Single-player games like Scythe: Digital Edition
Below are 21 single-player Steam games similar to Scythe: Digital Edition, 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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HUMANKIND™
Single-player alternative to Scythe: Digital Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Scythe: Digital Edition.
Rewrite history by shaping a civilization as unique as you are. Combine 60 cultures from the Ancient Era to the Modern Age to lead your empire to victory. Build thriving cities, outsmart rivals in epic battles, spread your influence and leave your mark on HUMANKIND™.
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Making History: The First World War
Single-player alternative to Scythe: Digital Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Scythe: Digital Edition.
A turn-based WWI Grand Strategy game. Rush to field new modern weaponry and survive the horrendous attrition battles. Join the global conflict between the Great Powers of the age and forge a new world order for freedom or tyranny.
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Armageddon War:Old Era Wreckers / 大鏖战:旧时代的残党
Single-player alternative to Scythe: Digital Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Scythe: Digital Edition.
This is a turn-based historical chess simulation game Players will experience major battles between 1840 and 1920 The game consists of four conquest scripts, each with three different modes and 60 free conquest years to choose from, where the player takes on the role of a commander
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Iron Harvest
Single-player alternative to Scythe: Digital Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Scythe: Digital Edition.
A classic real-time strategy game with an epic single player campaign, multiplayer & coop, set in the alternate reality of 1920+
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Commander: Modern War
Single-player alternative to Scythe: Digital Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Scythe: Digital Edition.
Experience the thrill of a modern conflict between two factions, as you outsmart your opponents in an epic game of strategy and cunning. Take command of your ground, air, and naval units and lead them to victory in the most immersive turn-based battle simulation. The battlefield awaits.
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Steam Squad
Single-player alternative to Scythe: Digital Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Scythe: Digital Edition.
Steam Squad - a classical tactical wargame with honest physics simulation of battles set in an alternative universe during the First World War. Players acting for the 3 of the superpowers - the Holy Roman, British and Tianxian Empires complete 30 missions with squads of up to 8 units.
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Supreme Ruler The Great War
Single-player alternative to Scythe: Digital Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Scythe: Digital Edition.
Real-Time Strategy/Wargame. BattleGoat Studios invites you to travel back to 1914 and select from more than 50 playable regions at the onset of World War I, as European powers struggle to survive and new technologies transform warfare.
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Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
Single-player alternative to Scythe: Digital Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Scythe: Digital Edition.
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War brings you to a world of terror and violence. Four factions will engage in a brutal war for dominance over the planet’s resources. In the first turn-based 4X strategy game set in Warhammer 40,000 you will lead one of four unique factions.
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Risk
Single-player alternative to Scythe: Digital Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Scythe: Digital Edition.
Draft! Attack! Fortify! Play the original game of strategy and world domination — now for your PC. Enjoy the classic look and fun of RISK in an exciting new interactive experience. Play two ways as you strategize over the map and set out to conquer the world.
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Pandemic: The Board Game
Single-player alternative to Scythe: Digital Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Scythe: Digital Edition.
Humanity is on the brink of extinction. As members of an elite disease control team, you’re the only thing standing in the way of the four deadly diseases spreading across the world.
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Terraforming Mars
Single-player alternative to Scythe: Digital Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Scythe: Digital Edition.
The taming of the Red Planet has begun! Corporations are competing to transform Mars into a habitable planet by spending vast resources and using innovative technology to raise temperature, create a breathable atmosphere, and make oceans of water.
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Root
Single-player alternative to Scythe: Digital Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Scythe: Digital Edition.
Might makes right in the wild wood! The award-winning board game of asymmetrical woodland warfare comes to cross-platform digital play! Combine subtle strategy and bold daring to guide your forest faction to victory!
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Wingspan
Single-player alternative to Scythe: Digital Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Scythe: Digital Edition.
Wingspan is a relaxing, award-winning strategy card game about birds for 1 to 5 players. Each bird you play extends a chain of powerful combinations in one of your three habitats. Your goal is to discover and attract the best birds to your network of wildlife preserves.
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Card Game Arena
Single-player alternative to Scythe: Digital Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Scythe: Digital Edition.
Card Game Arena is a platform for creating, publishing, and playing digital card games. Design complete card games using visual tools, then share and play them online through a shared ecosystem built for fair and competitive play.
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Tools Up!
Single-player alternative to Scythe: Digital Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Tools Up! is an exciting local co-op that tests your renovation and teamwork skills. Paint walls, tear off wallpaper, and move couches against the clock!
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Death Roads: Tournament
Single-player alternative to Scythe: Digital Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Scythe: Digital Edition.
Combine deadly racing, deckbuilding, and roguelite style to get car battles unlike anything before! Choose a driver, car, weapons, and sponsors to overcome tactical encounters. Adapt to an ever-changing race to come out on top and earn entry into the last safe haven on the Divided States of America.
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W.A.N.D. Project
Single-player alternative to Scythe: Digital Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Fast-paced, roguelike bullet hell with deep, unique spellcrafting. Create and use overpowered, game-shattering spells by combining a multitude of magical elements. Defend Tokyo from a monstrous invasion using magic, reflexes, and game-changing combos.
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Tools Up! Ultimate Edition
Single-player alternative to Scythe: Digital Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Tools Up! Ultimate Edition is a chaos-filled, local couch-coop extravaganza, all about renovating homes and the outdoors. It comes with all updates, content, and DLC in one package, supporting up to 4 players.
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Card Hunter
Single-player alternative to Scythe: Digital Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Scythe: Digital Edition.
Shuffle your cards and ready your dice - Card Hunter is a fresh new card gaming spin on classic tabletop RPGs. Battle your way through a massive campaign solo or with friends and compete with other players in ranked play and tournaments.
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Ignis: Duels of Wizards
Single-player alternative to Scythe: Digital Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Dive into the heat of this fast-paced battle arena! Customize the path of each magical projectile, cast powerful spells and gain a tactical advantage to prevail over your rivals in the Grand Tournament!
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Death Roads: Tournament Prologue
Single-player alternative to Scythe: Digital Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Scythe: Digital Edition.
Experience unprecedented car battles by merging the thrill of deadly racing, the strategic depth of deckbuilding, and the unpredictable nature of roguelite gameplay. Select a skilled driver, a powerful vehicle, an arsenal of weapons, and supportive sponsors to conquer tactical challenges.