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Single-player games like Retro Commander

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Retro Commander, 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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    Airships: Conquer the Skies — Steam game cover

    Airships: Conquer the Skies

    Single-player alternative to Retro Commander — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Retro Commander.

    Construct mighty steampunk airships and fly them into battle, waging war and conquering the skies!

    2018ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mars Quest — Steam game cover

    Mars Quest

    Single-player alternative to Retro Commander — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Retro Commander.

    Dozens of enemy tanks, robots and mutants are attacking your Mars bases! In the game, you drive a special tank equipped with the latest technologies. You have a choice of many types of tanks, weapons and additional equipment and reinforcements from an orbital station that you can use in the game.

    2021ActionIndieCasual1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Iron Harvest — Steam game cover

    Iron Harvest

    Single-player alternative to Retro Commander — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Retro Commander.

    A classic real-time strategy game with an epic single player campaign, multiplayer & coop, set in the alternate reality of 1920+

    2020Strategy29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Combat Mission Shock Force 2 — Steam game cover

    Combat Mission Shock Force 2

    Single-player alternative to Retro Commander — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Retro Commander.

    The latest title in the famous Combat Mission franchise of wargames, now on Steam. Shock Force 2 brings you to a hypothetical conflict in Syria between the forces of NATO and the Syrian Army. Play either on WeGo or Real Time in an incredibly detailed and realistic 1:1 tactical simulation.

    2020StrategySimulation59.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far — Steam game cover

    9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far

    Single-player alternative to Retro Commander — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Retro Commander.

    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.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Regiments — Steam game cover

    Regiments

    Single-player alternative to Retro Commander — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Retro Commander.

    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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    Wargame: Red Dragon — Steam game cover

    Wargame: Red Dragon

    Single-player alternative to Retro Commander — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Retro Commander.

    The new reference in RTS at its best! The Wargame series returns to duty, larger, richer and more spectacular than ever before. In Wargame Red Dragon, you are engaged in a large-scale conflict where Western forces clash against the Communist bloc.

    2014StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Soldiers: Heroes of World War II - Enhanced Edition — Steam game cover

    Soldiers: Heroes of World War II - Enhanced Edition

    Single-player alternative to Retro Commander — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Retro Commander.

    The first installment in the real-time tactics series that would become known as Men of War, now refreshed and enhanced! Take command of American, British, Soviet, or German forces and fight on the battlefields of World War II in 32 single-player missions or with others in PvP and co-op sessions.

    2014Strategy4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Supreme Commander — Steam game cover

    Supreme Commander

    Single-player alternative to Retro Commander — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Retro Commander.

    For a thousand years, three opposing forces have waged war for what they believe is true. There can be no room for compromise: their way is the only way. Dubbed The Infinite War, this devastating conflict has taken its toll on a once-peaceful galaxy and has only served to deepen the hatred between the factions.

    2011Strategy12.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Age of Conquest IV — Steam game cover

    Age of Conquest IV

    Single-player alternative to Retro Commander — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Retro Commander.

    Age of Conquest is a turn-based grand strategy wargame.

    2016StrategyIndieFree To PlayFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Demise of Nations — Steam game cover

    Demise of Nations

    Single-player alternative to Retro Commander — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Retro Commander.

    Demise of Nations is a 4X turn-based grand strategy wargame covering the rise of Rome till the fall of modern civilization.

    2017StrategyIndieFree To PlayFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →