Single-player games like Frozen Synapse
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Frozen Synapse, 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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Frozen Synapse 2
Single-player alternative to Frozen Synapse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Frozen Synapse.
Frozen Synapse 2 is the sequel to the award-winning turn-based tactical game. Command your squads in a vast procedurally generated city: enter any building, perform any mission, execute any strategy.
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Frozen Synapse Prime
Single-player alternative to Frozen Synapse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Frozen Synapse.
Take on the role of Tactics, leading a rebel faction to overthrow a powerful corporation controlling the virtual city of Markov Geist. Control an elite strike team of futuristic soldiers; plot paths and issue orders to your units, test your plans and predict your opponent in each turn.
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Frozen Cortex
Single-player alternative to Frozen Synapse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Frozen Synapse.
A hard-hitting simultaneous-turn-based tactical game from the creators of Frozen Synapse. Defeat your opponent’s plans on a randomly-generated playfield in this brutal futuresport.
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Breach & Clear
Single-player alternative to Frozen Synapse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Frozen Synapse.
Breach & Clear brings deep tactical strategy simulation to PC, Mac and Linux! Build your Special Operations team, plan and execute advanced missions, and own every angle.Choose your real-world squad -- US Army Rangers, Germany's KSK, Canada’s JTF2, UK SAS, and more -- and take on a variety of foes with different skill-sets and...
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Invisible, Inc.
Single-player alternative to Frozen Synapse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Frozen Synapse.
Take control of Invisible's agents in the field and infiltrate the world's most dangerous corporations. Stealth, precision, and teamwork are essential in high-stakes, high-profit missions, where every move may cost an agent their life.
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TASTEE: Lethal Tactics
Single-player alternative to Frozen Synapse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Frozen Synapse.
Strategy has a new name and it’s damn TASTEE. Recruit a team of volatile mercs and execute dramatic gunfights on a mission to take down the Cartel in this simultaneous turn-based tactics caper. Precision planning meets epic action. Regular community tournaments with prizes!
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Xenonauts
Single-player alternative to Frozen Synapse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Frozen Synapse.
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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Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon (Classic)
Single-player alternative to Frozen Synapse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Frozen Synapse.
In this hex-based, turn-based strategy game, players will lead the Imperial forces of the Armageddon Steel Legion and Space Marines from a variety of Chapters against the Ork invasion through over 30 scenarios, on the hostile terrain of the planet and its gigantic Hive Cities.
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No Plan B
Single-player alternative to Frozen Synapse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Frozen Synapse.
Carefully plan your team's tactics in close quarters battles. Use the timeline to synchronize each door breach, grenade throw and room entry with precision. Watch your team execute your plan autonomously in epic cinematic replays. Take on challenging roguelike campaigns or standalone missions.
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Breach & Clear: Deadline Rebirth (2016)
Single-player alternative to Frozen Synapse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Frozen Synapse.
A deadly new breed of human monster is on the rise, and it’s up to players to stop the infestation before it spreads. Breach & Clear: DEADline Rebirth is a new and greatly improved version of B&C: Deadline, the follow-up to Breach & Clear, the critically acclaimed hybrid tactical strategy game.