Single-player games like Civilization IV®: Warlords
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Civilization IV®: Warlords, 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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Sid Meier's Civilization® IV
Single-player alternative to Civilization IV®: Warlords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
With over 6 million units sold and unprecedented critical acclaim from fans and press around the world, Sid Meier's Civilization is recognized as one of the greatest PC game franchises of all-time. Now, Sid Meier and Firaxis Games will take this incredibly fun and addictive game to new heights by adding new ways to play and win, new...
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Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
Single-player alternative to Civilization IV®: Warlords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Sid Meier's Civilization IV®: Beyond the Sword is the second expansion pack for Civilization IV - the 2005 PC Game of the Year that has become a worldwide hit.
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Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization
Single-player alternative to Civilization IV®: Warlords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
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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Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete
Single-player alternative to Civilization IV®: Warlords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Complete, the latest offering in the Sid Meier's Civilization III franchise, provides gaming fans with Sid Meier's Civilization III, the highly-addictive journey of discovery.
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Sid Meier's Civilization® V
Single-player alternative to Civilization IV®: Warlords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
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Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
Single-player alternative to Civilization IV®: Warlords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?
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Old World
Single-player alternative to Civilization IV®: Warlords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?
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Oriental Empires
Single-player alternative to Civilization IV®: Warlords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Turn based 4X strategy game, recreating the civilizations of ancient China. Develop your land, build great cities, raise huge armies and fight epic battles, with hundreds of soldiers fighting right on the game map. Advance your technologies, culture and religion to create one of mankind’s biggest empires.
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Tiny Civilization
Single-player alternative to Civilization IV®: Warlords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
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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Sid Meier's Pirates!
Single-player alternative to Civilization IV®: Warlords — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Sail the Caribbean, marauding all on the high seas or ally your ship and crew as a privateer in search of riches - the life you choose is up to you. Face dogged enemies, raid unsuspecting villages, woo fair maidens, avoid capture or dig for buried treasure. Discover what it takes to become one of the most famous pirates in history!
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Idle Civilization
Single-player alternative to Civilization IV®: Warlords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Take command of a pair of villagers and help them build a mighty civilization that will spread across the world and conquer it. Idle Civilization is a civilization builder management game where you will oversee the growth of your people into a mighty kingdom through building, research, warfare, religion, diplomacy, culture, heroic...
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XCOM® 2
Single-player alternative to Civilization IV®: Warlords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.
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Sid Meier's Civilization VII
Single-player alternative to Civilization IV®: Warlords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
The award-winning strategy game franchise returns with a revolutionary new chapter. Sid Meier's Civilization® VII empowers you to build the greatest empire the world has ever known!
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XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Single-player alternative to Civilization IV®: Warlords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
The XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Slingshot Pack is Now Available!
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XCOM®: Chimera Squad
Single-player alternative to Civilization IV®: Warlords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
XCOM: Chimera Squad delivers an all-new story and turn-based tactical combat experience in the XCOM universe.
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Marvel's Midnight Suns
Single-player alternative to Civilization IV®: Warlords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
FIGHT AND STRATEGIZE LIKE A SUPER HERO IN THE DARKER CORNERS OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE. Play as The Hunter, a legendary demon slayer who must lead a team of Super Heroes and supernatural warriors facing apocalyptic threats.
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Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
Single-player alternative to Civilization IV®: Warlords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Civilization IV®: Warlords.
Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth is a new science-fiction-themed entry into the award winning Civilization series. As part of an expedition sent to find a home beyond Earth, lead your people into a new frontier, explore and colonize an alien planet and create a new civilization in space.