Single-player games like Headquarters: Cold War
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Headquarters: Cold War, 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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Headquarters: World War II
Single-player alternative to Headquarters: Cold War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: Cold War.
Headquarters: World War II is a fast-paced turn-based strategy game where your battlefield tactics are as important as your army management skills. Experience both sides of the war, battling in Europe as the USA, the UK, or Germany. Storm bunkers, occupy houses, win tank duels.
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Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked
Single-player alternative to Headquarters: Cold War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: Cold War.
A cooperative tactical RPG set in the D&D universe. Embark on a fantasy tabletop adventure. Your quest, on your schedule.
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Wargroove 2
Single-player alternative to Headquarters: Cold War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: Cold War.
Trouble stirs on the shores of Aurania. An ambitious new faction has unearthed forbidden relics capable of catastrophic consequences. But how far will they go to achieve glory? Take to the battlefield, sea, and sky with a cast of new Commanders, using your wits to wage turn-based war!
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Undaunted Normandy
Single-player alternative to Headquarters: Cold War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: Cold War.
Play the acclaimed World War 2 deck-building game. Use your cards to seize the initiative, bolster your forces, or control your troops on the battlefield. You will face intense resistance, machine gun fire, and mortar bombardment, but a great commander can turn the situation to their advantage!
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Frontline: Panzer Blitzkrieg!
Single-player alternative to Headquarters: Cold War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: Cold War.
Fight your way through 35 Unique WW2 battles - Aim your targets carefully, counter-attack, and strategically coordinate your Squads. The study of enemy tactics and the use of Special abilities will lead to victory!
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Hex of Steel
Single-player alternative to Headquarters: Cold War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: Cold War.
Hex of Steel is a refreshing WWII wargame covering all fronts featuring a certain amount of original mechanics. Fight in solo against finally a decent AI throughout Europe, Africa or the Pacific, or against a friend in the cross-platform PBEM or real time multiplayer. Coop is also an option!
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Wargame: Red Dragon
Single-player alternative to Headquarters: Cold War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: Cold War.
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.
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Radio Commander: Vietnam '64
Single-player alternative to Headquarters: Cold War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: Cold War.
Use the radio to give commands to the soldiers on the battlefield. Keep track of the situation based on their voice reports only. Lead US platoons to clash with Vietcong in a realistic, innovative approach to the RTS genre. Make hard choices in a narrative driven experience, and face the outcome.
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Strategic Mind: The Pacific
Single-player alternative to Headquarters: Cold War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: Cold War.
Strategic Mind: The Pacific is a turn-based strategy set in the WW2 period depicting the war between the USA and the Empire of Japan waged in the Pacific Ocean with mindblowing historical accuracy and attention to detail. Two Sides. Two Commanders. Two Destinies.
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Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg
Single-player alternative to Headquarters: Cold War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: Cold War.
Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg is a turn-based strategy set in the period of WW2. It brings a modern look and new features to a good old wargame genre. You are to lead the German Armed forces overcoming unthinkable odds and claiming the ultimate bittersweet victory in Europe. Blitzkrieg is the way!
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Panzer Strategy
Single-player alternative to Headquarters: Cold War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: Cold War.
Panzer Strategy is a World War II wargame that combines classic turn-based strategy gameplay with modern looks. Command your armies and adapt your units to any objective using a huge selection of real-life military equipment and battle skills.
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Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism
Single-player alternative to Headquarters: Cold War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: Cold War.
Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism is a (hi)story-driven turn-based strategy set in the WW2 period. It offers refined wargame mechanics, story-rich gameplay, and modern 3D graphics. Lead the USSR Armed forces staging the world Communist revolution. For Stalin! For the Motherland!
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Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom
Single-player alternative to Headquarters: Cold War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: Cold War.
Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom is a history-driven turn-based strategy set in WW2. Take command of the Allied forces and protect your homeland and the whole of Europe from totalitarian madness. Form armies. Win battles. Change history.
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Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty
Single-player alternative to Headquarters: Cold War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: Cold War.
Prove to have a true Strategic Mind! Spirit of Liberty will put your strategic planning skills to the test. It’s a hardcore, turn-based, historically accurate strategy game set in WWII. Lead Finnish forces against an overwhelming threat through the Winter War, Continuation War, and Lapland War.
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Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty - Prologue 1939
Single-player alternative to Headquarters: Cold War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: Cold War.
Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty is a history-driven turn-based strategy set in WW2. Lead the scarce Finnish forces through the Winter War, Continuation War, and Lapland War. Save your country’s very existence from the Red Menace. Niet Molotoff!