Single-player games like Civil War: 1861
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Civil War: 1861, 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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Civil War: Battle of Petersburg
Single-player alternative to Civil War: 1861 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
Crush the Confederates near Petersburg and Richmond in 1864. Bring peace to a nation divided.
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Pacific General
Single-player alternative to Civil War: 1861 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
Pacific General explores the Pacific front of the Second World War. Taking control of Axis or Allied forces, you must strategically battle your way through the Eastern and Western front of the Pacific war, using a wide array of land, air and naval forces.
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American Patriots: Boston Tea Party
Single-player alternative to Civil War: 1861 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
Take Boston or die for freedom!
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American Revolutionary War
Single-player alternative to Civil War: 1861 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
Fight through the American War of Independence in a tactical wargame of field battles, frontier warfare, fortified positions, and campaigns for control of the colonies. Command American, British, Loyalist, German, Native allied, and French forces across 148 scenarios and four campaigns.
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Cold War Battles
Single-player alternative to Civil War: 1861 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
Lead Cold War formations in quick, turn based, hex‑and‑counter battles spanning 5 decades of real and hypothetical conflicts. With over 250 units, more than a dozen factions and varied theatres - from Africa to the Golan Heights, Europe and more, Cold War Battles await.
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Unity of Command II
Single-player alternative to Civil War: 1861 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
Unity of Command II is the sequel to one of the most critically acclaimed strategy games of all time; a game critics called 'the perfect gateway' into computer war games.
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Civil War: 1863
Single-player alternative to Civil War: 1861 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
Relive iconic battles of the American Civil War. Take command of both the Union and Confederate forces in this exciting turn-based strategy game.
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The Troop
Single-player alternative to Civil War: 1861 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
The Troop is a turn-based, platoon-level tactical game set in WW2. From the early hours of D-Day to Falaise, play as British and Canadian or German forces in desperate fighting across Normandy.
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Ultimate General: Civil War
Single-player alternative to Civil War: 1861 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
Ultimate General: Civil War is a tactical real time strategy war-game. Experience the bloodiest period of U.S. history - the American Civil War of 1861-1865.
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Field of Glory II
Single-player alternative to Civil War: 1861 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
Field of Glory II is a turn-based tactical game set during the Rise of Rome from 280 BC to 25 BC.
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Tank Battle: Normandy
Single-player alternative to Civil War: 1861 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
Land your troops on the beaches of northern France, lay bridges to cross flooded enemy defences, avoid tanktraps, clear the area of dangerous minefields, overcome the enemy and claim the beachhead for the Allies!
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Civil War: Bull Run 1861
Single-player alternative to Civil War: 1861 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
Bull Run recreates the first major battle of the American Civil War between the Union and Confederate armies. Take command of an Union army of Northeast Virginia or the Confederate army of Potomac and Shenandoah and engage in the largest battle fought on American soil to date.
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Battles of the Ancient World
Single-player alternative to Civil War: 1861 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
The ‘Battles of the Ancient World’ game system is a tactical simulation of some of the greatest and most important battles from 1457 B.C. to 378 A.D.. Each scenario features one of these great battles and players may play as either side. The game has been designed to ensure maximum playability and historical accuracy, in that order.
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Wellington's Victory
Single-player alternative to Civil War: 1861 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
At dawn on June 18th, the torrential rain which had soaked the Belgium countryside the previous day began tapering off.
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Tank Battle: 1944
Single-player alternative to Civil War: 1861 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
Instantly get involved in the action by joining the Allied invasion of Europe during the Second World War. Take command of an American battle group during WW2 in this turn based strategy wargame and help liberate Europe from the evil Axis power-base!
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1775: Rebellion
Single-player alternative to Civil War: 1861 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
Command the armies of the British Redcoats, English Loyalists, German Hessians, American Regulars, Patriots, French Regulars and Native Americans to decide the fate of the Americas!
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Nuts!: The Battle of the Bulge
Single-player alternative to Civil War: 1861 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
Nuts!: The Battle of the Bulge is a Decision Games card game that recreates the famous World War Two battle (16-31 Dec 1944) in which the German Army mounted a surprise attack on the thin U.S. forces deployed in the Ardennes region.