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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 — Steam game cover

    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.

    2025ActionStrategy29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition — Steam game cover

    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.

    2019Strategy34.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Medieval II: Total War™ Kingdoms — Steam game cover

    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.

    2007Strategy24.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stronghold Crusader HD (2012) — Steam game cover

    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.

    2013StrategySimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tower of Time — Steam game cover

    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.

    2018StrategyIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive — Steam game cover

    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.

    2013ActionStrategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Anno 2070™ — Steam game cover

    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.

    2011Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak — Steam game cover

    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.

    2016Strategy49.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition — Steam game cover

    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

    2010Strategy24.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Napoleon 1813 — Steam game cover

    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.

    2025Strategy4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stonekeep — Steam game cover

    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.

    2017ActionAdventureRPG14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kingdom: The Far Reaches — Steam game cover

    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!

    2017Adventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →