Single-player games like Dog Duty
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Dog Duty, 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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Panzer Strike
Single-player alternative to Dog Duty — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Dog Duty.
Authentic RTS gameplay straight out of the 2000s. Command your troops, develop strategies, and win World War II battles. Huge maps, thousands of units, long-range firepower, and no building mechanics!
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Tactics of World War I
Single-player alternative to Dog Duty — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Dog Duty.
Tactics of World War I is a real time tactics (RTT) game that puts you in the role of a military leader in the First World War. It requires you to plan your actions thoroughly and make smart tactical decisions in the blink of an eye.
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Act of Aggression - Reboot Edition
Single-player alternative to Dog Duty — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dog Duty.
Act of Aggression – Reboot Edition brings the techno-thriller RTS game Act of Aggression to a higher level. The Reboot Edition offers a full gameplay overhaul in skirmish mode against the AI and in your multiplayer battles.
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Wargame: European Escalation
Single-player alternative to Dog Duty — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dog Duty.
The New Fatal Error DLC includes a new 5-mission Operation and touch-screen controls.
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Iron Frontier
Single-player alternative to Dog Duty — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Dog Duty.
Iron Frontier is a single-player tower defense rogue-lite with the spirit of classic RTS. Draft a fresh army from random units and boost them with powerful synergies. Defend your base, crush the enemy, and make hard moral choices that shape the campaign and dictate the war's outcome.
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War Room
Single-player alternative to Dog Duty — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Dog Duty.
War Room is a realistic strategy, taking you straight into the heat of the war in Afghanistan.
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Victory Banner
Single-player alternative to Dog Duty — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dog Duty.
Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of World War II in this real-time historical strategy game. Command a frontline company, make critical strategic decisions, and take direct control of any soldier or vehicle. Every decision comes at a price. What will be yours?
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Syrian Warfare
Single-player alternative to Dog Duty — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dog Duty.
Real Time Strategy with a high degree of realism. The game is based on a true story.
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Super Trench Attack!
Single-player alternative to Dog Duty — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dog Duty.
Super Trench Attack™ is a goofball comedy twitch-shooter based in a World War setting.
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Fida Puti Samurai
Single-player alternative to Dog Duty — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dog Duty.
A Retro-FPS "virtual happy place", jeopardized with a naughty bug. Traverse this action-oriented roguelite blasting waifus to uncover dirty secrets on a personal computer!
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Battle Bruise
Single-player alternative to Dog Duty — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dog Duty.
Stay atop a mountain of corpses! Fight numerous swarms of enemies, while dealing with the changing terrain.This game isn't messy. It's MESS ITSELF!
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Battle Bruise 2
Single-player alternative to Dog Duty — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dog Duty.
Back again, not messy, but MESS ITSELF!