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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Robothorium
Single-player alternative to Element Space — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG and Strategy with Element Space.
Robothorium is a cyberpunk dungeon crawler with turn-based fights, where all your choices will have a direct impact on your revolution against Humankind. Deep Strategy, Crafting, Party Based management, Talents and so much more in this roguelike!
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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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MASSIVE CHALICE
Single-player alternative to Element Space — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Element Space.
MASSIVE CHALICE is a tactical strategy game set on an epic timeline from Double Fine Productions. As the Immortal Ruler of the nation, you'll take command of its heroes, forge heroic marriages to strengthen your Bloodlines, and battle a mysterious enemy known as the Cadence in a 300 year war.
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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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Legends of Eisenwald
Single-player alternative to Element Space — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Element Space.
Legends of Eisenwald is an adventure game with tactical battles, RPG and strategy elements. Take the lead of a small feudal army and try to defend your right to survive in this ruthless medieval world.
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Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus
Single-player alternative to Element Space — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Element Space.
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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Hard West 2
Single-player alternative to Element Space — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Element Space.
Hard West 2 is a journey to the heart of darkness in the American West. Take control of a supernatural posse and catch the mysterious Ghost Train. Outsmart, outcheat and outgun your enemies in this turn-based tactics game set in a Wild West world where nothing is as it seems.
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Fort Triumph
Single-player alternative to Element Space — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Element Space.
A strategy game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with the world exploration of HOMM. Build towns, collect artifacts, improve your heroes, and influence your tactical surroundings using physics!
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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 RPG and Strategy 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!