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Single-player games like XCOM®: Chimera Squad

Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to XCOM®: Chimera Squad, 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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    Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II — Steam game cover

    Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II

    Single-player alternative to XCOM®: Chimera Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM®: Chimera Squad.

    Fast-paced tactical combat meets strategic management in this sequel to the acclaimed Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus. Take control of either the ancient and deathless Necron legions or the techno-religious acolytes of the Omnissiah, with the fate of a world in your hands.

    2026ActionStrategyRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gears Tactics — Steam game cover

    Gears Tactics

    Single-player alternative to XCOM®: Chimera Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM®: Chimera Squad.

    Gears Tactics is the fast-paced, turn-based strategy game from one of the most-acclaimed video game franchises – Gears of War. Outnumbered and fighting for survival, recruit and command your squad to hunt down an evil mastermind who makes monsters.

    2020Strategy29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    XCOM: Enemy Unknown — Steam game cover

    XCOM: Enemy Unknown

    Single-player alternative to XCOM®: Chimera Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM®: Chimera Squad.

    The XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Slingshot Pack is Now Available!

    2012Strategy5.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    XCOM® 2 — Steam game cover

    XCOM® 2

    Single-player alternative to XCOM®: Chimera Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM®: Chimera Squad.

    XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.

    2016Strategy2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Every Day We Fight — Steam game cover

    Every Day We Fight

    Single-player alternative to XCOM®: Chimera Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM®: Chimera Squad.

    Caught in a time loop, your band of resistance fighters is humanity’s last hope. Real-time exploration meets turn-based tactics and roguelite strategy as you learn new abilities, seek out new weapons, and develop new techniques to overcome the mysterious alien threat.

    2025ActionStrategyRPG29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Spaceland: Sci-Fi Indie Tactics — Steam game cover

    Spaceland: Sci-Fi Indie Tactics

    Single-player alternative to XCOM®: Chimera Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM®: Chimera Squad.

    Incredibly dynamic turn-based strategy, reviving the traditions of the old school tactics. Lead a team of the most desperate fighters, destroy alien monsters and uncover the secrets of the lost planet.

    2019StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    BATTLETECH — Steam game cover

    BATTLETECH

    Single-player alternative to XCOM®: Chimera Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM®: Chimera Squad.

    Take command of your own mercenary outfit of 'Mechs and the MechWarriors that pilot them, struggling to stay afloat as you find yourself drawn into a brutal interstellar civil war.

    2018ActionStrategyAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark — Steam game cover

    Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark

    Single-player alternative to XCOM®: Chimera Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM®: Chimera Squad.

    Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based tactical RPG with a focus on storytelling and strategic battles. Unfold a mature story as you progress through hand-crafted scenarios, controlling your own group of Arbiters, with each character customizable from a wide selection of classes and abilities!

    2019StrategyIndieRPG4.49 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI — Steam game cover

    Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI

    Single-player alternative to XCOM®: Chimera Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM®: Chimera Squad.

    Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?

    2016Strategy5.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sid Meier's Civilization® V — Steam game cover

    Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    Single-player alternative to XCOM®: Chimera Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM®: Chimera Squad.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sid Meier's Civilization VII — Steam game cover

    Sid Meier's Civilization VII

    Single-player alternative to XCOM®: Chimera Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM®: Chimera Squad.

    The award-winning strategy game franchise returns with a revolutionary new chapter. Sid Meier's Civilization® VII empowers you to build the greatest empire the world has ever known!

    2025StrategySimulation69.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Marvel's Midnight Suns — Steam game cover

    Marvel's Midnight Suns

    Single-player alternative to XCOM®: Chimera Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM®: Chimera Squad.

    FIGHT AND STRATEGIZE LIKE A SUPER HERO IN THE DARKER CORNERS OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE. Play as The Hunter, a legendary demon slayer who must lead a team of Super Heroes and supernatural warriors facing apocalyptic threats.

    2022StrategyRPG8.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ — Steam game cover

    Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™

    Single-player alternative to XCOM®: Chimera Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM®: Chimera Squad.

    Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth is a new science-fiction-themed entry into the award winning Civilization series. As part of an expedition sent to find a home beyond Earth, lead your people into a new frontier, explore and colonize an alien planet and create a new civilization in space.

    2014Strategy9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sid Meier's Pirates! — Steam game cover

    Sid Meier's Pirates!

    Single-player alternative to XCOM®: Chimera Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Sail the Caribbean, marauding all on the high seas or ally your ship and crew as a privateer in search of riches - the life you choose is up to you. Face dogged enemies, raid unsuspecting villages, woo fair maidens, avoid capture or dig for buried treasure. Discover what it takes to become one of the most famous pirates in history!

    2005RPG9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →