Games like Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
If Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation is your kind of game, the closest matches are Eximius: Seize the Frontline, Ashes of the Singularity II and Stronghold: Warlords — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its innovative reinforcement mechanics, tactical positioning matters and writing quality is exceptional. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation is a large-scale sci-fi strategy and simulation game released in 2016, developed by Stardock Entertainment and Oxide Games. Players construct bases, capture map regions, and manage army reinforcements across expansive battlefields, with mechanics heavily emphasizing macro-level strategic thinking. The experience includes online co-op multiplayer alongside several single-player campaigns set across multiple worlds. Players highlight innovative reinforcement mechanics and note that tactical positioning significantly impacts outcomes, describing the game as both challenging and epic in scale. The title is playable on Steam Deck, holds a 79% positive rating from more than 1800 Steam reviews, and carries a price point of $29.99. Modding support extends the experience beyond initial completion.
About Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation: A massive-scale real-time strategy game where you command entire armies on a dynamic battlefield. Conquer multiple worlds across several single-player campaigns; or play with your friends in multiplayer combat.
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Eximius: Seize the Frontline
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Shares an epic mood with Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation.
Top pick for Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation.
EXIMIUS is a FPS/RTS hybrid that focuses on squad-based combat. The game features an intense 5v5 multiplayer experience with each team comprising of 4 Squad Officers and one Commander.
Ashes of the Singularity II
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Second-strongest match for Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation.
In this massive RTS game, command vast armies fighting for control of entire worlds. Control the forces of Earth, the mechanical AI Substrate, or the enigmatic Post-Human Coalition as you battle across the solar system in single player, cooperative multiplayer, or competitive multiplayer.
Stronghold: Warlords
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Shares base building and a challenging mood with Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation.
Third-strongest match for Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation.
Besiege Great Khans, Imperial warlords and Shōgun commanders in Stronghold: Warlords, the latest 'castle sim' from Firefly Studios. Command AI warlords across the battlefield as you build a castle economy and new gunpowder-fuelled siege engines!
Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)
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Shares an epic mood with Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation.
Ranked #4 for Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation.
The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.
Planetary Annihilation: TITANS
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Shares an epic mood with Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation.
Ranked #5 for Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation.
Wage war across entire solar systems with massive armies at your command. Annihilate enemy forces with world-shattering TITAN-class units, and demolish planets with massive super weapons!
Crossfire: Legion
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Ranked #6 for Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation.
Crossfire: Legion is a real time strategy game featuring tactical action in furious battles across a shattered version of the near future. Raise and customize your army to engage in intense online combat and carve your own path as you rise through the ranks. It’s a new generation of warfare.
Tempest Rising
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Shares base building with Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation.
Ranked #7 for Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation.
Command distinct factions in a desperate struggle for power and resources in Tempest Rising - a classic RTS set on Earth after a nuclear war.
Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity®
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Shares an epic mood with Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation.
Ranked #8 for Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation.
In Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity, you are the leader of a civilization embroiled in a galactic war, fighting for the survival of your entire race against relentless foes.
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Supreme Commander
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Shares an epic mood with Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation.
Reviewers of Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation.
For a thousand years, three opposing forces have waged war for what they believe is true. There can be no room for compromise: their way is the only way. Dubbed The Infinite War, this devastating conflict has taken its toll on a once-peaceful galaxy and has only served to deepen the hatred between the factions.
Supreme Commander 2
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Shares an epic mood with Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation.
Reviewers of Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation.
Includes 47 Steam achievements, leaderboards, and stats!
Total Annihilation
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Shares an epic mood with Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation.
Reviewers of Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation.
What began as a conflict over the transfer of consciousness from flesh to machines escalated into a war which has decimated a million worlds. The Core and the Arm have all but exhausted the resources of a galaxy in their struggle for domination.
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Garry's Mod
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Priced ~83% under Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation.
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Stardew Valley
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Priced ~50% under Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation.
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Bloons TD 6
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Priced ~53% under Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation.
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People Playground
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Priced ~67% under Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Balatro
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Priced ~60% under Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation.
The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.
Don't Starve Together
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Priced ~50% under Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
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Priced ~75% under Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Kerbal Space Program
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Priced ~67% under Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation.
In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.
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Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation.
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Sins of a Solar Empire II
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Shares a challenging mood with Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation.
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Galactic Civilizations IV
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Shares an epic mood with Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation.
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Star Control®: Origins
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Another title from Stardock Entertainment, the studio behind Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation. Shares Simulation with Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation.
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Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes
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Shares an epic mood with Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation.
Another title from Stardock Entertainment, the studio behind Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation. Shares Strategy with Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation.
Fallen Enchantress is 4X strategy game from the makers of Sins of a Solar Empire and Galactic Civilizations. Build a civilization in the magical world of Elemental. Recruit heroes, train armies, build cities, forge alliances and save the world in this rich world where it's never the same game twice.
Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition
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Shares an epic mood with Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation.
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The Political Machine 2020
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Another title from Stardock Entertainment, the studio behind Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation.
Win the hearts and minds of America’s voters and take the 2020 presidential election by storm in Stardock’s popular political strategy game. Choose a candidate and run against a computer opponent or a candidate controlled by another person over the Internet.
Frequently asked about Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
- Does Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation run on Steam Deck?
- Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation cost?
- Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation are Eximius: Seize the Frontline, Ashes of the Singularity II, Stronghold: Warlords.
- Who developed Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation?
- Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation was developed by Stardock Entertainment, Oxide Games and published by Stardock Entertainment.
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