Single-player games like Shadows of War 2
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Shadows of War 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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Ranked picks
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Lines of Battle
Single-player alternative to Shadows of War 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shadows of War 2.
Command armies in tactical battles with simultaneous turns during the Napoleonic Wars. Lead forces through single-player strategy campaigns, master formations and flanking tactics, then test your skills in competitive 1v1 and 4v4 battles.
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Airships: Conquer the Skies
Single-player alternative to Shadows of War 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shadows of War 2.
Construct mighty steampunk airships and fly them into battle, waging war and conquering the skies!
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Broken Arrow
Single-player alternative to Shadows of War 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Shadows of War 2.
Broken Arrow is a large-scale real-time modern warfare tactics game that combines the complexity of joint-forces wargaming with action-packed real-time tactics gameplay.
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Wargame: Airland Battle
Single-player alternative to Shadows of War 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shadows of War 2.
2 SIDES, 12 NATIONS, 750 UNITS: THE STRATEGY GAME REFERENCE IS BACK! Richer, more beautiful and more accessible, Wargame AirLand Battle is the sequel to the explosive real-time strategy game Wargame European Escalation! 1985.
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First Strike
Single-player alternative to Shadows of War 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shadows of War 2.
FIRST STRIKE is a fast paced real time strategy game where you play one of the twelve biggest nuclear superpowers of the world – from known superpowers like the USA to an upstart hellraiser like North Korea – and try to be the last one remaining when the whole world blows to smithereens.
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DEFCON
Single-player alternative to Shadows of War 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shadows of War 2.
Inspired by the 1983 cult classic film, Wargames, DEFCON superbly evokes the tension, paranoia and suspicion of the Cold War era, playing on the fascinating aspects of psychological gameplay that occur during strategic nuclear warfare.
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Rebel Inc: Escalation
Single-player alternative to Shadows of War 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Shadows of War 2.
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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Mandate Order
Single-player alternative to Shadows of War 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shadows of War 2.
Mandate Order is a Warring States war city-builder set in ancient China. Build a stronghold, manage industries and logistics, recruit scholars from the Hundred Schools of Thought, raise armies, and command real-time tactical battles with thousands of soldiers.
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Shadows of War
Single-player alternative to Shadows of War 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shadows of War 2.
Shadows of War is a 2D Real-Time Strategy sidescroller game. The game combines classical RTS elements with new ideas into a 2D game.