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Single-player games like Defilade

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Defilade, 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 Last General — Steam game cover

    The Last General

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

    Lead thousands of units in this large scale modern war RTS as you manage economy and logistics, build your war machine, and fight across millions of procedurally generated scenarios, or jump into the battlefield controlling any unit in first or third person at any time.

    2027ActionStrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Warlords of Archaios Online — Steam game cover

    Warlords of Archaios Online

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

    Command either Humans, Orcs, Undead or Elves in a fantasy factions in a 2D pixel-art real-time strategy game. Build your base & army, gather resources, level up & gear Warlords, conquer bandits, use god powers, and battle AI or rival players online across, natural disaster & weather-struck maps.

    2027StrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
  3. 3
    Kingdoms in Arms — Steam game cover

    Kingdoms in Arms

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

    Kingdoms in Arms is a strategy game where you build and manage your kingdom. Build cities, outposts and military camps to conquer the whole island. Besiege your enemies castles and bring down their walls with your siege engines like catapults and trebuchets. Control your armies in real time.

    ActionStrategySingle-playerSimilar games →
  4. 4
    Cantos — Steam game cover

    Cantos

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

    A persistent RTS where survival comes before expansion! Secure a foothold, outlast rivals, and earn the right to build your colony in shared servers shaped by players.

    2027StrategySingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Crossfire: Legion — Steam game cover

    Crossfire: Legion

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

    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.

    2022ActionStrategyDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Broken Arrow — Steam game cover

    Broken Arrow

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

    Broken Arrow is a large-scale real-time modern warfare tactics game that combines the complexity of joint-forces wargaming with action-packed real-time tactics gameplay.

    2025Strategy49.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Home Wars — Steam game cover

    Home Wars

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

    Do you hate bugs and arachnids? Seeing them creeps you out? Would you like them to disappear off the face of the Earth? GOOD! This is the right game for you! In HW you’ll play as a General of a toy soldiers army, with the sole purpose of saving the owner’s house from the invasion of those damn Bugs.

    2017ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Door Kickers 2: Task Force North — Steam game cover

    Door Kickers 2: Task Force North

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

    Command military Special Ops Teams in gripping tactical combat against a Middle East-based terrorist network. Sequel to RockPaperShotgun's "Best Tactics Game of 2014".

    2025ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →