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Principia: Master of Science is a simulation game with the theme of European science in 17th century. Choose one of 12 real scientists from the era of Isaac Newton and proceed with your research. It is a time when even the term "Science" did not exist. Who can be the master of science?

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 71% — of 315 reviews
Released: 2016-09-09
Developer: tomeapp
Publisher: PLAYISM
Genres: Indie, Simulation, Early Access
Platforms: Windows, Mac

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    97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,101 reviews2019
    Dev: Verlumino Studios LLC
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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  2. #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.

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  3. #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?

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  4. #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.

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    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..

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    94% matchVery Positive82% of 6,264 reviews2022
    Dev: Positech Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%

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    93% matchMixed46% of 666 reviews2021
    Dev: Jujubee S.A.Pub: Fulqrum Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    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.

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    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.

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    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

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    90% matchVery Positive81% of 375 reviews2025
    Dev: Mr.Lordy
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    89% matchMostly Positive73% of 141 reviews2023
    Dev: Dmytro Lumen
    Windows

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    89% matchMixed57% of 317 reviews2024
    Dev: 涂途Pub: Hawthorn Games
    Windows

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    88% matchVery Positive85% of 178 reviews2024
    Dev: Lizzycat / Lizabeth Gidlund
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    87% matchMixed70% of 641 reviews2023
    Dev: Damian BernardiPub: SomniumSoft
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    86% matchVery Positive83% of 687 reviews2024
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    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%

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    85% matchVery Positive84% of 3,058 reviews2020
    Dev: Auroch Digital
    Windows · Mac
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    Windows

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    Windows

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    Dev: Orbi Universo Team
    Windows · Linux

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    84% matchMostly Positive78% of 448 reviews2011
    Dev: Red RedemptionPub: Soothsayer Games
    Windows
    Median: 30 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 37%

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    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%

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    80% matchVery Positive87% of 367 reviews2025
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    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    79% matchVery Positive89% of 3,843 reviews2024
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    Windows
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    81% matchMostly Positive76% of 212 reviews2021
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    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 26.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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    78% matchMostly Positive72% of 640 reviews2025
    Dev: Studio 369Pub: Ultimus Rex LLC
    Windows

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    76% matchVery Positive95% of 121 reviews2026
    Dev: PanfachDev
    Windows

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    79% matchMostly Positive73% of 492 reviews2021
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    Windows
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%

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    78% matchVery Positive92% of 1,905 reviews2016
    Dev: Clarus Victoria
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    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%

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    77% matchMostly Positive77% of 987 reviews2021
    Dev: Anomaly Games
    Windows
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    76% matchVery Positive95% of 75 reviews2023
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    Windows

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    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.

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    73% matchVery Positive82% of 9,662 reviews2024
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    Windows
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  36. #36 Evil Democracy: 1932
    74% matchMostly Positive75% of 471 reviews2020
    Dev: Hamsters Gaming
    Windows
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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    72% matchVery Positive80% of 86 reviews2026
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    75% matchMixed65% of 189 reviews2021
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    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%

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    70% matchVery Positive83% of 3,616 reviews2025
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    Windows
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    73% matchMixed59% of 973 reviews2024
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    Windows

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    71% matchMostly Positive71% of 58,205 reviews2022
    Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
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    75% matchMixed54% of 765 reviews2013
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    70% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,686 reviews2025
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    70% matchVery Positive90% of 71 reviews2025
    Dev: Flomgus Games
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    74% matchMostly Positive74% of 303 reviews2014
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    Windows
    Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%

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    71% matchMixed65% of 26,771 reviews2019
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    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.

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    69% matchVery Positive94% of 108 reviews2025
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    67% matchVery Positive92% of 3,127 reviews2025
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    Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%

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    68% matchVery Positive82% of 645 reviews2025
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    68% matchVery Positive87% of 255 reviews2025
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    69% matchMostly Positive76% of 68 reviews2025
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    68% matchMostly Positive76% of 680 reviews2025
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    71% matchMixed67% of 114 reviews2021
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    Windows · Linux

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    66% matchVery Positive85% of 17,231 reviews2024
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    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%

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    Windows

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  60. #60 Planetary Life
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    Windows
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