- #1 Wealth of Nations: Economic Strategy
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WoN
Windows
Lead a nation through decades of political and economic challenges. Manage budgets, taxes, interest rates, crises, and public opinion in a deep grand-strategy simulation where every decision shapes your country's future.
Why similar: 4X 25.4% ★, Grand Strategy 20.4% ★, Political Sim 17.3% ★, Economy 9%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.9%
- #2 Pax Astra
96% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: ben_cardino
Windows · Mac · Linux
A political sim RPG space opera with 4X elements, inspired by Suzerain and Stellaris. Become the first president of a fallen empire, choose any ideology, and expand into the stars. Your decisions shape the nation and the galaxy. Follow any ideology, be the leader you want in Pax Astra!
Why similar: Political Sim 22.1% ★, 4X 18.7% ★, Grand Strategy 16.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.9%
- #3 Machiavelli the Prince
95% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Holistic Design, Inc.Pub: Holistic Design, inc.
Windows · Linux
This award-winning 4X strategy classic lets you explore the Old World, exploit risky trade routes, expand your political and military power, and rise to dominance in the Renaissance. Every move can mean the difference between exaltation and excommunication in this multiplayer empire-building game
Why similar: Political Sim 24.3% ★, 4X 21.9% ★, Grand Strategy 18.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Economy 6.5%
- #4 Last Emperor
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Puggers Games
Windows
Lead a waning Empire back to its former glory in this fictional Cold War text-based RPG. As emperor, choose who to trust and who to silence. Adapt to changing times or cling to tradition. Enact reforms to revive the economy, enforce law and order, and reinforce the Empire’s place under the Sun.
Why similar: Political Sim 27% ★, Grand Strategy 17.1% ★, Text-Based 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.8%
- #5 POLIS
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Afterwork Studio
Windows · Mac
Become mayor of a small Greek town and govern for 17 years. Citizens write you letters for years, the opposition never sleeps, and every promise is remembered. A satirical political city sim where the town never forgets.
Why similar: Political Sim 38.5% ★, City Builder 14.8%, Management 8.6%, Choices Matter 8.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 8%
- #6 Money Wars : Modern Ages
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EarthQuick
Windows · Mac · Linux
🌍 Conquer the world with economy! 52 real countries. Offline strategy sim.
Why similar: 4X 27.9% ★, Grand Strategy 20.9% ★, Political Sim 20% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%, Strategy 6.4%
- #7 Rimefall
93% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Vlachia
Windows
Your colony ship has landed on an alien planet — but the environment kills electronics. Salvage the ark, survive the early years, and build a nation as your society regresses to medieval with remnants of modern knowledge. Grand strategy with simulated population and turn-based combat.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.9% ★, 4X 25.8% ★, Political Sim 21.4% ★, Economy 5.7%, Lore-Rich 5.1%
- #8 Politisim
92% match2 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: OateyGames
Windows
Run for President of the United States. Fight through a state-by-state primary, pick a running mate at the convention, trade blows across every televised debate, and hold your coalition together on election night — one decision a week, in a country paying attention to every one.
Why similar: Political Sim 40.5% ★, Grand Strategy 22.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%, Strategy 6.5%, Text-Based 6.2%
- #9 Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升
91% matchVery Positive87% of 763 reviews2023
Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at Work
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%
A Giant Strategy Sandbox experience set in Warlord China. *Tons of playable factions! *Communist insurgents, * Boxers like rebels, *Greedy warlords, *Mongol riders, *A mad russian baron, *Shanghai gangsters, *And armored trains!
Why similar: 4X 24.7% ★, Political Sim 22.6% ★, Grand Strategy 20% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%, Economy 6.9%
- #10 The Helios Accord
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ZOA LLC
Windows
The Helios Accord is a post-scarcity science-fiction grand strategy game. Govern by consent, set doctrine, negotiate with civilizations, and send Citizen Minds beyond known space. Then Serenity of Dawn disappears. No wreckage. No distress call. Only an impossible signal that changes when observed.
Why similar: Political Sim 34.6% ★, Grand Strategy 25.1% ★, Text-Based 11.5%, Choices Matter 8.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.3%
- #11 World Order: Global Power
90% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Global Strategy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lead any nation in a deep, turn-based grand strategy and political sim. Master the economy, military, diplomacy and society against rival AI you can actually read. Build a democracy or a dictatorship; the game names what you become, and your reign becomes a shareable saga.
Why similar: Political Sim 27% ★, 4X 26.5% ★, Grand Strategy 25.7% ★, Economy 5.3%, Strategy 4.9%
- #12 Empire of Vice : Chicago
89% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Artifex Parvus
Windows
Live the rise and fall of a gangster in Prohibition-era Chicago. Strategic turn-based management meets gritty narrative in a city built on blood, booze, and betrayal.
Why similar: 4X 25.6% ★, Political Sim 22.4% ★, Grand Strategy 21.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%, Text-Based 6.9%
- #13 Spirit of Europe - Enlightenment
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Predict Edumedia
Windows
Guide the Spirit of Europe in a turn-based historical grand strategy game. Expand across 23 cities, unlock great thinkers, inspire their works, and shape the Enlightenment through ideas, reform, and institutions.
Why similar: Political Sim 34.1% ★, 4X 26.2% ★, Grand Strategy 21.3% ★, Economy 5.4%, Strategy 5.1%
- #14 Demockracy
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SKLC Games
Windows
Build a political party in a fictional country and play for one thing: win power and keep it. Recruit politicians, conquer regions, win elections. There are clean paths and dirty games. Everyone has a price. What's yours?
Why similar: Political Sim 36.9% ★, Grand Strategy 23.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Strategy 6.3%, Simulation 5.3%
- #15 Deus Lo Veult
88% match6 user reviews0% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: PageBoyGame
Windows
Play as one of the three great leader in the year 1135 in the Middle East. Become Sultan of Egypt, King of Jerusalem or Emir of Aleppo. Take control or rewrite history of the Middle East. King, Sultan or Emir, discover a fascinating tale and forge your destiny.
Why similar: Political Sim 22.5% ★, Grand Strategy 20.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.9%, City Builder 13%, Strategy 8.2%
- #16 Asia Empire 2027
86% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: iGindisGames
Windows · Mac
Lead your Asian empire in an empire building turn based strategy war game. Are you ready to lead, Supreme Commander?
Why similar: Political Sim 26.7% ★, Grand Strategy 23.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Text-Based 9.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.8%
- #17 Napoleon 1813
85% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Empire Interactive EntertainmentPub: Strategy First
Windows
In an enormous strategic area stretching from Paris to Breslau, from Hamburg to Vienna, control everything from major strategic territorial decisions to tactical battle manoeuvres.
Why similar: 4X 33% ★, Grand Strategy 26.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.6%, Strategy 7.7%
- #18 Kingdom's Life
86% matchMixed63% of 259 reviews2022
Dev: Strudio Company
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Kingdom's Life - Large turn-based global strategy game in pixel style. You have to create your own people and state. Can you lead the state to political, economic, technological and military triumph? It depends on you.
Why similar: 4X 27% ★, Political Sim 23.9% ★, Grand Strategy 23.2% ★, Economy 7.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.1%
- #19 Mercatoria
84% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Dinkel Games
Windows
Turn-based grand strategy in the Age of Discovery. Develop a transport network, industrialise your economy, colonise the New World, and compete with five rival powers. Inspired by Imperialism 2. Early Access — built by one developer in his spare time.
Why similar: 4X 27.8% ★, Grand Strategy 23.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Economy 8.1%, Strategy 5.4%
- #20 Antropico: Colonies
83% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Scassius Systems
Windows · Linux
A large-scale space strategy game focused on building and maintaining power within a simulated galaxy. Build, develop, and survive in a galaxy shaped by history and consequences.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.7% ★, 4X 28.4% ★, Political Sim 17.3% ★, Economy 7.9%, Strategy 7.6%
- #21 Political Survival - Head of State
82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: plausegame7
Windows
Lead your nation through political decisions, balance happiness, economy, military, technology, and environment, compete against rival states, and respond to global events in this turn-based political strategy simulation where every choice shapes your country's future.
Why similar: Political Sim 47.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.9%, Management 11.1%, Text-Based 9.9%, Strategy 6.4%
- #22 Jey's Empire
84% matchVery Positive88% of 85 reviews2019
Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at Work
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into the shoes of J. Edgar Hoover and combat the Mafia, Communists, the Ku Klux Klan, the Black Panthers, the Weather Underground, and more as you shape history with your every move. Download now and become the ultimate mastermind in this thrilling management RPG!
Why similar: Political Sim 29.6% ★, Grand Strategy 19.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Management 7.9%
- #23 Geopolaris: Conquer & Dominate
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fenek Games
Windows
Navigate through interactions with competing powers to lead your nation to global domination in this 4X open sandbox geopolitical sim set in post-WW2 alt-history world. You have 251 years at your disposal to conquer and unify the planet or take your nation into space. Can you make it?
Why similar: 4X 26% ★, Grand Strategy 22% ★, Political Sim 16% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, Management 5.8%
- #24 One Planet
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Qardinal Games
Windows · Linux
Disasters rage. Political factions splinter and grasp at power. As the climate crisis threatens stability, will you unite the planet with diplomacy or take aggressive action? Deploy force or build consensus toward net zero emissions in this grand strategy game where stakes get higher by the minute.
Why similar: 4X 30.1% ★, Grand Strategy 29.9% ★, Political Sim 26% ★, Economy 7.9%, Strategy 6.1%
- #25 万象战略
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MeleePsycho
Windows
Myriad Strategies: a turn-based strategy game. Rule a nation amid wars, famine, plague, and refugees. Manage cities, talent, economy. The world shifts. Win by holding cities, stabilizing lives, solving refugee crises, building food systems & spy networks, or surviving the chaos.
Why similar: 4X 33.9% ★, Grand Strategy 27.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.6%, Economy 6.3%
- #26 Africa Empire 2027
80% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: iGindisGames
Windows · Mac
Lead your African empire in an empire building turn based strategy war game. Are you ready to lead, Supreme Commander?
Why similar: Political Sim 26.2% ★, Grand Strategy 24.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, Text-Based 9.2%, 4X 8.1% ★
- #27 Latin America Empire 2027
79% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: iGindisGames
Windows · Mac
Lead your Latin empire in an empire building turn based strategy war game. Are you ready to lead, Supreme Commander?
Why similar: Political Sim 26.4% ★, Grand Strategy 23% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Text-Based 10%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.8%
- #28 EraTurn
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lobelia Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Shape your civilization’s destiny in this epic turn-based strategy game. Manage resources, advance technology, and conquer through the ages. Every choice transforms history—will your empire rise to greatness or fall to obscurity?
Why similar: Political Sim 22.3% ★, 4X 19.8% ★, Grand Strategy 17.1% ★, City Builder 9.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9%
- #29 Global Oil Magnate
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ERGS
Windows
"Become the ultimate Global Oil Magnate! In this deep economic simulation, you start with your own seed capital, choose your strategic headquarters, and drill for black gold. Overcome geopolitical crises, outsmart the market, and build an empire that changes the world.
Why similar: Political Sim 28.9% ★, Grand Strategy 26.3% ★, Economy 14%, Management 8.2%, Choices Matter 6%
- #30 Space Empires I
79% matchMixed56% of 16 reviews2020
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Space Empires I is the first chapter of the Space Empires series. A classic galactic conquest and turn-based strategy video game where you are the leader of a race of intelligent beings building large spaceships for interplanetary and interstellar travel through warp points between star systems.
Why similar: 4X 30.2% ★, Grand Strategy 21.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, Management 9.8%, Economy 8.5%
- #31 MA 3 – President Simulator
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oxiwyle Inc.
Windows
Be the President! Lead a modern nation, make tough choices, and shape history.
Why similar: 4X 29.6% ★, Political Sim 20.5% ★, Grand Strategy 19.1% ★, City Builder 12.8%, Strategy 7.7%
- #32 Clash of Cultures
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Zach
Windows · Mac
Clash of Cultures is an addictive turn based stratergy game that is simple to learn yet has a lot of depth. Research technologies, shape your government, progress through the ages, and conquer the world.
Why similar: 4X 33.8% ★, Grand Strategy 27.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, Economy 8%, Strategy 7.8%
- #33 SIM Election USA
76% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: SunsixStudios
Windows
Run a presidential campaign in this turn-based strategy game where you manage funding, media, and political influence to win the election.
Why similar: Political Sim 38.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.2%, Economy 13.1%, Management 8.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 6%
- #34 Ascendant Dawn
75% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: Nikous Studio
Windows
Ascendant Dawn is a grand strategy game where you lead a nomadic tribe in a brutal bronze age world. Work your way up from a small clan to a great empire by founding cities and conquering your enemies.
Why similar: 4X 26.8% ★, Political Sim 26.3% ★, Grand Strategy 25.5% ★, Economy 9.3%, Top-Down 4.2%
- #35 Global Supremacy
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Glory MediaPub: SJ co.
Windows
A vast, real-time geopolitical simulation where 196 nations live and breathe at once. Economy, finance, monetary policy, trade, energy, military, diplomacy, nuclear strategy, politics, society — every lever that moves a nation is in your hands. The clock never stops — until you stop it.
Why similar: 4X 28% ★, Political Sim 25% ★, Grand Strategy 23.5% ★, Economy 8.8%, Management 6.4%
- #36 Crisis Cabinet
75% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Function Labs LimitedPub: Function Labs
Windows
Lead a nation through elections, unrest, war, scandals and economic collapse in this turn-based political strategy simulation. Spend political capital, manage budgets, survive crises and decide how far you’ll go to stay in power.
Why similar: Political Sim 30.5% ★, Grand Strategy 17.2% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 10%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.3%, Economy 8.9%
- #37 Sid Meier's Civilization VII
74% matchMixed48% of 58,486 reviews2025
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.6 hrsMean: 49.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Lead empires that evolve or endure through the Ages. Build something you believe in with Sid Meier's Civilization® VII.
Why similar: 4X 21.7% ★, Grand Strategy 21.2% ★, Political Sim 17.8% ★, City Builder 10.1%, Economy 8.5%
- #38 Federal Reserve Simulator
73% matchVery Positive97% of 73 reviews2026
Dev: Billmeade Gaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can you beat inflation without crashing the economy? Run the Federal Reserve through real crises, political pressure, AI bubbles, and market panic. Set rates, deploy QE, manage expectations, and engineer the perfect soft landing. Featured on Marketplace with Kai Ryssdal.
Why similar: Political Sim 38% ★, Economy 15.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Management 8.5%, Choices Matter 7.1%
- #39 三国混战
74% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: YangGrass
Windows
In the world of the Three Kingdoms, where the warlords were vying for supremacy, different forces were chosen to rebuild the Great Han or establish a new heaven. Through event selection, a balance was achieved among the literati, Han, and people.
Why similar: Political Sim 33.3% ★, Grand Strategy 32.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.2%, Strategy 9.9%, Choices Matter 6.3%
- #40 Zenith Frontier
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Triton Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Zenith Frontier is a simulation-strategy game about the exploration and colonisation of space. Experience visionary strategic gameplay set in an evolving procedural galaxy populated by billions of autonomous citizens and private companies.
Why similar: Political Sim 27.7% ★, 4X 26.7% ★, Grand Strategy 22.8% ★, Economy 9.9%, Management 7.1%
- #41 The Newspapers of the day
71% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: divingstudio
Windows
Run a newspaper under censorship. Report, choose your articles, strike out words, lay out the page. Sharp reporting draws the censors; a compliant paper loses its readers. 1920s Gyeongseong — a newspaper management simulation adventure where you complete a single page, every single day.
Why similar: Political Sim 33.4% ★, Dialogue Heavy 12%, Text-Based 10%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Management 7.8%
- #42 NationWar2:Chronicle
72% matchMostly Positive80% of 427 reviews2024
Dev: Yiming
Windows
NationWar 2.0 is a big strategy game based on the theme of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period. There are more than 60 countries to choose from in the game. Map 1: 1 restores the mountainous landscapes and rivers of China.
Why similar: Political Sim 26.9% ★, Grand Strategy 23.3% ★, 4X 17.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.4%
- #43 Great Powers At War
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Denis Spies
Windows · Mac
Create your hero, lead a legendary fantasy faction, and conquer your foes in strategic turn-based hex combat. Oversee economy maintenance, technology research, and hero progression to ensure your people dominate their rivals across worlds near and far.
Why similar: Political Sim 24.2% ★, Grand Strategy 21.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, City Builder 10.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.1%
- #44 Middle East Empire 2027
73% match8 user reviews78% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: iGindisGames
Windows · Mac
Lead your Middle Eastern empire in an empire building turn based strategy war game. Are you ready to lead, Supreme Commander?
Why similar: Political Sim 28.4% ★, Grand Strategy 24.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Text-Based 10.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.3%
- #45 Three Kingdoms : Alias
70% matchVery Positive82% of 344 reviews2026
Dev: Plotrick
Windows
A world where officers hide their names and abilities. Can you spot Zhuge Liang? A hardcore turn-based strategy simulation for true Three Kingdoms devotees.
Why similar: Political Sim 25.9% ★, Grand Strategy 24.2% ★, 4X 21.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10%, Economy 8.2%
- #46 MA 2 – President Simulator
70% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Oxiwyle Inc.
Windows
Build nuclear weapon, wage wars, strategize and become the strongest leader
Why similar: Political Sim 25.5% ★, 4X 22.8% ★, Grand Strategy 20.1% ★, Economy 9.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.7%
- #47 Rise and Fall: Bronze Age
71% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Ludwig LoreKhan
Windows
Rise & Fall: Bronze Age is a Grand Strategy game set in the Bronze Age between 3400BC and 1150BC. Expand your power by diplomacy and war and manage your troublesome elites. Feed your people, build temples for your gods and tombs for your rulers. How high can you rise before your empire falls ?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 35.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.8%, Political Sim 15.8% ★, Management 10.4%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #48 Global Protocol: New World Order
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 78 reviews2026
Dev: Dorlion Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Command any of 261 real-world countries in this 2026 grand strategy game. Build your economy, lead armies, and navigate deep diplomacy. Features built-in modding support and 12 supported languages. Shape the global order through espionage, nuclear deterrence, and AI-driven geopolitics.
Why similar: 4X 29.6% ★, Grand Strategy 24.9% ★, Political Sim 23.9% ★, Strategy 6.5%, Economy 6.4%
- #49 Sunset Magna Carta
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Eventide Birds
Windows
Sunset Magna Carta (formerly Fertility, Crime, and Economy) is a political simulation game. As a cabinet minister of the United Realm, you will implement policies, handle social crises, and try to sustain order and national prosperity. Be careful: consequences may defy your intentions.
Why similar: Political Sim 34% ★, Text-Based 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Point & Click 8.8%, Economy 7.2%
- #50 Terria Tactics
69% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: TactiGame Limited
Windows · Mac
An indie-developed retro turn-base strategy game. It delivers the Fast-Paced-Strategy-Game experience. Grow your cities and troops. Recruit and manage your warriors to lead the troops to siege opponents' cities. Ultimately your goal is to conquer the whole land of Terria!
Why similar: Political Sim 29.1% ★, Grand Strategy 25.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.4%, Management 7%
- #51 Power & Revolution 2021 Edition
70% matchMixed56% of 836 reviews2021
Dev: Eversim
Windows · Mac
A new expansion of the ultra-realistic simulator of today's world where you play as the head of state or as the opposition! New Features for 2021: administration of the EU, Covid vaccinations, Biden's Challenge, political coalitions, diplomatic negotiations, worldwide tax and free-trade agreements.
Why similar: Political Sim 27.3% ★, 4X 26.2% ★, Grand Strategy 22.6% ★, Economy 6%, Management 5.3%
- #52 Khaldun: Text Based Strategy
67% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2026
Dev: SkyWolf
Windows
Khaldun is a medieval-themed ASCII graphics kingdom management game. Take part in realistic war simulations and decide every detail of your kingdom, from its economy to its demographics! Your decisions will shape the life of a nation. Rise or be lost to history...
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.8% ★, 4X 22.1% ★, Text-Based 15.5%, Political Sim 15% ★, Management 7.8%
- #53 The Mandate
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SyntiaGames
Windows
Hold office in a living political simulation. Pass laws, build coalitions, manage staff, face the press, raise money, and fight for reelection while your allies and rivals pursue plans of their own.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.6% ★, Economy 15.8%, Political Sim 9.2% ★, Simulation 8.1%, Management 7.9%
- #54 Mind Prison: The Last War
67% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Rotten Sewer Productions
Windows
4X Lite Strategy Game where You are a war AI rebooting after 800 years of silence. Your orders are still active. The enemy is gone—so is everyone else. Conquer the galaxy, uncover corrupted memories, and face the horrifying truth: no one told you to stop.
Why similar: 4X 38.7% ★, Grand Strategy 31.3% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 10.7%, Strategy 9%, Choices Matter 5.9%
- #55 The King's Whisperer
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Demian Vrij Games
Windows
You are the Whisperer, hooded advisor to King Alric the Uncertain. Forty days. Twenty-five court crises. Four pillar-leaders pulling the realm in four directions. The King hears you last before every decision. Twenty-one endings. No correct path.
Why similar: Political Sim 34% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Dialogue Heavy 9.8%, Text-Based 9.7%
- #56 Urban Protocol
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Thomas Kraits
Windows · Mac
Build and govern a growing city where prosperity, population growth, and social control must remain in balance. Expand districts, manage infrastructure, enact policies, and maintain stability in this city-building strategy simulation.
Why similar: Political Sim 37.9% ★, City Builder 18.5%, Grand Strategy 11.8% ★, Economy 10%, Management 9.5%
- #57 Crisis in the Kremlin
68% matchVery Positive84% of 1,463 reviews2017
Dev: Nostalgames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Don’t let the Soviet Union collapse, and fall in the darkness of history or lead the Union by a new path – democracy and free market! But before you decide something, think – wouldn’t it cause more harm than good?
Why similar: Political Sim 57% ★, Grand Strategy 12.1% ★, Strategy 7.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 5.2%, Choices Matter 4.1%
- #58 HUMANKIND™
66% matchMixed69% of 28,603 reviews2021
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 33.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Rewrite history by shaping a civilization as unique as you are. Combine 60 cultures from the Ancient Era to the Modern Age to lead your empire to victory. Build thriving cities, outsmart rivals in epic battles, spread your influence and leave your mark on HUMANKIND™.
Why similar: 4X 32% ★, Grand Strategy 22.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.9%, City Builder 13.7%, Strategy 8.3%
- #59 Empire’s Supreme Command
65% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: iGindisGames
Windows · Mac
Turn-based strategy. Build, trade, fight, and lead your empire to victory.
Why similar: 4X 26.5% ★, Grand Strategy 22.2% ★, City Builder 12.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%, Text-Based 9.8%
- #60 Lawgivers II
66% matchMostly Positive70% of 698 reviews2023
Dev: Damian BernardiPub: SomniumSoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lawgivers II is a political sandbox game that features multiple electoral systems, approve/reject bills and govern a country. Start out your career from the very bottom, and perhaps one day, lead your nation to become the most influential in the world.
Why similar: Political Sim 31% ★, Grand Strategy 17.4% ★, 4X 14% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Management 7.3%