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Single-player games like Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, 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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    Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice — Steam game cover

    Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice

    Single-player alternative to Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun.

    Aiko's Choice is the anticipated standalone expansion to the acclaimed stealth strategy game Shadow Tactics. Set in Edo Japan, you take control of the skillful kunoichi adept Aiko and her deadly assassin friends to hunt down the ghosts of her past.

    2021StrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Desperados III — Steam game cover

    Desperados III

    Single-player alternative to Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun.

    Desperados III is a story-driven, hardcore tactical stealth game, set in a ruthless Wild West scenario. Play smart if you want to succeed. A good plan can make the difference between survival and finding yourself at the business end of a pistol.

    2020Strategy39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wooden Battles: Spec Ops — Steam game cover

    Wooden Battles: Spec Ops

    Single-player alternative to Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun.

    Wooden Battles: Spec Ops is a stealth action strategy game. Take control of a group of 4 special forces units with unique abilities, infiltrate the enemy base and complete the mission objectives. Use the in-game level editor to create your own missions and upload them to the Steam Workshop.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Chinese Expeditionary Force - Assault Team — Steam game cover

    Chinese Expeditionary Force - Assault Team

    Single-player alternative to Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun.

    Chinese Expeditionary Force - Assault Team is a tactical stealth game set in the expedition of the Chinese Expeditionary Force to Burma during World War II. The assault team consists of five characters, each with their own special skills. You can use different strategies to complete the mission.

    2023StrategyIndie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Partisans 1941 — Steam game cover

    Partisans 1941

    Single-player alternative to Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun.

    Partisans 1941 is a real-time tactics game with stealth elements, set on the eastern front of WW II. As an army commander behind enemy lines you gather a group of Partisans to wage guerilla warfare against the German occupants.

    2020StrategyIndie29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Total War: SHOGUN 2 — Steam game cover

    Total War: SHOGUN 2

    Single-player alternative to Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun.

    Total War: SHOGUN 2 is the perfect mix of real-time and turn-based strategy gaming for newcomers and veterans alike.

    2011Strategy29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Commandos 2: Men of Courage — Steam game cover

    Commandos 2: Men of Courage

    Single-player alternative to Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun.

    Commandos 2: Men of Courage is a tactical action/strategy game set against the backdrop of World War II. Take control of an elite group of commandos who must venture deep into enemy territory and utilize their combined expertise to complete a series of mission-based objectives.

    2007Strategy2.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition — Steam game cover

    Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition

    Single-player alternative to Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.

    2019ActionAdventure59.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood — Steam game cover

    Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood

    Single-player alternative to Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun.

    Roam the dense foliage of Sherwood, come face to face with royal trouble and battle against Prince John’s forces as you take on the role of legendary nobleman, Robin Hood.

    2011Strategy7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew — Steam game cover

    Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew

    Single-player alternative to Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun.

    Assemble your crew and set sail on an infamous ghost ship to sneak, stab, and spellcast your way through the Inquisition in this non-linear stealth strategy game. Chart a course, develop uncanny abilities, and use unconventional tactics to find a powerful pirate artifact!

    2023StrategyRPG39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cavern Commandos — Steam game cover

    Cavern Commandos

    Single-player alternative to Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun.

    Inspired by classic platformers like Rick Dangerous, Cavern Commandos offers a challenging gaming experience with numerous weapons, hundreds of foes, and dozens of labyrinthine caverns.

    2021ActionIndie1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Last Tinker™: City of Colors — Steam game cover

    The Last Tinker™: City of Colors

    Single-player alternative to Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun.

    The Last Tinker is a joyous action adventure and definitely no platformer, as there is no jump button. Koru, a boy from the slums of Colortown, must rise and stand against the Bleakness, a dark force intent on wiping out joy. Koru must use color and emotion to restore life to Colortown!

    2014ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →