Games like The Political Machine 2020
If The Political Machine 2020 is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Political Machine 2024, The Political Machine 2016 and The Political Machine — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its achievements reward creative strategies, satirical humor lands hard and comedic. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About The Political Machine 2020: Win the hearts and minds of America’s voters and take the 2020 presidential election by storm in Stardock’s popular political strategy game. Choose a candidate and run against a computer opponent or a candidate controlled by another person over the Internet.
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The Political Machine 2024
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Shares candidate customization and a contemplative mood with The Political Machine 2020.
Top pick for The Political Machine 2020 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Political Machine 2020.
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.
The Political Machine 2016
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Shares a comedic mood with The Political Machine 2020.
Second-strongest match for The Political Machine 2020 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Political Machine 2020.
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.
The Political Machine
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Shares candidate customization and a comedic mood with The Political Machine 2020.
Third-strongest match for The Political Machine 2020 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with The Political Machine 2020.
Do you have what it takes to be president?Play as more than 20 candidates including Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich or create your own candidate from scratch.Players take to the campaign trail against a computer controlled opponent or a human challenger over the Internet.
No Place for the Dissident
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Ranked #4 for The Political Machine 2020 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Political Machine 2020.
In No Place for the Dissident you'll have to spread a new ideology to dominate the world. Whatever means are necessary. Adopt new politics from the ideology tree, manage each country, and compete with other players. Watch closely the consequences of your acts when the game is over.
Tropico 6
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Shares a comedic mood with The Political Machine 2020.
Ranked #5 for The Political Machine 2020 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Political Machine 2020.
El Presidente is back! Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras.
Democracy 3
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Shares a contemplative mood with The Political Machine 2020.
Ranked #6 for The Political Machine 2020 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Political Machine 2020.
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.
Victoria 3
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Shares a contemplative mood with The Political Machine 2020.
Ranked #7 for The Political Machine 2020 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Political Machine 2020.
Paradox Development Studio invites you to build your ideal society in the tumult of the exciting and transformative 19th century. Balance the competing interests in your society and earn your place in the sun in Victoria 3, one of the most anticipated games in Paradox’s history.
Gremlins, Inc.
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Ranked #8 for The Political Machine 2020 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Political Machine 2020.
This is an intense strategy board game in a steampunk world of corrupt capitalist gremlins who compete for money, political power and prestige. Save and invest, steal and extort, arrest and get arrested – in single-player and multiplayer, with ranks and ladders, team mode and spectator mode.
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Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion
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Another title from Stardock Entertainment, the studio behind The Political Machine 2020. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Political Machine 2020.
Command a space-faring empire in Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, the new stand-alone expansion that combines 4X depth with real-time strategy gameplay.
Galactic Civilizations III
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Shares a contemplative mood with The Political Machine 2020.
Another title from Stardock Entertainment, the studio behind The Political Machine 2020. Shares Strategy with The Political Machine 2020.
Build a civilization that will stand the test of time in the largest space-based strategy game ever! Choose from dozens of unique races and make a name for yourself across the galaxy through diplomacy, espionage, technological advances, and more.
Sins of a Solar Empire II
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Another title from Stardock Entertainment, the studio behind The Political Machine 2020. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Political Machine 2020.
Battle for galactic dominance in this real-time 4X strategy game with unrivaled scale! You’ll explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate through military force, diplomacy, trade, culture, influence, and other underhanded tactics.
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
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Another title from Stardock Entertainment, the studio behind The Political Machine 2020. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Political Machine 2020.
A massive-scale real-time strategy game where you command entire armies on a dynamic battlefield. Conquer multiple worlds across several single-player campaigns; or play with your friends in multiplayer combat.
Galactic Civilizations IV
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Shares a contemplative mood with The Political Machine 2020.
Another title from Stardock Entertainment, the studio behind The Political Machine 2020. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Political Machine 2020.
Take command of a civilization that has just achieved faster-than-light travel in Galactic Civilizations IV, the newest entry in the award-winning space 4X strategy game series. Explore the galaxy, colonize worlds, shape cultures, make alliances, fight wars and pioneer new technologies.
Star Control®: Origins
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Shares a funny mood with The Political Machine 2020.
Another title from Stardock Entertainment, the studio behind The Political Machine 2020. Shares Simulation with The Political Machine 2020.
Star Control is a space role-playing game in which you command Earth's first interstellar starship on a mission to save the Earth from hostile alien empires.
Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes
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Shares a contemplative mood with The Political Machine 2020.
Another title from Stardock Entertainment, the studio behind The Political Machine 2020. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Political Machine 2020.
Fallen Enchantress is 4X strategy game from the makers of Sins of a Solar Empire and Galactic Civilizations. Build a civilization in the magical world of Elemental. Recruit heroes, train armies, build cities, forge alliances and save the world in this rich world where it's never the same game twice.
Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition
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Shares a contemplative mood with The Political Machine 2020.
Another title from Stardock Entertainment, the studio behind The Political Machine 2020. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Political Machine 2020.
Get the complete GalCiv II saga including Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords, the expansion pack Dark Avatar, and the newest expansion pack Twilight of the Arnor!
Frequently asked about The Political Machine 2020
- Does The Political Machine 2020 run on Steam Deck?
- The Political Machine 2020 is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- Does The Political Machine 2020 have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — The Political Machine 2020 supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to The Political Machine 2020?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Political Machine 2020 are The Political Machine 2024, The Political Machine 2016, The Political Machine.
- Who developed The Political Machine 2020?
- The Political Machine 2020 was developed by Stardock Entertainment.
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