Single-player games like Rising Kingdoms
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to Rising Kingdoms, 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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Heroes of Annihilated Empires
Single-player alternative to Rising Kingdoms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Rising Kingdoms.
Heroes of Annihilated Empires - is a fantasy-based game from GSC Game World in the genre of RTS vs RPG for PC. 4 unique races awaits for the heroes, who want to fight in an Epic scale battles!
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Warlords Battlecry III
Single-player alternative to Rising Kingdoms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Rising Kingdoms.
Warlords Battlecry III is the next installment in the award-winning Warlords Battlecry series. Builds upon the famous features of previous Battlecry titles such as the outstanding AI, innovative gameplay and hero system that has made this brand renowned throughout the RTS genre.
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Celtic Kings: Rage of War
Single-player alternative to Rising Kingdoms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Rising Kingdoms.
Celtic Kings: Rage of War is an RTS classic by Haemimont Games, originally released in 2002. It is the first game of the award-winning franchise Celtic Kings
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Battle Realms: Zen Edition
Single-player alternative to Rising Kingdoms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Rising Kingdoms.
Return of the Classic, now remastered! Battle Realms is a fantasy RTS inspired by the stories told in martial- arts movies and oriental mythology. Develop your peasants into a highly trained and deadly efficient clan of warriors who are ready to die with your name on their lips.
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SpellForce 2 - Anniversary Edition
Single-player alternative to Rising Kingdoms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Rising Kingdoms.
SpellForce 2 - Anniversary Edition presents the award-winning SpellForce saga hits: "SpellForce 2 – Shadow Wars" and the add-on "SpellForce 2 – Dragon Storm" for a spectacular game experience!
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Kohan II: Kings of War
Single-player alternative to Rising Kingdoms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Rising Kingdoms.
Even as the world erupts in civil war, an ancient evil gives out a call, and the Shadow-touched begin to gather.
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Loria
Single-player alternative to Rising Kingdoms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Rising Kingdoms.
Loria is a homage to classics from golden era of strategy games, with modern spin on controls and user experience.
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Age of Wonders
Single-player alternative to Rising Kingdoms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Rising Kingdoms.
Welcome to Age of Wonders, the authentic turn based fantasy strategy classic that started the hit series. Age of Wonders’ intimate atmosphere with painterly graphics still shines today. The game’s fully patched up, start building your fantasy empire today!
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Total Annihilation
Single-player alternative to Rising Kingdoms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Rising Kingdoms.
What began as a conflict over the transfer of consciousness from flesh to machines escalated into a war which has decimated a million worlds. The Core and the Arm have all but exhausted the resources of a galaxy in their struggle for domination.
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Click and Conquer
Single-player alternative to Rising Kingdoms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Rising Kingdoms.
Click and Conquer is a short, relaxing incremental game. Drop bombs through the fog of war, uncover hidden enemies, collect rewards, and spend currency to boost passive income, increase bombing power, and unlock new maps.
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Surviving Mars
Single-player alternative to Rising Kingdoms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Rising Kingdoms.
There will be challenges to overcome. Execute your strategy and improve your colony’s chances of survival while unlocking the mysteries of this alien world. Are you ready? Mars is waiting for you.
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Jagged Alliance 3
Single-player alternative to Rising Kingdoms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Rising Kingdoms.
The country of Grand Chien is thrown into chaos when the elected president goes missing and the paramilitary force known as “the Legion” seizes control. Hire mercs, meet interesting characters, and fight in tactically deep turn-based combat in this true successor to a beloved franchise.
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Tropico 5
Single-player alternative to Rising Kingdoms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Rising Kingdoms.
Return to the remote island nation of Tropico and expand your Dynasty’s reign from the early colonial period to beyond the 21st Century, facing new challenges including advanced trading mechanics, technology and scientific research, as well as cooperative and competitive MULTIPLAYER.
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Stranded: Alien Dawn
Single-player alternative to Rising Kingdoms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Rising Kingdoms.
Brave a new world in Stranded: Alien Dawn, a planet survival sim placing the fate of a small marooned group in your hands. Forge your story through compelling and immersive strategic gameplay as you make vital decisions to protect your survivors.
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Tropico 4
Single-player alternative to Rising Kingdoms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Rising Kingdoms.
The world is changing and Tropico is moving with the times - geographical powers rise and fall and the world market is dominated by new players with new demands and offers - and you, as El Presidente, face a whole new set of challenges.
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Victor Vran ARPG
Single-player alternative to Rising Kingdoms — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Victor Vran is the isometric action-RPG where your skill is just as essential as your character build and gear. Experience intense combat action: dodge, jump and unleash powerful skills to finish off your enemies!
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Surviving Mars: Relaunched
Single-player alternative to Rising Kingdoms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Rising Kingdoms.
The award-winning sci-fi city builder is back - remastered, expanded and even more stunning. Colonize Mars and survive the process, from exploration and infrastructure to welcoming colonists and achieving long-term stability. Are you ready? Mars is waiting.
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Omerta - City of Gangsters
Single-player alternative to Rising Kingdoms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Rising Kingdoms.
Omerta - City of Gangsters is a simulation game with tactical turn-based combat. Taking the role of a fresh-from-the-boat immigrant, with dreams of the big life, the player will work his way up the criminal hierarchy of 1920’s Atlantic City.