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Single-player games like Ancient Frontier

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Ancient Frontier, 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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    Ancient Frontier: Steel Shadows — Steam game cover

    Ancient Frontier: Steel Shadows

    Single-player alternative to Ancient Frontier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ancient Frontier.

    Steel Shadows is a standalone tactics RPG set in the epic universe of Ancient Frontier. Take command of a rag tag band of pirates and outlaws as you fight your way across the Frontier for treasure and glory. Delve into our latest turn based tactical RPG.

    2018Strategy14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Last Spell — Steam game cover

    The Last Spell

    Single-player alternative to Ancient Frontier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ancient Frontier.

    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.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Depth of Extinction — Steam game cover

    Depth of Extinction

    Single-player alternative to Ancient Frontier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ancient Frontier.

    Explore a flooded world and save humanity from a terrible threat in this turn based, tactical RPG with roguelike elements

    2018StrategyIndieRPG14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark — Steam game cover

    Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark

    Single-player alternative to Ancient Frontier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ancient Frontier.

    Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based tactical RPG with a focus on storytelling and strategic battles. Unfold a mature story as you progress through hand-crafted scenarios, controlling your own group of Arbiters, with each character customizable from a wide selection of classes and abilities!

    2019StrategyIndieRPG4.49 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Total War: WARHAMMER II — Steam game cover

    Total War: WARHAMMER II

    Single-player alternative to Ancient Frontier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ancient Frontier.

    Strategy gaming perfected. A breath-taking campaign of exploration, expansion and conquest across a fantasy world. Turn-based civilisation management and real-time epic strategy battles with thousands of troops and monsters at your command.

    2017ActionStrategy59.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Spaceland: Sci-Fi Indie Tactics — Steam game cover

    Spaceland: Sci-Fi Indie Tactics

    Single-player alternative to Ancient Frontier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ancient Frontier.

    Incredibly dynamic turn-based strategy, reviving the traditions of the old school tactics. Lead a team of the most desperate fighters, destroy alien monsters and uncover the secrets of the lost planet.

    2019StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Blackguards — Steam game cover

    Blackguards

    Single-player alternative to Ancient Frontier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ancient Frontier.

    What happens when the only hope of a threatened world lies not with heroes in shining armor, but in the hands of a band of misfits and criminals? Blackguards, a new turn-based strategy RPG, explores this very question. You will discover over 180 unique hex-based battlegrounds within a dark and mature story of crime, drugs, and murder.

    2014ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Blackguards 2 — Steam game cover

    Blackguards 2

    Single-player alternative to Ancient Frontier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ancient Frontier.

    Blackguards 2 is a turn-based strategy-RPG and will deliver challenging hexfield battles and a gritty story filled with violence and crime. - Includes bonus content: Soundtrack, digital Art Book and Strategy Guide Book!

    2015StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bladestar — Steam game cover

    Bladestar

    Single-player alternative to Ancient Frontier — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Bladestar is a sci-fi cinematic action shooter featuring visually rich worlds with potentially endless enemies on each level. Defend the galaxy flying a Manta Starfighter through asteroid, mine, and debris fields while battling pirates, rebels, and aliens.

    2016Action4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hyper Empire — Steam game cover

    Hyper Empire

    Single-player alternative to Ancient Frontier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ancient Frontier.

    Play a 4x game in 40 minutes... or less! We streamlined 4x strategy down to a game that captures the fun in a manageable play time. Lead your faction against escalating enemies and expand the reach of your empire. Multiple paths to victory allows for a variety of strategies. Build your empire.

    2025Strategy11.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →