Single-player games like Encroached
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Encroached, 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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Mini Army Tactics Medieval
Single-player alternative to Encroached — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Encroached.
Casual turn-based strategy game set in a fantasy Medieval era. Strategically command your troops on the battlefield to crush your opponent in combat. Use your troops abilities carefully to turn the tide of battle in your favor. Do you have what it takes to win the war?
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Sekigahara 1600
Single-player alternative to Encroached — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Encroached.
Sekigahara, 1600 - and battlefields East and West, 200 AD to 1863. Contact is commitment: thread the ZOC puzzle, and any unit left in an enemy zone of control must attack. No quiet flanks, nothing held back. Pushing the line is the game. A hex-and-counter wargame tuned by a wargamer.
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Four Crossings of the ChiShui River Simulator
Single-player alternative to Encroached — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Encroached.
A turn-based hex wargame on the 1935 Four Crossings campaign. Command 30,000 Red Army troops through 100 daily turns: scout, decrypt enemy telegrams, cross rivers under fog, deceive pursuers with fake radio orders, break out via one of three routes.
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Unity of Command II
Single-player alternative to Encroached — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Encroached.
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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The Troop
Single-player alternative to Encroached — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Encroached.
The Troop is a turn-based, platoon-level tactical game set in WW2. From the early hours of D-Day to Falaise, play as British and Canadian or German forces in desperate fighting across Normandy.
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Panzer Corps 2
Single-player alternative to Encroached — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Encroached.
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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Silent Shark
Single-player alternative to Encroached — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Encroached.
A tactical, map-based WWII submarine sim set in the Pacific Theater: Approach, intercept, strike unseen, withdraw into the deep. With realistic instruments, a Torpedo Data Computer (TDC), and including a full campaign with missions, patrol zones, radio intel, and more.
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Fantasy General II
Single-player alternative to Encroached — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Encroached.
The fantasy wargaming classic is back! Lead powerful heroes and mighty armies into battle in this critically acclaimed turn-based strategy milestone. Level up and train your units and guide them through a gripping story campaign to decide the fate of a world on the brink of destruction.