Single-player games like Combat Wings
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Combat Wings, 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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IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946
Single-player alternative to Combat Wings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Combat Wings.
Il-2 1946 includes all of the original IL-2 series content: IL-2 Sturmovik™: Forgotten Battles, Ace Expansion Pack, Pacific Fighters™ and alternate histry campaigns of year 1946. What was years ago began as a one-aircraft study sim is now an astonishing anthology, with a whopping 229 flyable aircraft and over 300 aircraft total!
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Aces of Thunder
Single-player alternative to Combat Wings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with Combat Wings.
Experience the thrill of aerial combat with Aces of Thunder, the ultimate flight simulation game with high fidelity graphics that looks perfect both with and without VR HMDs.
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Vincemus - Air Combat
Single-player alternative to Combat Wings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with Combat Wings.
Fly through the theaters of World War II with fighters planes from across the world. Intercept, Raid, Defend, Survive in theatres of World War II. Vincemus is an arcade semi-realistic air combat shooter, The game is avalable on WindowsOS and MacOS.
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IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946
Single-player alternative to Combat Wings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Combat Wings.
Il-2 1946 includes all of the original IL-2 series content: IL-2 Sturmovik™: Forgotten Battles, Ace Expansion Pack, Pacific Fighters™ and alternate histry campaigns of year 1946. What was years ago began as a one-aircraft study sim is now an astonishing anthology, with a whopping 229 flyable aircraft and over 300 aircraft total!
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Bomber Crew
Single-player alternative to Combat Wings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Combat Wings.
Chocks away! Bomber Crew is a strategic simulation game, where picking the right crew and keeping your bomber in tip top shape is the difference between completing your mission or losing it all! USAAF DLC NOW AVAILABLE! FLY THE ICONIC AMERICAN BOMBER!
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Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China
Single-player alternative to Combat Wings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with Combat Wings.
FLYING TIGERS: SHADOWS OVER CHINA is an air-combat action game based on the historical events of America’s secret volunteer squadrons that defended China against Japan in the China-Burma-India theatre of World War 2.
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War Thunder
Single-player alternative to Combat Wings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with Combat Wings.
War Thunder is the most comprehensive free-to-play, cross-platform, MMO military game dedicated to aviation, armoured vehicles, and naval craft, from the early 20th century to the most advanced modern combat units. Join now and take part in major battles on land, in the air, and at sea.
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Warplanes: Battles over Pacific
Single-player alternative to Combat Wings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with Combat Wings.
Warplanes: Battles over Pacific opens the next chapter in aviation history. Become a World War II pilot and take part in the campaign against the Empire of Japan. The sequel to the hit Warplanes: WW1 Fighters, takes dogfight to a new level.
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Operation Thunderstorm
Single-player alternative to Combat Wings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Combat Wings.
The year is 1942. The British government decides to launch one of the most risky operations of World War II. The targets are the most important figures of the Third Reich. After several months of research, MI6 chose three people: the chances of eliminating them are slim to nothing.
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Art of Murder - FBI Confidential
Single-player alternative to Combat Wings — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Become Nicole Bonnet: a young female FBI agent and accept the challenge! Who is the murderer? A psychopath or maybe a meticulous and intelligent man? To solve the mystery you have to start thinking like the felon.
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The Royal Marines Commando
Single-player alternative to Combat Wings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Combat Wings.
1941 and the German War machine is ravaging Europe. The British intelligence obtains classified documents detailing the development of a new type of German deadly weapon. It will give the Nazis worldwide naval supremacy and a great advantage over the allies.
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Art of Murder - Hunt for the Puppeteer
Single-player alternative to Combat Wings — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A series of dark macabre murders is crisscrossing two continents and FBI agent Nicole Bonnet is called in again to investigate. The only clue, mysterious dolls dressed in 18th century costumes, are left next to the deceased. What are the motives behind the actions of an insane pitiless slayer?
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Redneck Kentucky and the Next Generation Chickens
Single-player alternative to Combat Wings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Combat Wings.
Redneck Kentucky and the Next Generation Chickens will introduce into the world of cartoony humor and intense action, giving you an exceptional replayability factor. Players have a great array of weapons at their disposal, they can also collect eggs which are located on the maps and activate special bonuses.
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Art of Murder - Cards of Destiny
Single-player alternative to Combat Wings — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A vicious serial killer leaves a trail of blood across America. He butchers his victims and leaves a card at the crime scene as his signature trademark. But he wants more! He triggers a psychotic face-off with the Federal Agent Nicole Bonnet, whose area of expertise is serial killers.
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Chronicles of Mystery: The Scorpio Ritual
Single-player alternative to Combat Wings — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Young archeologist Sylvie Leroux accidentally stumbles upon an ancient secret. What she doesn't realize is that her research will put her in deadly peril.
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Art of Murder - The Secret Files
Single-player alternative to Combat Wings — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
While working in Mexico and aiding in the fight against the Mexican drug cartels, DEA Specialist Professor J. Brenner was kidnapped by the cartel after an undercover Special Agent was murdered. Help Nicole Bonnet to uncover the clues and solve the case behind the terrible murder and kidnapping.