- #1 The Political Process
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,101 reviews2019
Dev: Verlumino Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 15.6 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 58.3% ★, Political 31.3% ★, Turn-Based 6.6%, Simulation 3.9%
- #2 Bonaparte - A Mechanized Revolution
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 100 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 31.2% ★, Political 23.8% ★, Alternate History 16%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.2%, Historical 13%
- #3 Half-Earth Socialism
96% matchVery Positive83% of 961 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 28.3% ★, Diplomacy 23.3% ★, Political 15.9% ★, Education 15.3%, Alternate History 11.7%
- #4 Lawgivers
95% matchVery Positive82% of 414 reviews2020
Dev: Damian BernardiPub: SomniumSoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.5 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 28.6% ★, Diplomacy 23.9% ★, Political 21.6% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 10.9%, Turn-Based 10.8%
- #5 Age of History II
94% matchVery Positive90% of 49,233 reviews2018
Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
Windows
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 61.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 23.9% ★, Diplomacy 19.3% ★, Historical 17%, Political 16.5% ★, Turn-Based 12.9%
- #6 Democracy 4
94% matchVery Positive82% of 6,264 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 33.5% ★, Diplomacy 26.7% ★, Political 24.9% ★, Education 10.5%, Simulation 3.1%
- #7 Realpolitiks II
93% matchMixed46% of 666 reviews2021
Dev: Jujubee S.A.Pub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 55.9% ★, Political 31.2% ★, Simulation 10.1%, Tactical 2.8%
- #8 Millennia
91% matchMixed67% of 3,746 reviews2024
Dev: C Prompt GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 34.4 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: Diplomacy 28.2% ★, Political 19.4% ★, Turn-Based 17%, Alternate History 15.2%, Historical 11.8%
- #9 Nations
91% matchVery Positive87% of 95 reviews2025
Dev: Krzysztof SteinerPub: Krzysztof Steiner Games
Windows
Select an era, a nation and lead it to greatness or decay. Develop the economy and society, or focus on military and territorial expansion. In Nations you can rule your people for centuries – from ancient times to the modern day and beyond. You shape your state, history and map of the world.
Why similar: Political Sim 33.6% ★, Diplomacy 28.4% ★, Historical 22.4%, Alternate History 14%, 2D 1.6%
- #10 Arms Race - TCWE
92% matchMixed70% of 69 reviews2017
Dev: Alina Digital
Windows
Arms Race - TCWE is PC strategy game based on the historical conflict between the USA and the USSR
Why similar: Political Sim 33.4% ★, Diplomacy 19% ★, Political 18.3% ★, Historical 8.5%, Education 8.1%
- #11 Monarch : Medieval Remastered
90% matchVery Positive81% of 375 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 32.8% ★, Medieval 18.5%, Historical 16.8%, Immersive Sim 16.3%, Life Sim 9%
- #12 AfterWar
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 141 reviews2023
Dev: Dmytro Lumen
Windows
AfterWar is a strategy about the world in 2028
Why similar: Political Sim 28.4% ★, Political 28.2% ★, Diplomacy 21.1% ★, Alternate History 11.9%, Tactical 3.9%
- #13 The Emperor and State
89% matchMixed57% of 317 reviews2024
Dev: 涂途Pub: Hawthorn Games
Windows
The Emperor and State is a turn-based strategy game that simulates the rule of an ancient feudal monarch. It involves the administration, policy adjustment, diplomatic checks and balances, national wars, as well as the emperor's self-cultivation, the cultivation of successors and so on.
Why similar: Diplomacy 48.1% ★, Alternate History 22.6%, Historical 19.1%, Simulation 4.9%, 2D 3.4%
- #14 EarthRoyale
88% matchVery Positive85% of 178 reviews2024
Dev: Lizzycat / Lizabeth Gidlund
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 49.3% ★, Alternate History 24.3%, Historical 8.2%, Turn-Based 7.6%, Simulation 5.3%
- #15 Lawgivers II
87% matchMixed70% of 641 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 43.1% ★, Diplomacy 42.1% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 11.2%, Simulation 3.6%
- #16 Primitive Society Simulator
86% matchVery Positive83% of 687 reviews2024
Dev: YSH BigDovePub: YSH Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A colony-building game combined with grand strategy elements. Play as a tribal leader, guiding your people from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age. Survive, multiply, and compete for territory among ancient nations.
Why similar: Diplomacy 57.1% ★, Historical 20.6%, Alternate History 18.4%, Simulation 3.9%
- #17 Mars Horizon
85% matchVery Positive84% of 3,058 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: Science 23.7% ★, Education 17.8%, Turn-Based 16.3%, Alternate History 14.1%, Historical 11.9%
- #18 Newton's Fourth Law
83% matchVery Positive94% of 214 reviews2025
Dev: Newtonian Studios
Windows
Fight against brain-rot in this story-driven educational physics puzzle game. You will need to learn and apply high school physics concepts to solve increasingly challenging problems and uncover a galaxy spanning plot. When you have finished, you will be able to take a college level physics course.
Why similar: Science 48% ★, Education 40.6%, Simulation 7.6%, Atmospheric 3.9%
- #19 大明王朝1789 | Ming dynasty 1789
86% matchMixed46% of 508 reviews2020
Dev: Long Qi Software Technology
Windows
In 1789, the Ming Dynasty had survived for a hundred years. At this time, just before the Great Revolution, what will the Ming Dynasty look like under the influence of players?
Why similar: Political Sim 54.7% ★, Historical 26%, Simulation 11.9%, Casual 7.4%
- #20 Orbi Universo II
82% matchVery Positive82% of 71 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 56.8% ★, Historical 32.6%, Simulation 8.2%, 2D 2.4%
- #21 Realpolitiks 3: Earth and Beyond
84% matchMostly Negative39% of 279 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 33.5% ★, Diplomacy 28.7% ★, Science 21% ★, Political Sim 16.8% ★
- #22 The End of History
82% matchMostly Positive70% of 346 reviews2025
Dev: TatamibeyaPub: WorldMap
Windows
A historical sandbox simulation where every NPC lives their own life. They don't wait for you—they ally, marry, betray, and die. Kingdoms rise and fall by someone's will. Sometimes you shape history, sometimes it sweeps you away—an observer of a once-in-a-lifetime story that only you can witness.
Why similar: Diplomacy 43.2% ★, Alternate History 20.8%, Life Sim 16.4%, Historical 15.4%, Simulation 4.2%
- #23 Fate of the World
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 448 reviews2011
Dev: Red RedemptionPub: Soothsayer Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.9 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 46.5% ★, Political 21.3% ★, Turn-Based 16.8%, Education 9.8%, Simulation 4.6%
- #24 Tiny Civilization
81% matchVery Positive94% of 2,135 reviews2022
Dev: 喜人一个
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
This is a historical simulation game that promotes the development of civilization based on the match-3 Game. You'll need to gather resources, use skills, discover new technology, and lead humanbeing through a 10,000-year journey to the cosmos.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 27.2%, Alternate History 24.6%, Historical 21.5%, Medieval 21%, 2D 5.7%
- #25 Warnament
80% matchVery Positive87% of 367 reviews2025
Dev: Luden.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
A turn-based grand strategy game, simple for newbies yet challenging for masters. As the leader of a nation, you will conquer territories and advance in military, technology, culture, or politics. Choose from historical scenarios or create your own with an editor.
Why similar: Diplomacy 26.9% ★, Political 26.4% ★, Turn-Based 19.4%, Education 11.6%, Historical 9.2%
- #26 Fantasy Map Simulator
79% matchVery Positive89% of 3,843 reviews2024
Dev: The Stranger
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Fantasy Map Simulator: Create and watch imaginary worlds evolve over centuries. Design maps, simulate nations and their politics, and control destinies. See empires rise and fall on your desktop wallpaper. A unique simulation for history buffs and creative minds.
Why similar: Political Sim 50.8% ★, Alternate History 26.1%, Medieval 17.6%, Simulation 3.1%, 2D 2.5%
- #27 Project Chemistry
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 212 reviews2021
Dev: Ata TürkoğluPub: Espale Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 26.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Interact with elements and molecules in a way that you have never before! Observe them and make them react with each other in the sandbox mode. Synthesize every molecule in the quest mode. Discover countless macromolecules and the elegancy of chemistry.
Why similar: Science 49.8% ★, Education 32.8%, Stylized 8%, Simulation 5.4%, Atmospheric 4.1%
- #28 Noble Legacy
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 640 reviews2025
Dev: Studio 369Pub: Ultimus Rex LLC
Windows
Noble Legacy is a medieval city-builder in which you rule the lands as a Noble. Build your kingdom, manage your people, defend your realm, and master a deep economy, alone or with friends in co-op, every decision is yours. What kind of ruler will you be?
Why similar: Diplomacy 31.7% ★, Political Sim 28% ★, Medieval 12.5%, Immersive Sim 12%, Life Sim 11.3%
- #29 Humanica
76% matchVery Positive95% of 121 reviews2026
Dev: PanfachDev
Windows
Humanica is a city-builder game about an ancient settlement, featuring vast technological development. Experience the journey from sticks and stones to iron tools and windmills!
Why similar: Historical 36.8%, Medieval 27.1%, Stylized 16.5%, Simulation 12%, Atmospheric 7.6%
- #30 Star Dynasties
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 492 reviews2021
Dev: Pawley GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 35.6% ★, Political 26.9% ★, Science 21.6% ★, Turn-Based 15.9%
- #31 Predynastic Egypt
78% matchVery Positive92% of 1,905 reviews2016
Dev: Clarus Victoria
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Do you know how did Ancient Egypt looked like before the Great Pyramids? Lead the future Egyptian citizens all the way through the historical hardships to the Unification of Lower and Upper Egypt, and you will find out!
Why similar: Turn-Based 34.9%, Historical 24.6%, Education 22.1%, Simulation 7.6%, Atmospheric 5.7%
- #32 The Fermi Paradox
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 987 reviews2021
Dev: Anomaly Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 82.7% ★, 2D 6.9%, Simulation 5.9%, Atmospheric 4.5%
- #33 Obscure Chronicle of Dynasty
76% matchVery Positive95% of 75 reviews2023
Dev: IsaacZhang
Windows
This is a "fictional, but plausible" strategy role-playing game with a plot which can be regarded as a history of the Three Kingdoms in a different realm. Thus, those who have received little or no attention in the original history may blossom in this very different time and space.
Why similar: Alternate History 34.2%, Historical 33.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 32.7%
- #34 Orbi Universo
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 260 reviews2020
Dev: Orbi Universo Team
Windows
Play as the leader of a civilization, make it prosper and stand the test of time. Orbi Universo is a strategy/simulation game in which you manage your civilization with an abstract and complex node system and you make your society evolve through different periods, from cavemen to the Modern Era.
Why similar: Political 43.5% ★, Historical 40.4%, Simulation 11.3%, 2D 4.9%
- #35 Norland
73% matchVery Positive82% of 9,662 reviews2024
Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 17.2 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: Diplomacy 66.5% ★, Historical 26.3%, Simulation 7.2%
- #36 Evil Democracy: 1932
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 471 reviews2020
Dev: Hamsters Gaming
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
In the unique world of this political simulator, you travel to Europe, 1932-1935, to become the party leader in one of the following countries: Germany, France, or England. You have a real chance to become the winner of WWII even before it begins...
Why similar: Political 36.3% ★, Alternate History 15.3%, Turn-Based 14.9%, Simulation 11.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.5%
- #37 Mr. President
72% matchVery Positive80% of 86 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 30.3% ★, Diplomacy 29% ★, Political 17.5% ★, Historical 12.1%, Alternate History 5.5%
- #38 Collapse: A Political Simulator
75% matchMixed65% of 189 reviews2021
Dev: Nostalgames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.9 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 38.2% ★, Political 29.1% ★, Alternate History 16.4%, Historical 13.2%, Simulation 3.1%
- #39 House of Legacy
70% matchVery Positive83% of 3,616 reviews2025
Dev: S3 StudioPub: Thermite Games
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 44% ★, Political 34.7% ★, Historical 9.6%, Life Sim 7.1%, Simulation 3%
- #40 Three Kingdoms: Innovatory
73% matchMixed59% of 973 reviews2024
Dev: 瞬息万变工作室Pub: Moment HK
Windows
This is a classic historical simulation + real-time strategy game, where you will go back to the era of the Three Kingdoms and play as various renowned sovereigns.
Why similar: Historical 60.1%, Tactical 21%, Stylized 18.9%
- #41 Victoria 3
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 58,205 reviews2022
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.1 hrsMean: 114.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Paradox Development Studio invites you to build your ideal society in the tumult of the exciting and transformative 19th century. Balance the competing interests in your society and earn your place in the sun in Victoria 3, one of the most anticipated games in Paradox’s history.
Why similar: Political Sim 30.7% ★, Diplomacy 26.2% ★, Political 18.2% ★, Historical 12.2%, Alternate History 10.3%
- #42 7 Grand Steps: What Ancients Begat
75% matchMixed54% of 765 reviews2013
Dev: Mousechief
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
What Ancients Begat is a complete (~15 hour) game of family generations surviving the rise of western civilization. Survival is the ultimate goal. The sub-goals, you choose, build their story.Experience an abstract telling of the lives of our earliest recorded ancestors.
Why similar: Political Sim 32.7% ★, Turn-Based 20.5%, Historical 14.4%, Life Sim 12.7%, Point & Click 8.3%
- #43 MEMORIAPOLIS
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,686 reviews2025
Dev: 5PM Studio
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
In Memoriapolis, you're not just building a city, you're shaping a living, evolving civilization. Travel through five major eras, from Antiquity to the Industrial Revolution. Leave your mark on history by navigating the power struggles between rival factions.
Why similar: Political Sim 57% ★, Immersive Sim 20.5%, Historical 18.2%, Simulation 4.4%
- #44 Solar Nations 2
70% matchVery Positive90% of 71 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 56.7% ★, Alternate History 24.5%, Historical 14.5%, Simulation 4.2%
- #45 Supreme Ruler 1936
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 303 reviews2014
Dev: BattleGoat Studios
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Real-Time Strategy Game. Guide your nation through the most violent era in modern history. Play massive campaigns as one of the principal nations, set-piece scenarios of famous battles, or set your own victory condition and play as any nation in the world in Sandbox mode.
Why similar: Historical 46%, Turn-Based 41.2%, Simulation 12.7%
- #46 Imperator: Rome
71% matchMixed65% of 26,771 reviews2019
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 37.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Dominate the classical Mediterranean in Imperator: Rome, a grand strategy game from Paradox Interactive. Navigate the dangerous waters of politics and diplomacy as you build up your provinces and conquer foreign lands. Now available with special content and the digital artbook.
Why similar: Political Sim 47.4% ★, Political 24.8% ★, Historical 20%, Simulation 5.9%, Alternate History 1.9%
- #47 Quantum Odyssey
69% matchVery Positive94% of 108 reviews2025
Dev: Quarks Interactive
Windows
Master the most counter-intuitive logic in existence. Created by the researchers who defined Quantum Literacy, explore an open-ended puzzle world where you craft real quantum algorithms, solve 500+ challenges, hack other players asynchronously, and gain insights textbooks can’t provide.
Why similar: Science 33.6% ★, Education 32%, Immersive Sim 17%, Stylized 6.9%, Simulation 5.9%
- #48 Master of Command
67% matchVery Positive92% of 3,127 reviews2025
Dev: Armchair Interactive
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Take command in Europe's greatest 18th-century war. Equip & customize regiments, manage supplies, and engage in brutal real-time battles across procedural campaigns. Resources and replacements are scarce, and keeping your best men alive may matter more than any single victory.
Why similar: Historical 59.2%, Tactical 29.5%, Simulation 11.3%
- #49 Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War
68% matchVery Positive82% of 645 reviews2025
Dev: Nostalgames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 27.7 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 29.1% ★, Political 20.2% ★, Diplomacy 19.2% ★, Alternate History 13.8%, Historical 11.1%
- #50 Doodle Empires
67% matchVery Positive92% of 982 reviews2025
Dev: Turtle Stack Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 43.1%, Historical 29.1%, Medieval 12%, Simulation 11.7%, 2D 4.1%
- #51 A Merchant's Promise
68% matchVery Positive87% of 255 reviews2025
Dev: Game Draft Studio
Windows
Medieval Trading & Transport with Physics-Based Items. Start as a Worthless Merchant and work your way up as you carefully handle your goods through a Medieval World!
Why similar: Immersive Sim 31.8%, Medieval 30.2%, Life Sim 21.5%, Simulation 8.8%, Stylized 7.7%
- #52 Political Arena
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 68 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 51% ★, Political Sim 38.5% ★, Simulation 8.7%, 2D 1.7%
- #53 Ways of Alchemy
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 680 reviews2025
Dev: RocketBrush Games
Windows
Become a medieval alchemist in this card game. Brew deadly potions, discover ancient recipes, hire adventurers, and outwit the Inquisition. Transform your humble shack into an alchemical empire. No wands are required — just knowledge and wit.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 34.3%, Historical 32.2%, Medieval 23%, Simulation 6.6%, Atmospheric 3.9%
- #54 Masters of the World - Geopolitical Simulator 3
73% matchMixed45% of 609 reviews2014
Dev: Eversim
Windows · Mac
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 67.7% ★, Political 26.2% ★, Simulation 6.1%
- #55 Making History: The First World War
71% matchMixed67% of 114 reviews2021
Dev: Factus Games
Windows · Linux
A turn-based WWI Grand Strategy game. Rush to field new modern weaponry and survive the horrendous attrition battles. Join the global conflict between the Great Powers of the age and forge a new world order for freedom or tyranny.
Why similar: Political 32.3% ★, Turn-Based 24.3%, Historical 19.7%, Alternate History 17.9%, Simulation 5.9%
- #56 Age of History 3
66% matchVery Positive85% of 17,231 reviews2024
Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 36.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Grand strategy wargame where the destiny of Civilizations rests in your hands - will they stand united under your leadership or fall divided in conflict? Journey through the entire saga of human civilization, from its earliest days to the futuristic era, crafting your legacy age by age.
Why similar: Diplomacy 40% ★, Alternate History 19.3%, Education 18.4%, Medieval 12.4%, Tactical 7.2%
- #57 Computer Tycoon
69% matchVery Positive85% of 996 reviews2017
Dev: Progorion
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Computer Tycoon is a fairly 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: Diplomacy 56.3% ★, Historical 20.5%, Immersive Sim 19.3%, Simulation 4%
- #58 Wizdom Academy
67% matchMixed61% of 199 reviews2025
Dev: Kipwak Studio
Windows
Headmaster, your academy awaits: Recruit young students and shape them into mighty wizards. Build, manage and customize your castle, manage your resources and send your squads in expedition to expand your school's prestige and influence.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 82.8%, Simulation 17.2%
- #59 Sail the Seas
66% matchVery Positive81% of 114 reviews2024
Dev: Viking Game Studio
Windows
Sail the Seas is a sailing, trading simulator set in 18th century, spanning whole world
Why similar: Historical 58.3%, Simulation 41.7%
- #60 Planetary Life
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 743 reviews2025
Dev: Sotenbox
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Manipulate climate, add plants and evolve creatures in this planet and life sandbox simulation game. From cells to civilizations, spread life throughout the whole planet. Or just enjoy watching your creation burn!
Why similar: Science 49.1% ★, Education 21%, Life Sim 20.2%, Simulation 6.9%, Atmospheric 2.9%