Single-player games like Phantom Doctrine
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Phantom Doctrine, 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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BATTLETECH
Single-player alternative to Phantom Doctrine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Phantom Doctrine.
Take command of your own mercenary outfit of 'Mechs and the MechWarriors that pilot them, struggling to stay afloat as you find yourself drawn into a brutal interstellar civil war.
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Hard West
Single-player alternative to Phantom Doctrine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Phantom Doctrine.
When a tragic turn of events sets one man down a path of supernatural chaos and revenge, he must brutally hunt down all those who wronged him. Fight and survive through 8 unique story-based scenarios, and try your hand at 40 individually designed turn-based combat missions
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Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
Single-player alternative to Phantom Doctrine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Phantom Doctrine.
A tactical game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with story, exploration, stealth, and strategy. Take control of a team of Mutants navigating a post-human Earth. Created by a team including former HITMAN leads and the designer of PAYDAY.
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Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark
Single-player alternative to Phantom Doctrine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Phantom Doctrine.
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!
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Mordheim: City of the Damned
Single-player alternative to Phantom Doctrine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Phantom Doctrine.
Mordheim: City of the Damned is the first video game adaptation of Games Workshop's cult classic tabletop game Mordheim. Set in the Warhammer World's decimated Empire city, Mordheim: City of the Damned is a turn-based tactical game where you lead warbands into bloody and lethal skirmishes.
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Gears Tactics
Single-player alternative to Phantom Doctrine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Phantom Doctrine.
Gears Tactics is the fast-paced, turn-based strategy game from one of the most-acclaimed video game franchises – Gears of War. Outnumbered and fighting for survival, recruit and command your squad to hunt down an evil mastermind who makes monsters.
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Necromunda: Underhive Wars
Single-player alternative to Phantom Doctrine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Phantom Doctrine.
Deep below the hive cities of Necromunda, lead, customize and grow your gang in the twisted tunnels of the dystopian Underhive. Face rival gangs in tactical gunfights for power, wealth, survival, and honor.
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Silent Storm Gold Edition
Single-player alternative to Phantom Doctrine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Phantom Doctrine.
Silent Storm from leading Russian developer Nival is a true 3D tactical turn-based Role-Playing-Game set against the backdrop of WWII. As the conflict rages on the frontlines, you’ll be leading a small multinational squad behind enemy lines to gather information and wreak havoc on your enemies while trying to thwart a mysterious new...
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XCOM® 2
Single-player alternative to Phantom Doctrine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Phantom Doctrine.
XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.
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Mass Effect (2007)
Single-player alternative to Phantom Doctrine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Phantom Doctrine.
As Commander Shepard, you lead an elite squad on a heroic, action-packed adventure throughout the galaxy.
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This Is the Police
Single-player alternative to Phantom Doctrine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Phantom Doctrine.
This Is the Police is a strategy/adventure game set in a city spiraling the drain. Taking the role of gritty Police Chief Jack Boyd, you'll dive into a deep story of crime and intrigue. Will Jack reach his retirement with a nice stack of bills, or will he end up broken ... or worse?
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POSTAL: Brain Damaged
Single-player alternative to Phantom Doctrine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Phantom Doctrine.
POSTAL: Brain Damaged is a new, action-oriented take on the Running With Scissors’ cult game series with throwback graphics, and fast-paced, modern gameplay. Take a wild roller coaster ride through the twisted wonderland encased in the POSTAL DUDE’S messed-up mind.
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Ancient Space
Single-player alternative to Phantom Doctrine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Phantom Doctrine.
Ancient Space is a story driven single player real time strategy game where you take command of a fleet embarking on a scientific mission to chart undiscovered reaches of space called ‘The Black Zone’. Overcome overwhelming odds and fight for your life and the survival of your ship and its crew.
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Aircraft Carrier Survival: Tutorial
Single-player alternative to Phantom Doctrine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Phantom Doctrine.
When the harshness of the sea meets the cruelties of war, a challenge for perseverance makes itself known. And it is like none other. Welcome to Aircraft Carrier Survival, a strategy set in the merciless reality of World War II, where your prowess as a commander decides the fate of a naval behemoth.