- #1 Democracy 4
97% matchVery Positive82% of 6,409 reviews2022
Dev: Positech Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Democracy 4 lets you take the role of President / Prime minister, govern the country (choosing its policies, laws and other actions), and both transform the country as you see fit, while trying to retain enough popularity to get re-elected...
Why similar: Political Sim 39.2% ★, Economy 18.9%, Management 11%, Education 7.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.3%
- #2 Government Simulator
96% matchMixed47% of 190 reviews2017
Dev: Ambiera
Windows
Government Simulator is a is a simple economic and political simulation game based on real-world data. Take control of a whole country, like the USA, Germany, France, Russia, or Austria. Change laws, taxes and budgets based on real world statistics and data, and see what happens.
Why similar: Political Sim 62.9% ★, Economy 14.5%, Management 7%, Simulation 6.1%, Strategy 4.2%
- #3 Rogue State Revolution
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 543 reviews2021
Dev: LRDGames, Inc.Pub: Modern Wolf
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Greetings your Excellency. Time to rebuild, reform and prepare for new challenges in the People's Republic of Basenji. In this thrilling political strategy, you will appoint ministers and lead the country to success. Be careful — you may find yourself replaced in the next election.
Why similar: Political Sim 24.3% ★, Historical 15.4%, Economy 15.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Management 9%
- #4 Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War
95% matchVery Positive81% of 737 reviews2025
Dev: Nostalgames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 33.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Crisis in the Kremlin is a global real-time political strategy about the Socialist world in its final decade. Shape the fate of the world as you manage economy, foreign relations, and domestic policy. Engage with countries across the globe, using diplomacy or even proxy wars to expand your reach.
Why similar: Political Sim 39.4% ★, Economy 19.5%, Historical 19.3%, Management 5.7%, Simulation 5.1%
- #5 Crisis in the Kremlin
94% 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 65.2% ★, Historical 9%, Strategy 7.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 5.9%, Management 4.7%
- #6 Mr. President
93% matchMostly Positive76% of 172 reviews2026
Dev: Exia Labs
Windows · Mac
Can you face the challenges of the Oval Office? Find out in Mr. President, a sandbox simulation of the U.S. presidency. Pursue your legislative agenda. Compete with rivals Russia and China. Deal with crises from 9/11 to COVID-19; and direct the U.S. military against terror groups and rogue states.
Why similar: Political Sim 45.3% ★, Historical 23%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Simulation 6.2%, Strategy 5.7%
- #7 Rogue State
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 259 reviews2015
Dev: LRDGames, Inc.
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Assume control of a Middle Eastern country recovering from a violent revolution. Forge alliances, grow your economy, invade your neighbors, or pacify your population. Rogue State is a geopolitical strategy game that will force you to always stay one step ahead of your rivals to survive.
Why similar: Political Sim 63.8% ★, Economy 13.9%, Simulation 9.9%, Strategy 9.3%, Indie 3.1%
- #8 Orbi Universo II
92% matchMostly Positive76% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: Orbi Universo Team
Windows · Linux
Guide your very own civilization's destiny in this abstract strategy sim. Master a complex node system, overcome unique challenges, and evolve your society from humble beginnings to the mastery of the atom. Can your civilization *really* withstand the test of time?
Why similar: Political Sim 30.1% ★, Historical 22.2%, Economy 19.9%, Management 14.3%, Strategy 5.8%
- #9 Evil Bank Manager
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,767 reviews2018
Dev: Hamsters Gaming
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
What could be better than having a million dollars, a billion? This will not make you all powerful in the world, your goal will not only be to make lots of money, but to print money and become a Federal reserve system
Why similar: Economy 34%, Management 17.5%, Historical 15.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Strategy 8%
- #10 Fate of the World
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 448 reviews2011
Dev: Red RedemptionPub: Soothsayer Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Fate of the World is a dramatic global strategy game that puts all our futures in your hands. The game features a dramatic set of scenarios based on the latest science covering the next two centuries. You must manage a balancing act of protecting the Earth’s resources and climate versus the needs of an ever-growing world population, who...
Why similar: Political Sim 66.5% ★, Education 9.1%, Strategy 8.2%, Simulation 8%, Difficult 6%
- #11 Citystate
90% matchMostly Positive75% of 815 reviews2018
Dev: Andy Sztark
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Create a 21st century micro-nation and experiment with economic and political ideals. Futuristic skyscrapers or spreading slums, the Nation relies on your economic and city planning skills.
Why similar: Political Sim 42.6% ★, Economy 20.3%, Management 9.7%, Simulation 7.6%, Strategy 6.5%
- #12 Democracy 3
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 7,255 reviews2013
Dev: Positech Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Have you ever wanted to be president? or prime-minister? Convinced you could do a better job of running the country? Let's face it, you could hardly do a worse job than our current political leaders.
Why similar: Political Sim 68.6% ★, Economy 8.6%, Simulation 6%, Strategy 4.4%, Management 4.4%
- #13 FinSim
88% matchMostly Positive71% of 66 reviews2026
Dev: FinSim
Windows · Mac
Your turn to manipulate the market! A financial market simulator where you can choose your own path. Manipulate news, events, and financial engineering to make billions. Or play honestly, growing companies the legal way.
Why similar: Economy 31.6%, Simulation 19.9%, Sandbox 18.7%, Strategy 16.2%, Management 7.9%
- #14 Kapital: Sparks of Revolution
89% matchMixed60% of 245 reviews2022
Dev: Lapovich TeamPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sandbox economic simulation game about class struggle. European country is in a deep crisis. You are the mayor of the capital. Social unrest is inevitable. What price will you pay to save your people from anarchy?
Why similar: Economy 37.7%, Management 18.2%, Strategy 11.1%, Sandbox 10.3%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #15 The Political Machine 2024
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 270 reviews2024
Dev: Stardock Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Win the hearts and minds of America’s voters and run for President in this political strategy game. Choose a candidate or create your own and run against the opposing party’s candidate or up to 4 primary candidates controlled by the computer or other players online.
Why similar: Political Sim 30.4% ★, Economy 15.5%, Historical 14.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Education 9.7%
- #16 GearCity
86% matchVery Positive90% of 1,516 reviews2022
Dev: Visual Entertainment And Technologies
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Do you find tycoon games too simplistic? GearCity is a complex and in-depth business simulator. It focuses on a realistic economic simulation of the global automobile industry. The game takes several hours to grasp and hundreds of hours to master. Can you succeed where many other CEOs have failed?
Why similar: Economy 34.1%, Management 24.5%, Simulation 9.5%, Strategy 8%, Historical 6.8%
- #17 Collapse: A Political Simulator
87% matchMixed66% of 201 reviews2021
Dev: Nostalgames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
is a grand strategy game that takes place in 1992-2004. You take lead of your own Party in the face of the total devastation of one of the fictional post-Soviet states in Europe. Try to realize your (or someone else's) political dreams in the shaky arena of this dilapidated situation.
Why similar: Political Sim 41.6% ★, Economy 18.9%, Historical 18.6%, Choices Matter 6.5%, Strategy 4.4%
- #18 Banker Simulator
84% matchMixed59% of 800 reviews2026
Dev: Red Axe Games
Windows
Banker Simulator is a single-player game where you revive a bankrupt bank. With active and passive (idle) gameplay, make strategic decisions to grow your bank, satisfy customers, and tackle financial crises.
Why similar: Economy 41.4%, Management 22.4%, Sandbox 15.7%, Strategy 7.4%, Simulation 6.7%
- #19 Lawgivers II
85% matchMostly Positive70% of 712 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 43% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, Management 11.5%, Sandbox 8.4%, Choices Matter 6.9%
- #20 For the Fatherland: Chronicle of Park Chung-hee
82% matchVery Positive88% of 217 reviews2026
Dev: KMS STUDIO
Windows
January 1, 1960. Become Major General Park Chung-hee at a turning point in Korean history. Preserve democracy and rise as the father of a nation—or cling to power and become a dictator. The fate of the Republic of Korea is in your hands.
Why similar: Political Sim 36.5% ★, Economy 21.2%, Historical 19.1%, Management 9.5%, Choices Matter 3.5%
- #21 Rebel Inc: Escalation
83% matchVery Positive82% of 7,594 reviews2021
Dev: Ndemic CreationsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A unique and deeply engaging political/military strategic simulation from the creator of Plague Inc. Balance competing civilian and military priorities and deal with a deadly insurgency in order to stabilise a war-torn country.
Why similar: Economy 29.7%, Historical 28.1%, Management 16.4%, Sandbox 10.8%, Simulation 7%
- #22 The Shadow Government Simulator
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 111 reviews2022
Dev: Chupacabra Game StudiosPub: Games Incubator
Windows · Mac · Linux
A turn-based strategy game where you lead a secret society towards world domination. Investigate the influential and convert them to your faction via bribery, seduction and intimidation. Reshape society's power structures to fend off rival societies and the world's nations in your quest for power.
Why similar: Political Sim 36% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, Economy 14.7%, Sandbox 7.5%, Difficult 6.6%
- #23 Game Dev Tycoon
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 45,135 reviews2013
Dev: Greenheart Games 💚
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.
Why similar: Management 41.9%, Economy 24%, Simulation 15.8%, Strategy 7.2%, Sandbox 3.9%
- #24 Turkish Throne
81% matchVery Positive92% of 379 reviews2025
Dev: Kurultaic
Windows
Lead your political party in a fierce competition to seize power against major rivals. Invest strategically, secure votes, and navigate crucial decisions to claim the presidential seat. Will you shape the destiny of Turkish politics?
Why similar: Political Sim 54% ★, Sandbox 12.3%, Simulation 12.2%, Management 9.1%, Strategy 7.2%
- #25 Half-Earth Socialism
81% matchVery Positive82% of 1,023 reviews2022
Dev: Francis TsengPub: Trust
Windows · Mac · Linux
Try your hand as a global planner of a future society. Play with a wide range of technologies and policies spanning different fields and ideologies. Will you lead the world to ecological utopia or planetary ruin?
Why similar: Political Sim 44.3% ★, Economy 17.3%, Education 15.7%, Management 9.1%, Simulation 6.2%
- #26 Marble Age: Remastered
80% matchVery Positive86% of 402 reviews2020
Dev: Clarus Victoria
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Marble Age is a turn-based historical strategy where your task is to turn a small Ancient Greek village into a flourishing Polis, powerful enough to conquer the known world!
Why similar: Historical 20.4%, Economy 17.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Management 11.8%, Difficult 8.6%
- #27 Sigma Theory: Global Cold War
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,386 reviews2019
Dev: Mi-Clos StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
A Turn-based Strategy game in a futuristic global cold war from the award-winning creators of Out There. Recruit a squad of special agents and run your intel agency to secure the control of the singularity.
Why similar: Political Sim 41.1% ★, Economy 16.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.8%, Management 10.6%, Sandbox 6.3%
- #28 Citystate II
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,141 reviews2021
Dev: Andy Sztark
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Create your own Nation, build cities and bring prosperity to your people. Citystate II is a unique city-builder featuring realistic economics and complex political options. Slums or skyscrapers, experiment and bring about your vision of the ideal society.
Why similar: Political Sim 36.6% ★, Economy 26.4%, Management 12.8%, Sandbox 7.8%, Simulation 5.7%
- #29 Geo-Political Simulator 2026 Edition
78% matchMixed48% of 317 reviews2025
Dev: Eversim
Windows · Mac
The latest expansion of the ultra-realistic world simulator, where you play as the head of state or the opposition! New Features: tourism simulator, party strategies with regime censures, personal wealth management, a European army, AI and robotics.
Why similar: Political Sim 56% ★, Simulation 10.9%, Strategy 9.3%, Economy 9.3%, Management 8.2%
- #30 Social Democracy: An Alternate History
76% matchNo user reviews96% of 200 reviews2026
Dev: Red Autumn Games
Windows · Linux
You are the Social Democratic Party of Germany in 1928. Can you stop the Nazis from taking power?
Why similar: Political Sim 56.2% ★, Historical 18%, Simulation 8.9%, Strategy 7.9%, Choices Matter 4.3%
- #31 Plutocracy
78% matchVery Positive80% of 1,379 reviews2019
Dev: Redwood
Windows · Mac · Linux
The business simulator Plutocracy gives you the chance to become wealthy and powerful to take control over the world. Where policy, laws, officials and people are only the chess pieces how do you play your game?
Why similar: Political Sim 35.7% ★, Economy 17.7%, Historical 14.5%, Management 10.9%, Sandbox 5.9%
- #32 Stocks: Main Force Simulator
76% matchVery Positive89% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: LoneCat
Windows · Mac
Step into a virtual market and experience the fun of strategy and decision-making! As a market participant, analyze trends, assess information, and adjust your resources to explore the effects of different strategies.
Why similar: Economy 57.6%, Simulation 20.3%, Strategy 16.4%, 2D 2.3%, Indie 1.8%
- #33 Lawgivers
77% matchVery Positive82% of 415 reviews2020
Dev: Damian BernardiPub: SomniumSoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Lawgivers is a turn-based political simulation game. Run for elections with your own party and enter parliament to approve or abolish laws. Appoint the president and decide whether you want a democracy or just a fake one instead.
Why similar: Political Sim 43.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, Management 9.8%, Sandbox 8.1%, Choices Matter 7.8%
- #34 Age of History II
75% matchVery Positive90% of 50,416 reviews2018
Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
Windows
Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 60.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Age of History II is a grand strategy wargame that is simple to learn yet hard to master.Your objective is to use military tactics and cunning diplomacy to either unify the world, or conquer it.Will the world bleed out or bow before you? The choice is yours..
Why similar: Political Sim 32.3% ★, Historical 29.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 18%, Strategy 8.8%, Sandbox 6.1%
- #35 SELF MADE: Investment Life Sim
74% matchPositive84% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: Billmeade Gaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build your empire from a basement. Trade stocks, run companies, date, raise kids, dodge the SEC, and retire a legend — or go broke trying.
Why similar: Economy 26.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.7%, Management 11.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.1%, Simulation 9.9%
- #36 Industry Giant 2
74% matchVery Positive86% of 1,027 reviews2015
Dev: Fancy Bytes, ReactorPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Economic booms, stock market crashes, oil crises, upswings, triumphs... Now you can become the greatest power in industry!
Why similar: Economy 42.6%, Management 20.9%, Strategy 18.4%, Simulation 18.1%
- #37 SuperPower 3
77% matchOverwhelmingly Negative10% of 1,216 reviews2022
Dev: GolemLabsPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
SuperPower 3 is a modern geopolitical sim in a planet Earth setup. Rule the world or challenge your knowledge about demography, economics, military strategy, as well as political issues across the globe. Compete with or against other players, or just try to do better than the real-life politicians.
Why similar: Political Sim 43.3% ★, Economy 14.4%, Education 12.7%, Management 10%, Simulation 5.8%
- #38 Imperial Ambitions
71% matchVery Positive81% of 108 reviews2026
Dev: aoiti
Windows · Mac
Discover and colonize the world, Allocate your labor force, Monopolize markets, Fight tactical battles, Survive the age of imperialism...
Why similar: Economy 25.8%, Historical 24.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.5%, Management 11.4%, Strategy 5.9%
- #39 Bank Simulator
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 391 reviews2025
Dev: Strong Bow Games
Windows
Build and manage your financial empire from a small bank to a global powerhouse. Approve loans, trade bonds, hire staff, and master the market in Bank Simulator a business management sim and banking tycoon where every economic decision impacts your bottom line
Why similar: Economy 36.7%, Management 20.4%, Education 18.5%, Sandbox 12.6%, Simulation 8.6%
- #40 Wall Street Raider
70% matchVery Positive93% of 228 reviews2026
Dev: Ronin SoftwarePub: Hackjack Games
Windows
Wall Street Raider offers the deepest stock market simulations in gaming history. Control publicly traded corporations, futures, options, and even crypto. Whether you want to make billions in equities, short-sell overvalued stocks, or hedge risk using derivatives, the market is yours to conquer!
Why similar: Economy 48.2%, Management 26%, Simulation 11.2%, Strategy 9.7%, 2D 2.5%
- #41 KingSim
73% matchVery Positive84% of 212 reviews2020
Dev: Fuzzy Pixel Game Studio
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Become the King in a story-driven 8-bit style game, where choice matters. And try not to die instantly...
Why similar: Political Sim 37.3% ★, Historical 14.8%, Economy 14.5%, Management 12.1%, Choices Matter 7.4%
- #42 The Succession of Changing Kings
70% matchVery Positive86% of 547 reviews2026
Dev: KwaKwaGames
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Turn-based kingdom management simulator focused on decision-making. Will you survive and lead the kingdom to prosperity, or die in agony? The throne awaits.
Why similar: Historical 22%, Economy 18.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Management 12.6%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #43 Political Arena
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 75 reviews2025
Dev: Wayside Press
Windows · Mac
POLITICAL ARENA is a one-of-a-kind strategy/sim sandbox about American politics. Seek fame or infamy in a richly simulated political world, complete with high stakes legislative strategizing, backroom deals and the press. Customize and play as the politician of your dreams (or nightmares).
Why similar: Political Sim 43.4% ★, Strategy 16.7%, Sandbox 13.6%, Simulation 12.2%, Choices Matter 9%
- #44 Capital Simulator
73% matchMixed62% of 52 reviews2020
Dev: chenjd
Windows · Mac
A game that simulates the use of capital to build a complex industrial chain, stock investment and business challenges
Why similar: Economy 31.3%, Management 27.6%, Simulation 19.4%, Strategy 16.4%, 2D 2.6%
- #45 Trade Conquest
70% matchMixed70% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: GrandPaw Games
Windows
Turn wealth into political power in this modern Grand Strategy game. Build a global economic empire, manipulate governments, and challenge the world's superpowers through Economic supremacy or military Conquest.
Why similar: Political Sim 45.5% ★, Economy 24%, Management 11.6%, Historical 11.1%, Simulation 5.1%
- #46 Crypto Crisis
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 56 reviews2019
Dev: Armoured Beans
Windows · Mac · Linux
Where were you during the rise of Bitcoin? Crypto Crisis is a simulation game which drops you into the beginnings of Bitcoin. Compete for and increase your share of block rewards by building and upgrading your mining rigs while carefully managing your resources.
Why similar: Historical 35.6%, Management 22.5%, Simulation 18.2%, Strategy 16.3%, Indie 5.6%
- #47 MarginCall
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 123 reviews2026
Dev: Functionally Human
Windows
MarginCall is a market with no scripted prices. Hundreds of independent traders, each with its own money and mind, price a real order book inside a fully simulated economy. Build a fortune, control industries, raid rivals, or get margin called into ruin.
Why similar: Economy 41.5%, Management 17.9%, Sandbox 12.4%, Simulation 10.1%, Strategy 7.6%
- #48 Green New Deal Simulator
69% matchVery Positive86% of 116 reviews2023
Dev: Molleindustria
Windows · Mac
Achieve zero emissions and full employment in this casual card-driven game.
Why similar: Political Sim 49.1% ★, Economy 20.2%, Education 12.2%, Management 10%, Simulation 6.5%
- #49 Microlandia
67% matchVery Positive88% of 171 reviews2025
Dev: Information Superhighway Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build a cozy little city on top of a brutally honest economy. Every citizen is simulated, one by one: they work, pay rent, get sick, go broke and turn to crime. Set taxes and policy, win elections, and survive a newspaper that blames you for everything.
Why similar: Economy 46.3%, Management 24.9%, Sandbox 11.2%, Simulation 10.7%, Choices Matter 6%
- #50 Computer Tycoon
69% matchVery Positive85% of 1,023 reviews2017
Dev: Progorion
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Computer Tycoon is a highly complex Business Grand Strategy game about Computer Evolution. Start in the 70s, invent until 2034, create the best computer systems, upgrade your infrastructure, lead a team, and alter computer history! It is time to "Think Different"
Why similar: Economy 28.7%, Historical 23.7%, Management 14.7%, Sandbox 10.9%, Difficult 9.5%
- #51 President for a Day - Floodings
71% matchMixed66% of 132 reviews2015
Dev: Serious Games InteractivePub: My Way Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
President for A Day: Floodings is a turn-based strategy game where YOU are the President of Pakistan. With two weeks to Election Day, the monsoon could not come at a worse time. And in its wake comes famine, cholera, rebels, and much more. Can you save the nation in its hour of need?
Why similar: Education 45.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 24.8%, Strategy 22.8%, Indie 7.3%
- #52 The Political Process
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,167 reviews2019
Dev: Verlumino Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Explore a dynamic world of politics in this turn-based, political simulator. Create a character, run for political office, write legislation, balance budgets, and more as you move up the political hierarchy.
Why similar: Political Sim 86.1% ★, Simulation 7%, Strategy 5.3%, Indie 1.6%
- #53 Monarch : Medieval Remastered
66% matchVery Positive81% of 382 reviews2025
Dev: Mr.Lordy
Windows
In the medieval era, assume the role of a lord and engage with other lords,develop fiefdoms, and employ strategies involving intrigue, warfare, and plunder. Expand your territory and strengthen your house lineage Or, be a god, manipulate the world? This game primarily strategic role-playing elements
Why similar: Political Sim 30% ★, Historical 19.9%, Economy 12.7%, Management 11.7%, Sandbox 7%
- #54 I Am Your President
68% matchMixed67% of 283 reviews2023
Dev: President
Windows
Play as a fictional US president in this satirical narrative strategy! Lead Democrats or Republicans to make America great again. Again.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 23.3%, Management 19.5%, Political Sim 18.2% ★, Choices Matter 10.4%, Sandbox 10%
- #55 Simulator of Ukraine 1991
66% matchVery Positive86% of 228 reviews2024
Dev: Almost Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
This game is a global strategy, which is primarily focused on Ukraine after leaving the Soviet occupation. Here you will be given control of Ukraine with the opportunity to change history and intervene in the events of that time.
Why similar: Political Sim 63.1% ★, Economy 14.1%, Strategy 12.3%, Simulation 8.1%, Indie 1.3%
- #56 Realpolitiks II
69% matchMixed46% of 668 reviews2021
Dev: Jujubee S.A.Pub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Lead your people to glory and write a new chapter of history in Realpolitiks II, a real-time grand strategy game where you lead any contemporary nation in an attempt to secure world dominance.
Why similar: Political Sim 63.7% ★, Strategy 14.5%, Simulation 14.2%, Indie 4.3%, Realistic 2.9%
- #57 Startup Freak
68% matchMixed70% of 53 reviews2019
Dev: PulPul Games
Windows
In Startup Freak you take the role of a budding entrepreneur, and grow your very own software startup from humble beginnings to a multi-million dollar company. Along the way you will have to overcome countless challenges. But the ultimate question you must answer: are you a Startup Freak?
Why similar: Economy 27.8%, Management 25.1%, Simulation 16.9%, Strategy 15%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #58 Millennia
65% matchMixed67% of 3,788 reviews2024
Dev: C Prompt GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 36.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Create your own nation in Millennia, a historical turn-based 4X game that challenges your strategic prowess across 10,000 years of history, from the dawn of humanity to our possible futures.
Why similar: Economy 25.3%, Historical 24.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 24.5%, Management 10.8%, Strategy 6.9%