Single-player games like The Shadow Government Simulator
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to The Shadow Government Simulator, 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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Secret Government
Single-player alternative to The Shadow Government Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Shadow Government Simulator.
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.
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The Shadow Government Simulator: Prologue
Single-player alternative to The Shadow Government Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Shadow Government Simulator.
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
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Sigma Theory: Global Cold War
Single-player alternative to The Shadow Government Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Shadow Government Simulator.
A Turn-based Strategy game in a futuristic global cold war from the award-winning creators of Out There. Recruit a squad of special agents and run your intel agency to secure the control of the singularity.
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Just Power: The Papal States
Single-player alternative to The Shadow Government Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Shadow Government Simulator.
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.
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Nikhil Murthy's Syphilisation
Single-player alternative to The Shadow Government Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Shadow Government Simulator.
Nikhil Murthy's Syphilisation is a postcolonial 4X game where you play a student doing a group report on Gandhi, Churchill and the Raj. It eXplores space left uncharted by the genre and proposes alternatives to established systems.
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Democracy 3
Single-player alternative to The Shadow Government Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Shadow Government Simulator.
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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The Political Machine
Single-player alternative to The Shadow Government Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with The Shadow Government Simulator.
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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AfterWar
Single-player alternative to The Shadow Government Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Shadow Government Simulator.
AfterWar is a strategy about the world in 2028
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Plague Inc: Evolved
Single-player alternative to The Shadow Government Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Shadow Government Simulator.
Plague Inc: Evolved is a unique mix of high strategy and terrifyingly realistic simulation. Your pathogen has just infected 'Patient Zero' - now you must bring about the end of human history by evolving a deadly, global Plague whilst adapting against everything humanity can do to defend itself.
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Into the Breach
Single-player alternative to The Shadow Government Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Shadow Government Simulator.
Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.