Single-player games like Command: Chains of War
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Command: Chains of War, 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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Command: Modern Air / Naval Operations WOTY
Single-player alternative to Command: Chains of War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Command: Chains of War.
Command: Modern Air/Naval Operations is the ultimate military simulator for modern military conflicts. Designed with a huge emphasis on detail, realism, accuracy and flexibility, Command allows you to simulate and direct any historical or hypothetical air or naval engagement from 1945, at any scale, including strategic nuclear war.
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Flashpoint Campaigns: Red Storm Player's Edition
Single-player alternative to Command: Chains of War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Command: Chains of War.
You are the commander of either NATO or Soviet forces locked in battle on the ground in 1980’s Central Europe. As commander, it is your task to provide the battle plan orders to your units. You need to know your mission objectives, strength and weakness of both your forces and you enemy, lay of the land, weather, and time of day in order...
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Combat Mission Black Sea
Single-player alternative to Command: Chains of War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Command: Chains of War.
Combat Mission Black Sea is a military grade simulation depicting a fictional series of escalations between Russian and Ukraine which results in open conflict in the summer of 2017
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Dangerous Waters
Single-player alternative to Command: Chains of War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Command: Chains of War.
S.C.S. - Dangerous Waters allows you total control over multiple air, surface, and submarine platforms in a modern-day naval environment. Take direct control of individual crew stations and also plan and execute combined arms naval strategies from a top-down 'Commanders Eye' perspective.
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Making History II: The War of the World
Single-player alternative to Command: Chains of War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Command: Chains of War.
What if Germany won the Battle of Britain? What if Moscow fell in 1942?You’re in charge. Anything can happen and history will never repeat itself in this classic WWII grand strategy game MAKING HISTORY II: The War of the World. Are you ready to battle for global dominance?
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Armored Brigade II
Single-player alternative to Command: Chains of War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Command: Chains of War.
Armored Brigade II revolutionizes real-time tactical warfare in 3D, focusing on the intense combined arms combat of the Cold War era, from 1965 to 1991. Boasting a meticulously researched database and huge real-world terrain maps, this game offers an unparalleled combat simulation experience.
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The Operational Art of War IV
Single-player alternative to Command: Chains of War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Command: Chains of War.
The Operational Art of War IV is the new generation of operational wargames. With more flexibility than before and with a new array of exciting features, it will make you relive the most iconic battles from the dawn of the 20th Century to modern day, including the ones that never occurred!
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Sub Command
Single-player alternative to Command: Chains of War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Command: Chains of War.
Take charge of the most deadly modern-day submarines in the world - three distinct submarines across two unique and challenging campaigns. Utilize cutting-edge sensor and weapon technology to locate, track and destroy the enemy - even deliver Tomahawk missiles to inland targets.
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ARMA: Gold Edition
Single-player alternative to Command: Chains of War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Command: Chains of War.
ARMA: Gold is pack of ARMA: Armed Assault and an expansion pack ARMA: Queen's Gambit. ARMA is a first person tactical military shooter with large elements of realism and simulation. This game features a blend of large-scale military conflict spread over large areas alongside the more closed quarters battle.
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Command: Northern Inferno
Single-player alternative to Command: Chains of War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Command: Chains of War.
Command: Northern Inferno is a stand-alone game that uses the latest version of the Command: Modern Air/Naval Operations (CMANO) engine. Do you have what it takes to stand up to Soviet/WP forces and avert Armageddon?
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Command: Shifting Sands
Single-player alternative to Command: Chains of War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Command: Chains of War.
Shifting Sands traces the history of many Arab-Israeli conflicts: from the sidelines of the Suez crisis, through the lightning Six-Day War, the guerilla-like War Of Attrition and the strategic surprise of the Yom Kippur War, all the way to the historic Osirak raid and the epic air battle over the Bekaa Valley.
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Command: The Silent Service
Single-player alternative to Command: Chains of War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Command: Chains of War.
Submarine warfare from post-WW2 to the present day! Lay mines, strike land targets with cruise and ballistic missiles, creep up to surface ships to take hull shots undetected, sniff sensitive electronic emissions, tap undersea communications cables, covertly deliver special-forces teams ashore, and of course hunt down anything on the sea...
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Command: Desert Storm
Single-player alternative to Command: Chains of War — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Command: Chains of War.
Command - Desert Storm is a new DLC release for Command: Modern Air/Naval Operations. Fourteen historical & hypothetical campaign scenarios plus a bonus contemporary standalone scenario cover the major actions that marked the conflict, allowing you to explore the events that happened - and the ones that could easily have.