Top Political Games
60+ political games ranked by player tags and tunable re-ranking. Related tags include Singleplayer, Indie, Simulation, Strategy.
Recommended Political Games

Papers, Please
Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.

Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.
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- #1 Papers, Please98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 78,508 reviews2013Developer: Lucas PopePublisher: 3909Platforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.3hMean: 10.2h≥1hr: 85%
Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.
- #2 Disco Elysium - The Final Cut95% matchVery Positive93% of 124,984 reviews2019Developer: ZA/UMPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 7.3hMean: 22.3h≥1hr: 85%
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.
- #3 Imperator: Rome82% matchMixed65% of 26,771 reviews2019Developer: Paradox Development StudioPublisher: Paradox InteractivePlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.6hMean: 37.3h≥1hr: 89%
Dominate the classical Mediterranean in Imperator: Rome, a grand strategy game from Paradox Interactive. Navigate the dangerous waters of politics and diplomacy as you build up your provinces and conquer foreign lands. Now available with special content and the digital artbook.
- #4 The Political Process81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,101 reviews2019Developer: Verlumino Studios LLCPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.5hMean: 15.6h≥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.
- #5 270 | Two Seventy US Election81% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,095 reviews2018Developer: Political Games LLCPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 2.0hMean: 8.3h≥1hr: 68%
Do you have what it takes to become President of the United States? Can you win the Two Seventy (270) Electoral Votes needed for victory in the US Election?
- #6 Suzerain74% matchVery Positive93% of 11,092 reviews2020Developer: Torpor GamesPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 5.5hMean: 18.1h≥1hr: 73%
Assume the role of President Anton Rayne and guide the nation of Sordland. Amidst brewing international conflicts, need for reform, deep-seated corruption, and economic recession, you must make the decisions in this political drama. How will you lead?
- #7 Beholder 273% matchVery Positive87% of 7,880 reviews2018Developer: Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)Publisher: AlawarPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.8hMean: 19.0h≥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!
- #8 Democracy 473% matchVery Positive82% of 6,264 reviews2022Developer: Positech GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.7hMean: 13.0h≥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...
- #9 Not Tonight73% matchVery Positive83% of 2,674 reviews2018Developer: PanicBarnPublisher: No More RobotsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.5hMean: 6.5h≥1hr: 91%
Person of European Heritage #112: Welcome to Relocation Block B, your new home. Your designated role is 'Bouncer'. Work hard, stay out of trouble, and we might let you stay in the UK.
- #10 Kandidatos72% matchVery Positive90% of 4,266 reviews2020Developer: Shaikonina GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.7hMean: 3.2h≥1hr: 65%
Fight in the biggest political tournament in Brazil.
- #11 Divinity: Dragon Commander71% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,503 reviews2013Developer: Larian StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.2hMean: 5.6h≥1hr: 86%
You are the Dragon Commander. Your mission it is to reunite a broken empire and become the new emperor. Success depends entirely on your ability to efficiently rule your empire, build invincible armies and lead them to victory.
- #12 House of Legacy69% matchVery Positive83% of 3,616 reviews2025Developer: S3 StudioPublisher: Thermite GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 7.3hMean: 18.4h≥1hr: 81%
Step into the shoes of a fallen clan leader, starting with nothing but a crumbling estate and a handful of hopes, rising through careful planning, trade, and diplomacy to become one of the most powerful families in the land. Now it’s time to forge a legendary dynasty that leaves its mark on history.
- #13 Mr.President!69% matchVery Positive83% of 5,429 reviews2016Developer: Game Developer XPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.5hMean: 3.8h≥1hr: 80%
Mr.President! Can you take a bullet for the soon to be President of the United States of America?! You play as Dick “Rock-Hard” Johnson a bulletproof man, the best bodyguard money can buy. He is sworn to protect the most hated presidential candidate of all time Ronald Rump.
- #14 RIOT: Civil Unrest69% matchMixed68% of 1,899 reviews2019Developer: Leonard MenchiariPublisher: Silver Lining InteractivePlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 48mMean: 4.2h≥1hr: 47%
As civil crisis deepens and inequality tears the very fabric of society the discontentment of the masses manifests itself in violent public disturbances and civil disorder. Play as the police or the angry horde as RIOT – Civil Unrest places you in some of the world’s most fractious disputes.
- #15 Democracy 369% matchMostly Positive74% of 7,255 reviews2013Developer: Positech GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.2hMean: 10.8h≥1hr: 84%
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.
- #16 Make America Great Again: The Trump Presidency67% matchVery Positive86% of 1,822 reviews2016Developer: Maverick Game StudioPublisher: Three Guys Game StudioPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.7hMean: 11.6h≥1hr: 86%
A Pro-Donald Trump presidential simulation. Make America Rich Again through trade. Make America Safe again by Defeating ISIS. Make America Great Again!
- #17 Super Bernie World66% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,095 reviews2020Developer: Gamedevs for BerniePublisher: Kitsune GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 24mMean: 1.3h≥1hr: 21%
Join Bernie's movement and transform the United States in this free retro 2D platformer.
- #18 Beholder: Conductor65% matchVery Positive91% of 4,209 reviews2025Developer: AlawarPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 3.5hMean: 4.6h≥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!
- #19 Replica66% matchVery Positive86% of 3,503 reviews2016Developer: SomiPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 2.8hMean: 35.1h≥1hr: 88%
Replica is an interactive novel game played through a cellphone and social media. The insane experience of peeping into someone's private life through a cellphone will transform you into the state's greatest patriot.
- #20 Orwell: Ignorance is Strength66% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,845 reviews2018Developer: Osmotic StudiosPublisher: Daedalic EntertainmentPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.5hMean: 5.1h≥1hr: 90%
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.
- #21 1979 Revolution: Black Friday65% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,085 reviews2016Developer: iNK StoriesPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 3.3hMean: 5.0h≥1hr: 88%
1979 Revolution: Black Friday is a choice driven, narrative game that brings players into the brooding world of a nation on the verge of collapse. Play as Reza, an aspiring photojournalist, and make life and death decisions as you survive the gritty streets of Iran in the late 1970’s.
- #22 Tonight We Riot63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 562 reviews2020Developer: Pixel Pushers Union 512Publisher: Means InteractivePlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 1.6hMean: 2.6h≥1hr: 62%
A revolutionary crowd-based retro brawler
- #23 CUCKOLD SIMULATOR: Life as a Beta Male Cuck61% matchVery Positive93% of 2,084 reviews2025Developer: Team SNEEDPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.7hMean: 4.4h≥1hr: 69%
CUCKOLD SIMULATOR, the exciting new game where you play as Cuckold (that is his name) in his day-to-day life. Work hard, give all your money to the bull, and be verbally abused by your fat wife.
- #24 Masters of the World - Geopolitical Simulator 364% matchMixed45% of 609 reviews2014Developer: EversimPlatforms: 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.
- #25 Europa Universalis III Complete63% matchVery Positive83% of 1,992 reviews2009Developer: Paradox Development StudioPublisher: Paradox InteractivePlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 2.2hMean: 11.4h≥1hr: 89%
Europa Universalis III Complete includes the original Europa Universalis III as well as the expansions In Nomine and Napoleons Ambition Europa Universalis III delves deeply into the areas of exploration, trade, warfare and diplomacy.
- #26 Solium Infernum61% matchVery Positive88% of 1,640 reviews2024Developer: League of GeeksPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 5.0hMean: 29.7h≥1hr: 82%
Take the Infernal Throne in this hellish turn-based grand strategy game. The Prince of Darkness has vanished, leaving Archfiends to conspire: muster your legions while intoning dark sorceries, devilish schemes, and machiavellian plots. Who will be the new ruler of Hell and ascend the Throne?
- #27 Power & Revolution63% matchMixed56% of 1,294 reviews2016Developer: EversimPlatforms: 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!
- #28 JudgeSim61% matchVery Positive85% of 1,308 reviews2024Developer: DelusionArt StudioPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.4hMean: 3.4h≥1hr: 77%
Things were worse than ever in Banana Republic, a somber island country. While anarchists roamed the streets, corruption was running deeper due to economic crisis and rising crime rates. Bearing these burdens were "judges" who tried to make things right with honesty...
- #29 A Bewitching Revolution62% matchVery Positive93% of 352 reviews2019Developer: ColestiaPlatforms: Windows
A Bewitching Revolution is a first-person adventure game about a communist witch living in a cyberpunk city. Use magic to help the city's residents organise collective forms of power and resistance!
- #30 Plutocracy61% matchVery Positive80% of 1,348 reviews2019Developer: RedwoodPlatforms: 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?
- #31 NOT A HERO60% matchVery Positive87% of 2,042 reviews2016Developer: Roll7Publisher: Devolver DigitalPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.0hMean: 4.5h≥1hr: 79%
Professional assassin turned amateur campaign manager Steve is charged with cleaning up the city by an anthropomorphic rabbit and mayoral candidate from the future named BunnyLord.
- #32 The Westport Independent61% matchMostly Positive76% of 330 reviews2016Developer: Double Zero One ZeroPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 1.0hMean: 9.9h≥1hr: 51%
The Westport Independent is a censorship simulator taking place in a post-war country, governed by the recently elected Loyalist Party. As the editor of one of the last independent newspapers in the country, your job is to remove and edit the content of your paper, affecting the people’s opinion of both the rebels and the Loyalist...
- #33 Kandidatos Kart60% matchVery Positive86% of 904 reviews2020Developer: Shaikonina GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.7hMean: 3.4h≥1hr: 62%
The craziest race, with the fastest and most furious Kandidatos in Brazil.
- #34 Headliner: NoviNews60% matchVery Positive89% of 806 reviews2018Developer: Unbound CreationsPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 2.2hMean: 3.9h≥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.
- #35 My Friend Stalin60% matchVery Positive90% of 611 reviews2021Developer: Boom TeamPlatforms: Windows
For the first time on steam. The greatest dictator of all time is now dancing on your desktop!
- #36 Democratic Socialism Simulator60% matchVery Positive92% of 197 reviews2020Developer: MolleindustriaPlatforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
Pave the road to a post-capitalist society!
- #37 Korwin The Game60% matchMostly Positive78% of 224 reviews2015Developer: Zbigniew OchmanPublisher: WolfiesoftPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.7hMean: 3.6h≥1hr: 88%
Old-school 2D platform game. You play as a warrior for freedom in the fight against hordes of socialists. 19 models enemies. 12 levels.
- #38 China: Mao's legacy59% matchVery Positive92% of 1,038 reviews2019Developer: NostalgamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 5.6hMean: 15.8h≥1hr: 83%
Year 1976, the stormy Cultural revolution has died down, hard times of hongweibing and public critics are coming to an end. Old and sick Mao Zedong will soon leave China to his comrades from CPC. The Cold War is coming into a new phase...
- #39 Not For Broadcast: Prologue59% matchVery Positive93% of 766 reviews2019Developer: NotGamesPublisher: tinyBuildPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 24mMean: 5.4h≥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.
- #40 Mind Scanners59% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,287 reviews2021Developer: The Outer ZonePublisher: Brave At NightPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 5.6hMean: 6.6h≥1hr: 86%
Greetings. Your Mind Scanner request has been approved. Your duty is to diagnose and treat the citizens of The Structure. The patient list is long so don't waste your time. We’ll let you see your daughter soon...
- #41 Psycholonials58% matchVery Positive90% of 1,110 reviews2021Developer: Andrew HussiePublisher: NonePlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.7hMean: 17.7h≥1hr: 79%
While in communication with supernatural forces, two influencers launch a daring new social media brand.
- #42 HEADLINER59% matchMostly Positive77% of 925 reviews2017Developer: Unbound CreationsPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 2.0hMean: 2.7h≥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.
- #43 Yang2020 Path To Presidency59% matchVery Positive88% of 136 reviews2019Developer: Sam VallelyPlatforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
Andrew Yang is unstoppable on his path to presidency! Play through all of the ups and downs of his campaign journey as you battle the other candidates, the naysayers and of course President Trump!
- #44 Citystate II58% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,099 reviews2021Developer: Andy SztarkPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 5.0hMean: 9.6h≥1hr: 75%
Create your own Nation, build cities and bring prosperity to your people. Citystate II is a unique city-builder featuring realistic economics and complex political options. Slums or skyscrapers, experiment and bring about your vision of the ideal society.
- #45 Need to Know59% matchMixed67% of 293 reviews2018Developer: Monomyth GamesPlatforms: 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.
- #46 The Fermi Paradox58% matchMostly Positive77% of 987 reviews2021Developer: Anomaly GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.9hMean: 5.4h≥1hr: 74%
The Fermi Paradox is a choice-driven sci-fi narrative strategy game in which your decisions in one corner of the galaxy can upend entire civilizations in another. Guide species through millennia and help them explore the vastness of space, make contact and, perhaps, create harmony.
- #47 Relooted57% matchVery Positive86% of 238 reviews2026Developer: NyamakopPlatforms: Windows
Reclaim real African artifacts from Western museums in this Africanfuturist heist game. Recruit crew members, plan escape routes, acquire the precious cargo, and bounce out of the joint as fast as you can.
- #48 Long Gone Days57% matchVery Positive89% of 549 reviews2023Developer: This I DreamtPublisher: Serenity ForgePlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 3.2hMean: 4.6h≥1hr: 89%
A modern-day JRPG that imagines a world of war. Overcome language barriers, forge unlikely friendships, and find hope amidst conflict.
- #49 Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with Love58% matchVery Positive87% of 425 reviews2019Developer: Artifex MundiPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.7hMean: 5.8h≥1hr: 92%
Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with Love is a satirical point and click inspired by the classic adventure games. It smuggles you out of your comfort zone and throws you into the middle of a Cold War spy intrigue - where there’s an even bigger game being played …
- #50 Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升57% matchVery Positive87% of 741 reviews2023Developer: Maestro CinetikPublisher: Gaming at WorkPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 30mMean: 7.8h≥1hr: 42%
A Giant Strategy Sandbox experience set in Warlord China. *Tons of playable factions! *Communist insurgents, * Boxers like rebels, *Greedy warlords, *Mongol riders, *A mad russian baron, *Shanghai gangsters, *And armored trains!
- #51 Through the Darkest of Times58% matchVery Positive84% of 1,135 reviews2020Developer: Paintbucket GamesPublisher: HandyGamesPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 1.7hMean: 6.8h≥1hr: 61%
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.
- #52 Obama Boss Fight57% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 809 reviews2021Developer: xXx_Skipper_xXxPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.7hMean: 3.1h≥1hr: 61%
In the world where all answers were told the great enemies confronted each other. The time has come. Time to defeat Obama once and for all. Will the world be free from racism or you will start a new era? It is up to you. But keep in mind... Obama has no chill.
- #53 FREE DUROV57% matchVery Positive91% of 328 reviews2024Developer: RASKUMAR TEAMPublisher: RSK TEAMPlatforms: Windows
FREE DUROV – Dive into the most meme-worthy horror game. Experience the hardships of prison life and try to escape by securing the encryption keys. Save anonymity!
- #54 Border Force59% matchMostly Negative35% of 88 reviews2019Developer: Spire InteractivePlatforms: Windows
It is 10:59PM on March 29th 2019. With one minute to go until Britain's exit from the European Union is formalised, you are ready to get to work. The UK's safety is in your hands. You are Border Force.
- #55 Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall57% matchVery Positive93% of 722 reviews2018Developer: NostalgamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 6.3hMean: 13.9h≥1hr: 88%
The confrontation between the East and the West is coming to an end, but not between East and West Germany. The old party leaders are still sitting in their offices, not changing anything and waiting for exclamations from Moscow. But their end is close – Gorbachev and Kohl have already decided...
- #56 Act of War: Direct Action58% matchVery Positive91% of 603 reviews2008Developer: Eugen SystemsPublisher: THQ NordicPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.3hMean: 5.7h≥1hr: 56%
Tomorrow's War Is NOW Ripped from today's headlines, Act of War: Direct Action™ is a frightening tale of suspense, international intrigue and geopolitical military conflict. This real-time strategy experience puts you squarely in control of counterterrorist forces and delivers a first look at tomorrow's war.
- #57 For the People57% matchMostly Positive74% of 788 reviews2020Developer: Brezg StudioPublisher: 101XPPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 2.3hMean: 3.9h≥1hr: 72%
For the People is a mix of a political management sim and a visual novel, putting players in the shoes of an idealistic young state official tasked with shaping the future of a communist factory town. Will the party provide for the people, or are the people just cogs in its machine?..
