Single-player games like Colonial Conquest
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Colonial Conquest, 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 Civilization IV: Colonization
Single-player alternative to Colonial Conquest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Colonial Conquest.
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is the third offering in the award winning Civilization IV series. A re-imagining of the classic Colonization game Sid Meier created in 1994, Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is a total conversion of the Civilization IV engine into a game experience in which players will lead a European...
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Strategy & Tactics: Wargame Collection
Single-player alternative to Colonial Conquest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Colonial Conquest.
Strategy & Tactics: Wargame Collection is a set of three historical turn-based strategies, in which you are going to take command of the armies in the greatest Medieval wars as well as take control of countries and nations during World War II.
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Making History: The First World War
Single-player alternative to Colonial Conquest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Colonial Conquest.
A turn-based WWI Grand Strategy game. Rush to field new modern weaponry and survive the horrendous attrition battles. Join the global conflict between the Great Powers of the age and forge a new world order for freedom or tyranny.
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Europa Universalis IV
Single-player alternative to Colonial Conquest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Colonial Conquest.
Rule your land and dominate the world with unparalleled freedom, depth and historical accuracy. Write a new history of the world and build an empire for the ages.
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Hearts of Iron III
Single-player alternative to Colonial Conquest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Colonial Conquest.
Hearts of Iron III lets you play the most engaging conflict in world history, World War 2, on all fronts as any country and through multiple different scenarios. Guide your nation to glory between 1936 and 1948 and wage war, conduct diplomacy and build your industry in the most detailed World War 2 game ever made.
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NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Sphere of Influence
Single-player alternative to Colonial Conquest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Colonial Conquest.
Become a Daimyo of the Warring States period of Japanese history in NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION, a historical simulation game of conquest and domination. It is the 30th anniversary of this series and this current release, NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Sphere of Influence, is the crown of the series.
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Hegemony III: Clash of the Ancients
Single-player alternative to Colonial Conquest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Colonial Conquest.
Command armies, manage resources, and build an empire in this real-time strategy wargame from Longbow Games. Will Rome fulfil its destiny to rule the ancient world or will history be rewritten to forge a new Etruscan, Gallic, or Greek hegemony!
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To End All Wars
Single-player alternative to Colonial Conquest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Colonial Conquest.
Ageod’s To End All Wars is a grand strategy game set during World War One. Players will take control over one of the major powers that so desperately fought for control over Europe and to end all wars.
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Total War: WARHAMMER II
Single-player alternative to Colonial Conquest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Colonial Conquest.
Strategy gaming perfected. A breath-taking campaign of exploration, expansion and conquest across a fantasy world. Turn-based civilisation management and real-time epic strategy battles with thousands of troops and monsters at your command.
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Eiyu*Senki – The World Conquest
Single-player alternative to Colonial Conquest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Strategy with Colonial Conquest.
A mysterious hero from the heavens and the young ruler of Zipang, Himiko, set their sights on ending the eternal war burning around them, but to bring peace to the world they must first conquer it.