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Games Like The Shadow Government Simulator: Prologue

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Shadow Government Simulator: Prologue is just part of the amazing adventure that awaits you in the full version of the game. A turn-based strategy game where you lead a secret society towards world domination. Investigate the influential and convert them to your faction via bribery, seduction & more

Reviews: Very Positive — 85% — of 186 reviews
Released: 2022-09-07
Developer: Chupacabra Game Studios
Publisher: Games Incubator
Genres: Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Free To Play
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
Median playtime: 1.0 hrs
Mean playtime: 10.3 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 52%

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  1. #1 The Shadow Government Simulator
    97% matchMostly Positive74% of 111 reviews2022
    Dev: Chupacabra Game StudiosPub: Games Incubator
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A turn-based strategy game where you lead a secret society towards world domination. Investigate the influential and convert them to your faction via bribery, seduction and intimidation. Reshape society's power structures to fend off rival societies and the world's nations in your quest for power.

    Why similar: Political Sim 19.2% ★, Grand Strategy 11.9%, Turn-Based 11.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%, Conspiracy 10.7% ★

  2. #2 Secret Government
    96% matchMixed52% of 301 reviews2021
    Dev: GameTrekPub: Fulqrum Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 59%

    Global strategy game about secret societies. You’ll lead the Brotherhood - an organization that juggles the whole world. The key feature of the game is the manipulation of powers. Instead of giving direct orders, the Brotherhood provokes countries into doing what the Brothers want.

    Why similar: Conspiracy 17.3% ★, Political Sim 16.7% ★, Political 14.7% ★, Grand Strategy 11.7%, Turn-Based 10.3%

  3. #3 Mr. Prepper: Prologue
    96% matchVery Positive83% of 2,554 reviews2020
    Dev: Rejected GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 49%

    Mr. Prepper: Prologue is a free standalone version of the game Mr. Prepper, featuring an essential part of the story.

    Why similar: Conspiracy 76.4% ★, Simulation 18.4%, Singleplayer 5.2%

  4. #4 Rogue State Revolution
    95% matchMostly Positive76% of 543 reviews2021
    Dev: LRDGames, Inc.Pub: Modern Wolf
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Greetings your Excellency. Time to rebuild, reform and prepare for new challenges in the People's Republic of Basenji. In this thrilling political strategy, you will appoint ministers and lead the country to success. Be careful — you may find yourself replaced in the next election.

    Why similar: Political Sim 17.9% ★, Grand Strategy 15.1%, Turn-Based 13.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Sandbox 8.9%

  5. #5 Lawgivers
    94% matchVery Positive82% of 415 reviews2020
    Dev: Damian BernardiPub: SomniumSoft
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 6.3 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 25.8% ★, Political 20.8% ★, Turn-Based 10%, Grand Strategy 9.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%

  6. #6 Sigma Theory: Global Cold War
    94% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,386 reviews2019
    Dev: Mi-Clos StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%

    A Turn-based Strategy game in a futuristic global cold war from the award-winning creators of Out There. Recruit a squad of special agents and run your intel agency to secure the control of the singularity.

    Why similar: Political Sim 24.5% ★, Turn-Based 12.5%, Conspiracy 11.6% ★, Grand Strategy 11.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%

  7. #7 Lawgivers II
    92% matchMostly Positive70% of 712 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 35.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.7%, Grand Strategy 15.4%, Sandbox 9.6%, Management 6.4%

  8. #8 Realpolitiks II
    93% matchMixed46% of 668 reviews2021
    Dev: Jujubee S.A.Pub: Fulqrum Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    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 31.5% ★, Grand Strategy 22.4%, Political 18.8% ★, Strategy 11.5%, Simulation 8.4%

  9. #9 Anonymous Hacker Simulator: Prologue
    91% matchVery Positive90% of 1,921 reviews2023
    Dev: SicariusPub: G-DEVS.com
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 37%

    Step into the shoes of a skilled Anonymous hacker and embark on a mission to unveil the truth hidden behind a sinister organization's plans to monitor civilian data and enforce mass surveillance.

    Why similar: Simulation 49.8%, Sandbox 28.5%, Realistic 14.3%, Singleplayer 4%, Indie 3.5%

  10. #10 The Political Process
    90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,167 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 52.5% ★, Political 30.1% ★, Turn-Based 6.1%, Strategy 5.2%, Simulation 5.1%

  11. #11 Power & Revolution
    91% matchMixed56% of 1,297 reviews2016
    Dev: Eversim
    Windows · Mac

    In Power & Revolution, become a Head of State of one or several countries of your choice and extend your influence on the world, or play as a legal or illegal opposition leader and get ready for the conquest to power!

    Why similar: Political Sim 50.6% ★, Political 16.4% ★, Grand Strategy 10.2%, Strategy 8.4%, Economy 8.1%

  12. #12 Not For Broadcast: Prologue
    89% matchVery Positive93% of 769 reviews2019
    Dev: NotGamesPub: tinyBuild
    Windows
    Median: 24 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 15%

    Take control of the National Nightly News, as a radical government comes to power. In this immersive, high-pressure, propaganda sim, you control what the people see and determine what’s Not For Broadcast.

    Why similar: Political 38.6% ★, Political Sim 38.5% ★, Management 8.1%, Choices Matter 7%, Simulation 5.3%

  13. #13 Shadows of Forbidden Gods
    87% matchVery Positive92% of 1,071 reviews2023
    Dev: Bobby Two HandsPub: Forbidden Oak Games Limited
    Windows
    Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Take on the role of a Dark Elder God and lead your agents to bring about an apocalypse in a fantasy world. Work in the shadows, avoiding the heroes who will try to stop you, as you bring about plague and famine, ice age and volcanic destruction, madness and never ending night.

    Why similar: Political Sim 26.7% ★, Conspiracy 22% ★, Grand Strategy 17.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.4%, Economy 6.1%

  14. #14 Government Simulator
    89% 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 57.8% ★, Turn-Based 11%, Economy 7.7%, Simulation 6.7%, Strategy 6.2%

  15. #15 Gladiator Guild Manager: Prologue
    86% matchVery Positive93% of 1,558 reviews2020
    Dev: Entertainment ForgePub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 32%

    Gladiator Guild Manager: Prologue is a battle sim about managing your own Gladiator Guild in an epic fantasy world. Build and run your own guild, hire and train gladiators, develop unique tactics, manage resources, compete for the rank in the arena, and much more.

    Why similar: Management 32.7%, Strategy 30.5%, Simulation 25%, Singleplayer 6.6%, Indie 5.2%

  16. #16 Waiting For The Raven
    85% matchMostly Positive79% of 73 reviews2020
    Dev: Musclebird
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Become Master of Spies, plant connections and agents in the underworld. Who will you join? Who may be betrayed? Decipher Letters, Solve Mysteries, Manage Businesses, Spy, Bribe, Abduct, Murder, Seduce in an experimental atmospheric hybrid of first-person & top-down espionage experience.

    Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.5%, Conspiracy 22% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.3%, Management 8.4%, Strategy 6.8%

  17. #17 Monuments Flipper: Prologue
    84% matchMostly Positive78% of 309 reviews2022
    Dev: Monuments GamesPub: Games Incubator
    Windows
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%

    Monuments Flipper: Prologue is just part of the amazing adventure that awaits you in the full version of the Monuments Flipper. Restore Aqueduct and Old Village and bring them to their former glory. BECOME A MONUMENT RENOVATOR!

    Why similar: Sandbox 40.1%, Simulation 25.7%, Realistic 21.7%, Management 10.8%, Singleplayer 1%

  18. #18 Land Above Sea Below Prologue
    82% matchVery Positive82% of 147 reviews2023
    Dev: Glasscannon StudioPub: Skystone Games
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 31%

    Land Above Sea Below Prologue is an atmospheric first chapter of the building strategy and puzzle game where you have to build your island from tiles in order to raise its height as much as possible, to avoid it getting flooded by the constantly rising sea level.

    Why similar: Sandbox 48.3%, Strategy 30.3%, Simulation 19.3%, Singleplayer 1.3%, Indie 0.9%

  19. #19 HackHub: Free Trial
    78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 702 reviews2024
    Dev: HotBunnyPub: G-DEVS.com
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 48 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 39%

    Unravel cyber secrets and foil mass surveillance as a skilled hacker in HackHub. Challenge authority, rewrite the rules, and emerge as the ultimate digital rebel.

    Why similar: Grand Strategy 44.8%, Strategy 22.3%, Simulation 18.5%, Realistic 7.8%, 2D 5.4%

  20. #20 Rogue State
    82% matchMostly Positive76% of 259 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 62.9% ★, Strategy 14.8%, Simulation 11.7%, Economy 7.9%, Indie 2.7%

  21. #21 Police Shootout: Prologue
    81% matchMixed60% of 506 reviews2022
    Dev: Games Incubator
    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 38%

    Police Shootout Prologue is a new turn-based FPS game. Put on your uniform and get ready to respond the most surprising calls in your policeman’s career. Solve cases and gain experience, and find out why a good young policeman gave up his career in a big city and moved to a small town of San Adrino

    Why similar: Simulation 76.1%, Indie 14.5%, Singleplayer 9.4%

  22. #22 Sim Junta
    83% 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 55.2% ★, Political 26.4% ★, Strategy 9.1%, Simulation 3.8%, 2D 2.7%

  23. #23 Plutocracy
    80% matchVery Positive80% of 1,379 reviews2019
    Dev: Redwood
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    The business simulator Plutocracy gives you the chance to become wealthy and powerful to take control over the world. Where policy, laws, officials and people are only the chess pieces how do you play your game?

    Why similar: Political Sim 26.4% ★, Political 23.3% ★, Grand Strategy 16.8%, Economy 7.6%, Sandbox 6%

  24. #24 POWER
    81% matchMixed57% of 114 reviews2020
    Dev: Oppressive Games
    Windows

    Power is a global political and economic simulation game where you can play as a powerful politician or businessman in a number of detailed countries. Starting from nothing, you can seize the highest offices in the land through free and fair elections, or dirty tricks and deals.

    Why similar: Political 21.9% ★, Grand Strategy 19.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.1%, Strategy 8.5%, Economy 8.1%

  25. #25 El Dorado: The Golden City Builder - Prologue
    78% matchMostly Positive72% of 236 reviews2024
    Dev: Hobo BunchPub: Gameparic
    Windows

    The Prologue is just part of the gameplay that awaits you in the full version of the game. El Dorado - Prologue is a strategy city-building game in which you plan, build and develop your settlement to conquer Jukatan and earn the title of The Golden City. Become a leader, whom even Gods will bow to.

    Why similar: Economy 24.2%, Sandbox 20.7%, Strategy 14.6%, Management 13.7%, Simulation 11.9%

  26. #26 Evil Democracy: 1932
    79% 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 31.1% ★, Strategy 16.9%, Simulation 13.6%, Turn-Based 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%

  27. #27 Half-Earth Socialism
    76% matchVery Positive82% of 1,023 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 40.4% ★, Grand Strategy 25.5%, Economy 9.1%, Strategy 8.4%, Simulation 6.8%

  28. #28 Turkish Throne
    73% matchVery Positive92% of 379 reviews2025
    Dev: Kurultaic
    Windows

    Lead your political party in a fierce competition to seize power against major rivals. Invest strategically, secure votes, and navigate crucial decisions to claim the presidential seat. Will you shape the destiny of Turkish politics?

    Why similar: Political Sim 34.7% ★, Political 23.2% ★, Sandbox 10.9%, Simulation 9.4%, Strategy 7.4%

  29. #29 Political Arena
    74% matchMostly Positive76% of 75 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 33.4% ★, Political Sim 23.5% ★, Strategy 14.5%, Sandbox 10.2%, Simulation 7.9%

  30. #30 Agenda
    79% matchMixed44% of 50 reviews2016
    Dev: Exordium Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Agenda is a strategy simulation game in which you control a world-wide independent agency with a set goal of world domination. Try to claim your global influence through the power of your allies and covert operations such as assassinations, bribery or fraud.

    Why similar: Strategy 51.4%, Simulation 38.9%, Indie 9.8%

  31. #31 Disco Simulator: Prologue
    75% matchMostly Positive78% of 227 reviews2023
    Dev: Games Incubator
    Windows
    Median: 30 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 28%

    Prologue is just part of the gameplay that awaits you in the full game. Disco Simulator: Prologue is a game where you play the role of the owner and manager of a music club. Buy equipment, sound system, lighting and decide on the appearance of your club. Make money and have fun!

    Why similar: Sandbox 32%, Management 30.6%, Simulation 22.8%, Realistic 9.9%, Singleplayer 4.5%

  32. #32 Bunker Builder Simulator: Prologue
    76% matchMixed59% of 423 reviews2023
    Dev: Farmind StudioPub: Games Incubator
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 34%

    Bunker Builder Simulator: Prologue is just part of the gameplay that awaits you in the full version of the game. Plan your work, dig a hole and build a bunker, that will survive anything! Manage safety, needs and moods of your clients, so you can become the best architect and earn a fortune.

    Why similar: Sandbox 26.3%, Management 20.3%, Simulation 19.3%, Realistic 17.4%, Economy 12%

  33. #33 Politics The Game
    71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,576 reviews2025
    Dev: Simplicity Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 6.0 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: Political Sim 47.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 22%, Strategy 8.7%, Management 8.4%, Simulation 6.8%

  34. #34 Global Protocol: New World Order
    72% matchMostly Positive78% of 92 reviews2026
    Dev: Dorlion Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Command any of 261 real-world countries in this 2026 grand strategy game. Build your economy, lead armies, and navigate deep diplomacy. Features built-in modding support and 12 supported languages. Shape the global order through espionage, nuclear deterrence, and AI-driven geopolitics.

    Why similar: Political Sim 33.4% ★, Grand Strategy 26.7%, Strategy 12.3%, Sandbox 11.6%, Economy 7.3%

  35. #35 Cyber Ops Prologue
    77% matchMostly Positive73% of 51 reviews2020
    Dev: Octeto StudiosPub: Games Operators
    Windows · Mac

    Become a military hacker and help your black ops team reach their goal in this noir cyberpunk tactical game. Scan, hack, overtake, control and manage high tech devices, vehicles and even enemy cyborgs with cutting-edge implants.

    Why similar: Strategy 39.1%, Simulation 30.1%, Conspiracy 16.2% ★, Indie 7.2%, Tactical 6.7%

  36. #36 Democracy 4
    73% matchVery Positive82% of 6,409 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 35.9% ★, Grand Strategy 15.9%, Economy 10%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.1%, Strategy 6.7%

  37. #37 The Last Sovereign
    69% matchVery Positive95% of 1,226 reviews2025
    Dev: Sierra Lee
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 26.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    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: Turn-Based Strategy 25.8%, Choices Matter 20.5%, Strategy 17.2%, Management 12.8%, 2D 8.8%

  38. #38 DeepWeb Simulator: Prologue
    72% matchMostly Positive72% of 89 reviews2024
    Dev: Bull Games
    Windows

    DeepWeb Simulator: Prologue and start your dark trade! Start running your own dark world now. Source, process and sell illegal goods. Expand your inventory and take the restricted step of your dark trade empire.

    Why similar: Sandbox 34.7%, Management 27.5%, Simulation 21%, 2D 13%, Singleplayer 3.8%

  39. #39 Ship Graveyard Simulator: Prologue
    71% matchVery Positive86% of 911 reviews2021
    Dev: Games Incubator
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 52%

    Visit the largest ship graveyard in the world. A dozen kilometers of beach filled with wrecks. Hundreds of ships wrecked on the coast. Thousands of tons of steel. Choose the most valuable ship for you and start the adventure. Play as one of the workers during the most dangerous work in the world!

    Why similar: Sandbox 25.9%, Economy 19.2%, Strategy 18.8%, Simulation 15.2%, Realistic 13.8%

  40. #40 The Three Kingdoms of Shadows: Xuzhou
    67% matchVery Positive93% of 57 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 67.3% ★, Tactical 11.4%, Strategy 9.9%, Simulation 5.5%, 2D 5.1%

  41. #41 Need to Know
    74% 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 54.1% ★, Political 32.6% ★, Simulation 11%, Indie 2.3%

  42. #42 Geo-Political Simulator 2026 Edition
    70% matchMixed48% of 317 reviews2025
    Dev: Eversim
    Windows · Mac

    The latest expansion of the ultra-realistic world simulator, where you play as the head of state or the opposition! New Features: tourism simulator, party strategies with regime censures, personal wealth management, a European army, AI and robotics.

    Why similar: Political Sim 42.8% ★, Grand Strategy 26.1%, Strategy 11.4%, Simulation 9.9%, Management 4.2%

  43. #43 Masters of the World - Geopolitical Simulator 3
    75% matchMixed46% of 613 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 51.6% ★, Political 21.4% ★, Grand Strategy 12.6%, Simulation 6.8%, Strategy 5.6%

  44. #44 Urbek City Builder: Prologue
    69% matchVery Positive94% of 1,703 reviews2022
    Dev: Estudios KremlinoisPub: RockGame S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 42%

    Urbek City Builder: Prologue is a free city building game where you can build your own neighbourhoods: from nightlife district to industrial district. Don't exhaust your natural resources before you have an educated population to build more efficient structures. Try it yourself for free!

    Why similar: Political Sim 45.2% ★, Economy 14.2%, Sandbox 13.9%, Management 9.7%, Strategy 8.4%

  45. #45 None Shall Intrude: Descent
    68% matchVery Positive88% of 272 reviews2024
    Dev: Aeterna LudiPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 43%

    None Shall Intrude: Descent is a free Prologue version of None Shall Intrude. A roguelite deck-builder with tile-based combat where you become a powerful Raid Boss. Epic battles, intricate strategies, and the ever-present threat of heroic challengers seeking to vanquish your reign.

    Why similar: Strategy 70.3%, 2D 17.2%, Singleplayer 7.2%, Indie 5.3%

  46. #46 Vanaris Tactics - Prologue
    70% matchMostly Positive77% of 57 reviews2022
    Dev: Matheus ReisPub: Toge Productions
    Windows

    Play the Prologue chapter of Vanaris Tactics. Lead a group of refugees looking for freedom outside the walls of Vanaris, and experience the first three battles and story of Vanaris Tactics.

    Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 50.2%, Tactical 20.1%, Strategy 20%, 2D 9.8%

  47. #47 Social Democracy: An Alternate History
    64% matchNo user reviews96% of 200 reviews2026
    Dev: Red Autumn Games
    Windows · Linux

    You are the Social Democratic Party of Germany in 1928. Can you stop the Nazis from taking power?

    Why similar: Political Sim 65.6% ★, Strategy 14.9%, Simulation 12.4%, Choices Matter 4.8%, Singleplayer 1.2%

  48. #48 The Shrouded Isle
    71% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,530 reviews2017
    Dev: Jongwoo KimPub: Kitfox Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Your Excellency, in this short systems-management survival game, we prepare for the awakening of our Lord. He hungers for human sacrifice. Sinners try to hide their dark secrets, but all must be purged...

    Why similar: Political Sim 36.1% ★, Turn-Based 18.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 16%, Difficult 9.1%, Management 6.7%

  49. #49 Shogun Showdown: Prologue
    67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 682 reviews2023
    Dev: RoboatinoPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 42 minMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 38%

    Fight the army of the Shogun in this free version of Shogun Showdown, a turn-based combat game with rogue-like and deck-building elements. Position yourself and attack at the right time, upgrade your tiles and combo them to get ready to face the Shogun!

    Why similar: Difficult 53.8%, Strategy 28.4%, 2D 13.7%, Singleplayer 4.1%

  50. #50 Realpolitiks 3: Earth and Beyond
    69% matchMostly Negative37% of 304 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: Grand Strategy 32.8%, Political Sim 22.1% ★, Economy 14.7%, Sandbox 12.4%, Strategy 10.5%

  51. #51 Dictator Simulator: Gradnar
    65% matchVery Positive98% of 93 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: Grand Strategy 34.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 27.7%, Strategy 11.3%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Simulation 9.7%

  52. #52 Three Kingdoms : Alias
    64% matchVery Positive80% of 373 reviews2026
    Dev: Plotrick
    Windows

    A world where officers hide their names and abilities. Can you spot Zhuge Liang? A hardcore turn-based strategy simulation for true Three Kingdoms devotees.

    Why similar: Political Sim 32.7% ★, Grand Strategy 23.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Economy 8.4%, Strategy 6.5%

  53. #53 US and THEM
    73% matchMostly Negative34% of 116 reviews2014
    Dev: Icehole GamesPub: Conglomerate 5
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Lead the CIA or KGB in a turn-based global strategy. Influence nations, run covert ops, and win the Cold War without firing a shot.

    Why similar: Political 20.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.3%, Turn-Based 15.2%, Grand Strategy 11.8%, Strategy 10.1%

  54. #54 Police Chief Simulator: Prologue - Early Days
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    Free introduction to the full Police Chief Simulator game takes you to Winston Springs Police Station! Handle incoming reports, renovate and expand the station, solve cases, and fight crime!

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  55. #55 Noble's Life: Kingdom Reborn - Prologue
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