Single-player games like M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration, 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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Tempest Rising
Single-player alternative to M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration.
Command distinct factions in a desperate struggle for power and resources in Tempest Rising - a classic RTS set on Earth after a nuclear war.
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Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration.
42 Civilizations, 229 Campaign Missions, Singleplayer, Co-Op, Multiplayer, In-Game Editor, Mods, Cross-play...It is good to be the king.
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Medieval II: Total War™ Kingdoms
Single-player alternative to M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration.
Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms is the official expansion to last year's award-winning Medieval II: Total War, presenting players with all-new territories to explore, troops to command, and enemies to conquer.
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Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)
Single-player alternative to M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration.
The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.
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Tower of Time
Single-player alternative to M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration.
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.
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Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive
Single-player alternative to M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration.
"Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive" is the first strategy game ever to combine a movie-based and story-driven atmosphere of an adventure game with the intellectual challenge of a real time tactic game.In this western-style title, discover a game of strategy and tactics played out in exceptional real time.
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Anno 2070™
Single-player alternative to M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration.
Build your society of the future, colonize islands, and create sprawling megacities with multitudes of buildings, vehicles, and resources to manage.
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Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak
Single-player alternative to M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration.
A ground-based RTS prequel to the classic Homeworld games. Assemble your fleet and lead them to victory on the shifting sands of Kharak in this compelling strategy game for PC from Blackbird Interactive.
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Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration.
Complete your Total War collection with this Definitive Edition of Total War: NAPOLEON, which includes all DLC and feature updates since the game’s release
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Napoleon 1813
Single-player alternative to M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration.
In an enormous strategic area stretching from Paris to Breslau, from Hamburg to Vienna, control everything from major strategic territorial decisions to tactical battle manoeuvres.
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Stonekeep
Single-player alternative to M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Stonekeep is a first-person full-screen role-playing game. Immerse yourself as you journey through a detailed fantasy world of faeries, goblins, a giant dragon and undead skeletons.
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Kingdom: The Far Reaches
Single-player alternative to M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A unique gameplay style based on using the right items in the right situations, or else...Lots of classic cartoon video footageYou’ll be surprised how easy it is to die in a fantasy world!