Single-player games like CivCity: Rome
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to CivCity: Rome, 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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Imperium Romanum Gold Edition
Single-player alternative to CivCity: Rome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
The city builder strategy game Imperium Romanum is set in the time-honoured Roman Empire. As governor of a Roman province, you will devise a strategy to build a well organised, prosperous and commanding settlement. Its fortune very much lies in your own hands.
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Grand Ages: Rome
Single-player alternative to CivCity: Rome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
As Governor of a Roman Province in the time-honoured Roman Empire, its fortune very much lies in your hands. Choose one of five Roman noble families such as Caesar’s Julii with different abilities to accomplish the comprehensive missions.
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Citadelum
Single-player alternative to CivCity: Rome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
Citadelum is a city builder set in legendary Ancient Rome. Build your own settlement, gather resources and evolve it into a magnificent city. Explore the world, trade and lead your mighty legions in epic tactical battles. Earn the favor of the Gods or challenge them, if you dare.
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Summa Expeditionis
Single-player alternative to CivCity: Rome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
Summa Expeditionis is a colony sim and base building game set in ancient Roman Empire. Follow the career of a Roman soldier from Legionnaire to Centurion. Build and manage your camp, recruit more soldiers and face the barbarians for the glory of Rome.
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Caesar™ IV
Single-player alternative to CivCity: Rome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
Starting as governor of a newly formed province in the Roman Empire your goal is simple: advance up the empire's political ladder to become the next Caesar.
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Children of the Nile: Enhanced Edition
Single-player alternative to CivCity: Rome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
Children of the Nile™ is a unique gem of a city-building game, unparalleled in both grandeur and attention to detail.As Pharaoh you will guide your people through thousands of years of history: from simple hunter-gatherers to the creation of an immortal civilization.
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Toy Tactics
Single-player alternative to CivCity: Rome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
Become a master strategist in this physics-based Real-Time Tactics game! Command minifig-inspired armies and customize strategies with hand-drawn formations. Conquer unique campaigns for all five armies and unleash massive battles in both single-player and multiplayer modes. Victory awaits!
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Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization
Single-player alternative to CivCity: Rome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
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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Tiny Civilization
Single-player alternative to CivCity: Rome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
This is a historical simulation game that promotes the development of civilization based on the match-3 Game. You'll need to gather resources, use skills, discover new technology, and lead humanbeing through a 10,000-year journey to the cosmos.
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Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)
Single-player alternative to CivCity: Rome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.
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Stronghold Crusader 2
Single-player alternative to CivCity: Rome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
Stronghold Crusader 2 is the long awaited sequel to the original castle sim. After 12 years Stronghold returns to the desert with a new 3D engine and powerful Havok Physics. Crusader 2 recaptures the original game’s addictive, fast-paced gameplay and authentic castle simulation.
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Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to CivCity: Rome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
Gird your loins and sharpen your steel! Besiege 20 unique enemy lords and battle friends online, in this expanded remaster of the classic 'castle sim'. Relive history with new units, opponents, visuals, audio, campaigns, skirmish trails, co-op and larger maps.
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Stronghold: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to CivCity: Rome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
Greetings sire! Your stronghold awaits you. Build a castle economy, besiege unforgettable villains and return to the 'castle sim' that started it all. Experience this classic RTS with upgraded visuals, modernised gameplay, Steam multiplayer and a new campaign.
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Stronghold HD (2012)
Single-player alternative to CivCity: Rome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
The original castle sim, Stronghold HD allows you to design, build and destroy historical castles. Engage in medieval warfare against the AI in one of two single player campaigns or online with up to 8 players.
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Stronghold 2: Steam Edition
Single-player alternative to CivCity: Rome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
Tax, torture or treat your peasants! Rehabilitate criminals or sentence them to death? Decide as you enjoy jousting over a lavish banquet, all while under siege from the warmongering Lord Barclay.
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Stronghold: Warlords
Single-player alternative to CivCity: Rome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
Besiege Great Khans, Imperial warlords and Shōgun commanders in Stronghold: Warlords, the latest 'castle sim' from Firefly Studios. Command AI warlords across the battlefield as you build a castle economy and new gunpowder-fuelled siege engines!
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Stronghold 3 Gold
Single-player alternative to CivCity: Rome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
Set 10 years after the original, Stronghold 3: Gold follows the vengeful story of The Wolf in the third installment of the award-winning castle building series. The Wolf has cheated death become even more bitter and twisted. Build castles, rally your troops and save medieval England!