Games Like This Is the President

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: Political Sim 27.5% ★, Politics 18.2% ★, Political 15% ★, Strategy RPG 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%

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 24.1% ★, Diplomacy 17% ★, Politics 16.9% ★, Grand Strategy 15% ★, Political 11.5% ★

This Is the Police is a strategy/adventure game set in a city spiraling the drain. Taking the role of gritty Police Chief Jack Boyd, you'll dive into a deep story of crime and intrigue. Will Jack reach his retirement with a nice stack of bills, or will he end up broken ... or worse?

Why similar: Crime 36.5%, Management 22.4%, Strategy 16.9%, Political 13.2% ★, Visual Novel 4.4%

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: Outbreak Sim 21.4% ★, Politics 16.8% ★, Political Sim 14.9% ★, Political 9.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 9%

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 33.7% ★, Politics 19.4% ★, Political 18.1% ★, Dystopian 17.4%, Strategy 6.6%

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 37.5% ★, Political 19% ★, Dystopian 18.7%, Dark Humor 14.9%, Strategy 6.7%

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: Political Sim 51.2% ★, Crime 23.2%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Strategy 8.6%, Adventure 5.1%

Interpret the law as you see fit! Run the sheriff’s department, manage your cops, make tough decisions – and try to keep out of prison yourself – in this story-driven mixture of adventure, strategy, and turn-based tactical combat.

Why similar: Crime 28.5%, Strategy 26.2%, Management 21.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.6%

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 37.8% ★, Dystopian 17.4%, Political 15.7% ★, Dark Humor 12.2%, Management 7.2%

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 26.7% ★, Grand Strategy 23.6% ★, Diplomacy 22.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%, Political 9.9% ★

Have you ever wanted to be president? or prime-minister? Convinced you could do a better job of running the country? Let's face it, you could hardly do a worse job than our current political leaders.

Why similar: Political Sim 56.5% ★, Politics 25.3% ★, Political 7.9% ★, Strategy 5.6%, Management 3.1%

Play as a fictional US president in this satirical narrative strategy! Lead Democrats or Republicans to make America great again. Again.

Why similar: Diplomacy 27.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.7%, Political Sim 15% ★, Management 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.3%

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: Diplomacy 22.7% ★, Grand Strategy 20.1% ★, Political 13.3% ★, Dystopian 11.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%

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 27% ★, Grand Strategy 23.2% ★, Politics 16% ★, Political 13.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%

Become the leader of any contemporary country in this streamlined real-time grand strategy game. Use diplomacy, espionage, military and economic power to deal with other nations, while tackling issues such as terrorism, financial crises and medical epidemics, all in an effort to achieve global domination!

Why similar: Diplomacy 27.7% ★, Political Sim 25.9% ★, Grand Strategy 20.2% ★, Politics 17% ★, Strategy 9.2%

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 30.9% ★, Politics 19% ★, Political 16% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Dystopian 9.1%

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: Diplomacy 27.9% ★, Grand Strategy 20.3% ★, Politics 11.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Political 10% ★

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 58% ★, Political 16.7% ★, Dystopian 13.6%, Strategy 9.3%, 2D 2.4%

A new political Party has won a landslide in the General Election, and for some reason the editor at the news station you work at has done a runner. Now it’s up to you, the Janitor, to take over the editing booth in this tumultuous time - will you help the government, or stand in their way?

Why similar: Political Sim 34.5% ★, Political 19.5% ★, Dystopian 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Management 9.1%

Become the King in a story-driven 8-bit style game, where choice matters. And try not to die instantly...

Why similar: Political Sim 26.9% ★, Diplomacy 18.9% ★, Strategy RPG 16.6%, Political 12% ★, Dark Humor 11.7%

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 22.8% ★, Diplomacy 17% ★, Politics 15% ★, Grand Strategy 11.4% ★, Political 11.1% ★

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: Grand Strategy 28.4% ★, Diplomacy 25% ★, Political 18.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, Management 7.7%

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: Political Sim 28% ★, Politics 22.3% ★, Political 18.8% ★, Dystopian 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%

As the leader of a nation, dispatch and control your team of characters all around the world to destabilize your enemies and establish your supremacy. All methods are fair game: hacking, sabotage, political interference, military strikes, corruption, treachery, assassinations, data theft…

Why similar: Diplomacy 22.8% ★, Political Sim 19.4% ★, Grand Strategy 19% ★, Politics 14.4% ★, Political 12.8% ★

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 24.7% ★, Grand Strategy 18.5% ★, Politics 17% ★, Diplomacy 14.6% ★, Political 11% ★

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 37.5% ★, Political 19.1% ★, Dystopian 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Management 8%

Democracy 3: Africa is the new standalone 're-imagining' of the hit political strategy game 'Democracy 3'. Set entirely in countries on the continent of Africa, D3:A puts you in charge of these countries and challenges you to stay in power whilst fixing each country's problems, improving the quality of life for your electorate, and...

Why similar: Political Sim 58.8% ★, Politics 32.1% ★, Strategy 9.1%

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 28.9% ★, Diplomacy 22.3% ★, Strategy RPG 13%, Dark Humor 11.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%

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 44.7% ★, Diplomacy 10.9% ★, Grand Strategy 10% ★, Politics 8.9% ★, Strategy 8%

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 52.9% ★, Politics 23.8% ★, Political 18.3% ★, Strategy 5.1%

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 31.2% ★, Grand Strategy 30.1% ★, Politics 16.4% ★, Political 11.2% ★, Strategy 11%

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

Why similar: Political Sim 33.7% ★, Grand Strategy 20.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.1%, Political 13.2% ★, Strategy 6.7%

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: Political Sim 26% ★, Grand Strategy 25% ★, Politics 18% ★, Political 13.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%

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 32.1% ★, Politics 19% ★, Political 15.8% ★, Dystopian 14.9%, Management 7.7%

Estrategia política, decisiones polémicas y humor satírico. Conducí una fuerza política, peleá elecciones y decidí el destino de la Argentina. Que se vayan todos, esta vez te toca gobernar a vos.

Why similar: Political Sim 36.2% ★, Politics 21.6% ★, Satire 12.9% ★, Strategy RPG 11.6%, Strategy 8.2%

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 46.3% ★, Politics 25% ★, Grand Strategy 12.3% ★, Political 9% ★, Strategy 7.5%

Step into the shoes of a government official in a top-secret department of the Orwell surveillance program. Given the power to both uncover and fabricate "the truth", how far will you go in the service of your country? Season 2 of Orwell, the award-winning surveillance thriller.

Why similar: Political Sim 33.8% ★, Political 16.4% ★, Politics 16.2% ★, Dystopian 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%

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 53.7% ★, Political 16.7% ★, Dystopian 15.2%, Management 6.5%, Strategy 5.3%

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 36.4% ★, Political 21% ★, Politics 19% ★, Dystopian 15.3%, Adventure 5.6%

Berlin 1933. “Adolf Hitler is chancellor!” We all know the consequences this message bore. Unspeakable horrors and suffering would sweep across the world. Few would stand and fight the monstrosity that was the German Reich. Will you? Lead an underground resistance group Through the Darkest of Times.

Why similar: Politics 28.3% ★, Political 25.1% ★, Strategy 17.3%, Management 10.3%, Adventure 8.4%

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 27.9% ★, Grand Strategy 21.6% ★, Politics 17.8% ★, Strategy RPG 14.4%, Political 13.7% ★

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 42.9% ★, Politics 20.9% ★, Political 17.3% ★, Strategy 8.9%, Management 6.2%

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 25.6% ★, Grand Strategy 22.4% ★, Politics 16% ★, Political 13.5% ★, Crime 10.4%

You are local mafia kingpin, Jeffrey Koch. Your empire in New Kandinski is in total chaos because an unknown Mastermind has decided to take your place. And they’ve planted a sleeper Mole inside your operation. It’s time to act, but you need to act smart.

Why similar: Political 40% ★, Strategy 27.1%, Adventure 12.2%, Management 11.4%, 2D 9.3%

You decide how a civil war in the country of Izgub is supposed to end. Visual novel with strong themes of war, political violence and moral dilemma.

Why similar: Political 17.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Dystopian 17.2%, Crime 17.2%, Visual Novel 12.2%

A Pro-Donald Trump presidential simulation. Make America Rich Again through trade. Make America Safe again by Defeating ISIS. Make America Great Again!

Why similar: Political Sim 41.1% ★, Political 23.2% ★, Politics 20.1% ★, Dystopian 12.5%, Strategy 3.2%

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: Political Sim 23.7% ★, Diplomacy 20.8% ★, Politics 16.3% ★, Political 12.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 9.9%

Political Animals is an election campaign simulation game set within a world populated by corrupt crocodiles and meritocratic mice. In a political contest where corruption is always around the corner, can you win without getting your paws dirty?

Why similar: Political Sim 34% ★, Politics 17.3% ★, Political 13% ★, Satire 9.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 7.3%

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 20.9% ★, Grand Strategy 20% ★, Politics 16% ★, Strategy RPG 12.7%, Political 11.4% ★

Step into the shoes of J. Edgar Hoover and combat the Mafia, Communists, the Ku Klux Klan, the Black Panthers, the Weather Underground, and more as you shape history with your every move. Download now and become the ultimate mastermind in this thrilling management RPG!

Why similar: Political Sim 22.1% ★, Grand Strategy 15.6% ★, Politics 14.7% ★, Political 12.2% ★, Strategy RPG 10.6%

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 Sim 32.3% ★, Diplomacy 26.7% ★, Strategy RPG 19.5%, Political 15.2% ★, Strategy 4.3%

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 33.8% ★, Political 21.4% ★, Strategy 18.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 9%

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 67.5% ★, Political 24.5% ★, Adventure 8.1%

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 Sim 31.5% ★, Political 26.8% ★, Strategy RPG 21.1%, Strategy 18.9%, 2D 1.7%

In this 2D, short narrative-based game, you assume the role of the Grim Reaper... on an office job. Your job is to decide which people are going to live or die. The consequences of your choices are yours to bear, while the mystery of your incarnation awaits revelation!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 52.7%, Strategy 25.1%, Adventure 11.5%, 2D 10.8%

As a detective tasked with bringing down a dangerous terrorist group, you fight on two fronts: interrogating suspects & managing your team and its reputation. With time running out, how far will you go to stop these criminals? Manipulation, threats or even torture? Does the end justify the means?

Why similar: Political Sim 30.6% ★, Political 19.1% ★, Crime 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Visual Novel 9.1%

In this management tycoon game, you’ll start a criminal operation from nothing and grow it into a well-oiled money machine! Build speakeasies and illegal distilleries. Manage production chains and resource distribution. Leverage favors, chase down debtors, and bribe the police to look the other way.

Why similar: Crime 30.1%, Grand Strategy 21.7% ★, Politics 14.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Management 12.1%