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Games Like Shape of America: Episode One

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Choices Matter, Political, Story Rich, Singleplayer.

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Shape of America is a story-driven, non-linear, turn-based role-playing game about politics. The story is set the United States in the late 1990s, you are a young man who unwittingly finds himself tied up in all the important economic and political changes of the period.

Reviews: Very Positive — 86% — of 50 reviews
Released: 2018-02-21
Developer: kuklam studios
Genres: Adventure, Indie, RPG
Platforms: Windows

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    97% matchMostly Positive74% of 788 reviews2020
    Dev: Brezg StudioPub: 101XP
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    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 54.8%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Adventure 8.9%

  2. #2 Collapse: A Political Simulator
    96% 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: Politics 34.3%, Political 29.9%, RPG 14%, 1990's 9.9%, Choices Matter 8%

  3. #3 Political Arena
    95% 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 47.3%, RPG 43.1%, Choices Matter 9.6%

  4. #4 Suzerain
    94% matchVery Positive93% of 11,092 reviews2020
    Dev: Torpor Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 18.1 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: Politics 31.1%, Political 28.9%, Visual Novel 13.4%, RPG 12.4%, Choices Matter 8.1%

  5. #5 Politics The Game
    94% matchVery Positive95% of 2,186 reviews2025
    Dev: Simplicity Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    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 46.6%, Political 30.4%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Adventure 10.6%

  6. #6 Postmortem: One Must Die (Extended Cut)
    96% matchMostly Negative40% of 187 reviews2013
    Dev: Unbound Creations
    Windows
    Median: 12 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 20%

    Narrative-adventure playing an Agent of Death who must take ONE life that could change the fate of a conflict-torn Nation

    Why similar: RPG 24.9%, Political 20.4%, Politics 18.1%, Adventure 15%, Indie 9.5%

  7. #7 Not Tonight 2
    93% matchMostly Positive80% of 447 reviews2022
    Dev: PanicBarnPub: No More Robots
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.5 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 35.1%, Political 33.5%, RPG 15.7%, Adventure 5.3%, Choices Matter 5.2%

  8. #8 Headliner: NoviNews
    92% matchVery Positive89% of 806 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: Politics 36.3%, Political 34.5%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Choices Matter 8.8%, Adventure 5.2%

  9. #9 Growing Up
    91% matchVery Positive88% of 3,558 reviews2021
    Dev: Vile Monarch
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    This is the story of your life. Experience the entire journey from toddler to adulthood. Go to schools, learn new things, meet new friends, and have wild adventures! Every choice you make will influence your future career, and decide who your romantic partner will be. Who will you become?

    Why similar: RPG 29.1%, Choices Matter 20.3%, 1990's 18.6%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Adventure 13.8%

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    91% matchVery Positive89% of 549 reviews2023
    Dev: This I DreamtPub: Serenity Forge
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    A modern-day JRPG that imagines a world of war. Overcome language barriers, forge unlikely friendships, and find hope amidst conflict.

    Why similar: Political 53.8%, RPG 19.7%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.6%

  11. #11 Insects Awaken
    89% matchVery Positive90% of 445 reviews2025
    Dev: HelloMeow
    Windows · Mac

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    Why similar: RPG 34.9%, Choices Matter 18.3%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Adventure 16.3%, Indie 12.3%

  12. #12 Soul Gambler
    90% matchVery Positive87% of 2,715 reviews2014
    Dev: Ilex GamesPub: Gamestorming
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%

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    Why similar: Visual Novel 32%, RPG 25.8%, Adventure 16.4%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Indie 10.5%

  13. #13 You are the Judge!
    89% matchMostly Positive70% of 254 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 54%, RPG 24.4%, Indie 11.6%, Choices Matter 10%

  14. #14 Lunar Ascendant
    88% matchMixed51% of 74 reviews2026
    Dev: Darts Games
    Windows

    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.

    Why similar: Politics 40.9%, Political 36.7%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Choices Matter 9.3%

  15. #15 Decade
    85% matchVery Positive97% of 111 reviews2025
    Dev: Last Piscean
    Windows

    Control history in Decade - a groundbreaking indie adventure. Explore an alternate past. Discover how its ideas develop, distort, and disappear. Seed new movements, destroy others. Subvert the rise and fall of empires, art, ideologies, and individuals in this experimental narrative game.

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  16. #16 Rise of the Third Power
    86% matchVery Positive88% of 558 reviews2022
    Dev: Stegosoft GamesPub: DANGEN Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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  17. #17 Need to Know
    87% matchMixed67% of 293 reviews2018
    Dev: Monomyth Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    86% matchVery Positive93% of 174 reviews2016
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    Windows
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%

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    Why similar: Political 73.5%, Choices Matter 16.7%, Indie 9.9%

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    84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,101 reviews2019
    Dev: Verlumino Studios LLC
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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    Dev: Lord Forte Games
    Windows

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  21. #21 1979 Revolution: Black Friday
    84% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,085 reviews2016
    Dev: iNK Stories
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    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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    83% matchMixed68% of 403 reviews2021
    Dev: SuperPACPub: THQ Nordic
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%

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    82% matchVery Positive90% of 99 reviews2023
    Dev: Daniil Tarasau
    Windows · Mac

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  24. #24 Battle For The Hill
    81% matchMostly Positive77% of 56 reviews2024
    Dev: Supercid87Pub: Benevolent Games
    Windows

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  25. #25 Roam Across
    81% matchVery Positive97% of 70 reviews2024
    Dev: NanoGiant
    Windows

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    79% matchVery Positive87% of 127 reviews2023
    Dev: Act Zero
    Windows

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    78% matchVery Positive87% of 219 reviews2024
    Dev: Almost Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    77% matchVery Positive94% of 12,340 reviews2022
    Dev: NotGamesPub: tinyBuild
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%

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  29. #29 Where the Water Tastes Like Wine
    80% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,703 reviews2018
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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    Windows · Mac

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    Dev: Dbrhdk
    Windows

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    77% matchMixed67% of 275 reviews2023
    Dev: President
    Windows

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  33. #33 Affairs of the Court: Choice of Romance
    78% matchMostly Positive78% of 74 reviews2016
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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  34. #34 Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War
    72% matchVery Positive82% of 645 reviews2025
    Dev: Nostalgames
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 27.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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  35. #35 Keep Driving
    70% matchVery Positive94% of 5,783 reviews2025
    Dev: YCJY Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%

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  36. #36 HEADLINER
    75% matchMostly Positive77% of 925 reviews2017
    Dev: Unbound Creations
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%

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    Why similar: Political 34.9%, Politics 28%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Adventure 12.4%, Indie 11.7%

  37. #37 Amarantus
    74% matchVery Positive82% of 79 reviews2023
    Dev: ub4q
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    Why similar: Choices Matter 40%, Visual Novel 30.9%, Adventure 18.2%, Indie 10.9%

  38. #38 The End of History
    71% matchMostly Positive70% of 346 reviews2025
    Dev: TatamibeyaPub: WorldMap
    Windows

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    Why similar: Politics 70.6%, RPG 29.4%

  39. #39 Jey's Empire
    74% matchVery Positive90% of 77 reviews2019
    Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at Work
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    Why similar: Politics 40%, Political 37.4%, RPG 13.1%, Choices Matter 7.8%, Indie 1.6%

  40. #40 The King's Dilemma: Chronicles
    73% matchMostly Positive73% of 140 reviews2023
    Dev: Big Trouble
    Windows · Mac

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    Why similar: Politics 27.7%, Dynamic Narration 25.6%, Political 20.1%, RPG 17.5%, Choices Matter 9.2%

  41. #41 Mr. President
    71% 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 57.6%, RPG 42.4%

  42. #42 The Last Sovereign
    68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,088 reviews2025
    Dev: Sierra Lee
    Windows
    Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 25.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.

    Why similar: Politics 41.6%, RPG 24.2%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Adventure 10.8%, Indie 8.1%

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    73% matchVery Positive88% of 120 reviews2021
    Dev: Predict Edumedia
    Windows

    An edutainment jRPG experience, spanning from ancient Greece to the 12th century European Renaissance, brimming with historically-accurate characters and events, experienced through two realms: of spirits, thoughts and emotions, and the material world.

    Why similar: RPG 84.7%, Indie 15.3%

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    71% matchVery Positive88% of 50 reviews2024
    Dev: Mácula Interactive
    Windows

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    Why similar: Political 75.7%, Choices Matter 24.3%

  45. #45 Unrest
    75% matchMixed68% of 195 reviews2014
    Dev: Pyrodactyl
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Unrest is a role playing adventure game set in a fantasy interpretation of ancient India that adapts to death, failure, and the choices you make. Play as ordinary people in a struggle for safety, freedom, and a chance at peace. Use conversation, manipulation (and rarely, violence) to achieve your goals.

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  46. #46 KingSim
    72% matchVery Positive85% of 209 reviews2020
    Dev: Fuzzy Pixel Game Studio
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%

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    Why similar: Political 52.5%, RPG 28.1%, Choices Matter 19.4%

  47. #47 Terra Incognita Chapter One: The Descendant
    73% matchMixed63% of 1,054 reviews2015
    Dev: Back To Basics Gaming
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Terra Incognita is a classic role playing game. The world of Terra is slowly falling into chaos. A great war is coming and It's time to take up arms against a corrupt royal family. You must travel across this huge world and unite the nations of Terra, recruiting comrades along the way.

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    69% matchVery Positive96% of 209 reviews2023
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    Why similar: RPG 72.3%, Choices Matter 18%, Indie 9.6%

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    70% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,370 reviews2019
    Dev: PolyslashPub: Valkyrie Initiative
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.5 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: Choices Matter 36.2%, Visual Novel 34.1%, Adventure 29.7%

  50. #50 Democracy 4
    68% matchVery Positive82% of 6,264 reviews2022
    Dev: Positech Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%

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  51. #51 Esoteric Ebb
    64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,397 reviews2026
    Dev: Christoffer BodegårdPub: Raw Fury
    Windows
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Esoteric Ebb is a single-player CRPG inspired by the freedom of tabletop adventures. Unravel a political conspiracy with your goblin sidekick. Roll dice in tense encounters. Become a cleric of legends or completely ruin the campaign.

    Why similar: Political 44.3%, RPG 28%, Choices Matter 17.7%, Adventure 10%

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    67% matchVery Positive98% of 165 reviews2023
    Dev: ST Sinovar
    Windows

    Gods of Savvarah is a visual novel with the philosophy of a classic fantasy RPG. Defeat enemies, explore countries, make friends, and find your place in Savvarah.

    Why similar: Dynamic Narration 34.9%, RPG 22.6%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Adventure 10.7%

  53. #53 Evil Democracy: 1932
    70% 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: Politics 49.3%, Political 35.3%, Indie 15.4%

  54. #54 Dictator Simulator: Gradnar
    66% matchVery Positive97% of 73 reviews2025
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    Windows

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    Why similar: Political 59.6%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Choices Matter 18.2%

  55. #55 PRODUCER 2021
    67% matchVery Positive100% of 173 reviews2022
    Dev: Stuffed Wombat
    Windows

    a ~2 hour long graphic adventure novella. Tasked with disrupting the end of the world, you explore, investigate and produce your way through a strangely familiar world.

    Why similar: RPG 44.9%, Visual Novel 30.9%, Adventure 24.2%

  56. #56 Mondealy: Day One
    67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 664 reviews2021
    Dev: uglycoalPub: Valkyrie Initiative
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 62%

    Mondealy: Day One is a prologue for the 2D adventure game Mondealy. You can see how adventures in the magical kingdom of Dargratt begin.

    Why similar: RPG 45.3%, Choices Matter 27.3%, Adventure 27.3%

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    62% matchVery Positive87% of 11,428 reviews2025
    Dev: New One Studio
    Windows
    Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    You've never played a game like this before. Road to Empress I is a cinematic palace adventure where your choices decide everyone's fate. Tackle multiple story branches and a high mortality rate with charm, wisdom and courage? First...survive.

    Why similar: RPG 35%, Choices Matter 25.3%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Adventure 11.7%, Indie 5.6%

  58. #58 The Soul Stone War
    69% matchMixed69% of 109 reviews2020
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Become the Wielder of Soul Stone, an ancient artifact of untold power, and shape the fate of your world. Outrun the past so that you may have a future.

    Why similar: RPG 47.5%, Adventure 24.4%, Indie 18.1%, Choices Matter 10%

  59. #59 The War for the West
    69% matchVery Positive82% of 73 reviews2019
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Rule the land as you see fit, using alliances, intrigue or warfare to establish your House as a dominant force in the realm's politics.

    Why similar: RPG 52.4%, Adventure 27.6%, Indie 20%

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