Single-player games like Only Tactics
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Only Tactics, 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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XCOM® 2
Single-player alternative to Only Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Only Tactics.
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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Burden of Command™
Single-player alternative to Only Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Only Tactics.
Can you lead? Burden of Command is an emotionally authentic tactical leadership RPG. You’re a company Captain in the historical Cottonbalers. Fighting psychology as much as bullets, you must build respect, trust, and battlefield experience to bring your brothers safely home.
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Combat Mission Cold War
Single-player alternative to Only Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Only Tactics.
CM Cold War is set in the tipping-point years of a conflict that gripped the world for 45 years. Between 1979-1982, both the NATO and Soviet Warsaw Pact militaries began the shift away from industrialized warfare of the early 20th century and towards the modern digital battlefield of today.
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Warhounds
Single-player alternative to Only Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Only Tactics.
Warhounds is a turn-based tactical game about an elite mercenary squad with an old-school action movie vibe, inspired by XCOM and Jagged Alliance. Recruit unique fighters, upgrade your base, and fight for Africa’s future. Less fake RNG, more true ballistics and lethal tactics.
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逐鹿
Single-player alternative to Only Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Only Tactics.
A stand-alone turn-based war chess game with the theme of Chinese history. The core gameplay is territorial competition, and diplomacy, construction, combat and other gameplay will also revolve around territorial competition.
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Unity of Command II
Single-player alternative to Only Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Only Tactics.
Unity of Command II is the sequel to one of the most critically acclaimed strategy games of all time; a game critics called 'the perfect gateway' into computer war games.
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Panzer Corps 2
Single-player alternative to Only Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Only Tactics.
Panzer Corps 2 is the ultimate Second World War strategy game! Enjoy the time-proven gameplay formula which has been appreciated by millions of players over the years, brought to a whole new level of refinement up to the latest technical standards.
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Battle Brothers
Single-player alternative to Only Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Only Tactics.
Lead a mercenary company in this tactical RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Chase fame and fortune as you choose where to go, who to recruit, which contracts to pursue, and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.