- #1 Kommissar
97% matchNegative17% of 36 reviews2017
Dev: Beardserk
Windows
Kommissar is a political prosecution simulator in a totalitarian regime. Keep the Independent City-State of Roulettenburg united under the regime iron fist. Watch for your fellow citizens and seize the dissidents for the glory of the fatherland.
Why similar: Political Sim 64.8% ★, Dystopian 12.1%, Point & Click 6.8%, Choices Matter 4.5%, Story Rich 3.3%
- #2 Plowing
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nikita AntipovPub: Nikolay Moskvin
Windows
Plowing is a point and click simulation game, where you have to subdue the whole town in 13 days to establish order. Shoot. Imprison. Pardon. Hear the visitors out. Keep track of time. But most importantly — keep calm…
Why similar: Political Sim 31.4% ★, Dystopian 19.1%, Point & Click 19%, Story Rich 10.1%, Indie 5.7%
- #3 Beholder: Conductor
96% matchVery Positive91% of 5,237 reviews2025
Dev: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 56.7% ★, Dystopian 11.9%, Point & Click 10.4%, Choices Matter 7.3%, Story Rich 5.1%
- #4 Bureau of Hero Affairs
95% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: indigoblue
Windows
Bureau of Hero Affairs is a bureaucratic thriller simulation about uncovering the truth an agency buried.
Why similar: Political Sim 48.6% ★, Point & Click 16.6%, Dystopian 14.4%, Job Simulator 6.3% ★, Simulation 5.1%
- #5 Thank You For Your Application
94% matchVery Positive82% of 963 reviews2026
Dev: IceLemonTea Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Thank You for Your Application is a story-driven interview simulation game. After 15 rounds of interviews, you are reassigned as a junior interviewer, tasked with screening candidates’ resumes according to company requirements and issuing the appropriate thank letters.
Why similar: Political Sim 30% ★, Point & Click 20.9%, Dystopian 18.3%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
- #6 HEADLINER
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 937 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 52.1% ★, Dystopian 15.7%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Story Rich 6.3%, Indie 5.5%
- #7 Headliner: NoviNews
93% 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 54% ★, Point & Click 13.9%, Dystopian 11.7%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Story Rich 6.5%
- #8 Beholder
92% matchVery Positive92% of 31,023 reviews2016
Dev: Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)Pub: Alawar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
You’re a state-installed landlord in a totalitarian country. Place listening devices, steal and sneak into your tenants’ apartments. Use what you uncovered to report anyone capable of plotting against the state. You MUST! But WILL you?
Why similar: Political Sim 46.7% ★, Dystopian 17.1%, Point & Click 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #9 Do Not Feed the Monkeys
91% matchVery Positive94% of 12,685 reviews2018
Dev: Fictiorama StudiosPub: Alawar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A digital voyeur simulator where you watch strangers through surveillance cameras. Invade their privacy and witness their most intimate moments, but don’t interact with the subjects – anything could happen if you dare feed the monkeys!
Why similar: Political Sim 45.6% ★, Point & Click 16%, Dystopian 12.6%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Story Rich 6.5%
- #10 Ministry of Truth: False Memory
91% matchPositive86% of 43 reviews2026
Dev: IKKOSAMAPub: Two Cakes Studio
Windows
Ministry of Truth: False Memory is a story-driven simulator in a totalitarian society. Become an official, manipulate facts, rewrite history, and provide the ‘truth’ to the public. Choose: obey or fight against the regime. The Great Father is watching you!
Why similar: Political Sim 47.4% ★, Dystopian 16.3%, Point & Click 12.6%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #11 NO FURTHER ACTIONS
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OFF COURSEPub: SOZDAY GAMES
Windows
You have been assigned as an operator, reading protocols that force you to make decisions using buttons and switches. Every decision shapes your fate — and decides whether you’ve done what was expected of you.
Why similar: Political Sim 52.2% ★, Dystopian 20.5%, Point & Click 13.2%, Simulation 5.6%, Choices Matter 4%
- #12 Sim Junta
90% matchMostly Negative33% of 68 reviews2015
Dev: Icehole GamesPub: Strategy First
Windows
Sim Junta – A game of dirty politics! You are the new dictator of Risuena, a small and poor country of the third world. You have just seized power after a bloody coup and your intentions are to stay in power as long as you can, to rip this country off, transfer the money to your secret Swiss bank account and of course, stay alive and...
Why similar: Political Sim 75.6% ★, Dystopian 13.1%, Retro 4.7%, Indie 3.6%, Simulation 2.2%
- #13 Infant God
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: colsalley
Windows
You are the guardian of an infant god. Guide Aistalt through the toxic ruins of the internet. Debate with random users, harvest their ideologies, and sculpt her personality matrix. Will you raise a benevolent savior or a tyrant who deletes humanity?
Why similar: Political Sim 49.7% ★, Dystopian 18.4%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Story Rich 5.3%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%
- #14 Beholder 2
88% matchVery Positive87% of 8,130 reviews2018
Dev: Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)Pub: Alawar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 20.3 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 46.6% ★, Dystopian 17.8%, Point & Click 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #15 Street Dog Legend
86% matchPositive100% of 71 reviews2025
Dev: monthbug
Windows · Mac · Linux
STREET DOG LEGEND is a flash-game inspired cooking simulator with a satirical storyline and multiple endings. Manage your street cart, meet interesting characters, play minigames, and more!
Why similar: Political Sim 47.1% ★, Job Simulator 22.7% ★, Point & Click 12.3%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Story Rich 4.3%
- #16 The Race for the White House
87% matchMixed63% of 48 reviews2015
Dev: Eversim
Windows
Play as a real-world candidate and completely immerse yourself into the battle of the US presidential election! Travel around the United States, try to woo voters across the country, create your own political agenda, skillfully manage your campaign budget... and perhaps you will be the next White House occupant!
Why similar: Political Sim 90.4% ★, Simulation 4.9%, Indie 4.6%
- #17 Effective Immediately
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Matt Black
Windows
All intergalactic travel passes through the orbital relay checkpoint. Verify ID discrepancies, repair vehicle systems and struggle against ethical dilemmas as you negotiate a shifting political landscape. Report for duty, Effective Immediately.
Why similar: Political Sim 54.6% ★, Point & Click 15.2%, Dystopian 12.3%, Choices Matter 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%
- #18 Rulers of Nations
86% matchMixed50% of 179 reviews2014
Dev: Eversim
Windows
Will you become the greatest Head of State ?Play one of the powerful rulers of a nation! . Slip into the shoes of the President of the U.S., or the leader of China, Russia, United Kingdom, or other countries. Expand your influence on the world stage.
Why similar: Political Sim 98.3% ★, Simulation 1.7%
- #19 CorpoNation: The Sorting Process
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 135 reviews2024
Dev: CanteenPub: Playtonic Friends
Windows
Greetings, valued employee. You have been tasked with sorting the Ringo CorpoNation's genetic samples. With the credits that you earn, you can shop, game and pay your bills on time. Rogue workers may try to entice you into betraying your beloved employer, but we know you'll give 110%.
Why similar: Political Sim 37.4% ★, Job Simulator 17.4% ★, Dystopian 13.5%, Point & Click 12.5%, Story Rich 5.9%
- #20 Ministry of Order
84% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: VoltekPlay
Windows · Mac · Linux
Inspect the parents’ medical record and match the newborn who can only be theirs — that is the day’s work in this 1920s dystopian puzzle. A fire burned the birth records, and the Ministry put you in charge of giving the children back. Your choice goes into the report.
Why similar: Political Sim 38.8% ★, Point & Click 18.3%, Dystopian 14.8%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #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 46.7% ★, Dystopian 16%, Point & Click 15.5%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #22 Under Review
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Altheas Studios
Windows
Welcome to the heart of a 1980s bureaucracy. Review applicant files, cross-check records, and make heavy moral decisions. Amidst strange rumors of an unidentified illness, will you uncover the dark truth or become an accomplice to the system?
Why similar: Political Sim 42.6% ★, Dystopian 17.5%, Point & Click 15.5%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Story Rich 6.3%
- #23 Beholder 3
82% matchMixed65% of 2,841 reviews2022
Dev: Paintbucket GamesPub: Alawar
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 49.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
When a high-ranking security officer saves you from prison, you end up a pawn in her schemes. Now you must eliminate anyone standing in the way of her secret plans and try to get your life back while working two jobs. No tenant, employee or superior is safe from your spying.
Why similar: Political Sim 52.1% ★, Dystopian 17.5%, Point & Click 14.7%, Choices Matter 5.5%, Story Rich 5.3%
- #24 MASK IT
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: White Babel Studio
Windows · Mac
MASK IT is a black-comedy adventure about manufacturing outrage by "editing" the news. As a fresh news editor, your job is to give dull everyday news a little "touch-up" and turn it into a viral sensation no one can look away from!
Why similar: Political Sim 61.1% ★, Point & Click 16.9%, Choices Matter 6.9%, Dystopian 6.8%, Story Rich 6.3%
- #25 Dear President
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SN Game Studio
Windows
Ruling a country is easy; surviving is the hard part. Use your stamp to balance the state's four main powers, manage bizarre crises, and avoid assassinations. Every death is a new beginning. Upgrade your skills, sit back at the desk, and try not to get hit by a rock. Permission to panic: Granted.
Why similar: Political Sim 58.1% ★, Point & Click 14.6%, Dystopian 7.8%, Choices Matter 6.7%, Story Rich 5.3%
- #26 CHERNOGRAD
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wirehead Studios
Windows · Linux
You have been appointed as an Observer for the 15th District of Chernograd. Inspect apartments, identify violators, record evidence and file reports. But what if order is just a convenient illusion?
Why similar: Political Sim 49.1% ★, Dystopian 13.3%, Point & Click 13%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #27 Need to Know
80% matchMixed67% of 298 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 73.6% ★, Point & Click 9.8%, Simulation 6.3%, Story Rich 5.6%, Indie 4.8%
- #28 Booth: A Dystopian Adventure
79% matchVery Positive90% of 397 reviews2020
Dev: Guanpeng Chen
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The year is 2036. In this famine-riddled world, food-centric sovereignty has been established. Living alone inside a food-inspection booth, you are striving to find truth and peace beyond the borderline.
Why similar: Political Sim 40.4% ★, Dystopian 18.7%, Point & Click 13.8%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #29 Carbon Compliance
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: gLocal Games
Windows · Linux
A simulation game about experiencing the very mundane job of a government official, rummaging through paperwork. Make sure all the paperwork is free of any errors. Deny applications that are not up to the specified requirements. Bored of working, play mini-games to relieve stress.
Why similar: Political Sim 49.9% ★, Job Simulator 21.6% ★, Point & Click 14.9%, Choices Matter 10%, Simulation 2.2%
- #30 Crisis in the Kremlin
78% 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 88.4% ★, Choices Matter 4.9%, Story Rich 3.4%, Simulation 1.6%, Indie 1.4%
- #31 Rogue State
78% 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 87.2% ★, Simulation 6.8%, Indie 6%
- #32 Compensation Not Guaranteed
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Project LunchPub: Toge Productions
Windows
Peek into Southeast Asian politics through a lens darkly. Check ownership for authenticity, listen to stories, decide who should give up their land in the name of PROGRESS!
Why similar: Political Sim 39.1% ★, Point & Click 24.7%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Story Rich 10%, Simulation 4.8%
- #33 A Game You Can Afford In This Economy
76% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: NS Game Studio
Windows
Everything is getting unaffordably expensive. Groceries. Bills. How long is this even sustainable? Enter the world of the protagonist, and find out if you have what it takes to turn your life around. A point-and-click, choice-driven adventure of modern survival.
Why similar: Political Sim 47.4% ★, Point & Click 17.5%, Dystopian 13.4%, Choices Matter 7.5%, Retro 5.1%
- #34 财神模拟器
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 克里斯工作室
Windows
Become a novice God of Wealth! Grant fortunes or ruin fates with a touch. Your choices build "Virtue" for ascension or lead to轮回. Uncover the truth behind your divine power.
Why similar: Political Sim 65.9% ★, Point & Click 18.7%, Choices Matter 6.5%, Story Rich 6.1%, Simulation 2.4%
- #35 Dystopicon
73% matchPositive88% of 33 reviews2026
Dev: Palitroque
Windows
An uncomfortable dystopian time-management game where your job is watching TV to earn money and buy services to survive after robots replace humans at work. Choose to be a good citizen or a rebel. But beware! Curiosity has a price in this dystopian life simulator.
Why similar: Political Sim 45.8% ★, Dystopian 16.8%, Job Simulator 16.3% ★, Point & Click 9.8%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #36 The Watcher
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yesterday's Sandwich
Windows
A surveillance simulator set in a psychological thriller world. You are an unknown observer watching the residents of an apartment building across the street, in the strange city of Z, part of the totalitarian State of Nodia. But who's really watching whom?
Why similar: Political Sim 60.1% ★, Point & Click 15.9%, Choices Matter 8.1%, Job Simulator 5.5% ★, Story Rich 4.7%
- #37 Democracy 2
76% matchMixed54% of 112 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 91.3% ★, Simulation 5.2%, Indie 3.5%
- #38 Capitol Diktatoria
74% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Etnull Entertainment
Windows
In an authoritarian state obsessed with art, work for the Eye of the Network. Run your restaurant, survive rising inflation, outbid rival factions, and collect the most historical art to place your men in the Inner Party and install your candidate as leader.
Why similar: Political Sim 90.3% ★, Simulation 9.7%
- #39 Corporate Entropy
73% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Subroutine Gaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
Climb the ladder while burning it down. In this satirical management sim, you work for a corporation rolling out ARIA — an AI that's replacing your coworkers. Balance your performance cover against quiet sabotage, organize your resistance, and survive 8 quarters with your soul mostly intact.
Why similar: Political Sim 64.7% ★, Dystopian 16.5%, Choices Matter 8.2%, Story Rich 5.4%, Simulation 3.2%
- #40 Norman's Great Illusion
74% matchMixed67% of 42 reviews2019
Dev: Civil Savages
Windows
"Norman's Great Illusion" is a 2D pixel art visual novel in which you have to live a year as an engineer at the plant in the face of rising social tensions. Make difficult decisions, but keep in mind: you will have to pay for each choice
Why similar: Political Sim 66.9% ★, Choices Matter 9.4%, Story Rich 7.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%, Simulation 4%
- #41 Package Inspector
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 41 reviews2022
Dev: Abenteuerpakete
Windows
Plunge into the dystopian land of Taxien and check packages at the local customs office! Which packages need to be sorted out? Which ones support the rebels and which ones support the state? Which side will you choose? And will you earn enough to pay your useless taxes?
Why similar: Political Sim 59.2% ★, Point & Click 21.7%, Dystopian 13.3%, Simulation 4.9%, Indie 0.5%
- #42 Silencer
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Little Lulu
Windows · Mac
Silencer is a bureaucratic simulation game about censorship and misinformation in journalism and politics. As a low-level news censor employed by the authoritarian government, Ogalia, the player will interpret censorship protocols, read news articles, and decide if an article should be taken down.
Why similar: Political Sim 69.7% ★, Dystopian 18%, Story Rich 7.5%, Simulation 4.1%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #43 Everescape
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pompeii Team
Windows · Mac
Everescape is a simulator of an employee of the immigration department, the main task of which is to prevent the entry and spread of the virus. Whether you choose to follow all the recommendations or show mercy, the choice is yours.
Why similar: Political Sim 66.8% ★, Point & Click 19.1%, Story Rich 8%, Simulation 2.9%, Indie 2.2%
- #44 POLIS
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Afterwork Studio
Windows · Mac
Become mayor of a small Greek town and govern for 17 years. Citizens write you letters for years, the opposition never sleeps, and every promise is remembered. A satirical political city sim where the town never forgets.
Why similar: Political Sim 74.7% ★, Choices Matter 12.3%, Story Rich 6.2%, Simulation 5.1%, Indie 1.1%
- #45 Creatures Like Us
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Circle-A Studios
Windows
Creatures Like Us is a queer narrative sim about squatting, solidarity and surviving capitalism together. Follow a group of friends as they make homes in abandoned buildings. They forage, fix stuff, hold meetings and figure out how to live alongside each other with care, conflict and humour.
Why similar: Political Sim 57.6% ★, Dystopian 19%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Story Rich 9.2%, Simulation 3.2%
- #46 Good News
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Augusto Salgado
Windows
You've been hired as a chief editor to make this newspaper grow, but your writers are awful. Correct their drafts, set the tone of the news to fit your audience, make readership grow; and form a relationship with the shady politicians that will push you to give them good press in an electoral year
Why similar: Political Sim 27.9% ★, Job Simulator 24.5% ★, Point & Click 13.4%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #47 Directive 220
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SethAngel
Windows · Mac
A dystopian management game where you act as an energy dispatcher in a collapsing regime. Allocate power, make tough decisions, and balance stability, government pressure, and citizen survival in a dark retro-futuristic world.
Why similar: Political Sim 54.6% ★, Dystopian 18.1%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Story Rich 7.5%, Retro 5.2%
- #48 Government Simulator
71% matchMixed47% of 190 reviews2017
Dev: Ambiera
Windows
Government Simulator is a is a simple economic and political simulation game based on real-world data. Take control of a whole country, like the USA, Germany, France, Russia, or Austria. Change laws, taxes and budgets based on real world statistics and data, and see what happens.
Why similar: Political Sim 91.7% ★, Simulation 4.5%, Indie 3.1%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #49 Black Border 2
68% matchMixed68% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Bitzooma
Windows
Black Border 2 is an intense border patrol simulator where you inspect documents and use special tools to detect forgeries and stop smugglers.
Why similar: Political Sim 58.6% ★, Point & Click 21.1%, Dystopian 10.8%, Simulation 6.4%, Choices Matter 3.2%
- #50 ONE MORE TERM
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ONE MORE TERM
Windows
Lead a republic through 48 months. Examine documents, manage your cabinet, pass laws, survive crises, and answer for the consequences of every political compromise.
Why similar: Political Sim 64.5% ★, Choices Matter 15.4%, Story Rich 6.4%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%, Indie 3.5%
- #51 Obviously Inappropriate Content
69% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: OIC Game LTD
Windows
Start your career as a game censor and make inappropriate things right.
Why similar: Political Sim 71.7% ★, Choices Matter 12%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, Retro 6.1%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #52 For the People
69% 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 53.3% ★, Dystopian 13.5%, Point & Click 13.3%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #53 The Moment of Panic
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Badinc, LLC
Windows
Trapped in an underground bunker with your finger on the button, interpret intelligence signals, question unreliable AI advisors, and decide whether to escalate, stand down, or unleash doomsday.
Why similar: Political Sim 70.4% ★, Dystopian 10.4%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 4.3%, Simulation 4%
- #54 Ashland Dossier
68% matchMixed62% of 21 reviews2022
Dev: Skyscraper GamesPub: Console Labs S.A.
Windows
1960, Cold War. Atrocities of WWII are almost forgotten. Nonetheless, a special task force is set out to hunt Nazis down. As its leader, you will be gathering evidence of war crimes against them and bringing these criminals to justice.
Why similar: Political Sim 47% ★, Point & Click 17%, Dystopian 13.4%, Story Rich 7.9%, Retro 7.3%
- #55 Seaburn
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Treeburn Studios
Windows
Seaburn is a choice-based political simulator where your choices affect the future of the planet. Play as a policymaker as you sign legislation, respond to events, and compete in high-stakes elections. Earn money, become popular, and save the environment.
Why similar: Political Sim 79.2% ★, Choices Matter 13.7%, Simulation 6.4%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #56 Mayor Quake
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: sKed Games
Windows
You're the new mayor of a dystopian city on the brink of a devastating earthquake. Review building records, make urban transformation decisions, and maintain public support despite political pressure. Manage the economy and make critical choices. Can you prepare your city before disaster strikes?
Why similar: Political Sim 58.9% ★, Dystopian 12.8%, Point & Click 8.2%, Choices Matter 7%, Simulation 4.1%
- #57 City Eye
67% matchMostly Negative35% of 95 reviews2022
Pub: SIG Publishing
Windows
In the world of City Eye, you’ll become an operator of the Central Monitoring System, who will try to prevent the effects of every single transgression in the game. Use city maps to track dangerous areas and don’t let the suspects run away from the Police.
Why similar: Political Sim 53% ★, Dystopian 19%, Point & Click 10.2%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Story Rich 4.7%
- #58 Town Hall
66% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 3Cats Studio
Windows
The town is half empty, but the town hall still opens at nine. You are the clerk. Whatever your stamp approves becomes true — permits, licenses, names, deaths. Everyone who reaches your desk brings a reason, and most bring money. In the basement, a file explains why the town emptied.
Why similar: Political Sim 49.5% ★, Choices Matter 22.6%, Story Rich 13.5%, Simulation 8.5%, Indie 4.7%
- #59 What Awaits, Aleksey?
64% matchPositive92% of 49 reviews2026
Dev: JKBC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A desk investigation game set in a fictional 1970 communist state. Every morning, a new evidence bag arrives. Intercepted letters, coded messages, wiretap recordings. Somewhere in that paper trail is a network of names. Cross-reference. Decipher. Identify. Then decide what to do with what you know.
Why similar: Political Sim 39.6% ★, Dystopian 16.8%, Point & Click 15.5%, Choices Matter 8.4%, Story Rich 7.5%