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You wake up as North Korea’s Supreme Leader. Manage diplomacy, internal power struggles, and national survival. Balance nuclear ambition, public needs, and elite loyalty. One wrong move could cost you everything — will you rule or fall?

Why similar: Political Sim 46.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18%, Alternate History 13.7%, Simulation 11.5%, Historical 10.4%

昭昭天命，复归大明。在星变时空的恢弘重塑中，熔铸八十三载春秋：变钞法以通有无，革军制而强九边；修水利以固邦本，改科举而纳贤良。崇格物方致知穷理；兴矿冶而器利工商。靖九边以抚八方，镇四海而服万邦。于庙算奏疏间，重整日月山河；在革故鼎新中，再创中华治世。一切，皆在你一念之间。

Why similar: Political Sim 31.9% ★, Alternate History 22.9%, Historical 16.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.4%, Simulation 12.1%

Politburo Simulator is a turn-based strategy game where you take on the role of the General Secretary in a fictional Communist country. Manage your Politburo, make critical decisions, and navigate a web of political events to maintain control over the nation and defend the Revolution.

Why similar: Political Sim 38.4% ★, Alternate History 23.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.9%, Historical 11.3%, Simulation 10.3%

Lenin Simulator is a political simulator where you run Soviet Russia from 1920 to 1923. You have the potential to radically alter the decisions made and history as a whole.

Why similar: Political Sim 46.6% ★, Alternate History 24.6%, Historical 15.4%, Simulation 13.4%

Satirical political strategy: From local party to Orban's palace. Corruption has never been this much fun.

Why similar: Political Sim 47% ★, Simulation 28.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 24.1%

You are the Social Democratic Party of Germany in 1928. Can you stop the Nazis from taking power?

Why similar: Political Sim 43.5% ★, Alternate History 27.3%, Simulation 17.2%, Historical 12.1%

Cascade: Hindcast is an alternate-history grand strategy game where monthly political and military decisions reshape a living war map. Use hindsight, spend scarce political capital, and watch borders, armies, and consequences move in real time.

Why similar: Political Sim 35.9% ★, Simulation 20.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.1%, Alternate History 16.1%, Historical 9.8%

Play as a real-world candidate and completely immerse yourself into the battle of the US presidential election! Travel around the United States, try to woo voters across the country, create your own political agenda, skillfully manage your campaign budget... and perhaps you will be the next White House occupant!

Why similar: Political Sim 78.7% ★, Simulation 21.3%

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 67.5% ★, Alternate History 11.5%, Historical 8.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.9%, Simulation 6%

Classic real-time simulation game from the 80s designed by Sid Meier and Ed Bever. The second title in the "Command Series" of tactical wargames from Microprose, the game features real-time battles that test your skills as a commander of forces in North Africa during WWII

Why similar: Political Sim 43.2% ★, Simulation 24.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.9%, Historical 10.7%

The Arab Republic of Taghia is an arab spring tyranny simulator. You have followed in the footsteps of your father and been "elected" to lead the Arab Republic of Taghia, and must hold onto power through any means necessary.

Why similar: Political Sim 70.2% ★, Simulation 19.8%, Historical 10%

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 72.1% ★, Simulation 27.9%

On Tuesday, November 6th Americans will vote to shape the future of their country. Why wait? Start shaping your country's future now in Democracy 2.

Why similar: Political Sim 78.1% ★, Simulation 21.9%

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 61% ★, Simulation 23.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.9%

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 35.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 25.8%, Simulation 23.4%, Historical 14.9%

Do you want to become a God? Welcome to the coolest social simulator in the world! Here you can create your very own people and uplift them form humble cavemen to an adnvanced civilization!

Why similar: Alternate History 27.1%, Simulation 26.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 24%, Historical 22.4%

Take control of a political party and compete for power in this turn-based simulation. Manage strategy, face media pressure, debates and critical decisions, negotiate alliances, and lead your party to electoral victory.

Why similar: Political Sim 51.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18%, Alternate History 17.8%, Simulation 12.6%

American vs. America is a card-based political simulation game themed around the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Choose your faction and play a wide variety of election-year event cards to shape your own unique election outcome.

Why similar: Political Sim 41.7% ★, Simulation 33.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 25%

Will you become the greatest Head of State ?Play one of the powerful rulers of a nation! . Slip into the shoes of the President of the U.S., or the leader of China, Russia, United Kingdom, or other countries. Expand your influence on the world stage.

Why similar: Political Sim 92.3% ★, Simulation 7.7%

The new evolution of Geopolitical Simulator 4, the hyperrealistic simulator of today's world! In Power & Revolution 2019 Edition, play as the Head of State and extend your influence around the globe. By playing as several countries, try to change the destiny of our planet with orchestrated actions.

Why similar: Political Sim 74.3% ★, Simulation 25.7%

"Civilization Simulator": A casual simulation game that lets you control the fate of civilizations. Every click will impact the course of civilization. Whether it's prosperous trade or unexpected disasters, each turn presents a brand new challenge!

Why similar: Alternate History 31.2%, Political Sim 30.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 21.2%, Simulation 17.5%

Run for president or mayor. Write your own story of success or failure. Pass legislation and create budgets. In 50 Stars, you create your own story as you run for office. The future is your in 50 Stars, how will you play?

Why similar: Political Sim 48.5% ★, Simulation 26.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 25.1%

Plot your way through an American political campaign as you go head-to-head against a rival political party. Participate in debates and travel to battleground states as you try to win a Presidential Election.

Why similar: Political Sim 56.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 23.2%, Simulation 20.3%

What if the Warsaw Pact had attacked NATO in the mid-1980s. Or the other way around? Study this titanic conflict, within its most emblematic theater, Germany and Central Europe. Will you be able to achieve your goals without escalating into an uncontrollable nuclear conflict?

Why similar: Political Sim 45.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 20.7%, Alternate History 15.7%, Historical 11.9%, Simulation 6.5%

EarthRoyale is a Map simulation Observer game where the game each turn chooses one of many events to edit the world map

Why similar: Political Sim 46.3% ★, Alternate History 29.8%, Simulation 15.3%, Historical 8.6%

Use your diplomatic card, manipulate your opposing nations, survive, and lead your nation to prosperity.

Why similar: Political Sim 46.3% ★, Alternate History 21.6%, Historical 17.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%

Queen: Sun Moon is a female emperor life simulation game. You start your new dynasty. There are many decisions you need to make, many talents waiting for you to dig, the family is eroding your court, there are lovers, there are many beautiful women waiting to meet you...

Why similar: Political Sim 37.5% ★, Alternate History 20.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.9%, Historical 14.9%, Simulation 9.8%

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 48.5% ★, Simulation 27.2%, Alternate History 24.3%

The game recreates the Taïping Rebellion (1851-64), the deadliest Chinese civil war, costing the lives of millions. Play the Taïping rebels and their allies, fighting to create their own state, or be the Qing Emperor and crush the revolt and its foreign devils allies before it topples your dynasty.

Why similar: Political Sim 59.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 26.1%, Historical 14.1%

Welcome to the Department of Liberty. Ascend the ranks of the NSA-like surveillance agency and decide: will you stand up for privacy, or help create an unstoppable police state? Spy on people’s deepest secrets, pick apart their private lives and decide their fate in this modern surveillance thriller.

Why similar: Political Sim 70.3% ★, Simulation 29.7%

Lead a Three Kingdoms warlord in a turn-based grand strategy simulation focused on logistics, diplomacy, officer management, and large-scale warfare.

Why similar: Political Sim 45.6% ★, Alternate History 16.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.1%, Simulation 12.2%, Historical 10.7%

Doodle Empires is an alternate history sandbox game all about drawing your own nations with your own histories and stories in a variety of maps. Watch your world take shape and evolve over time, and decide which nations will rise and which nations will fall.

Why similar: Alternate History 38.7%, Simulation 23.5%, Historical 21.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%

In Medieval Lords: Soldier Kings of Europe, you guide rulers through the turbulent era of 1028-1530 AD. Advise kings, sultans, and emperors, managing politics, war, and diplomacy to expand empires across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East in this grand strategic simulation.

Why similar: Political Sim 65% ★, Historical 21.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%

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 80.5% ★, Simulation 19.5%

Some people call it a democracy; you: an opportunity. Manipulate a political simulation by playing cards, find the cracks in the system, and turn a perfectly fine democracy into your very own dictatorship.

Why similar: Political Sim 47.8% ★, Simulation 27.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 24.5%

Take a place of a politician in the post-Soviet space and immerse yourself in the struggle for power amid the ruins of the former empire. Your decisions will determine the path of the young state's development.

Why similar: Political Sim 40.6% ★, Alternate History 20.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.9%, Historical 15.5%, Simulation 6.8%

"Three Kingdoms Scroll" is a game that respects authentic historical elements, with careful research into historical details as the foundation of its design. We have strived to make this title a Three Kingdoms-themed strategy game that emphasizes local culture, traditions, and human connections.

Why similar: Political Sim 37.3% ★, Simulation 27.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 23%, Historical 11.9%

Pass to Ordeal and become the God!! You become the Guardian on a certain place, and management that dominion. Defeat the attacking enemy through the "produce resource", "enhance build" and more. If growing to adult appearance, then should be fight on an equal footing with strong Bosses.

Why similar: Political Sim 59.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 22.7%, Simulation 18.2%

State of Affairs is a realistic geopolitical simulator where you lead a nation through pivotal historical moments. Manage legislative bodies, balance factional tensions, and make strategic decisions that shape the political, economic, and social future of your country.

Why similar: Political Sim 47.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.8%, Simulation 15.3%, Alternate History 11%, Historical 8.3%

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 41.2% ★, Historical 18.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.8%, Simulation 14.1%, Alternate History 9.7%

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 80.4% ★, Simulation 17.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 2.1%

The Imjin War relates the story of one of the toughest conflict in the end of the 16th century, depicting the invasion of the Joseon kingdom of Korea by the Japanese, from 1592 to 1598.

Why similar: Political Sim 54.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 29.6%, Historical 16.1%

Addictive yet chill. An immersive Cold War sandbox. Revive the Cold War in this classic strategy game—easy to pick up, yet challenging and deep, offering endless replayability.

Why similar: Political Sim 40.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.4%, Alternate History 15.8%, Simulation 13.1%, Historical 11.8%

Campaign to victory in the ultimate election simulator, The Electorate. Rally voters, dominate the airwaves, attack rivals, and fight for glory and power across every county in the United States.

Why similar: Political Sim 54.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.9%, Simulation 12%, Alternate History 8.7%, Historical 5.5%

In Quarantine, you make the pandemic policies and funding priorities for your country as the head of the Health and Human Services Department. You will have to save your country from this global pandemic, while trying to keep the public and government officials happy...

Why similar: Political Sim 39.2% ★, Alternate History 18.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.6%, Simulation 12.9%, Historical 11.8%

Discover the industry standard for geopolitical simulation of today’s world!In Masters of the World, the third incarnation of Geopolitical Simulator, play as the head of state of one or more countries and expand your influence across the globe.

Why similar: Political Sim 78.6% ★, Simulation 21.4%

The confrontation between the East and the West is coming to an end, but not between East and West Germany. The old party leaders are still sitting in their offices, not changing anything and waiting for exclamations from Moscow. But their end is close – Gorbachev and Kohl have already decided...

Why similar: Political Sim 39.5% ★, Alternate History 22.2%, Historical 14.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Simulation 11.7%

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 49.8% ★, Alternate History 34.1%, Simulation 16%

《三国记II》是三国记系列的第2部作品，是一款正统的历史模拟策略游戏。以中国东汉末年的三国时期为总体背景，围绕着争夺大陆霸权，展开了一系列的故事。 《三国记II》采取直接在大地图上进行游戏和战斗，让玩家体验征战四方的快感。

Why similar: Political Sim 36% ★, Simulation 25.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 25.4%, Historical 13%

The first intense conflict of the Cold War, this war is very often forgotten, its very rapid and dynamic but unknown aspect obliterated by months of stagnation following the first year of operations in Korea. Can you make it remembered?

Why similar: Political Sim 49.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 26.9%, Historical 15.7%, Simulation 7.8%

The Cold War Era is strategy game based on the historical conflict between the USA and the USSR

Why similar: Political Sim 54% ★, Simulation 20.6%, Alternate History 14.9%, Historical 10.5%

If getting back to Dec 1922, under your leadership, can you make Union of Soviet Socialist Republics an Utopia?

Why similar: Political Sim 49.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.6%, Alternate History 16.1%, Simulation 15.8%

You are the gatekeeper of a vital strait. Inspect manifests, collect fees, and block hostile ships in this hybrid of bureaucratic simulation and tower defense. When diplomacy fails, deploy tanks and bunkers to protect your base.

Why similar: Political Sim 63.7% ★, Simulation 36.3%

A game of diplomacy and war in the atomic age. Safeguard your closest allies and change unfavorable regimes without giving away your long-term ambitions. Every action risks an enemy reprisal, and if nobody backs down from a standoff, we all lose.

Why similar: Political Sim 44% ★, Alternate History 20.7%, Simulation 14.5%, Historical 13.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.7%

Dare To Spread; It is a turn-based strategy game in which we shape the course of the war by making important choices. In this strategy game you control rebel armies. We occupy enemy countries with our armies. We do illegal work to finance the army.

Why similar: Political Sim 46.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 23%, Historical 17.7%, Simulation 12.6%

Seaburn is a choice-based political simulator where your choices affect the future of the planet. Play as a policymaker as you sign legislation, respond to events, and compete in high-stakes elections. Earn money, become popular, and save the environment.

Why similar: Political Sim 71.5% ★, Simulation 28.5%

A completely and totally accurate documentary of the 2024 USA Presidential Election! This comedy based game takes a lighthearted look at American politics, utilizing 30+ think quick minigames as your character tries to win the heart of the American people by taking over the map.

Why similar: Political Sim 50.1% ★, Alternate History 20.7%, Simulation 18.9%, Historical 10.4%

Velvet Hammer is an atmospheric tile game that fuses narrative curiosity with meaningful choices: Easy to learn, hard to forget. Over 12 days, you endure , and you navigate inter-day word-matching evaluations that measure (and manipulate) your identity.

Why similar: Political Sim 52% ★, Alternate History 19.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, Simulation 11.7%

Everescape is a simulator of an employee of the immigration department, the main task of which is to prevent the entry and spread of the virus. Whether you choose to follow all the recommendations or show mercy, the choice is yours.

Why similar: Political Sim 60.4% ★, Alternate History 26.8%, Simulation 12.8%

Democracy 3: Africa is the new standalone 're-imagining' of the hit political strategy game 'Democracy 3'. Set entirely in countries on the continent of Africa, D3:A puts you in charge of these countries and challenges you to stay in power whilst fixing each country's problems, improving the quality of life for your electorate, and...

Why similar: Political Sim 77.8% ★, Simulation 22.2%