Single-player games like XCOM®: Chimera Squad
Below are 22 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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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.
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Xenonauts
Single-player alternative to XCOM®: Chimera Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM®: Chimera Squad.
Xenonauts is a strategy game in which you control a multi-national military organisation defending a Cold War-era Earth from alien invasion, using small squads of persistent soldiers to eliminate the extraterrestrials and recover their technology in turn-based ground combat.
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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.
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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.
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Into the Breach
Single-player alternative to XCOM®: Chimera Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM®: Chimera Squad.
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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Jagged Alliance 3
Single-player alternative to XCOM®: Chimera Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM®: Chimera Squad.
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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Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus
Single-player alternative to XCOM®: Chimera Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM®: Chimera Squad.
MECHANICUS II ANNOUNCED! Take control of one of the most technologically advanced factions in the Imperium: the Adeptus Mechanicus. In this turn-based tactical game, your every decision will weigh heavily on the outcome of the conflict. Will you be blessed by the Omnissiah?
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X-COM: UFO Defense
Single-player alternative to XCOM®: Chimera Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM®: Chimera Squad.
You are in control of X-COM: an organization formed by the world's governments to fight the ever-increasing alien menace.
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Phoenix Point
Single-player alternative to XCOM®: Chimera Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM®: Chimera Squad.
The acclaimed strategy game from the creator of X-COM. Fight tactical battles on procedural maps against a foe that adapts to your tactics. Manage diplomacy and economy on a global scale. Research, explore, overcome. Now includes Steam Workshop support for mods!
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Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
Single-player alternative to XCOM®: Chimera Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM®: Chimera Squad.
A tactical game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with story, exploration, stealth, and strategy. Take control of a team of Mutants navigating a post-human Earth. Created by a team including former HITMAN leads and the designer of PAYDAY.
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Silent Storm Gold Edition
Single-player alternative to XCOM®: Chimera Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM®: Chimera Squad.
Silent Storm from leading Russian developer Nival is a true 3D tactical turn-based Role-Playing-Game set against the backdrop of WWII. As the conflict rages on the frontlines, you’ll be leading a small multinational squad behind enemy lines to gather information and wreak havoc on your enemies while trying to thwart a mysterious new...
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Disgaea 2 PC
Single-player alternative to XCOM®: Chimera Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The Overlord Zenon has cursed the land, leaving a young man named Adell to seek vengeance. However, all hell breaks loose as Adell accidentally kidnaps the Princess of the Netherworld. Will Adell be able to return the Princess, defeat Zenon, and break the Overlord's dark curse?
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Battle Brothers
Single-player alternative to XCOM®: Chimera Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM®: Chimera Squad.
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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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!
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Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters
Single-player alternative to XCOM®: Chimera Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM®: Chimera Squad.
Lead humanity’s greatest weapon, the Grey Knights, in this fast-paced turn-based tactical RPG. Root out and purge a galaxy-spanning plague in a cinematic, story-driven campaign, using the tactics and talents of your own personalised squad of Daemonhunters.
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Xenonauts 2
Single-player alternative to XCOM®: Chimera Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XCOM®: Chimera Squad.
Wage a global war of resistance against an alien invasion. Command turn-based tactical battles, build a network of covert bases, directly control your fighter wings, and achieve strategic victory in a simulation of asymmetric warfare against a technologically superior foe.
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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?
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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!
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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!