Single-player games like The Political Machine 2020
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to The Political Machine 2020, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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The Political Machine 2024
Single-player alternative to The Political Machine 2020 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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The Political Machine 2016
Single-player alternative to The Political Machine 2020 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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The Political Machine
Single-player alternative to The Political Machine 2020 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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No Place for the Dissident
Single-player alternative to The Political Machine 2020 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Tropico 6
Single-player alternative to The Political Machine 2020 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Democracy 3
Single-player alternative to The Political Machine 2020 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Victoria 3
Single-player alternative to The Political Machine 2020 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Gremlins, Inc.
Single-player alternative to The Political Machine 2020 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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
Single-player alternative to The Political Machine 2020 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Galactic Civilizations III
Single-player alternative to The Political Machine 2020 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Sins of a Solar Empire II
Single-player alternative to The Political Machine 2020 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
Single-player alternative to The Political Machine 2020 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Galactic Civilizations IV
Single-player alternative to The Political Machine 2020 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Star Control®: Origins
Single-player alternative to The Political Machine 2020 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes
Single-player alternative to The Political Machine 2020 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition
Single-player alternative to The Political Machine 2020 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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!