Single-player games like The Cold War Era
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to The Cold War Era, 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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Arms Race 2
Single-player alternative to The Cold War Era — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Cold War Era.
Arms Race 2 is a PC strategy game based on the historical conflict between the USA and the USSR that took place in the 20th century.
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Arms Race - TCWE
Single-player alternative to The Cold War Era — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with The Cold War Era.
Arms Race - TCWE is PC strategy game based on the historical conflict between the USA and the USSR
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Crisis in the Kremlin
Single-player alternative to The Cold War Era — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Cold War Era.
Don’t let the Soviet Union collapse, and fall in the darkness of history or lead the Union by a new path – democracy and free market! But before you decide something, think – wouldn’t it cause more harm than good?
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Sid Meier's Civilization VII
Single-player alternative to The Cold War Era — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Cold War Era.
The award-winning strategy game franchise returns with a revolutionary new chapter. Sid Meier's Civilization® VII empowers you to build the greatest empire the world has ever known!
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Precipice
Single-player alternative to The Cold War Era — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Cold War Era.
A game of diplomacy and war in the atomic age. Safeguard your closest allies and change unfavorable regimes without giving away your long-term ambitions. Every action risks an enemy reprisal, and if nobody backs down from a standoff, we all lose.
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Hearts of Iron IV
Single-player alternative to The Cold War Era — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Cold War Era.
Victory is at your fingertips! Your ability to lead your nation is your supreme weapon, the strategy game Hearts of Iron IV lets you take command of any nation in World War II; the most engaging conflict in world history.
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Socialism Simulator
Single-player alternative to The Cold War Era — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Cold War Era.
The civil war is over. To the rapturous cheers of the crowd, you and four of your companions take control of the country. The young socialist state proudly raises its flags, its eyes fixed on a distant, bright future.
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The Emperor and State
Single-player alternative to The Cold War Era — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Cold War Era.
The Emperor and State is a turn-based strategy game that simulates the rule of an ancient feudal monarch. It involves the administration, policy adjustment, diplomatic checks and balances, national wars, as well as the emperor's self-cultivation, the cultivation of successors and so on.
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Twilight Struggle
Single-player alternative to The Cold War Era — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Cold War Era.
Twilight Struggle is a two-player game where players play as either the US or USSR during the Cold War. Using actual events from history, players must plan out their strategies in order to obtain world dominance. Play Twilight Struggle and change the course of history.
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The Great Fantasy Struggle
Single-player alternative to The Cold War Era — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Cold War Era.
TGFS is an indie grand strategy game set in a fantasy world, engrossed in an unrelenting conflict between light and darkness.