Games like Political Life
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A political life simulation: enter in middle age, assemble bills, run elections, take the money, bury the trail. There is no win condition — only how you are remembered when you die.
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$13.99Headliner: NoviNews
Oct 23 · Unbound Creations
Both: Political Sim · Choices Matter · Multiple Endings
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.
Political SimInteractive FictionVisual NovelChoices MatterPoint & ClickStory Rich2DMultiple EndingsDialogue HeavySimulation👍 767
$19.99Suzerain
Dec 4 · Torpor Games
Both: Political Sim · Choices Matter · Text-Based
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?
Visual NovelChoose Your Own AdventurePolitical SimChoices MatterInteractive FictionStory RichText-BasedMultiple EndingsRPGStrategy RPG👍 10,581
$4.99Impeached 2
Jul 11 · Justin Proulx
Both: Political Sim · Choices Matter · Text-Based
Anyone can be President, so why not you? Become President of the United States in this text-based political satire strategy game, then push your morals and values upon hundreds of millions of people. Will you be a benevolent leader or a ruthless dictator?
Political SimChoices MatterText-BasedChoose Your Own AdventurePuzzleMultiple EndingsCapitalismCrimeDiplomacyEconomy
-90%$1.39Beholder
Nov 9 · Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)
Both: Choices Matter · Political Sim · Multiple Endings
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?
Choices MatterDystopian Political SimStrategyAtmosphericSingleplayerDarkStory RichSimulationMultiple Endings👍 23,215
$14.99Growing Up
Oct 13 · Vile Monarch
Both: Life Sim · Choices Matter · Multiple Endings
This is the story of your life. Experience the entire journey from toddler to adulthood. Go to schools, learn new things, meet new friends, and have wild adventures! Every choice you make will influence your future career, and decide who your romantic partner will be. Who will you become?
Life SimChoices MatterStory RichSimulationEmotionalRPGAdventureMultiple EndingsSingleplayerChoose Your Own Adventure👍 3,468
-85%$2.69Beholder 2
Dec 4 · Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)
Both: Choices Matter · Political Sim · Multiple Endings
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!
Dystopian Choices MatterStrategySimulationPolitical SimStory RichSingleplayerAtmosphericMultiple EndingsDark👍 6,865
$14.99The Political Process
Nov 22 · Verlumino Studios LLC
Both: Political Sim
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.
Political SimSimulationStrategyIndieEarly AccessTurn-Based👍 2,126
$19.99Office Life
Dec 17 · LeiYun Games
Both: Life Sim · Choices Matter
Dive into a massive 2-million-word immersive life sim. Use card-based strategies to survive office politics, rise from a rookie intern to a business tycoon, and find true love. Career, Romance, Wealth—why choose when you can have it all?
Story RichLife SimDating SimCuteCinematicTime ManagementRPGDeckbuildingChoices MatterSimulation👍 1,726
$24.99I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
Aug 25 · Northway Games
Both: Choices Matter · Life Sim
Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.
Choices MatterLife SimDating SimDeckbuildingVisual NovelRPGStory RichChoose Your Own AdventureLGBTQ+Interactive Fiction👍 4,446
$4.99Crisis in the Kremlin
Mar 20 · Nostalgames
Both: Political Sim · Choices Matter
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?
Political SimStrategyCold WarSimulationIndieHistoricalAlternate HistoryGrand StrategyDiplomacyChoices Matter👍 1,372
$29.99Democracy 4
Jan 13 · Positech Games
Both: Political Sim · Choices Matter
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...
StrategyPolitical SimManagementSimulationEconomyDiplomacyGrand StrategyChoices MatterIndieCapitalism👍 5,892
$14.99Do Not Feed the Monkeys 2099
May 25 · Fictiorama Studios
Both: Choices Matter · Life Sim · Multiple Endings
Spy on strangers through security cameras, invade their privacy and discover their secrets in this digital voyeur simulator. Welcome to the future of The Primate Observation Club. Even in 2099 the rule about messing with your unlucky subjects still remains in this sequel: DO NOT feed the monkeys!
Dystopian Choices MatterLife SimMultiple EndingsStrategyDark HumorManagementFunnyResource ManagementSimulation👍 1,037
$2.99川建国同志想要连任/Comrade Trump's Re-election
Sep 10 · YEARS
Both: Political Sim · Multiple Endings · Choices Matter
This game is for entertainment only. It does not represent any group or individual, nor does it represent or agree with any political views.A game simulating the re-election of Comrade Trump, let's write a hymn of loyalty.
CasualStrategyRPGPolitical SimStrategy RPGCute2DFunnyMultiple EndingsChoices Matter👍 1,173
$4.99HEADLINER
Oct 3 · Unbound Creations
Both: Choices Matter · Multiple Endings · Political Sim
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.
IndieAdventureChoices MatterMultiple EndingsPolitical SimDystopian ShortStory Rich2DReplay Value👍 890
$0.99Bad Government
Feb 16 · FreeTimeDev
Both: Political Sim · Text-Based · Choices Matter
Manage your resources and navigate the shifting sentiment of the population in this decision-based resource management game. Gain power to unlock more individuals, adding complexity as you progress. How long can you maintain balance?
Political SimManagementStrategyText-BasedDark ComedyChoices MatterDialogue HeavyCasualRPGSimulation
-75%$1.99A guard walks into a tavern
Nov 30 · SuQing
Both: Choices Matter · Life Sim · Multiple Endings
You are a guard whose job is to post bounties. Try your best to deal with various matters and make money to raise your family. But remember, when various factions come to you, you will have to make choices!
Choices MatterMedievalSimulationDark HumorStory RichFantasyInteractive FictionLife SimMultiple EndingsAdventure👍 415
$24.99Democracy 3
Oct 14 · Positech Games
Both: Political Sim
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.
Political SimSimulationStrategyIndieTurn-BasedSingleplayerEconomyManagementSandboxModdable👍 6,244
-20%$7.99Lightracer: For Judge
Jan 7 · Smartmelon Games
Both: Political Sim · Choices Matter · Multiple Endings
In a dystopian future, as The Judge with immense power, you journey through space to find hope in a divided society. This sci-fi adventure explores hope amidst adversity.
SimulationRPGExplorationVisual NovelAdventurePolitical SimSpaceChoices MatterMultiple EndingsSci-fi👍 462
$6.99Lawgivers
Apr 2 · Damian Bernardi
Both: Political Sim · Choices Matter
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.
Political SimSimulationChoices MatterSandboxTurn-Based TacticsIndieDiplomacyStrategyManagementCapitalism👍 400
$14.99The King's Dilemma: Chronicles
Jan 30 · Big Trouble
Both: Political Sim · Choices Matter · Multiple Endings
Lead the King’s Council for generations as the consequences of your decisions decide the kingdom’s resources and political standing. Form alliances, solve dilemmas, and prepare for the final uprising that was foretold by an ancient prophecy
SimulationRPGPolitical SimInteractive FictionStrategy RPGBase BuildingLore-RichChoices MatterDynamic NarrationMultiple Endings👍 102
$9.99Government Simulator
Dec 4 · Ambiera
Both: Political Sim
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.
Political SimSimulationIndieStrategyEconomyManagementTurn-BasedSingleplayerSandbox👍 184
$24.99Plutocracy
Nov 21 · Redwood
Both: Political Sim
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?
StrategySimulationGrand StrategyManagementPolitical SimEconomyCapitalismHistoricalCrimeSandbox👍 1,306
$25.99Big Ambitions
Aug 28 · Hovgaard Games
Both: Life Sim
Big Ambitions is a revolutionary role-playing business sim. Go from nothing to the biggest entrepreneur in New York by opening small businesses or slowly building huge corporations any way you like.
ManagementEconomySimulationCapitalismLife SimSandboxSingleplayerResource ManagementTime ManagementInventory Management👍 14,060
$19.99The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
Mar 4 · Sever, Schisma Games
Both: Choices Matter · Text-Based
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Choices MatterStory RichRPGInteractive FictionChoose Your Own AdventureVisual NovelText-BasedMedievalIndieSingleplayer👍 8,153
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$5.99Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall
Mar 25 · Nostalgames
Both: Political Sim · Choices Matter
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...
Political SimSimulationStrategyCold WarIndieAlternate HistoryChoices MatterHistoricalRPGManagement👍 666
$19.99Sovereign Tower
Aug 6 · WILD WITS GAMES
Both: Choices Matter
Play as the Sovereign of a magical tower in this story-rich, Round Table management RPG. Recruit eccentric Knights, assign quests and balance egos whilst carving out your kingdom's destiny. If destiny doesn’t go your way, keep turning back time, uncover secrets and rewrite fate again and again.
Choices MatterMedievalChoose Your Own AdventureVisual NovelIndieManagementDialogue HeavyHand-drawnRPGStory Rich👍 3,150
$12.99Death and Taxes
Feb 20 · Placeholder Gameworks
Both: Choices Matter · Multiple Endings
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!
Choices MatterStory RichSimulationPoint & ClickMultiple EndingsStrategyPuzzleChoose Your Own AdventureReplay ValueCasual👍 7,857
$24.99Not For Broadcast
Jan 25 · NotGames
Both: Choices Matter · Multiple Endings
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?
Adventure1980sChoices MatterDystopian FMVSimulationDark ComedyStory RichMultiple EndingsManagement👍 10,342
-25%$14.99K-pop Idol Stories: Road to Debut
Jul 16 · Wisageni Studio
Both: Life Sim · Choices Matter
The ultimate crossover between K-pop and Life Simulation! Step into the role of manager and build your dream idol group by scouting talent, managing schedules, choosing outfits, planning social media, and organizing the perfect album. Can you make it to debut?
Life SimRPGChoices MatterSimulationChoose Your Own AdventureAnimeVisual NovelManagementParty-Based RPGRelaxing👍 176
$14.99To Pixelia
May 1 · Pixeduo Studios
Both: Life Sim · Pixel Graphics
Meet the Pixelians and discover the ultimate life simulator in To Pixelia. As you climb your career ladder of choice, step into the world of politics, art, sports, music, and even crime. Live your dream life in pixels!
Life SimOpen WorldPixel GraphicsRelaxingFarming SimDating SimSandboxManagementCasualChoose Your Own Adventure👍 1,195
Nobody - The Turnaround
Nov 16 · U.Ground Game Studio
Both: Life Sim · Choices Matter
Nobody – The Turnaround is a life simulator set in a parallel world that echoes modern society. Manage your time and resources carefully, strive to find a way through difficult times, and overcome the predicament you find yourself in.
Early AccessLife SimSimulationSurvivalRealisticSandboxOpen WorldStrategyChoices MatterEmotional👍 8,234
-90%$1.59Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
May 20 · DigiTales Interactive
Both: Pixel Graphics · Multiple Endings · Choices Matter
A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.
Pixel GraphicsDetectiveNoirInteractive FictionMultiple EndingsCyberpunkCrimeDialogue HeavyChoices MatterSci-fi👍 2,160
-85%$2.69Beholder 3
Mar 3 · Paintbucket Games
Both: Political Sim
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.
Political SimSimulationDystopian StrategyPoint & ClickChoose Your Own Adventure2DAtmosphericDarkIsometric👍 2,275
$19.99We. The Revolution
Mar 21 · Polyslash
Both: Choices Matter · Political Sim
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!
HistoricalChoices MatterPolitical SimAdventureSimulationSingleplayerStrategyInvestigationStory RichTurn-Based👍 1,999
-80%$3.99Yes, Your Grace
Mar 6 · Brave At Night
Both: Choices Matter · Pixel Graphics · Life Sim
These are troubling times, Your Grace. The petitioners’ petty matters exceed our limited resources, to say nothing of the war. A careful balance must be struck. Your throne awaits.
Choices MatterIndieMedievalPixel GraphicsRPGStory RichLGBTQ+ManagementLife SimCasual👍 12,577
$2.99Reigns: Her Majesty
Dec 6 · Nerial, Synaptic Insight Technology Systems
Both: Life Sim · Choices Matter
Reigns: Her Majesty is the revolutionary follow-up to the smash swipe ‘em up hit Reigns.
IndieLife SimFemale ProtagonistChoices MatterCasualCard GameSimulationMedievalStrategyChoose Your Own Adventure👍 1,132
$19.99Not Tonight
Aug 17 · PanicBarn
Both: Life Sim · Pixel Graphics
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.
SimulationLife SimPixel GraphicsRPGAlternate HistoryDystopian IndieSingleplayer2DGreat Soundtrack👍 2,220
$4.99Rogue State
Oct 16 · LRDGames, Inc.
Both: Political Sim
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.
StrategySimulationIndiePolitical SimEconomy👍 195
$2.99Reigns
Aug 11 · Nerial
Both: Choices Matter · Life Sim
Sit on the throne as a benevolent (or malevolent) medieval monarch of the modern age and swipe your royal controller either left or right to impose your will upon the kingdom.
Choices MatterMedievalCard GameIndieLife SimChoose Your Own AdventureSingleplayerRPGAdventureSimulation👍 7,505
-50%$14.99The Sims™ 2 Legacy Collection
Jan 31 · MAXIS
Both: Life Sim
The game you know and love. For Windows 10/11. In The Sims 2, you direct your Sims over a lifetime. Give them a long existence, or leave their lives in shambles. Guide their characteristics from one generation to the next.
SandboxLife SimBuildingSimulationCharacter CustomizationManagementImmersive SimAtmosphericSingleplayerStory Rich👍 4,769
$11.99This Grand Life
Apr 17 · Poking Water Games
Both: Life Sim
A life simulator that leans heavily into the personal finance aspect. Pay taxes, take out mortgages, trade stocks, buy real estate, start businesses, or grind your way to victory as an employee.
Time ManagementCapitalismEconomyManagementSurvivalLife SimEducationTurn-Based StrategyCharacter CustomizationRPG👍 222
The Political Machine 2016
Feb 4 · Stardock Entertainment
Both: Political Sim
Run for President of the United States as one of dozens of past or present presidential candidates or create your own ideal candidate. Give speeches, go on talk shows, hire unsavory operatives, and do whatever it takes to win on election day.
Political SimSimulationStrategyIndieCasualTurn-BasedMultiplayerSingleplayerManagementEarly Access👍 582
$4.99Just Power: The Papal States
Nov 12 · Stikcy Games
Both: Political Sim
Are you ready to found a dynasty which controls the Holy See over the centuries? Climb the hierarchies, hire your relatives, blackmail and bribe to get everything you want in this turn-based political simulator.
Political SimTurn-Based StrategyDiplomacyEconomySimulationConspiracyManagementTurn-BasedStrategyGrand Strategy
-20%$4.79Trainee Death Simulator
Nov 12 · Bone Nail
Both: Choices Matter · Multiple Endings
You will play as a Trainee Death, harvesting Souls to pay off your debt. Random choice events offer you various options: Lie in bed and slack off since the debt is endless anyway, Or follow your senior to earn some extra Souls, collecting outfits to switch up your style.
IndieSimulationCard GameChoices MatterMultiple EndingsRPG2D PlatformerSingleplayerCartoonCartoony👍 1,747
-60%$15.99Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game
Nov 9 · Iron Tower Studio
Both: Choices Matter
Colony Ship is a turn-based, party-based role-playing game set aboard a generation ship launched to Proxima Centauri. The game features a detailed skill-based character system, multiple ways to handle quests, choices & consequences, and branching dialogue trees.
Turn-BasedChoices MatterTactical RPGCRPGParty-Based RPGRPGTurn-Based TacticsIsometricCyberpunkTurn-Based Strategy👍 4,104
$5.99Legend of Homebody
Jul 8 · 疯王子
Both: Life Sim
The simple game of a shut-in learning from home and earn money. (The game is purely fictional, do not try this out in reality. This is a somewhat serious and heavy game, so don't be fooled by appearances.)
Life SimSurvivalIndieTime ManagementManagementSatirePhilosophicalTurn-Based TacticsModernSimulation👍 387
$9.99Citizen of Rome - Dynasty Ascendant
May 16 · Citizen of Life Games
Both: Life Sim · Text-Based
Life sim set in the Ancient Roman Republic. Experience life and events in Ancient Rome through multiple generations of a family, helping them grow from lowly commoners to mighty Senators. Long live the Republic!
RomeLife SimHistoricalSimulationEducationManagementText-BasedCasualIncrementalMythology👍 235
Freecyberpunkdreams
May 14 · Late Night Games
Both: Text-Based · Life Sim · Choices Matter
2090s America, torn apart by war and corporate greed. A lone traveller stands outside the gates of Cincinnati, greatest of the border cities. How far will you go to make it to the top? How far will you go to fulfil your mission?
CyberpunkRPGInteractive FictionText-BasedStory RichCharacter CustomizationLife SimChoices MatterChoose Your Own AdventureAtmospheric
$39.99Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
Oct 15 · ZA/UM
Both: Choices Matter
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.
RPGStory RichChoices MatterDetectiveIsometricAtmosphericSingleplayerPoint & ClickCRPGNoir👍 118,190
$6.99China: Mao's legacy
May 24 · Nostalgames
Both: Political Sim
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...
Political SimStrategySimulationIndieCold WarManagementRPGStrategy RPGGrand StrategyChoose Your Own Adventure👍 978



