Single-player games like Age of Wonders
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Age of Wonders, 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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Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne
Single-player alternative to Age of Wonders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Age of Wonders.
Age of Wonders II is the wildly anticipated sequel to the award-winning strategy phenomenon. Delivering an invigorating mix of Empire Building, Role-playing, and Warfare, Age of Wonders II brings s turn-based strategy to new heights.
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Age of Wonders III
Single-player alternative to Age of Wonders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Age of Wonders.
Age of Wonders III is the long anticipated sequel to the award-winning strategy series. Delivering a unique mix of Empire Building, Role Playing and Warfare, Age of Wonders III offers the ultimate in turn-based fantasy strategy for veterans of the series and new players alike!
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Age of Wonders Shadow Magic
Single-player alternative to Age of Wonders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Age of Wonders.
Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic is the third entry in the award winning fantasy strategy series. This fan-favorite enhances the series' praised fusion of empire building, role-playing and tactical combat with the eerie Shadow World and battle with races never before seen, across new and diverse landscapes.
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Planar Conquest
Single-player alternative to Age of Wonders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Age of Wonders.
Become an all-powerful Sorcerer Lord and lead one of 8 different races to the ultimate victory. Explore multiple planes of existence, raid dungeons, and conquer cities. Expand your armies, cast mighty spells, and summon godly creatures to do your bidding. Fight the enemies in D20 OGL battles.
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Age of Wonders 4
Single-player alternative to Age of Wonders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Age of Wonders.
Rule a fantasy realm of your own design! Explore new magical realms in Age of Wonders’ signature blend of 4X strategy and turn-based tactical combat. Control a faction that grows and changes as you expand your empire with each turn!
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Deity Empires
Single-player alternative to Age of Wonders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Age of Wonders.
Deity Empires is a 4X, turn-based strategy game with a powerful “just one more turn” feel! Enter an intricate fantasy world as one of many deities posed to become ruler of the world.
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ENDLESS™ Legend
Single-player alternative to Age of Wonders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Age of Wonders.
ENDLESS™ Legend is a 4X turn-based fantasy strategy game by the creators of ENDLESS™ Space and Dungeon of the ENDLESS™. Control every aspect of your civilization as you struggle to save your homeworld Auriga. Create your own Legend!
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Thea: The Awakening
Single-player alternative to Age of Wonders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Age of Wonders.
Thea: The Awakening is a turn-based strategic survival game inspired by the Slavic mythology and set in a procedural dark fantasy world infused with non-linear story and unique combat system.
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Heroes of Might & Magic V
Single-player alternative to Age of Wonders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Age of Wonders.
Witness the amazing evolution of the genre-defining strategy game as it becomes a next-generation phenomenon, melding classic deep fantasy with next-generation visuals and gameplay. In the renowned Might & Magic universe, demon swarms spread chaos over the land in a relentless assault.
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Overlord™
Single-player alternative to Age of Wonders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Age of Wonders.
Prepare to be tempted, mesmerized and thrilled, become the Overlord, how corrupt you become depends on how you handle any given situation. Your actions impact the game world. With incredible power at your disposal and a team of evil minded minions to do your evil bidding, how will you resist the temptation to be incredibly despotic?
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Age of Wonders: Planetfall
Single-player alternative to Age of Wonders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Age of Wonders.
Age of Wonders: Planetfall is the new strategy game from Triumph Studios, creators of the critically acclaimed Age of Wonders series, bringing all the exciting tactical turn-based combat and in-depth empire building of its predecessors to space in an all-new, sci-fi setting.
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Overlord II
Single-player alternative to Age of Wonders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Age of Wonders.
Overlord II, sequel to the critically acclaimed cult hit, sees the return of the chaotic Minions and their new Dark Master. Bigger, badder and more beautifully destructive, Overlord 2 has a Glorious Empire to smash, a massive Netherworld to revive, Minion mounts to mobilize, a trio of mistresses to woo, War Machines to crush opposition...
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Overlord™: Raising Hell
Single-player alternative to Age of Wonders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Age of Wonders.
How evil can you get? Discover how corruptible you are in Overlord, the twisted fantasy action adventure where you can be evil (or really evil). In the game's seriously warped fantasy world, players will become the Overlord and get first-hand experience of how absolute power corrupts absolutely.