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Single-player games like Hired Blade

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Hired Blade, 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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    The Iron Oath — Steam game cover

    The Iron Oath

    Single-player alternative to Hired Blade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Hired Blade.

    Command, endure, and prosper in The Iron Oath, a turn-based tactical RPG where the fate of your mercenary company rests on your decisions. Customize your roster, build your renown, and discover the secrets that await in the medieval fantasy realm of Caelum.

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Blackguards 2 — Steam game cover

    Blackguards 2

    Single-player alternative to Hired Blade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Hired Blade.

    Blackguards 2 is a turn-based strategy-RPG and will deliver challenging hexfield battles and a gritty story filled with violence and crime. - Includes bonus content: Soundtrack, digital Art Book and Strategy Guide Book!

    2015StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
  3. 3
    Ash of Gods: Redemption — Steam game cover

    Ash of Gods: Redemption

    Single-player alternative to Hired Blade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Hired Blade.

    Ash of Gods: Redemption is a turn-based RPG that combines tactical combat, CCG elements, and a constantly evolving story in which no one is safe from death, including the main characters.

    2018StrategyIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Last Spell — Steam game cover

    The Last Spell

    Single-player alternative to Hired Blade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Hired Blade.

    Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fort Triumph — Steam game cover

    Fort Triumph

    Single-player alternative to Hired Blade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Hired Blade.

    A strategy game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with the world exploration of HOMM. Build towns, collect artifacts, improve your heroes, and influence your tactical surroundings using physics!

    2020StrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    King's Bounty: Crossworlds — Steam game cover

    King's Bounty: Crossworlds

    Single-player alternative to Hired Blade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Hired Blade.

    King’s Bounty: Crossworlds is a standalone expansion that includes Armored Princess, two additional campaigns, and a world editor, expanding the classic King’s Bounty formula with new challenges and content.

    2010StrategyRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Unity of Command II — Steam game cover

    Unity of Command II

    Single-player alternative to Hired Blade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Hired Blade.

    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.

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Blackguards — Steam game cover

    Blackguards

    Single-player alternative to Hired Blade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Hired Blade.

    What happens when the only hope of a threatened world lies not with heroes in shining armor, but in the hands of a band of misfits and criminals? Blackguards, a new turn-based strategy RPG, explores this very question. You will discover over 180 unique hex-based battlegrounds within a dark and mature story of crime, drugs, and murder.

    2014ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →