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Games Like Lunar Ascendant

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Simulation, Strategy, Political Sim, Choices Matter.

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The political drama set in a future that's too close for comfort. Become the first mayor of ARTEMIS: A Pioneering Lunar City. Navigate the future of lunar colonization, choose between independence and cooperation, shape policies for or against AI influence, and tackle interplanetary conspiracies.

Reviews: Mixed — 46% — of 87 reviews
Released: 2026-02-13
Developer: Darts Games
Genres: Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows

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    97% matchVery Positive92% of 11,790 reviews2020
    Dev: Torpor Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 18.4 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 26.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Text-Based 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%

  2. #2 For the People
    96% matchMostly Positive73% of 815 reviews2020
    Dev: Brezg StudioPub: 101XP
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    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 32.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Management 8.9%, Point & Click 8.4%

  3. #3 Dead Reckoning: The Long Drift
    96% matchVery Positive81% of 104 reviews2026
    Dev: Garan LornPub: Selenodrome
    Windows · Linux

    A dream among the stars — or a nightmare. 1,000 colonists in the dark between stars. Every pragmatic decision rewrites who they are. Discover what your choices mean for humanity, for better or worse.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Text-Based 9%, Interactive Fiction 9%, Immersive Sim 8.9%

  4. #4 Galaxy Princess Zorana
    95% matchVery Positive91% of 191 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 32.4%, Diplomacy 32.3%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Choices Matter 6.7%, Multiple Endings 4.4%

  5. #5 You are the Judge!
    94% matchMostly Positive71% of 262 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 28.9%, Diplomacy 26.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Immersive Sim 10.8%, Text-Based 6.1%

  6. #6 Possible One: Lunar Industries
    94% matchMixed68% of 56 reviews2026
    Dev: Upstairs Games
    Windows

    Stake your claim in the first realistic lunar colony management game! Use proven, real-world technologies to plan and grow your colony, mine resources, ship them to Earth, and keep the board of directors happy in this science-based colony sim.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.7%, Space Sim 26%, Economy 14.3%, Futuristic 10.1%, Management 9.2%

  7. #7 Lords of Infinity
    93% matchVery Positive95% of 217 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 30.7%, Diplomacy 26%, Text-Based 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%

  8. #8 Politics The Game
    91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,552 reviews2025
    Dev: Simplicity Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    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: Diplomacy 26.8%, Political Sim 26.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Immersive Sim 8%

  9. #9 I Am Your President
    92% matchMixed67% of 282 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 23.6%, Text-Based 14.9%, Management 13.2%, Political Sim 11.3%, Visual Novel 9.6%

  10. #10 NeuroNet: Mendax Proxy
    91% matchVery Positive81% of 67 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 14.8%, Text-Based 14.1%, Futuristic 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.1%

  11. #11 Half-Earth Socialism
    90% matchVery Positive82% of 1,013 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 28.7%, Diplomacy 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Economy 10.2%, Futuristic 7.2%

  12. #12 IMPACT
    89% matchMixed56% of 62 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 33.1%, Space Sim 30.4%, Economy 10.9%, Management 9%, Strategy 6.4%

  13. #13 KingSim
    89% matchVery Positive84% of 211 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 25.5%, Diplomacy 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Management 9.1%, Economy 8.9%

  14. #14 Collapse: A Political Simulator
    88% matchMixed66% of 200 reviews2021
    Dev: Nostalgames
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.9 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 40.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Economy 16.6%, Choices Matter 8.2%, Multiple Endings 7.8%

  15. #15 Lightracer: For Judge
    85% matchVery Positive93% of 499 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 40%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Point & Click 11%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Choices Matter 9.1%

  16. #16 Moons of Ardan
    86% 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 42.3%, Economy 24.8%, Management 14.7%, Futuristic 9.3%, Sci-fi 6.1%

  17. #17 Base One
    87% matchMostly Negative37% 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 26.7%, Diplomacy 24.7%, Space Sim 20.7%, Futuristic 8.1%, Management 7.3%

  18. #18 Headliner: NoviNews
    86% matchVery Positive89% of 817 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 39.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Point & Click 10.4%, Choices Matter 7.9%

  19. #19 Democracy 4
    84% matchVery Positive82% of 6,385 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 31.6%, Diplomacy 24.8%, Economy 13.8%, Management 9.8%, Artificial Intelligence 6.1%

  20. #20 Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown
    81% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,599 reviews2026
    Dev: GamexcitePub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 18.7 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 30.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Management 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Strategy 9.3%

  21. #21 Organs Please
    83% matchVery Positive83% of 334 reviews2023
    Dev: TECHHOMEPub: HeroCraft PC
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 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 31%, Colony Sim 12.7%, Point & Click 10.6%, Management 9.5%, Multiple Endings 9.1%

  22. #22 Star Dynasties
    84% matchMostly Positive73% of 502 reviews2021
    Dev: Pawley GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    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 47.7%, Management 13.5%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Story Rich 6.7%

  23. #23 Epoch Cycle
    82% matchMostly Positive70% of 82 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 49.2%, Management 15.2%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Strategy 5.7%

  24. #24 Journey to Foundation
    82% matchMixed58% of 57 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 30.3%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Immersive Sim 13.6%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Sci-fi 10.7%

  25. #25 Lightracer Spark
    79% matchVery Positive84% of 1,015 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.

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  26. #26 The Life and Suffering of Prince Jerian
    78% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,581 reviews2026
    Dev: Schisma GamesPub: 101XP
    Windows
    Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    This is a narrative role-playing game telling the story of a crown prince of the Blessed Arknian Empire. You possess great power, but are also burdened by duty. Can you change the world and stay true to yourself? Every decision comes with a cost.

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  27. #27 Realpolitiks 3: Earth and Beyond
    81% matchMostly Negative38% of 299 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: Diplomacy 35%, Economy 21.3%, Political Sim 20.4%, Management 9.9%, Strategy 7.8%

  28. #28 The King's Dilemma: Chronicles
    80% 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

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  29. #29 Pompeii: The Legacy
    77% matchVery Positive82% of 280 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 28.2%, Colony Sim 26.7%, Economy 14.9%, Immersive Sim 11.1%, Story Rich 4.9%

  30. #30 Imagine Earth
    79% matchVery Positive82% of 967 reviews2021
    Dev: Serious Bros.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.4 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 24.5%, Diplomacy 24.1%, Colony Sim 19.6%, Economy 11.1%, Immersive Sim 9.6%

  31. #31 The Three Kingdoms of Shadows: Xuzhou
    77% matchVery Positive94% of 50 reviews2026
    Dev: 鹏砚
    Windows · Mac

    Three Kingdoms of Shadows blends dark political intrigue with occult folklore. As Liu Bei, raised to rule Xuzhou as a pliable puppet, enact decrees, manage resources, and outmaneuver the factions behind your rise. Follow history—or pursue optional mysteries to unlock a path no chronicle recorded.

    Why similar: Political Sim 41.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Strategy 4.9%

  32. #32 The Crust
    76% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,724 reviews2024
    Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
    Windows
    Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 24.4 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.

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  33. #33 Citizen Sleeper
    75% matchVery Positive92% of 10,481 reviews2022
    Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.3 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: Text-Based 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Futuristic 15.9%, Point & Click 13.8%, Multiple Endings 11.9%

  34. #34 The Away Team: Lost Exodus
    78% matchMostly Positive73% of 100 reviews2016
    Dev: Underflow Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    In this interactive sci-fi adventure novel, you are the AI pilot of Earth's last interstellar ship, tasked with finding a home for your crew—the last remnants of humanity. Your choices will determine their fate, and your own.

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  35. #35 Lawgivers II
    76% 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 36.9%, Diplomacy 35.9%, Management 10.9%, Choices Matter 7.6%, Strategy 4.5%

  36. #36 Heart of the Machine
    72% matchVery Positive92% of 2,098 reviews2026
    Dev: Arcen GamesPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    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.

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  37. #37 Not For Broadcast
    73% matchVery Positive94% of 12,650 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 29.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Management 10.1%, Point & Click 9.4%

  38. #38 The Political Process
    74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,151 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 85.6%, Simulation 7.6%, Strategy 6.8%

  39. #39 MoonBase Commander
    75% matchVery Positive90% of 182 reviews2014
    Dev: Humongous EntertainmentPub: Rebellion
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%

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    Why similar: Strategy 100%

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    71% matchVery Positive90% of 718 reviews2025
    Dev: President StudioPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 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.

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  41. #41 Mars Horizon
    73% matchVery Positive84% of 3,091 reviews2020
    Dev: Auroch Digital
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 9.2 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 37.8%, Management 19.6%, Immersive Sim 15.6%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Strategy 8.5%

  42. #42 Rogue State
    74% matchMostly Positive76% of 258 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 64.3%, Economy 12.7%, Strategy 12.2%, Simulation 10.9%

  43. #43 Dictator Simulator: Gradnar
    70% matchVery Positive98% of 91 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 54.3%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Strategy 8.1%, Simulation 7.9%

  44. #44 Political Arena
    71% matchMostly Positive77% of 74 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).

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  45. #45 Titan Outpost
    73% matchMostly Positive80% of 99 reviews2019
    Dev: The Boar Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Titan Outpost is a hard science fiction role-playing game in which you must build a base, manage its crew, develop your character's skills and attributes, and explore Saturn's sixth moon, uncovering its mysteries and harvesting its resources.​

    Why similar: Colony Sim 43%, Simulation 18.9%, Sci-fi 16.8%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Story Rich 8.5%

  46. #46 Crisis in the Kremlin
    72% 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 56.8%, Diplomacy 15.6%, Strategy 8.4%, Management 4.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 4.1%

  47. #47 Mandate Of Heaven
    67% matchVery Positive91% of 6,581 reviews2025
    Dev: 木焱工作室
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    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!

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  48. #48 IXION
    68% matchMostly Positive79% of 17,592 reviews2022
    Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
    Windows
    Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 30.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 47.1%, Economy 17.3%, Strategy 11%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Management 8.9%

  49. #49 Generation Exile
    69% matchMixed68% of 56 reviews2026
    Dev: Sonderlust Studios
    Windows

    Rebuild settlements entirely within a colossal generation ship in this turn-based city builder. Expand your city, manage limited resources and optimize production chains as you navigate difficult choices about humanity’s future among the stars.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 42.3%, Management 17.1%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Sci-fi 7.3%

  50. #50 Space Court
    70% matchVery Positive98% of 161 reviews2020
    Dev: Uphill Promise
    Windows

    As a newly appointed Judge, you will rule over Space Court and its denizens to keep the universe safe. Or possibly blow it all up. Either way, you’re tenured.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Text-Based 13.6%, Choices Matter 13.3%

  51. #51 Industries of Titan
    70% matchMixed62% of 1,618 reviews2023
    Dev: Brace Yourself Games
    Windows
    Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Create a sprawling industrial city. Compete with other rival corporations on Titan for resources, territory, and power. Seek victory via technology, influence, warfare, or the wealth extracted from your citizens. Stake your claim to the Industries of Titan in this innovative sim/strategy game!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 36%, Space Sim 29.2%, Futuristic 11.9%, Sci-fi 8.9%, Strategy 7.4%

  52. #52 The Reeve
    69% matchVery Positive87% of 53 reviews2024
    Dev: Gray Muscat
    Windows · Mac

    You are an Administrator serving your probationary period in a medieval town. Make decisions to affect the town's reputation, order, military and supplies. Choose wisely to deal with bandits, famines, cultists and plagues. The most difficult choices will decide the fate of your town!

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  53. #53 Astrobuilder
    66% matchVery Positive89% of 364 reviews2026
    Dev: wastudio
    Windows

    An AI-driven space management RPG in a living galaxy. Explore 150+ planets and interact with 600+ NPCs whose lives and relationships evolve over time. Trade, run shops, build a Commerce Guild, join Military Factions, govern planets, and command fleets in war. Your every choice reshape the galaxy.

    Why similar: Political Sim 35.1%, Colony Sim 27.9%, Economy 16.8%, Management 15.6%, Simulation 4.6%

  54. #54 Orion: A Sci-Fi Visual Novel
    71% matchMixed54% of 82 reviews2015
    Dev: Cylight Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A science-fiction visual novel centered on the implications of time travel, artificial intelligence, and humanity's ascent to the stars.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 40.7%, Futuristic 25.2%, Sci-fi 21.5%, Simulation 12.6%

  55. #55 I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
    66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,802 reviews2022
    Dev: Northway GamesPub: Finji
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Futuristic 12.5%, Choices Matter 10.8%

  56. #56 Norland
    65% matchVery Positive82% of 10,349 reviews2024
    Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 34.5%, Economy 19.7%, Diplomacy 18.7%, Management 14.4%, Strategy 6.8%

  57. #57 Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
    66% matchVery Positive92% of 2,943 reviews2021
    Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Text-Based 20.3%, Futuristic 15.1%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Choices Matter 12%

  58. #58 MEMORIAPOLIS
    65% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,785 reviews2025
    Dev: 5PM Studio
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Memoriapolis is a historical city builder where your city grows organically across 5 ages, from Antiquity to the Industrial Revolution. Manage resources, interact with factions, and shape your dynasty toward building a final Wonder with easy, normal, or hard difficulty levels.

    Why similar: Political Sim 34.6%, Colony Sim 27.1%, Immersive Sim 12.7%, Management 10.8%, Choices Matter 6.3%

  59. #59 Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War
    64% matchVery Positive81% of 726 reviews2025
    Dev: Nostalgames
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 33.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    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 36.3%, Diplomacy 24.1%, Economy 16.3%, Multiple Endings 6.8%, Management 5.8%

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