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Single-player games like Carrier Deck

Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Carrier Deck, 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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    Cold Waters — Steam game cover

    Cold Waters

    Single-player alternative to Carrier Deck — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Carrier Deck.

    Spiritual Successor to the Microprose Classic “Red Storm Rising”.

    2017StrategyIndieSimulation39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Carrier Commander — Steam game cover

    Carrier Commander

    Single-player alternative to Carrier Deck — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Carrier Deck.

    Carrier Commander is a real-time strategy game which allows you choose the intensity of gameplay. You can manage your Carrier Operations against incoming attacks or intensify your game play by directly engaging the enemy controlling your own Jets, Destroyer's, Helicopter's and more...

    2022ActionStrategyIndie7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age — Steam game cover

    Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age

    Single-player alternative to Carrier Deck — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Carrier Deck.

    From the lead designer of Cold Waters, Sea Power lets you control NATO and Warsaw Pact forces in modern naval conflict campaigns. Use your advanced naval weaponry and sensors to respect rules of engagement and defeat the enemy forces in a tense fight for initiative and air/naval supremacy.

    2024ActionStrategySimulation49.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter — Steam game cover

    Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter

    Single-player alternative to Carrier Deck — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Carrier Deck.

    Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter brings you an authentic and historically accurate destroyer simulation along with gripping anti-submarine warfare set in the turmoils of the Atlantic Ocean during World War II.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Aircraft Carrier Survival — Steam game cover

    Aircraft Carrier Survival

    Single-player alternative to Carrier Deck — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    When the harshness of the sea meets the cruelties of war, a challenge for perseverance makes itself known. Welcome to Aircraft Carrier Survival, a strategy game set in the Pacific Theater of World War II, where your prowess as a commander decides the fate of a naval behemoth.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Boat Crew — Steam game cover

    Boat Crew

    Single-player alternative to Carrier Deck — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Carrier Deck.

    Command your crew in Boat Crew, a gripping action-strategy experience amidst the Pacific War. Take charge of a PT boat against Imperial Japan, skillfully managing resources and personnel by any means necessary to ensure victory in this high-stakes conflict.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    UBOAT — Steam game cover

    UBOAT

    Single-player alternative to Carrier Deck — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Carrier Deck.

    UBOAT is a simulator of a submarine from WWII era. It is a survival sandbox with crew management mechanics while its primary theme is life of German sailors. The boat is their home, but it can become their grave at any time.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie29.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Atlantic Fleet — Steam game cover

    Atlantic Fleet

    Single-player alternative to Carrier Deck — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Carrier Deck.

    Turn based tactical and strategic naval combat. Atlantic Fleet puts you in command of the Allies or Kriegsmarine (German Navy) in the longest military campaign of WWII, The Battle of the Atlantic.Take command of surface ships, submarines as well as carrier and land based aircraft in the deadly struggle for control of Atlantic shipping...

    2016StrategySimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Overcooked — Steam game cover

    Overcooked

    Single-player alternative to Carrier Deck — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Carrier Deck.

    Overcooked is a chaotic couch co-op cooking game for one to four players. Working as a team, you and your fellow chefs must prepare, cook and serve up a variety of tasty orders before the baying customers storm out in a huff.

    2016ActionIndieSimulation16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cooking For MA! — Steam game cover

    Cooking For MA!

    Single-player alternative to Carrier Deck — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Go on an adventure through the spirit world to save your grandma from an evil sea serpent using the power of cooking! Cook dishes for different characters, exploring Korean cuisine in this story about identity, diaspora, and family.

    IndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Vietnam ‘65 — Steam game cover

    Vietnam ‘65

    Single-player alternative to Carrier Deck — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    It is 1965 and the US ground war in Vietnam is in full swing. As a US Army commander, wage a counter-insurgency (COIN) war to secure the Ia Drang valley, on the border with Cambodia.

    2015Strategy9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Afghanistan '11 — Steam game cover

    Afghanistan '11

    Single-player alternative to Carrier Deck — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Afghanistan '11 is the sequel to the highly praised and innovative Vietnam '65. It enhances and builds on it: Afghanistan '11 changes the paradigm of wargaming and manages to bring Counter-Insurgency and guerrilla warfare to your screen, properly represented thanks to a revolutionary gameplay formula!

    2017StrategyIndie29.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Her Majesty's Ship — Steam game cover

    Her Majesty's Ship

    Single-player alternative to Carrier Deck — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    All young naval officers dream of becoming Admiral, but few realise this can't be done without a loyal crew and keeping the vessel under your command afloat!

    2019Strategy9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Terra Incognito - Antarctica 1911 — Steam game cover

    Terra Incognito - Antarctica 1911

    Single-player alternative to Carrier Deck — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Carrier Deck.

    Survive all the odds and reach the South Pole before your competitors with this simple, abstract and compelling strategy game.

    2020Simulation1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Angola '86 — Steam game cover

    Angola '86

    Single-player alternative to Carrier Deck — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    The first strategy game to capture the essence of the entire South African Border war, from Omugulugwombashe to UNTAG (Aug'66 - Mar'90)

    2024Strategy12.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Northern Ireland '74 — Steam game cover

    Northern Ireland '74

    Single-player alternative to Carrier Deck — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    The first strategy game to capture the essence of the entire Northern Ireland Conflict (1966 - 1998).

    2025StrategyIndieEarly Access11.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →