Single-player games like RIOT: Civil Unrest
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to RIOT: Civil Unrest, 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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Election: Run for President
Single-player alternative to RIOT: Civil Unrest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
Run for President is a fun, fast-paced election simulator that blends strategy, civics, and gameplay into an experience kids and adults can enjoy together. Play head-to-head like a board game using a single iPad/iPhone, or use it as an engaging classroom learning tool.
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Rebel Inc: Escalation
Single-player alternative to RIOT: Civil Unrest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
A unique and deeply engaging political/military strategic simulation from the creator of Plague Inc. Balance competing civilian and military priorities and deal with a deadly insurgency in order to stabilise a war-torn country.
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SYRAK: the War in the Middle-East
Single-player alternative to RIOT: Civil Unrest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
SYRAK is a card-based strategy game set during the most complex war in recent history of the Middle-East. Local or Online game have you play as the Resistance Axis or the Western Defence Organization. Use powerful Political, Espionage and Military Cards to outwit and overwhelm your opponent.
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Election FighterZ: Kamala vs trump
Single-player alternative to RIOT: Civil Unrest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
Upset about the election? Wanted someone else to win? Time to take out your frustration and take some revenge! This hybrid 2D/ 2.5D fighter will allow you to kick some butt as your favorite candidate and claim the oval office with glory!
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Age of History 2: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to RIOT: Civil Unrest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
The grand strategy classic returns with improved gameplay, a massive 13,892 province map, expanded diplomacy and wartime capitulation, new civilizations and scenarios, atomic weapons, smarter AI, enhanced visuals, UI upgrades, and major performance improvements.
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Anno 1800
Single-player alternative to RIOT: Civil Unrest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
Anno 1800™ – Lead the Industrial Revolution! Welcome to the dawn of the Industrial Age. The path you choose will define your world. Are you an innovator or an exploiter? A conqueror or a liberator? How the world remembers your name is up to you.
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SuperPower 2 Steam Edition
Single-player alternative to RIOT: Civil Unrest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
SuperPower 2 is the only global geopolitical simulation game which allows players to control entire countries. Players control countries in 3 major areas: political, economic and military, but this time, in a beautiful real-time 3D environment.
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Imperator: Rome
Single-player alternative to RIOT: Civil Unrest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
Dominate the classical Mediterranean in Imperator: Rome, a grand strategy game from Paradox Interactive. Navigate the dangerous waters of politics and diplomacy as you build up your provinces and conquer foreign lands. Now available with special content and the digital artbook.
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Prison Architect
Single-player alternative to RIOT: Civil Unrest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.
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RimWorld
Single-player alternative to RIOT: Civil Unrest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
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Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator
Single-player alternative to RIOT: Civil Unrest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
Here is a sandbox like no other. Create massive battles with absolutely no limits. Want to see 10,000 chickens fight an army of Romans?? Sure, why not. Want to see a company of WW2 U.S soldiers fight 11,000 Medieval soldiers?? There are simply no limits to the carnage you can achieve in UEBS.
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Trek to Yomi
Single-player alternative to RIOT: Civil Unrest — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
As a vow to his dying Master, the young swordsman Hiroki is sworn to protect his town and the people he loves against all threats. Faced with tragedy and bound to duty, the lone samurai must voyage beyond life and death to confront himself and decide his path forward.
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The Eternal Castle [REMASTERED]
Single-player alternative to RIOT: Civil Unrest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
The Eternal Castle [REMASTERED] is a remake of the original "ETERNAL CASTLE" from 1987, with additional game mechanics, sophisticated sound design, polished 2-bit CGA animated graphics, and modernized game design.
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Enter The Moshpit
Single-player alternative to RIOT: Civil Unrest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
A point-and-click adventure set in the Italian underground scene. Navigate the streets of Livorno as a local punk, solve inventory-based puzzles, and use branching dialogues to sneak into a hardcore concert. A short, satirical story featuring item combination and a cynical narrative.
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Trail of Gods: The Cursed Island
Single-player alternative to RIOT: Civil Unrest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
A compact, cursed action RPG that lingers long after you put it down. Fight through a dying world armed only with precise timing and whatever gear you can scavenge from the fallen. One button + movement is all you need.