Single-player games like Burned Land
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Burned Land, 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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Thea: The Awakening
Single-player alternative to Burned Land — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with Burned Land.
Thea: The Awakening is a turn-based strategic survival game inspired by the Slavic mythology and set in a procedural dark fantasy world infused with non-linear story and unique combat system.
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Pandora: First Contact
Single-player alternative to Burned Land — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Burned Land.
Pandora: First Contact is a science fiction 4X turn-based strategy game on a planetary scale. Our Earth has been exhausted and colonial attempts on other planetary bodies have been in vain. Finally, after decades of exploration, an interstellar probe has brought promise of a new world.
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Sid Meier's Civilization® V
Single-player alternative to Burned Land — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Burned Land.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
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ENDLESS™ Legend
Single-player alternative to Burned Land — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Burned Land.
ENDLESS™ Legend is a 4X turn-based fantasy strategy game by the creators of ENDLESS™ Space and Dungeon of the ENDLESS™. Control every aspect of your civilization as you struggle to save your homeworld Auriga. Create your own Legend!
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Chaos Reborn
Single-player alternative to Burned Land — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with Burned Land.
Turn-based wizard combat with the tactical positioning of chess and the bluff of poker. Features wizard customization, 100s of gear items, single player realm adventures, online leagues and co-op play.
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Warlock - Master of the Arcane
Single-player alternative to Burned Land — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Burned Land.
In a time of chaotic upheaval, the player takes the role of a great mage, a warlord vying for ultimate power.
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Shadow Empire
Single-player alternative to Burned Land — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Burned Land.
Shadow Empire is a deep turn-based 4X wargame with a unique blend of military focus, procedurally generated content and role-playing features. Players take the seat of the supreme ruler of a small nation, with the goal of reconquering a devastated planet.
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Tharsis
Single-player alternative to Burned Land — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with Burned Land.
Succeeding in Tharsis requires you to make the best of what you have, even if it happens to be a pair of snake eyes. Certain factors may be outside of your control, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be overcome. Tharsis is not a game about facing the odds. It’s a game about changing them.
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VERLIES II
Single-player alternative to Burned Land — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Burned Land.
"Beware adventurer! The danger here is far beyond your skills, do not risk your miserable life.... Still there? Interesting."
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VERLIES III - Resurrection
Single-player alternative to Burned Land — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Burned Land.
A dark fantasy dungeon crawler featuring intense rhythmic combat in a world consumed by despair.