Single-player games like Total War: SHOGUN 2
Below are 19 single-player Steam games similar to Total War: SHOGUN 2, 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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Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition
Single-player alternative to Total War: SHOGUN 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: SHOGUN 2.
Emperor Edition is the definitive edition of ROME II, featuring an improved politics system, overhauled building chains, rebalanced battles and improved visuals in both campaign and battleEmperor Edition contains all free feature updates since its release in 2013, which includes bug fixes, balancing, Twitch.
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Total War: THREE KINGDOMS
Single-player alternative to Total War: SHOGUN 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: SHOGUN 2.
Total War: THREE KINGDOMS is the first in the award-winning series to recreate epic conflict across ancient China. Combining a gripping turn-based campaign of empire-building & conquest with stunning real-time battles, THREE KINGDOMS redefines the series in an age of heroes & legends.
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NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Sphere of Influence
Single-player alternative to Total War: SHOGUN 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: SHOGUN 2.
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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Sengoku Jidai: Shadow of the Shogun
Single-player alternative to Total War: SHOGUN 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: SHOGUN 2.
Sengoku Jidai: Shadow of the Shogun is a turn-based tactical and strategic game set during the Sengoku era; primarily focusing on the Japanese Warring States period and Japanese Invasion of Korea.
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Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion
Single-player alternative to Total War: SHOGUN 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: SHOGUN 2.
Command a space-faring empire in Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, the new stand-alone expansion that combines 4X depth with real-time strategy gameplay.
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Hearts of Iron IV
Single-player alternative to Total War: SHOGUN 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: SHOGUN 2.
Victory is at your fingertips! Your ability to lead your nation is your supreme weapon, the strategy game Hearts of Iron IV lets you take command of any nation in World War II; the most engaging conflict in world history.
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Men of War: Assault Squad 2
Single-player alternative to Total War: SHOGUN 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: SHOGUN 2.
Men of War: Assault Squad 2 expands the real-time tactics series with new skirmish missions, massive multiplayer battles, enhanced visuals, improved AI, and full Direct Control. Command five factions across 65 maps, 250 vehicles, and 200 soldiers in one of the most detailed WWII RTS experiences.
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Knights of Honor II: Sovereign
Single-player alternative to Total War: SHOGUN 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: SHOGUN 2.
Become the king and fight over Europe in this fresh take on medieval real-time grand strategy. Manage provinces, gather armies, initiate diplomacy, and dabble in espionage. The path is open: become the true Sovereign of your people and bring them to glory.
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Single-player alternative to Total War: SHOGUN 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: SHOGUN 2.
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was first released in 1985. It was the first historical simulation game released in Japan based on the Chinese classical literature "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Players become the leaders of their countries and strive to unite the land under their rule.
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Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Total War: SHOGUN 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: SHOGUN 2.
Spanning the most turbulent era in Western history, your quest for territory and power takes you through Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and even onto the shores of the New World.
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Sins of a Solar Empire II
Single-player alternative to Total War: SHOGUN 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: SHOGUN 2.
Battle for galactic dominance in this real-time 4X strategy game with unrivaled scale! You’ll explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate through military force, diplomacy, trade, culture, influence, and other underhanded tactics.
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Total War: WARHAMMER
Single-player alternative to Total War: SHOGUN 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: SHOGUN 2.
Addictive turn-based empire-building with colossal, real-time battles, all set in a world of legendary heroes, giant monsters, flying creatures and storms of magical power.
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Medieval II: Total War™ Kingdoms
Single-player alternative to Total War: SHOGUN 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: SHOGUN 2.
Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms is the official expansion to last year's award-winning Medieval II: Total War, presenting players with all-new territories to explore, troops to command, and enemies to conquer.
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Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Total War: SHOGUN 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: SHOGUN 2.
Complete your Total War collection with this Definitive Edition of Total War: NAPOLEON, which includes all DLC and feature updates since the game’s release
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII
Single-player alternative to Total War: SHOGUN 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
"The ultimate depiction of the Three Kingdom. A heroic drama of a gathering of Legends. "With this as the concept behind Romance of the Three Kingdoms 13, we have compiled an experience that will immerse you even deeper into the world of the Three Kingdoms, with "human drama," seen through the interactions of the...
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NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION
Single-player alternative to Total War: SHOGUN 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: SHOGUN 2.
Nobunaga's Ambition, the first of the series, was released in 1983. Players assume the mantle of either Nobunaga Oda or Shingen Takeda and strive to conquer the entire land (17 areas in the Kansai and central Japan region). They manage their country to make it rich, then prepare their military forces.
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Total War: WARHAMMER III
Single-player alternative to Total War: SHOGUN 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: SHOGUN 2.
The cataclysmic conclusion to the Total War: WARHAMMER trilogy is here. Rally your forces and step into the Realm of Chaos, a dimension of mind-bending horror where the very fate of the world will be decided. Will you conquer your Daemons… or command them?
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Total War: WARHAMMER II
Single-player alternative to Total War: SHOGUN 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Total War: SHOGUN 2.
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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Alien: Isolation
Single-player alternative to Total War: SHOGUN 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.