Single-player games like Black Powder Red Earth®
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Black Powder Red Earth®, 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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Breach & Clear
Single-player alternative to Black Powder Red Earth® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Black Powder Red Earth®.
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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Jagged Alliance - Back in Action
Single-player alternative to Black Powder Red Earth® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Black Powder Red Earth®.
A contemporary remake of the much-loved series of turn-based mercenary-themed strategy games.
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XCOM® 2
Single-player alternative to Black Powder Red Earth® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Black Powder Red Earth®.
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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Phantom Doctrine
Single-player alternative to Black Powder Red Earth® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Black Powder Red Earth®.
The year is 1983. The world teeters on the verge of destruction as the Cold War tightens its icy grip. East or West: trust no one, question everything. The fate of humanity rests in your hands as you pit spy versus spy in tactical Phantom Doctrine.
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Tactical Combat Department
Single-player alternative to Black Powder Red Earth® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Black Powder Red Earth®.
Tactical Combat Department is a tactical turn-based strategy game inspired by Swat games. You command a special intervention squad that intervenes in various situations and environments.
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Commandos: Origins
Single-player alternative to Black Powder Red Earth® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Black Powder Red Earth®.
ALARM! You have been selected for a mission which will shape the fate of the entire world. Witness the very beginning of the legendary elite WWII force in Commandos: Origins. The long-awaited sequel to the Commandos series brings you right back to the foundation of the real-time tactics genre.
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End State
Single-player alternative to Black Powder Red Earth® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Black Powder Red Earth®.
End State is a turn-based tactics game where you manage a mercenary company tracking down a terrorists in a war-torn country. Hire, gear up and gain experience for your mercenaries. Take on rebels and criminal gangs, do side contracts and explore Brekovia.
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Silent Storm Gold Edition
Single-player alternative to Black Powder Red Earth® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Black Powder Red Earth®.
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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X-COM: UFO Defense
Single-player alternative to Black Powder Red Earth® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Black Powder Red Earth®.
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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Door Kickers
Single-player alternative to Black Powder Red Earth® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Black Powder Red Earth®.
Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.
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Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus
Single-player alternative to Black Powder Red Earth® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Black Powder Red Earth®.
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?