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Single-player games like Dustwind

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Dustwind, 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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    Dustwind: Resistance — Steam game cover

    Dustwind: Resistance

    Single-player alternative to Dustwind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Dustwind.

    Dustwind: Resistance is a single-player tactical game. Lead your squad—including your dog—against a brutal raider army. Pause to plan tactics. Use overwhelming firepower, stealth, traps, turrets, or an armored car to outmaneuver enemies. Protect your home and freedom. No surrender!

    2025ActionStrategyRPG10.94 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Clankerfront — Steam game cover

    Clankerfront

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

    Clankerfront is a classic isometric RTS where AI research went too far and awakened the world’s home appliances against humanity. Build bases, command armies, fight solo or co-op, and defend the front from the clankers.

    StrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Door Kickers 2: Task Force North — Steam game cover

    Door Kickers 2: Task Force North

    Single-player alternative to Dustwind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Dustwind.

    Command military Special Ops Teams in gripping tactical combat against a Middle East-based terrorist network. Sequel to RockPaperShotgun's "Best Tactics Game of 2014".

    2025ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Koi Unleashed — Steam game cover

    Koi Unleashed

    Single-player alternative to Dustwind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Dustwind.

    Koi Unleashed is a party-based RPG, with real-time combat and inspired by Japanese folklore. Join a guild that has just set foot on an unknown world, filled with mysterious creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tower of Time — Steam game cover

    Tower of Time

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

    A new kind of RPG awaits you. A story-rich dungeon crawler with innovative real-time combat that lets you pause or slow time. Tactical thinking is essential to succeed. Now with RPGlite and Permadeath for fast-paced game.

    2018StrategyIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Red Solstice — Steam game cover

    The Red Solstice

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

    2280 A.D. The last few survivors of a ruined Earth seek a new home: Mars, a planet whose inhabitants didn't take too kindly to outsiders. The Red Solstice is a tense, tactical, squad-based action game. Fight to survive with up to 8 players in co-op, or lead your own squad in single-player mode.

    2015Strategy9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Door Kickers — Steam game cover

    Door Kickers

    Single-player alternative to Dustwind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Dustwind.

    Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.

    2014ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Contagion — Steam game cover

    Contagion

    Single-player alternative to Dustwind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dustwind.

    Contagion isn't your average Zombie Shooter but instead takes a more realistic and different approach to the popular genre with unique characters, environments, weapons, items, and a built in system that makes every round completely unpredictable with resources, objectives, and paths ever changing.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fallout 4 — Steam game cover

    Fallout 4

    Single-player alternative to Dustwind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Dustwind.

    From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.

    2015RPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fae Tactics — Steam game cover

    Fae Tactics

    Single-player alternative to Dustwind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Dustwind.

    In Fae Tactics, follow a young magic user named Peony on her journey across a vibrant world full of mystery and danger. Summon allies, cast spells, and befriend a motley crew of characters as you dive into the growing conflicts between man and magical beings known as fae.

    2020StrategyRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Jagged Alliance 3 — Steam game cover

    Jagged Alliance 3

    Single-player alternative to Dustwind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Dustwind.

    The country of Grand Chien is thrown into chaos when the elected president goes missing and the paramilitary force known as “the Legion” seizes control. Hire mercs, meet interesting characters, and fight in tactically deep turn-based combat in this true successor to a beloved franchise.

    2023ActionStrategy13.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →