Single-player games like MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction, 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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The Little World
Single-player alternative to MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction.
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.
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DEFCON
Single-player alternative to MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction.
Inspired by the 1983 cult classic film, Wargames, DEFCON superbly evokes the tension, paranoia and suspicion of the Cold War era, playing on the fascinating aspects of psychological gameplay that occur during strategic nuclear warfare.
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Combat Mission Cold War
Single-player alternative to MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction.
CM Cold War is set in the tipping-point years of a conflict that gripped the world for 45 years. Between 1979-1982, both the NATO and Soviet Warsaw Pact militaries began the shift away from industrialized warfare of the early 20th century and towards the modern digital battlefield of today.
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Panzer Corps 2
Single-player alternative to MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction.
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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Combat Mission Black Sea
Single-player alternative to MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction.
Combat Mission Black Sea is a military grade simulation depicting a fictional series of escalations between Russian and Ukraine which results in open conflict in the summer of 2017
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Axis & Allies 1942 Online
Single-player alternative to MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction.
Play the classic board game, Axis & Allies 1942 2nd Edition! Act as WWII powers in a turn-based strategy game that fits your screen and schedule— get notified on your turn and command armies at your own pace! Team up with friends, challenge the world’s top players, or go solo vs. A.I.
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Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
Single-player alternative to MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction.
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.
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WARNO
Single-player alternative to MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction.
Realistic, immersive, breathtaking. WARNO is the ultimate World War III battle simulator from the masters of strategy, Eugen Systems. A Cold War turns decisively hot as you command hundreds of units on a beautiful and brutal battlefield. Outsmart, outfight, and lead your forces to total victory.