Single-player games like First Strike
Below are 12 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: Red Dragon
Single-player alternative to First Strike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with First Strike.
The new reference in RTS at its best! The Wargame series returns to duty, larger, richer and more spectacular than ever before. In Wargame Red Dragon, you are engaged in a large-scale conflict where Western forces clash against the Communist bloc.
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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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Rebel Inc: Escalation
Single-player alternative to First Strike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with First Strike.
A unique and deeply engaging political/military strategic simulation from the creator of Plague Inc. Balance competing civilian and military priorities and deal with a deadly insurgency in order to stabilise a war-torn country.
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Supreme Ruler Ultimate
Single-player alternative to First Strike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with First Strike.
Real-Time Strategy/Wargame. From World War II through the Cold War and into the future, re-live or re-imagine the tensions and crises of our recent history! Guide your nation through the era of your choice in Campaigns, Scenarios, and Sandboxes, as you make every effort to become Supreme Ruler!
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Regiments
Single-player alternative to First Strike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with First Strike.
Regiments is a Real-Time Tactics game set in Germany 1989. The Cold War has gone hot, and the inferno is raging. Lead your Regiment through the fires of conflict and the fog of war. Break through the lines, call in artillery, maneuver, feign retreats, stage defenses, counter-attack. Do not relent.
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Forts
Single-player alternative to First Strike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with First Strike.
Unleash your creativity and strategic prowess in Forts, the exhilarating physics-based RTS! Design, construct, and customize imposing fortresses, bristling with devastating firepower, and blast your opponent’s buildings to rubble!
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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?
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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!