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Single-player games like Dragon Wars

Below are 24 single-player Steam games similar to Dragon Wars, 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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    Crypts Of Carith — Steam game cover

    Crypts Of Carith

    Single-player alternative to Dragon Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Dragon Wars.

    Create a party of up to six custom adventurers and descend into the dangerous Crypts of Carith. Explore sewers, forgotten cellars, and ancient tombs, battle deadly creatures, and uncover powerful loot in this classic party-based dungeon crawling RPG built on a familiar D20 system.

    StrategyIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wizardry: The Five Ordeals — Steam game cover

    Wizardry: The Five Ordeals

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

    Welcome to the world of dungeon crawling! The classic dungeon crawler released back in 2006, returns to Steam with improved UI and more.

    2023IndieRPG39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Swords and Sorcery - Underworld - Definitive Edition — Steam game cover

    Swords and Sorcery - Underworld - Definitive Edition

    Single-player alternative to Dragon Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Dragon Wars.

    Swords and Sorcery - Underworld is a party-based, first person view role-playing game with turn-based combat and a square grid 3D environment. The art was made by a professional comics illustrator.

    2015IndieAdventureRPG9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Legends of Amberland: The Forgotten Crown — Steam game cover

    Legends of Amberland: The Forgotten Crown

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

    Legends of Amberland: The Forgotten Crown is a classic western RPG inspired by the games from the 90s. Basically, it’s the kind of game I personally find missing nowadays. Light, fairy tale, epic, heroic, slightly humorous and without the need of endless grind to progress.

    2019RPG19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Legends of Amberland II: The Song of Trees — Steam game cover

    Legends of Amberland II: The Song of Trees

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

    Legends of Amberland II: The Song of Trees is a classic western RPG inspired by great 90s era games such as Might & Magic, Wizardry, Ultima, the Gold Box series. Light, fairy tale, epic, heroic, slightly humorous adventure.

    2023RPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Elminage Gothic — Steam game cover

    Elminage Gothic

    Single-player alternative to Dragon Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Dragon Wars.

    From the makers of the world renowned “Wizardry Empire” titles, Starfish SD brings you the latest entry in their popular series of dungeon crawlers. Elminage Gothic, previously only available in Japanese on PlayStation® Portable, now comes to PC offering a classic old school dungeon crawling experience with a dark, gothic twist!

    2014ActionStrategyAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wizardry 7: Crusaders of the Dark Savant — Steam game cover

    Wizardry 7: Crusaders of the Dark Savant

    Single-player alternative to Dragon Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Dragon Wars.

    For the First TimeOutdoor CampaignsFull Soundtrack and EffectsTrue Point & Click Mouse InterfaceAuto-MappingUnprecedented Depth of StoryBegin your adventure in Crusaders of the Dark Savant. Import your characters from Bane of the Cosmic Forge or create a new party capable of surviving the rigors of a strange alien world.

    2013AdventureRPG4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wizardry 6: Bane of the Cosmic Forge — Steam game cover

    Wizardry 6: Bane of the Cosmic Forge

    Single-player alternative to Dragon Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Dragon Wars.

    FULL-COLOR ANIMATED graphics DIGITIZED sound (NO add-on cards required)HARD DISK supported11 Races, 14 Professions (with rankings!)Weaponry, Physical and Academia SkillsSix Spellbooks, 462 CombinationsNon-Player CharactersAn arsenal of over 400 researched itemsVaried Fighting ModesPrimary and Secondary AttackContinuous JourneyUnlimited...

    2013AdventureRPG4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Path of Darkness — Steam game cover

    Path of Darkness

    Single-player alternative to Dragon Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Path of Darkness is a dark incremental adventure where every battle brings you one step closer to absolute power. Crush endless waves of enemies, discover the rarest artifacts, experiment with devastating builds, and unlock new layers of gameplay.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    To The Mars — Steam game cover

    To The Mars

    Single-player alternative to Dragon Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Dragon Wars.

    Are you ready to climb toward to Mars just for fun? This is a concise game, nothing more. You can always repeat it, you learn from mistakes. It should be simple enough, good luck to everyone.

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fallout 4 — Steam game cover

    Fallout 4

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

    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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    Wasteland Remastered — Steam game cover

    Wasteland Remastered

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

    The RPG classic rises from the nuclear ashes! Wasteland Remastered is an overhaul of the 1988 title that brought the post-apocalypse to video games. See where the Wasteland series began and experience the character and world the sequels are built on.

    2020StrategyRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mines and Magic — Steam game cover

    Mines and Magic

    Single-player alternative to Dragon Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Multiplayer tower defense auto battler with economy. Combine unique abilities of your units. Expand territory and build mines to get resources. Find a balance between economy and army. Use spells to help your army. Relaxing, but challenging singleplayer campaign is available.

    2024Strategy14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Aris Arcanum — Steam game cover

    Aris Arcanum

    Single-player alternative to Dragon Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    The grand library of Aris now befell into madness — its scholars, corrupted, bear wounds of Ink; a dark, sludge carrying a mind-altering disease. A unique magic-bound roguelite awaits, where a desperate scholar bends the Ink's occult power to spellcraft his path to redemption.

    2025Action14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wasteland 1 - The Original Classic — Steam game cover

    Wasteland 1 - The Original Classic

    Single-player alternative to Dragon Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Dragon Wars.

    For the first time in over 20 years, we are heralding the return of a much loved piece of gaming history with the classic RPG, Wasteland! Mutants. Again. Even more than there were last time: they seem to materialize out of the very grains of the radioactive desert sand. Venomous yellow eyes.

    2013StrategyIndieAdventure5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era — Steam game cover

    Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era

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

    Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is the official prequel hailing back to the origins of the genre-defining, critically acclaimed series of turn-based strategy games. Raise grand armies and wield devastating spells to overcome your foes in both solo and multiplayer.

    2026StrategyRPGEarly Access29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Star Trek: Starfleet Command Gold Edition — Steam game cover

    Star Trek: Starfleet Command Gold Edition

    Single-player alternative to Dragon Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Dozens of missions & more than 50 ship designs put you in the captain’s chair for an amazing real-time space combat experience commanding ships from the United Federation of Planets, the Klingon Empire, the Romulan Star Empire, the Hydran Kingdom, the Gorn Confederation or the Lyran Star Empire!

    2016ActionStrategySimulation19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    M.A.X.: Mechanized Assault & Exploration — Steam game cover

    M.A.X.: Mechanized Assault & Exploration

    Single-player alternative to Dragon Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Colonize newly-discovered planets, control the resources found there, and defend your colony against other rival factions in real-time or turn-based action.

    2017ActionStrategy9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Star Trek™ : 25th Anniversary — Steam game cover

    Star Trek™ : 25th Anniversary

    Single-player alternative to Dragon Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Dragon Wars.

    Beam aboard the USS Enterprise to join Captain Kirk and his intrepid crew in this classic adventure game. Eight original missions, each styled as episodes of an imagined fourth season of Star Trek: the Original Series, featuring the voice talents of the original actors!

    2015ActionAdventureSimulation19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Star Trek™: Starfleet Academy — Steam game cover

    Star Trek™: Starfleet Academy

    Single-player alternative to Dragon Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Dragon Wars.

    A must for any fan, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is an action/flight simulator featuring filmed footage of the original Star Trek actors. Take your place among the best and brightest at Starfleet Academy!

    2015ActionAdventureSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Battle Chess — Steam game cover

    Battle Chess

    Single-player alternative to Dragon Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    It took 2000 years for someone to make chess better!

    2017Strategy19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Star Trek™: Judgment Rites — Steam game cover

    Star Trek™: Judgment Rites

    Single-player alternative to Dragon Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Dragon Wars.

    Return to command of the USS Enterprise in this classic adventure game. True episodic format beams eight original point-and-click missions into your computer. Featuring the cast members and sound effects from Star Trek: The Original Series.

    2015ActionAdventureSimulation19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Battle Chess II: Chinese Chess — Steam game cover

    Battle Chess II: Chinese Chess

    Single-player alternative to Dragon Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Battle Chess II brings new life into Chinese Chess. A game of strategy with animated battles to bring the game to life!

    2017Strategy9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Battle Chess 4000 — Steam game cover

    Battle Chess 4000

    Single-player alternative to Dragon Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Welcome to the Chess Game of Tomorrow!

    2021Strategy9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →