Single-player games like Knights vs Aliens
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Knights vs Aliens, 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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Swarm Queen
Single-player alternative to Knights vs Aliens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Knights vs Aliens.
A quick-to-learn but challenging real-time strategy game where you spawn an army of space-bugs that control themselves.
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Aliens: Dark Descent
Single-player alternative to Knights vs Aliens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Knights vs Aliens.
Drop into the gripping journey of Aliens: Dark Descent, a squad-based, single-player action game in the iconic Alien franchise. Lead your soldiers in real-time to stop a new and terrifying kind of Xenomorph outbreak on Planet Lethe.
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Tabletop Tavern
Single-player alternative to Knights vs Aliens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Knights vs Aliens.
Tabletop Tavern is a roguelike RTS where you build an army from scratch and command them across a brutal campaign. Recruit diverse units, create devastating synergies, and make tactical choices that shape the fate of every run.
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Circle Empires 2
Single-player alternative to Knights vs Aliens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Knights vs Aliens.
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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Door Kickers 2: Task Force North
Single-player alternative to Knights vs Aliens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Knights vs Aliens.
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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Sudden Strike 5
Single-player alternative to Knights vs Aliens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Knights vs Aliens.
Sudden Strike 5 delivers real-time tactics in epic WWII battles. A host of tactical options and more than 300 playable units open-up multiple approaches to reach your objectives in a 25 mission campaign on historical battlefields in Europe and North Africa.
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The Mims Beginning
Single-player alternative to Knights vs Aliens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Knights vs Aliens.
Experience a mystical journey with the Mims in this strategic god-like adventure—build, grow, protect, and wield divine powers. Now it's completely free! Also check out our other story-rich fantasy game, The End of the Sun, where you become a tracker of mythical beings and unravel mysteries.
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The Scouring
Single-player alternative to Knights vs Aliens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Knights vs Aliens.
The Scouring is an RTS with fast pace, high attention to detail and next generation experience. Lead humans or orcs in a Classic Mode or use one of powerful Heroes to fight for victory! Play alone or with friends. Use our modding tools to create maps and custom game modes! Join The Scouring!