Single-player games like Element Space
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Element Space, 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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King's Bounty II
Single-player alternative to Element Space — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Element Space.
Legend returns! King’s Bounty II is the long-awaited sequel to the legendary King’s Bounty video games franchise, one of the most iconic representatives of the turn-based RPG genre.
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Gears Tactics
Single-player alternative to Element Space — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Element Space.
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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Lost Eidolons
Single-player alternative to Element Space — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Element Space.
Lost Eidolons is a turn-based tactical RPG with a gripping cinematic narrative, set in a waning empire riven by civil war. Take on the role of a charming mercenary captain, Eden, and lead his band of allies through epic encounters on a classic turn-based battlefield.
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The Last Spell
Single-player alternative to Element Space — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Element Space.
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
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The Banner Saga 3
Single-player alternative to Element Space — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Element Space.
Banner Saga 3 is the epic conclusion to a sweeping viking saga six years in the making. This strategic RPG, acclaimed for its strong story and compelling characters has won over 20 awards and been nominated for 4 BAFTA awards.
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Blackguards
Single-player alternative to Element Space — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Element Space.
What happens when the only hope of a threatened world lies not with heroes in shining armor, but in the hands of a band of misfits and criminals? Blackguards, a new turn-based strategy RPG, explores this very question. You will discover over 180 unique hex-based battlegrounds within a dark and mature story of crime, drugs, and murder.
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Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark
Single-player alternative to Element Space — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Element Space.
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!
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XCOM®: Chimera Squad
Single-player alternative to Element Space — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Element Space.
XCOM: Chimera Squad delivers an all-new story and turn-based tactical combat experience in the XCOM universe.
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The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
Single-player alternative to Element Space — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Element Space.
The year is 1962 and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear. A top-secret government unit called The Bureau begins investigating a series of mysterious attacks by an enemy more powerful than communism.
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XCOM® 2
Single-player alternative to Element Space — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Element Space.
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 2
Single-player alternative to Element Space — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Element Space.
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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Phoenix Point
Single-player alternative to Element Space — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Element Space.
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!