Single-player games like Hirelings
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Hirelings, 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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Cell Command
Single-player alternative to Hirelings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hirelings.
TURN-BASED TACTICS meets SNAKE: A new roguelike in the Genome Guardian universe. SPLICE DNA to create new units, enhance their genetics, and take on the Abyss virus once more in a variety of different modes & match types.
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Crawl Tactics
Single-player alternative to Hirelings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hirelings.
Crawl Tactics combines classic turn-based tactics with roguelike progression. In Dungeon Mode, face challenging, ever-changing encounters as you explore procedurally generated maps. In Quest Mode, develop your village, train your mercenaries, and defend against growing enemy invasions.
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Lost In The Open
Single-player alternative to Hirelings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hirelings.
An unexpected assassination attempt leaves you wounded and fleeing across no man's land. To survive in this roguelike, low-fantasy tactical RPG, you must recruit strategically, fight desperately and repent sincerely.
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Jagged Alliance 3
Single-player alternative to Hirelings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Hirelings.
The country of Grand Chien is thrown into chaos when the elected president goes missing and the paramilitary force known as “the Legion” seizes control. Hire mercs, meet interesting characters, and fight in tactically deep turn-based combat in this true successor to a beloved franchise.
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Hard West 2
Single-player alternative to Hirelings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Hirelings.
Hard West 2 is a journey to the heart of darkness in the American West. Take control of a supernatural posse and catch the mysterious Ghost Train. Outsmart, outcheat and outgun your enemies in this turn-based tactics game set in a Wild West world where nothing is as it seems.
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Tactics Ogre: Reborn
Single-player alternative to Hirelings — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Tactics Ogre, crown jewel of the tactical role-playing genre, is reborn! Based on the 2010 release, the game features improved graphics and sound, as well as updated game design, bringing to life a new Tactics Ogre that remains true to its roots.
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Forged of Blood
Single-player alternative to Hirelings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hirelings.
A fantasy turn-based tactical RPG built on depth and mechanical complexity, featuring classless character building, strategic management, and small unit tactics on a world scale.
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The Last Spell
Single-player alternative to Hirelings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hirelings.
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.