Single-player games like Phantom Doctrine
Below are 13 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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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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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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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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Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
Single-player alternative to Phantom Doctrine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG and Strategy 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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Jagged Alliance 3
Single-player alternative to Phantom Doctrine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Phantom Doctrine.
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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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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Wasteland 3
Single-player alternative to Phantom Doctrine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG and Strategy with Phantom Doctrine.
Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.
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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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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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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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Black Gold: Oil Drilling Simulator
Single-player alternative to Phantom Doctrine — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Step into the grit of the early 20th-century oil boom. Build your drilling empire from the dirt up chop timber, maintain rusty machinery, and manage a rugged crew. Strike black gold, overcome ruthless crises, and turn raw earth into an unimaginable fortune. The rush begins now.
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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.