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 30.1% ★, Politics 20% ★, Strategy RPG 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.5%

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 27.2% ★, Politics 19.2% ★, Diplomacy 19.1% ★, Grand Strategy 16.8% ★, Management 6.7%

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 23.1% ★, Politics 18.2% ★, Political Sim 16.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9%

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 43.6%, Management 26.8%, Strategy 20.2%, Visual Novel 5.3%, Adventure 4.1%

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 28.6%, Strategy 26.1%, Management 21.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.7%

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 51.4% ★, Crime 23.2%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Strategy 8.6%, Adventure 5%

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

Why similar: Diplomacy 25.8% ★, America 20.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.5%, Management 13%, Visual Novel 11.5%

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 25.4% ★, Grand Strategy 22.5% ★, Diplomacy 21.3% ★, America 14.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%

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 41.2% ★, Politics 23.6% ★, Dystopian 21.2%, Strategy 8.1%, 2D 3%

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 45% ★, Dystopian 20.7%, Dark Humor 14.3%, Management 8.6%, Strategy 7.8%

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 46.4% ★, Dystopian 23%, Dark Humor 18.4%, Strategy 8.2%, Adventure 2.1%

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 61.5% ★, Politics 27.3% ★, Strategy 6.1%, Management 3.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 1.4%

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 26% ★, Grand Strategy 23.1% ★, Dystopian 13.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.7%

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 31.3% ★, Grand Strategy 26.7% ★, Politics 18.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.1%, Strategy 6.3%

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 43% ★, Dystopian 22%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Management 11.4%, Adventure 5.3%

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 27.4% ★, Political Sim 26% ★, Grand Strategy 20.4% ★, Politics 17% ★, Strategy 9.3%

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 30.8% ★, Grand Strategy 22.5% ★, Politics 12.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, Management 8.4%

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 31.7% ★, Politics 25.2% ★, Dystopian 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Drama 7.9%

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 26.5%, Grand Strategy 19.2% ★, Politics 12.6% ★, America 11.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%

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 36.9% ★, Politics 22.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Dystopian 10.8%, Visual Novel 9.9%

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

Why similar: Political Sim 30.8% ★, Diplomacy 21.2% ★, Strategy RPG 18.8%, Dark Humor 13.3%, Management 8.6%

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 25.7% ★, Diplomacy 18.9% ★, Politics 16.9% ★, Grand Strategy 12.7% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 8.3%

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 47.7% ★, Diplomacy 11.3% ★, Grand Strategy 10.5% ★, Politics 9.5% ★, Strategy 8.5%

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 25.1% ★, Grand Strategy 21.7% ★, America 15.7% ★, Politics 15.5% ★, Crime 10.1%

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 25.9% ★, Political Sim 22.4% ★, Grand Strategy 21.7% ★, Politics 16.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 7.3%

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 69.7% ★, Dystopian 16.3%, Strategy 11.1%, 2D 2.9%

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 27.9% ★, Grand Strategy 20.6% ★, Politics 19.1% ★, Diplomacy 16.2% ★, Dystopian 8.6%

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 34.8% ★, Diplomacy 30.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.8%, Management 9.6%, Strategy 7.3%

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 29.1% ★, Diplomacy 22.1% ★, Strategy RPG 12.9%, Dark Humor 11.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%

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 37.8% ★, Strategy 23.1%, Management 13.8%, Adventure 11.1%, Visual Novel 9.8%

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 58.9% ★, Politics 32% ★, Strategy 9.1%

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 46.5% ★, Dystopian 15.9%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Management 10%, Strategy 7.2%

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 64.8% ★, Politics 29% ★, Strategy 6.2%

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 36% ★, Strategy RPG 23.9%, Strategy 21.5%, America 16.6% ★, 2D 1.9%

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 51% ★, Politics 27.4% ★, Grand Strategy 13.4% ★, Strategy 8.2%

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 47% ★, Politics 23% ★, Dystopian 14.1%, America 12.4% ★, Strategy 3.6%

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 35.4% ★, Grand Strategy 33.7% ★, Politics 18.5% ★, Strategy 12.4%

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 32.5% ★, Grand Strategy 24.9% ★, Politics 20.6% ★, Strategy RPG 16.7%, Strategy 5.3%

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 41.7% ★, Politics 24.8% ★, Strategy RPG 13.3%, Strategy 9.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 7%

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: Strategy 45.1%, Adventure 20.1%, Management 19.2%, 2D 15.6%

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 27.3% ★, Diplomacy 23.6% ★, Politics 18.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Visual Novel 8%

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 38.2% ★, Politics 22.5% ★, Dystopian 17.7%, Management 9.2%, Strategy 6.3%

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 25.2% ★, Grand Strategy 17.7% ★, Politics 16.8% ★, Strategy RPG 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%

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 21.9% ★, Grand Strategy 21.1% ★, Politics 16.9% ★, Strategy RPG 13.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%

Will YOU control Congress, the Supreme Court, or the Presidency? In Battle for the Hill, a real-time multiplayer political strategy game, you’ll pass laws, shape the economy, and fight for power. Build alliances, manipulate the system, or dominate the market—every decision changes history.

Why similar: Political Sim 30.2% ★, America 21.8% ★, Politics 19.2% ★, Strategy RPG 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%

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 89.4% ★, Adventure 10.6%

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 42.9% ★, Strategy 23.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.4%, Management 8.7%

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 64.5% ★, Dystopian 18.1%, Management 7.8%, Strategy 6.4%, 2D 3.2%

In POLICE TACTICS: IMPERIO you start your career as an aspiring police chief in Newport Falls, a city that is dirty and corrupt to its core. You are responsible for upholding law and order. Coordinate the emergency vehicles and personnel of the municipal precinct and put a stop to crime.

Why similar: Strategy 100%

Win the hearts and minds of America’s voters and run for President in this political strategy game. Choose a candidate or create your own and run against the opposing party’s candidate or up to 4 primary candidates controlled by the computer or other players online.

Why similar: Political Sim 30.5% ★, Politics 22% ★, America 20.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Management 7.8%

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 38.4% ★, Diplomacy 31.3% ★, Strategy RPG 22.9%, Strategy 5.1%, 2D 2.4%

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 57.8% ★, Dystopian 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Visual Novel 5.5%, Adventure 3.6%

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 30.2% ★, Grand Strategy 28.8% ★, Politics 20.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, Strategy 6%

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 39% ★, Grand Strategy 23.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.7%, Strategy 7.8%, Management 5.7%

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 11.4%, 2D 10.8%

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 51.8% ★, Politics 25.2% ★, Strategy 10.8%, Management 7.5%, 2D 4.7%

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: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Dystopian 20.8%, Crime 20.8%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Dark Humor 12.8%