Single-player games like The Political Machine
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to The Political Machine, 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 2016
Single-player alternative to The Political Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with The Political Machine.
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 2020
Single-player alternative to The Political Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with The Political Machine.
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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Democracy 3
Single-player alternative to The Political Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with The Political Machine.
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 Process
Single-player alternative to The Political Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with The Political Machine.
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.
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Imperator: Rome
Single-player alternative to The Political Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with The Political Machine.
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.
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Fate of the World
Single-player alternative to The Political Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with The Political Machine.
Fate of the World is a dramatic global strategy game that puts all our futures in your hands. The game features a dramatic set of scenarios based on the latest science covering the next two centuries. You must manage a balancing act of protecting the Earth’s resources and climate versus the needs of an ever-growing world population, who...
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Europa Universalis III Complete
Single-player alternative to The Political Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with The Political Machine.
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.
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Tropico 6
Single-player alternative to The Political Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with The Political Machine.
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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Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion
Single-player alternative to The Political Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with The Political Machine.
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 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with The Political Machine.
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 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with The Political Machine.
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 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with The Political Machine.
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 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with The Political Machine.
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 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with The Political Machine.
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 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with The Political Machine.
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!