy pop culture magazine through the 1980s. Hire writers, editors, and researchers. Manage a Kanban board. Prestige through Volumes. Try not to go broke. Strategic idle sim. Commodore 64 aesthetic. No micro-transactions.
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Winds of Discovery
Single-player alternative to Sword of the Samurai — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Sword of the Samurai.
Set sail across a living Age of Sail. Trade goods between distant ports, build your fleet, hire your crew, and forge your own path to fortune in a vast world of exploration and commerce.
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Three Kingdoms The Mainland
Single-player alternative to Sword of the Samurai — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Sword of the Samurai.
在群雄割据的三国乱世中，从零开始建设村庄，发展势力、抵御敌军，最终统一天下。
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Pixel Formation
Single-player alternative to Sword of the Samurai — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Sword of the Samurai.
Sail to uncharted lands as the leader of a Greek expedition. Land ashore, set up camp, and fight tactical turn-based battles. Use a variety of unit types and mechanics. After completing missions and resupplying, repair your ship and journey onward.
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Saul of Tarsus - Bible Game
Single-player alternative to Sword of the Samurai — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Sword of the Samurai.
Saul of Tarsus is a Bible video game in the style of a retro JRPG that follows the Apostle Paul during his youth as a new believer. Explore the ancient city of Damascus, interacting with it's citizens as you work to build a new church within the city.
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Full Metal Sergeant
Single-player alternative to Sword of the Samurai — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Sword of the Samurai.
Be the drill instructor! Insult recruits with no remorse! Can you transform flabby recruits into lean war machines within 12 weeks?
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Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic)
Single-player alternative to Sword of the Samurai — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Sword of the Samurai.
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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Mount & Blade
Single-player alternative to Sword of the Samurai — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Calradia is a land at war, offering great riches and even greater dangers to adventurers and mercenaries that flock to shed their blood on its soil. With courage and a strong sword, an unknown stranger can make a name as a warrior. Free-form sand-box gameplay.
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Total War: SHOGUN 2
Single-player alternative to Sword of the Samurai — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Total War: SHOGUN 2 is the perfect mix of real-time and turn-based strategy gaming for newcomers and veterans alike.
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Crusader Kings II
Single-player alternative to Sword of the Samurai — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Sword of the Samurai.
Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.
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Darklands
Single-player alternative to Sword of the Samurai — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sword of the Samurai.
Deep in the twilight of the Black Forest, you and your companions crouch before the robber-knight's tower. Hans, the alchemist, places his mysterious potion by the door. Ebhard the friar implores Saint Dunstan to bless your weapons and armor. And you and Gretchen grip naked long swords, praying your plate mail won't squeak.
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Tiny Combat Arena
Single-player alternative to Sword of the Samurai — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Sword of the Samurai.
Tiny Combat Arena is an approachable combat flight simulator sporting a stylized look and various game modes. Dogfight your way in the Arena and in Quick Action or craft your own scenarios and take part in a vast war with objectives and friendly armies to support.
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B-17 Flying Fortress : The Mighty 8th Redux
Single-player alternative to Sword of the Samurai — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Sword of the Samurai.
The classic game remastered. Feel the power of flying a 10-men crew on a B-17 over occupied Europe in WWII. Plan the mission, choose your men and take action in every post onboard, from pilot to bombardier and machine gunners. Get ready for a high-flying adventure in this all-time classic remake.
- 15
Falcon 4.0
Single-player alternative to Sword of the Samurai — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Sword of the Samurai.
Falcon 4.0 breaks the sight-and-sound barrier with its cutting-edge graphics, realism, dynamic campaigns and multiplayer gameplay.
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Silent Depth 2: Pacific
Single-player alternative to Sword of the Samurai — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Sword of the Samurai.
Silent Depth 2: Pacific is a lite sub-sim. You enter the Silent Service at the command of a Gato class submarine on War Patrols during World War 2. How long will you survive, and ultimately how much tonnage you sink is down to skill and cunning.
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F-117A Nighthawk Stealth Fighter 2.0
Single-player alternative to Sword of the Samurai — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Sword of the Samurai.
Down below, the enemy sits unaware while a sleek, metallic creature slices through the dark. No blips show on the radar, no sign is given. Then, an instant, the roar of exploding ordnance shatters the night, demolishing targets, sending troops and pilots scrambling.
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Gunship!
Single-player alternative to Sword of the Samurai — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Sword of the Samurai.
Fly low and strike deep in the re-invention of the Gunship flight combat franchise. In Gunship! Players take control one of the worlds deadliest weapons in a simulator that is unmatched.
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Task Force 1942: Surface Naval Action in the South Pacific
Single-player alternative to Sword of the Samurai — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Sword of the Samurai.
A Long Lance torpedo rips through the hull of your flagship. Huge columns of water from enemy gunfire surround your battleships. It's just another day in Task Force 1942, the first in a new series of spectacular World War II Pacific War simulations from MicroProse.
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European Air War
Single-player alternative to Sword of the Samurai — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Sword of the Samurai.
Take to the skies over Europe during the most dangerous days of World War II.