Single-player games like Battle Simulator
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Battle Simulator, 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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Dungeon Hearts
Single-player alternative to Battle Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Battle Simulator.
Dungeon Hearts fuses the strategy and pattern matching of puzzle games with the kinetic pace of action games. Align magical runes as they flow along the Fatestream to attack, defend, and conjure magic in frenetic battles against a bestiary of fantastic creatures out to use those same runes against you.
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Smelter
Single-player alternative to Battle Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Battle Simulator.
You are Eve, fresh out of Eden and armed with a living suit of armor, Smelter. Explore a dangerous new world, battle its bizarre denizens and expand your empire in a desperate journey to find Adam.
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Into the Breach
Single-player alternative to Battle Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Battle Simulator.
Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.
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Plebby Quest: The Crusades
Single-player alternative to Battle Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Battle Simulator.
Survive ambitious rulers dreaming of an empire, outsmart treacherous neighbors longing to burn your spoils, and navigate the religion’s predictably unreasonable demands; you need ask only one question as you build your legacy – “Will you burn them, or be burnt?”
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Moons Of Darsalon
Single-player alternative to Battle Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Battle Simulator.
Retro action "save-them-all" platformer including advanced physics combined with an unique retro feel. Complete rescue missions leading your colleagues to the closest base station. Fight enemies using your laser gun, jet pack, destroy terrain and even make new paths with the ground maker.
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Battle Brothers
Single-player alternative to Battle Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Battle Simulator.
Lead a mercenary company in this tactical RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Chase fame and fortune as you choose where to go, who to recruit, which contracts to pursue, and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.
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Stardew Valley
Single-player alternative to Battle Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Battle Simulator.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
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Dwarf Fortress
Single-player alternative to Battle Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Battle Simulator.
Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.
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Retrowave
Single-player alternative to Battle Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Battle Simulator.
Neon lights, palm trees, synthwave, '80s supercars speeding down an endless highway... Welcome to the world of Retrowave!
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Drift86
Single-player alternative to Battle Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Battle Simulator.
Get in your favorite car and set records alone or with friends in this unique arcade game!
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Drift Of The Hill
Single-player alternative to Battle Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Battle Simulator.
In DOTH you will have to master the art of drifting in the mountain passes!
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Karting
Single-player alternative to Battle Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Battle Simulator.
Climb aboard your kart and beat records alone or with friends in a unique arcade game!
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Hentai Temple
Single-player alternative to Battle Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Battle Simulator.
Hentai Temple is a classic Sliding puzzle game but with a slight Japanese touch ...
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Retrowave World
Single-player alternative to Battle Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Battle Simulator.
Neon lights, palm trees, synthwave, chrome robot women, speeding 80s supercars... Welcome to Retrowave World!
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Retrowave 2
Single-player alternative to Battle Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Battle Simulator.
Neon lights, palm trees, synthwave, '80s supercars speeding down an endless highway... Welcome to the world of Retrowave!