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Single-player games like Shock Tactics

Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Shock 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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    ENDLESS™ Legend — Steam game cover

    ENDLESS™ Legend

    Single-player alternative to Shock Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shock Tactics.

    ENDLESS™ Legend is a 4X turn-based fantasy strategy game by the creators of ENDLESS™ Space and Dungeon of the ENDLESS™. Control every aspect of your civilization as you struggle to save your homeworld Auriga. Create your own Legend!

    2014StrategyRPG29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut — Steam game cover

    Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut

    Single-player alternative to Shock Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shock Tactics.

    Harebrained Schemes' biggest Shadowrun game to date, and the definitive Shadowrun RPG experience available on PC. Now a standalone title with tons of new content & improvements!

    2014StrategyIndieAdventure3.74 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wasteland 2: Director's Cut — Steam game cover

    Wasteland 2: Director's Cut

    Single-player alternative to Shock Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shock Tactics.

    From the producer of the original Fallout comes Wasteland 2. With over 80 hours of gameplay, deck out your Ranger squad with devastating weaponry, test the limits of your strategy skills, and bring justice to the Wasteland! The choices are yours…but so are the consequences.

    2014StrategyIndieAdventure29.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shadowrun Returns — Steam game cover

    Shadowrun Returns

    Single-player alternative to Shock Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shock Tactics.

    The unique cyberpunk-meets-fantasy world of Shadowrun has gained a huge cult following since its creation nearly 25 years ago. Now, creator Jordan Weisman returns to the world of Shadowrun, modernizing this classic game setting as a single player, turn-based tactical RPG.

    2013StrategyIndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Silent Storm Gold Edition — Steam game cover

    Silent Storm Gold Edition

    Single-player alternative to Shock Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shock Tactics.

    Silent Storm from leading Russian developer Nival is a true 3D tactical turn-based Role-Playing-Game set against the backdrop of WWII. As the conflict rages on the frontlines, you’ll be leading a small multinational squad behind enemy lines to gather information and wreak havoc on your enemies while trying to thwart a mysterious new...

    2013ActionStrategyRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Space Hulk: Ascension (Classic) — Steam game cover

    Space Hulk: Ascension (Classic)

    Single-player alternative to Shock Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shock Tactics.

    Space Hulk: Ascension is a 3D, digital, turn based, strategy game, which re-interprets the classic board game experience, and adds new RPG style mechanics, new weapons and missions, new enemy types, 3 playable chapters and loads of other new features to the single player experience.

    2015StrategyRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bionic Dues — Steam game cover

    Bionic Dues

    Single-player alternative to Shock Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Shock Tactics.

    Bionic Dues is a tactical, turn-based roguelite with mech customization. Out-think wide-ranging tactical situations featuring robots with bad GPS, terrible aim, insecurity, a lack of focus, a tendency to backstab, and dozens of other maladies to exploit.

    2013StrategyIndieRPG9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gears Tactics — Steam game cover

    Gears Tactics

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

    Gears Tactics is the fast-paced, turn-based strategy game from one of the most-acclaimed video game franchises – Gears of War. Outnumbered and fighting for survival, recruit and command your squad to hunt down an evil mastermind who makes monsters.

    2020Strategy29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    XCOM® 2 — Steam game cover

    XCOM® 2

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

    2016Strategy2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Bureau: XCOM Declassified — Steam game cover

    The Bureau: XCOM Declassified

    Single-player alternative to Shock Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    The year is 1962 and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear.  A top-secret government unit called The Bureau begins investigating a series of mysterious attacks by an enemy more powerful than communism.

    2013Action19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Jagged Alliance 3 — Steam game cover

    Jagged Alliance 3

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

    The country of Grand Chien is thrown into chaos when the elected president goes missing and the paramilitary force known as “the Legion” seizes control. Hire mercs, meet interesting characters, and fight in tactically deep turn-based combat in this true successor to a beloved franchise.

    2023ActionStrategy13.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stray Blade — Steam game cover

    Stray Blade

    Single-player alternative to Shock Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Shock Tactics.

    Stray Blade is an action-adventure where you play a rogue Adventurer exploring the ancient Valley of Acrea with your companion, the Xhinnon wolf Boji. Unveil the history of the forgotten valley and master the powers of the three Acrean Metals to restore balance to this war-torn land.

    2023ActionAdventureRPG19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →