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Single-player games like Age of Rivals

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Age of Rivals, 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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    Through the Ages — Steam game cover

    Through the Ages

    Single-player alternative to Age of Rivals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Age of Rivals.

    Legendary board game classic from award winning designer Vlaada Chvátil

    2018StrategyIndie15.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gremlins, Inc. — Steam game cover

    Gremlins, Inc.

    Single-player alternative to Age of Rivals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Age of Rivals.

    This is an intense strategy board game in a steampunk world of corrupt capitalist gremlins who compete for money, political power and prestige. Save and invest, steal and extort, arrest and get arrested – in single-player and multiplayer, with ranks and ladders, team mode and spectator mode.

    2016StrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Blood Bowl: Chaos Edition (Classic) — Steam game cover

    Blood Bowl: Chaos Edition (Classic)

    Single-player alternative to Age of Rivals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Age of Rivals.

    This bonecrunching sport features 23 playable races, each with its own style, vicious moves, rankings & more!

    2012SportsStrategy14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Antihero — Steam game cover

    Antihero

    Single-player alternative to Age of Rivals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Age of Rivals.

    Run a Thieves Guild in a gas-lit Victorian city! Antihero is a fast-paced digital board game with an (Oliver) Twist. Recruit street urchins, hire thugs, start a gang, upgrade your guild, steal everything... and bribe, blackmail, and assassinate your way to victory.

    2017StrategyIndie2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Concordia: Digital Edition — Steam game cover

    Concordia: Digital Edition

    Single-player alternative to Age of Rivals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Age of Rivals.

    Concordia is a strategic, Euro-style board game. 🏺 Players take the roles of powerful Roman merchants and follow the Roman expansion with their trade routes, franchises, and production houses. 🏛️

    2021StrategyIndieCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Roll Player - The Board Game — Steam game cover

    Roll Player - The Board Game

    Single-player alternative to Age of Rivals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Age of Rivals.

    Create the ultimate Fantasy character by rolling dice, building attributes, purchasing weapons, gaining skills, and discovering character traits in Roll Player, a digital adaptation of a popular board game of dice manipulation and strategy!

    2023StrategyIndieRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mystic Vale — Steam game cover

    Mystic Vale

    Single-player alternative to Age of Rivals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Age of Rivals.

    Are you ready to lead your druidic clan and cleanse the Valley of Life? Mystic Vale is a stunning digital version of the Origins award-winning AEG card game. Debuting the unique Card Crafting System, players take turns building powerful combos in order to stop the curse. Play online or local hotseat.

    2019StrategyIndie1.94 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Talisman: Digital Classic Edition — Steam game cover

    Talisman: Digital Classic Edition

    Single-player alternative to Age of Rivals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Age of Rivals.

    The complete 4th Edition experience of the classic fantasy adventure board game, Talisman. On your travels, you will need strength, courage and some good dice rolls to survive the dangers you face and beat your opponents to the centre of the board!

    2014StrategyIndieRPG6.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    7 Wonders II — Steam game cover

    7 Wonders II

    Single-player alternative to Age of Rivals — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Journey back in time with the 7 Wonders series to when magnificent structures were being built in far away lands. Enjoy challenging match-3 gameplay in a newly enhanced interactive environment where you not only learn about marvelous new wonders such as Stonehenge and Taj Mahal, but also watch them come to life piece by piece before your...

    2008Casual9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Race for the Galaxy — Steam game cover

    Race for the Galaxy

    Single-player alternative to Age of Rivals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Age of Rivals.

    Explore, Settle, Develop, Trade, Consume, or Produce? Which do you need most? Which of Earth's former colonies will be most successful at settling the galaxy, now that JumpDrive exists? Who will discover the secrets of the mysteriously vanished Alien Overlords? Your goal: to build the most prosperous and powerful space empire!

    2017Strategy7.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →