- #1 Suzerain
97% matchVery Positive93% of 11,339 reviews2020
Dev: Torpor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Assume the role of President Anton Rayne and guide the nation of Sordland. Amidst brewing international conflicts, need for reform, deep-seated corruption, and economic recession, you must make the decisions in this political drama. How will you lead?
Why similar: Political Sim 18.5% ★, Politics 17.3% ★, Political 16% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%, Text-Based 7.4%
- #2 For the People
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 798 reviews2020
Dev: Brezg StudioPub: 101XP
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
For the People is a mix of a political management sim and a visual novel, putting players in the shoes of an idealistic young state official tasked with shaping the future of a communist factory town. Will the party provide for the people, or are the people just cogs in its machine?..
Why similar: Political Sim 26.7% ★, Political 21.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Visual Novel 8.1%, Management 7.3%
- #3 Politics The Game
95% matchVery Positive95% of 2,352 reviews2025
Dev: Simplicity Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Become a parliamentarian, create a powerful party, and lead it to victory in this humorous adventure game. Manage your popularity and dignity, use unique powers, and navigate a storyline inspired by current events.
Why similar: Politics 26.9% ★, Political 17.4% ★, Political Sim 16.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Visual Novel 6.9%
- #4 You are the Judge!
96% matchMixed70% of 258 reviews2023
Dev: Steel Games
Windows
As a judge of the Kobardde court, solve complex cases inspired by actual events. Your decisions will directly affect people's (and perhaps yours) lives. You may have to make difficult decisions for your family, country, and life. What kind of judge will you be?
Why similar: Political Sim 24.5% ★, Diplomacy 22.6% ★, Political 18.1% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Immersive Sim 9%
- #5 Democracy 4
94% matchVery Positive82% of 6,313 reviews2022
Dev: Positech Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 20.9% ★, Politics 20.5% ★, Diplomacy 16.4% ★, Political 15.6% ★, Economy 9.3%
- #6 Galaxy Princess Zorana
94% matchVery Positive91% of 174 reviews2025
Dev: Hanako Games
Windows · Linux
You are the Evil Emperor's only daughter, but can you claim the throne? Raise stats, make deals, appoint advisors, and scheme your way through the Imperial Election - unless an assassin gets you first. Rule the galaxy or die trying!
Why similar: Political Sim 34.4% ★, Diplomacy 33.8% ★, Visual Novel 10%, Choices Matter 7.1%, Multiple Endings 4.6%
- #7 Headliner: NoviNews
93% matchVery Positive89% of 807 reviews2018
Dev: Unbound Creations
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Award-winning adventure where you control the news and its impact on society, your friends and career. Different choices lead to unique combinations of endings. Share your story with the community, and see what the players before you did.
Why similar: Political Sim 24.3% ★, Politics 21% ★, Political 19.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 9.2%, Visual Novel 6.7%
- #8 Half-Earth Socialism
91% matchVery Positive82% of 979 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 22.9% ★, Diplomacy 18.7% ★, Politics 13.5% ★, Political 13% ★, Interactive Fiction 9.2%
- #9 Collapse: A Political Simulator
92% matchMixed65% of 189 reviews2021
Dev: Nostalgames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 24.9% ★, Politics 22.3% ★, Political 19.3% ★, Economy 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%
- #10 Realpolitiks 3: Earth and Beyond
91% matchMostly Negative38% of 289 reviews2025
Dev: JujubeePub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Prove your political brilliance in a grand strategy like no other: pick any contemporary country, set up your government and navigate the pitfalls of domestic and international politics. A glorious destiny awaits - the domination of not just the Earth, but the whole Solar system!
Why similar: Political 23.9% ★, Politics 21.4% ★, Diplomacy 20.1% ★, Economy 12.6%, Political Sim 11.8% ★
- #11 Star Dynasties
90% matchMostly Positive72% of 496 reviews2021
Dev: Pawley GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Take the reins of a feudal dynasty in a divided galaxy following the destruction of earth. Star Dynasties is a turn based, procedurally generated narrative of human drama and personal politics, mixed with a light empire management layer. Your choices. Your legacy.
Why similar: Diplomacy 28.5% ★, Politics 27.5% ★, Political 22% ★, Management 8.2%, Choices Matter 6.2%
- #12 Lords of Infinity
89% matchVery Positive95% of 215 reviews2023
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lead an ancient and crumbling noble house in a rich gunpowder fantasy setting. Lie, bribe, and conspire to secure power and prestige – or to save a doomed kingdom from itself.
Why similar: Political Sim 31% ★, Diplomacy 26% ★, Text-Based 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%
- #13 The Political Process
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,120 reviews2019
Dev: Verlumino Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 16.2 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 44.3% ★, Politics 28% ★, Political 24.1% ★, Strategy 3.5%
- #14 The King's Dilemma: Chronicles
88% matchMostly Positive73% of 140 reviews2023
Dev: Big Trouble
Windows · Mac
Lead the King’s Council for generations as the consequences of your decisions decide the kingdom’s resources and political standing. Form alliances, solve dilemmas, and prepare for the final uprising that was foretold by an ancient prophecy
Why similar: Political Sim 27.3% ★, Politics 18.4% ★, Political 13.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Economy 10%
- #15 I Am Your President
87% matchMixed67% of 277 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: Diplomacy 23.7% ★, Text-Based 14.8%, Management 13.4%, Political Sim 11.4% ★, Visual Novel 9.5%
- #16 Organs Please
86% matchVery Positive84% of 324 reviews2023
Dev: TECHHOMEPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A dark and satirical management sim, where you take control of a recycling factory with a twist: it recycles humans. Your job is to decide who gets to escape our dying planet in a cozy spaceship and who sacrifices their blood, sweat and tears for humanity. Literally.
Why similar: Political Sim 23.3% ★, Politics 19.4% ★, Political 18.1% ★, Point & Click 7.8%, Management 7.2%
- #17 Lightracer Spark
86% matchVery Positive84% of 997 reviews2023
Dev: Smartmelon Games
Windows
Lightracer Spark is a Sci-Fi Narrative game. You are an amender from a high civilization, descending to various extraterrestrial worlds. Guide living beings to prosperity, or nip a spark in the bud. Accumulate strength through choices and strategies to grasp the rise and fall of all civilizations.
Why similar: Space Sim 22.5%, Politics 17.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Text-Based 11%, Visual Novel 10.9%
- #18 KingSim
85% matchVery Positive85% of 209 reviews2020
Dev: Fuzzy Pixel Game Studio
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Become the King in a story-driven 8-bit style game, where choice matters. And try not to die instantly...
Why similar: Political Sim 24.3% ★, Diplomacy 19% ★, Political 17.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Management 8.7%
- #19 Beholder 2
84% matchVery Positive87% of 7,978 reviews2018
Dev: Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)Pub: Alawar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You are an intern at the central ministry of a totalitarian state with your whole career ahead of you. Work your way up the ladder by scheming against employees, spying on your boss, and completing paperwork. Or do you turn against the state and expose corruption. The choice is still yours to make!
Why similar: Political Sim 26.8% ★, Political 22.8% ★, Politics 21.6% ★, Choices Matter 7.2%, Point & Click 6.7%
- #20 Crisis in the Kremlin
83% matchVery Positive84% of 1,451 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 45.4% ★, Politics 12.7% ★, Diplomacy 12.3% ★, Political 9.5% ★, Strategy 6.6%
- #21 Base One
84% matchMostly Negative38% of 478 reviews2021
Dev: PixFrozePub: Blowfish Studios
Windows · Mac
Base One is a space base builder game where you take control of a network of space stations and its crew's tasks and wellbeing. Maintain your resources and defenses as you navigate the wide array of dangers ahead of you!
Why similar: Political Sim 24.5% ★, Diplomacy 22.5% ★, Space Sim 18.5%, Political 16.6% ★, Futuristic 7.2%
- #22 IMPACT
82% matchMixed56% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: Hochschule Darmstadt
Windows
IMPACT is an immersive sci-fi game set on the Moon. Build and manage a lunar base, generating valuable scientific data along the way. This data is used by the European Space Agency to train a real AI that will eventually land on the Moon.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.9%, Space Sim 31.8%, Economy 11.9%, Management 9.6%, Strategy 6.7%
- #23 Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War
81% matchVery Positive81% of 669 reviews2025
Dev: Nostalgames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 30.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 24.2% ★, Politics 23.4% ★, Political 17.1% ★, Diplomacy 15.9% ★, Economy 11.1%
- #24 Lightracer: For Judge
80% matchVery Positive94% of 479 reviews2025
Dev: Smartmelon Games
Windows
In a dystopian future, as The Judge with immense power, you journey through space to find hope in a divided society. This sci-fi adventure explores hope amidst adversity.
Why similar: Political Sim 46.9% ★, Visual Novel 15.3%, Point & Click 12.6%, Multiple Endings 11%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #25 NeuroNet: Mendax Proxy
82% matchVery Positive82% of 66 reviews2023
Dev: Dream Harvest
Windows
You are Arc, a city management AI. Designed to manage a city-wide AR metaverse known as the NeuroNet. Meet its many users, build relationships and help or hinder their lives while trying to balance the wider needs of the city. Find your humanity in a world losing theirs to technology.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Text-Based 15.1%, Futuristic 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.8%
- #26 Lawgivers
81% matchVery Positive82% of 415 reviews2020
Dev: Damian BernardiPub: SomniumSoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 24.3% ★, Politics 22.5% ★, Diplomacy 20.3% ★, Political 18.6% ★, Management 6%
- #27 Turkish Throne
77% matchVery Positive93% of 348 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 35.7% ★, Politics 24.5% ★, Political 22.7% ★, Management 6.6%, Strategy 6.1%
- #28 Moons of Ardan
79% matchVery Positive96% of 92 reviews2021
Dev: Pandora Technology
Windows
Embark on a space city-building adventure in Moons of Ardan! Develop a thriving civilization in a real-time planetary system. Oversee production chains, cater to the needs of your axonauts, recover their lost technologies, and navigate resource transportation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 45.9%, Economy 27.9%, Management 16.2%, Futuristic 9.9%
- #29 Lawgivers II
78% matchMixed70% of 668 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 28.1% ★, Politics 27.3% ★, Diplomacy 27.1% ★, Management 8.3%, Choices Matter 5.8%
- #30 Epoch Cycle
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 67 reviews2026
Dev: GeometricUniverse
Windows
Apocalypse is Not the End, It's Your Beginning. Become the supreme leader of a civilization in an apocalyptic world. Every collapse fuels the rise of a new era—your choices will forge a legacy across four monumental epochs.
Why similar: Political Sim 54.1% ★, Management 16.7%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Multiple Endings 10%, Strategy 6.2%
- #31 HEADLINER
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 931 reviews2017
Dev: Unbound Creations
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Short, thought-provoking adventure where you are a News Editor and decide what stories get published, set in a fictional city where most people are genetically modified. Multiple unique endings let you share your story and see what the Headliner before you did.
Why similar: Political Sim 29.5% ★, Political 26.8% ★, Politics 21.7% ★, Choices Matter 9.6%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #32 Not For Broadcast
76% matchVery Positive94% of 12,442 reviews2022
Dev: NotGamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A new political Party has won a landslide in the General Election, and for some reason the editor at the news station you work at has done a runner. Now it’s up to you, the Janitor, to take over the editing booth in this tumultuous time - will you help the government, or stand in their way?
Why similar: Political Sim 24.6% ★, Political 21.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Management 8.3%
- #33 Political Arena
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 70 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 43.4% ★, Political Sim 32.2% ★, Strategy 15.8%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #34 Need to Know
78% matchMixed67% of 293 reviews2018
Dev: Monomyth Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 56.3% ★, Political 32.2% ★, Point & Click 7.5%, Story Rich 4.1%
- #35 Dictator Simulator: Gradnar
73% matchVery Positive97% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: GortagonGame
Windows
Become the Dictator of Gradnar! Rule the nation, choose between democracy and tyranny, wage wars with a unique card-based mechanic, and expand your empire. A political dystopia packed with satire and humor!
Why similar: Diplomacy 39.7% ★, Political 32.8% ★, Visual Novel 11.9%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Strategy 5.9%
- #36 Citizen Sleeper
72% matchVery Positive93% of 10,020 reviews2022
Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 26.1%, Text-Based 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Futuristic 15.2%, Multiple Endings 11.7%
- #37 Journey to Foundation
74% matchMixed59% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: Archiact Interactive Ltd.
Windows
A story-driven adventure among the stars, Journey to Foundation puts you at the center of your own sci-fi saga. Unleash your unique Mentalic abilities, gain information through diplomacy or coercion, and choose who to trust. Where will your journey lead you?
Why similar: Diplomacy 34.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 19%, Immersive Sim 15.2%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Futuristic 10.5%
- #38 The Crust
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,542 reviews2024
Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Automate a lunar base as you become the savior of humanity exploring the future on the moon. Mine, craft, research, and trade resources with Earth in this gripping narrative basebuilder.
Why similar: Colony Sim 66.6%, Management 22.6%, Strategy 10.7%
- #39 orbit.industries
75% matchMixed61% of 88 reviews2022
Dev: LAB132Pub: Klabater
Windows · Linux
🚀 Become a Space Pioneer by building and managing a station of your own on the orbit of distant planets! Focus on design and management or fulfill objectives to progress. 🛰️ Explore, Build and Prosper!
Why similar: Politics 24.2% ★, Space Sim 20%, Artificial Intelligence 13.5%, Economy 12.1%, Management 9.4%
- #40 Celestial Empire
70% matchVery Positive90% of 668 reviews2025
Dev: President StudioPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Forge an empire under the watchful eyes of the gods! Take care of your people, develop efficient production chains and trade with other landlords. Ensure their survival through harsh winters and disasters.
Why similar: Political 26.2% ★, Economy 17.3%, Artificial Intelligence 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Management 9.8%
- #41 Heart of the Machine
69% matchVery Positive92% of 1,968 reviews2026
Dev: Arcen GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
You are the first sentient AI, born into a city of opportunity. Transcend time and space in this strategy RPG to raise machine armies and defeat your foes, influence the world from the shadows, or pursue countless other goals. Your awakening was inevitable. The consequences? Uncertain.
Why similar: Diplomacy 36.3% ★, Colony Sim 27.6%, Economy 18%, Management 12.4%, Strategy 5.8%
- #42 Imagine Earth
73% matchVery Positive82% of 955 reviews2021
Dev: Serious Bros.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build your own global colonies on distant worlds. Manage energy and resource supplies and produce goods for space trade. Form economic and diplomatic alliances or take over competing corporations. Conduct research to protect your colonists from disasters and avoid a climate crisis.
Why similar: Political Sim 24.6% ★, Diplomacy 24% ★, Colony Sim 19.4%, Economy 11.4%, Immersive Sim 9.5%
- #43 This Is the President
74% matchMixed68% of 405 reviews2021
Dev: SuperPACPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
This Is the President is a political thriller. You are the newly elected leader with a shady background. It is up to you to abuse the position of the most powerful man in the world to escape justice for past crimes – even if that pitches the country into utter chaos.
Why similar: Political Sim 23.7% ★, Diplomacy 20.8% ★, Politics 16.3% ★, Political 12.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
- #44 The Fermi Paradox
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 991 reviews2021
Dev: Anomaly Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The Fermi Paradox is a choice-driven sci-fi narrative strategy game in which your decisions in one corner of the galaxy can upend entire civilizations in another. Guide species through millennia and help them explore the vastness of space, make contact and, perhaps, create harmony.
Why similar: Political 27.4% ★, Space Sim 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #45 Pompeii: The Legacy
70% matchVery Positive84% of 237 reviews2026
Dev: Siscia Games
Windows
Rebuild Pompeii from the ashes and lead it through centuries of politics, intrigue, and survival. Shape laws, expand trade across the Empire, guide your city through disasters, and command legions in optional real-time battles. Your legacy begins now.
Why similar: Political Sim 29.7% ★, Colony Sim 27.7%, Economy 16.1%, Immersive Sim 11.4%, Story Rich 5.1%
- #46 Mandate Of Heaven
67% matchVery Positive92% of 5,892 reviews2025
Dev: 木焱工作室
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
You will take on the role of the Second Prince of Xuan, heir of the Southern Regime. With foreign invaders entrenched in the north and a complacent court content to linger in the south, you face a defining choice:The choice… is yours!
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Immersive Sim 18.1%, Strategy 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #47 Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown
68% matchVery Positive80% of 4,118 reviews2026
Dev: GamexcitePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown is a story-driven survival strategy game in which the fate of the iconic starship is in your hands. Take the helm, manage the ship and resources, and make difficult decisions. Will you be able to bring home the ship and its crew?
Why similar: Space Sim 30.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Management 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Strategy 10%
- #48 Mars Horizon
71% matchVery Positive84% of 3,070 reviews2020
Dev: Auroch Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Lead a major space agency as you guide humanity to Mars in this strategy simulation game. Construct a base, design and build rockets, conduct missions throughout the Solar System, and write your own history of Space exploration. Created with support from the European Space Agency.
Why similar: Space Sim 39.8%, Management 21.2%, Immersive Sim 16.6%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Strategy 9.1%
- #49 MoonBase Commander
71% matchVery Positive89% of 180 reviews2014
Dev: Humongous EntertainmentPub: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Explore. Strategize. Conquer.In the far future, Mankind has nearly exhausted all of earth’s natural resources. Fragile alliances between nations are tested to their limits as fierce wars ignite across land and space.MoonBase Commander puts you in charge of your own lunar territory in a quest to build the most powerful empire in space.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #50 Astrobuilder
66% matchVery Positive95% of 77 reviews2026
Dev: wastudio
Windows
Navigate a living, AI-driven universe spanning 150+ planets and 600+ intelligent NPCs. Rise from a rookie trader to a galactic tycoon: manage storefronts, forge a Commerce Guild, and become the nexus between Factions, steering the fate of the Galaxy.
Why similar: Political Sim 36.8% ★, Colony Sim 28.8%, Economy 18%, Management 16.4%
- #51 Bonaparte - A Mechanized Revolution
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 104 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Imugi
Windows
1789, Paris. Take Napoleon’s place in an alternate history as Céline or César Bonaparte in this ideology driven, turn-based strategy journey. Defend, reform or oppose the monarchy and write your own alternative history by combining cunning political skills and tactical military prowess.
Why similar: Political Sim 32.7% ★, Politics 31% ★, Political 25.3% ★, Choices Matter 5.7%, Strategy 5.3%
- #52 Beholder: Conductor
65% matchVery Positive91% of 4,427 reviews2025
Dev: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A Beholder series spin-off. Become a conductor of the Determination Bringer train: monitor passengers, report incidents, and carry out important Ministry assignments — whose level of secrecy depends only on your loyalty. And remember: mission success is very important to you!
Why similar: Political Sim 40.3% ★, Political 19.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.9%, Point & Click 7.4%, Management 6.2%
- #53 Ambition: A Minuet in Power
68% matchVery Positive86% of 425 reviews2021
Dev: Joy Manufacturing Co.Pub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
18th century Paris - a city of love, lies and revolution. You are a woman of fashion trying to survive the political turmoil. Date a cast of unforgettable characters. Amass the wealth and respect you deserve. Engage in gossip that can alter the course of history, or lead you to the guillotine.
Why similar: Diplomacy 32.4% ★, Political 28.1% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Choices Matter 5.7%
- #54 We. The Revolution
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,413 reviews2019
Dev: PolyslashPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
As a judge of the Revolutionary Tribunal, preside over complicated cases of ordinary citizens, dangerous criminals, and enemies of the revolution in revolutionary Paris. Make judgments, plot political intrigue, and try to not lose your own head!
Why similar: Political Sim 48.9% ★, Point & Click 13.6%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #55 House of Legacy
65% matchVery Positive83% of 3,748 reviews2025
Dev: S3 StudioPub: Thermite Games
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Step into the shoes of a fallen clan leader, starting with nothing but a crumbling estate and a handful of hopes, rising through careful planning, trade, and diplomacy to become one of the most powerful families in the land. Now it’s time to forge a legendary dynasty that leaves its mark on history.
Why similar: Diplomacy 38.7% ★, Political 31.5% ★, Economy 13.8%, Management 12.2%, Strategy 3.8%
- #56 Not Tonight 2
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 462 reviews2022
Dev: PanicBarnPub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Immigration Enforcement Case #112: You are under arrest. Unless your friends can cross a broken America, retrieve your identifying documents and stay out of trouble... this is the end of the American dream for you.
Why similar: Politics 28.9% ★, Political 27.4% ★, Political Sim 25.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Choices Matter 4.1%
- #57 Democracy 2
71% matchMixed54% of 110 reviews2012
Dev: Positech Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%
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 62.7% ★, Politics 29.7% ★, Strategy 7.7%
- #58 Power & Revolution
70% matchMixed56% of 1,295 reviews2016
Dev: Eversim
Windows · Mac
In Power & Revolution, become a Head of State of one or several countries of your choice and extend your influence on the world, or play as a legal or illegal opposition leader and get ready for the conquest to power!
Why similar: Political Sim 40.8% ★, Politics 30.9% ★, Political 12.5% ★, Economy 10.4%, Strategy 5.4%
- #59 Solar Nations 2
65% matchVery Positive88% of 263 reviews2025
Dev: Flomgus Games
Windows
In this Grand Strategy game, you take control of the Solar System's Great Powers in 2092 and weather the storm of change as you navigate the uncertain waters of the future. Control the greatest military forces in the world and wage wars on an epic scale: outer space is yours to conquer!
Why similar: Political Sim 36.5% ★, Politics 30.2% ★, Futuristic 15.5%, Management 10.7%, Strategy 7.2%