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Single-player games like Warlords IV: Heroes of Etheria

Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Warlords IV: Heroes of Etheria, 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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    Fealty — Steam game cover

    Fealty

    Single-player alternative to Warlords IV: Heroes of Etheria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Warlords IV: Heroes of Etheria.

    A turn-based war game where you must fight for the throne! Use tactics, strategy and magic to wage war. Destroy your enemies with steel and fireballs, or force them to bend the knee, and you will be king of the island!

    2024StrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Little World — Steam game cover

    The Little World

    Single-player alternative to Warlords IV: Heroes of Etheria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Warlords IV: Heroes of Etheria.

    The Little World is a strategy-based tactical game featuring random campaigns, story maps, custom game maps, and custom character creation, with support for multiplayer battles and cooperation.

    2025StrategySimulation5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Interstellar Conquest — Steam game cover

    Interstellar Conquest

    Single-player alternative to Warlords IV: Heroes of Etheria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Warlords IV: Heroes of Etheria.

    Take planets and assemble your fleet. The conquest of space is now, navigate through asteroid fields and hide in nebulas to outsmart your opponents. Experience the challenge of ion storms disrupting your ship's sensors and become the ultimate space fleet commander.

    2023StrategyIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Vae Victis — Steam game cover

    Vae Victis

    Single-player alternative to Warlords IV: Heroes of Etheria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Warlords IV: Heroes of Etheria.

    Vae Victis is a ruthless minimalistic turn-based strategy game. Engage in intense multiplayer battles with friends or fight through an expansive campaign. With unique units, factions, and abilities you will have to be cunning with your tactical decisions to claim victory!

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War — Steam game cover

    Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War

    Single-player alternative to Warlords IV: Heroes of Etheria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Warlords IV: Heroes of Etheria.

    Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War brings you to a world of terror and violence. Four factions will engage in a brutal war for dominance over the planet’s resources. In the first turn-based 4X strategy game set in Warhammer 40,000 you will lead one of four unique factions.

    2018Strategy39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fantasy General II — Steam game cover

    Fantasy General II

    Single-player alternative to Warlords IV: Heroes of Etheria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Warlords IV: Heroes of Etheria.

    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.

    2019Strategy39.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Xenonauts 2 — Steam game cover

    Xenonauts 2

    Single-player alternative to Warlords IV: Heroes of Etheria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Warlords IV: Heroes of Etheria.

    Wage a global war of resistance against an alien invasion. Command turn-based tactical battles, build a network of covert bases, directly control your fighter wings, and achieve strategic victory in a simulation of asymmetric warfare against a technologically superior foe.

    2026StrategySimulationRPG39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shadow Empire — Steam game cover

    Shadow Empire

    Single-player alternative to Warlords IV: Heroes of Etheria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Warlords IV: Heroes of Etheria.

    Shadow Empire is a deep turn-based 4X wargame with a unique blend of military focus, procedurally generated content and role-playing features. Players take the seat of the supreme ruler of a small nation, with the goal of reconquering a devastated planet.

    2020StrategySimulationRPG39.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    PuzzleQuest: Challenge of the Warlords — Steam game cover

    PuzzleQuest: Challenge of the Warlords

    Single-player alternative to Warlords IV: Heroes of Etheria — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    PuzzleQuest: Challenge of the Warlords delivers, for the first time ever, classic puzzle-game action backed with an epic story of good vs. evil. Challenge your match 3 skills as you battle against computer opponents to save the Kingdom of Etheria from the evil Lord Bane.

    2008Casual9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Warlords Battlecry III — Steam game cover

    Warlords Battlecry III

    Single-player alternative to Warlords IV: Heroes of Etheria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Warlords IV: Heroes of Etheria.

    Warlords Battlecry III is the next installment in the award-winning Warlords Battlecry series. Builds upon the famous features of previous Battlecry titles such as the outstanding AI, innovative gameplay and hero system that has made this brand renowned throughout the RTS genre.

    2016Strategy5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Puzzle Quest 2 — Steam game cover

    Puzzle Quest 2

    Single-player alternative to Warlords IV: Heroes of Etheria — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Escape to a puzzle game fantasy world with amazing creatures and weapons! Addicting gameplay blends with immersive roleplaying in this sequel to the award-winning Puzzle Quest!

    2010RPGCasualDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Puzzle Chronicles — Steam game cover

    Puzzle Chronicles

    Single-player alternative to Warlords IV: Heroes of Etheria — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Enter the dark and savage lands of the Ashurin Empire as you battle to avenge the atrocities the Empire brought upon your tribesmen. On your heroic quest to topple the Empire you will fight fierce beasts and battle hardened warriors in this new Puzzle RPG hybrid game.

    2010RPGCasual3.19 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →