Single-player games like First Strike
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to First Strike, 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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DEFCON
Single-player alternative to First Strike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with First Strike.
Inspired by the 1983 cult classic film, Wargames, DEFCON superbly evokes the tension, paranoia and suspicion of the Cold War era, playing on the fascinating aspects of psychological gameplay that occur during strategic nuclear warfare.
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ICBM
Single-player alternative to First Strike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with First Strike.
ICBM is a real-time strategy game of nuclear destruction. Research new technologies, build up your nuclear stockpile and use a combination of ships, planes and missiles to strike at the heart of your opponents’ cities while keeping your population safe from harm.
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Wargame: Airland Battle
Single-player alternative to First Strike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with First Strike.
2 SIDES, 12 NATIONS, 750 UNITS: THE STRATEGY GAME REFERENCE IS BACK! Richer, more beautiful and more accessible, Wargame AirLand Battle is the sequel to the explosive real-time strategy game Wargame European Escalation! 1985.
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The Last General
Single-player alternative to First Strike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with First Strike.
Lead thousands of units in this large scale modern war RTS as you manage economy and logistics, build your war machine, and fight across millions of procedurally generated scenarios, or jump into the battlefield controlling any unit in first or third person at any time.
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Wargame: European Escalation
Single-player alternative to First Strike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with First Strike.
The New Fatal Error DLC includes a new 5-mission Operation and touch-screen controls.
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ICBM: Escalation
Single-player alternative to First Strike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with First Strike.
ICBM: Escalation is a grand RTS where you command armies, develop cutting-edge tech, and wield devastating weapons. Conquer enemies with conventional forces or nuclear firepower. With new modes like Standoff and Conquest, the game offers deep strategic layers in a global warfare setting.
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Stellar Commanders
Single-player alternative to First Strike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with First Strike.
Conquer the stars in this straightforward multiplayer real-time strategy game from the creators of First Strike and become a Stellar Commander!
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DEFCON VR
Single-player alternative to First Strike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with First Strike.
DEFCON VR allows you to spectate DEFCON games in the comfort of your own virtual War Room. Join others and marvel at total global annihilation as nuclear missiles arc over the globe on their path to destruction. Watch Armageddon unfold as everybody dies….
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Ground of Aces
Single-player alternative to First Strike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with First Strike.
Take command of a remote military air base during World War II. Build your own airfield, manage iconic aircraft and oversee your crew’s well-being. Prepare them against air raids and send your pilots on dangerous missions. Survive and help your nation win the war!
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AIRHEART - Tales of broken Wings
Single-player alternative to First Strike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with First Strike.
Airheart is a dieselpunk airplane action rogue like game, where every colorful level is built on top of the previous one, all the way up to the stratosphere. Welcome to Granaria, a flying city in the clouds. Meet Amelia - a young pilot and fisherwoman wishing to reach the abundant world's edge.
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Cloud Chasers - Journey of Hope
Single-player alternative to First Strike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with First Strike.
In a dried up world, where death is your destiny, can you survive the struggle?