Single-player games like Lichworks
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Lichworks, 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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Unnatural Worlds
Single-player alternative to Lichworks — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Lichworks.
Innovative yet familiar real-time strategy game in development. Grand-scale RTS game played on maps/planets of any 3D shape. It emphasizes strategy, base building, logistics, and reduces micro-management of individual units.
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Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
Single-player alternative to Lichworks — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Lichworks.
Celebrating its first year of delighting millions of global players, the award-winning and best-selling strategy franchise continues with Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition, putting you at the center of even more epic historical battles that shaped the world.
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Circle Empires 2
Single-player alternative to Lichworks — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Lichworks.
CIRCLE EMPIRES returns! Expand your empire, circle by circle, in this fast-paced follow-up to the hit RTS. Gather resources, build armies, and defeat bosses (or your friends) in a world that changes with every game. With unique units and biomes, it's an addictive battle of wits and tactics.
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Broken Arrow
Single-player alternative to Lichworks — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Lichworks.
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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Kingdom Wars 2: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Lichworks — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Lichworks.
An intense real-time strategy game set in a dark fantasy world of Orcs, Elves and Dragons. Kingdom Wars 2 combines the best of Zombie survival and crafting with complex fast-paced city building. Fight massive siege battles that turn beautiful landscapes into gory blood-soaked battlefields.
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Door Kickers 2: Task Force North
Single-player alternative to Lichworks — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Lichworks.
Command military Special Ops Teams in gripping tactical combat against a Middle East-based terrorist network. Sequel to RockPaperShotgun's "Best Tactics Game of 2014".
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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Lichworks — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Lichworks.
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition is the ultimate Dawn of War experience, featuring the original Dawn of War and all its expansions, along with enhanced visuals, an improved camera, and 64-bit platform support.
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AI War 2
Single-player alternative to Lichworks — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Lichworks.
The most devious and acclaimed artificial intelligence in strategy gaming is better than ever. A grand strategy/RTS hybrid that reverses many conventions of both genres. Take territory without attracting attention, build your empire with care, and adapt to an ever-evolving galactic battleground.