Single-player games like Making History: The Second World War
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Making History: The Second World War, 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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Panzer Corps 2
Single-player alternative to Making History: The Second World War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Making History: The Second World War.
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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Oriental Empires
Single-player alternative to Making History: The Second World War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Making History: The Second World War.
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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Millennia
Single-player alternative to Making History: The Second World War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Making History: The Second World War.
Create your own nation in Millennia, a historical turn-based 4X game that challenges your strategic prowess across 10,000 years of history, from the dawn of humanity to our possible futures.
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Old World
Single-player alternative to Making History: The Second World War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Making History: The Second World War.
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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Making History: The Great War
Single-player alternative to Making History: The Second World War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Making History: The Second World War.
The Great War is a turn-based grand strategy game based on the epic struggles of the WWI era. Experience the battles of attrition and punishing artillery barrages. Play as any nation of the period as the modern world of industrialized warfare replaces an age of kings with a struggle of ideologies.
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WarPlan
Single-player alternative to Making History: The Second World War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Making History: The Second World War.
WarPlan is an incredibly accurate World War II simulation engine. It is a balance of realism and playability incorporating the best from 50 years of World War II board wargaming. Play a recreated World War II in every detail, thanks to the engine flexibility and database
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Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
Single-player alternative to Making History: The Second World War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Making History: The Second World War.
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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Unity of Command II
Single-player alternative to Making History: The Second World War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Making History: The Second World War.
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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Hearts of Iron IV
Single-player alternative to Making History: The Second World War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Making History: The Second World War.
Victory is at your fingertips! Your ability to lead your nation is your supreme weapon, the strategy game Hearts of Iron IV lets you take command of any nation in World War II; the most engaging conflict in world history.
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A Total War Saga: TROY
Single-player alternative to Making History: The Second World War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Making History: The Second World War.
Inspired by The Iliad and brought to life through the award-winning strategy game series, A Total War Saga: TROY brings a blend of grand, turn-based empire management and spectacular real-time battles to the heart of the Trojan War.
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PARADOX
Single-player alternative to Making History: The Second World War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Making History: The Second World War.
PARADOX is a puzzle-platformer about time traveling and avoiding paradoxes.
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Making History: The First World War
Single-player alternative to Making History: The Second World War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Making History: The Second World War.
A turn-based WWI Grand Strategy game. Rush to field new modern weaponry and survive the horrendous attrition battles. Join the global conflict between the Great Powers of the age and forge a new world order for freedom or tyranny.