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Games like Democracy 2

If Democracy 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Democracy 3, Fate of the World and The Political Machine — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and intense. 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.

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About Democracy 2: On Tuesday, November 6th Americans will vote to shape the future of their country. Why wait? Start shaping your country's future now in Democracy 2.

2012StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDWindows · macOSby Positech Games
Democracy 2 — Steam game cover
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Addictive even with flawed simulationMicro managing a country is oddly satisfyingModding expands the games depthChallengingContemplativeIntense

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Steam players who put hours into Democracy 2 also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Democracy 3

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Democracy 2.

    Top pick for Democracy 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Democracy 2.

    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.

    2013StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Fate of the World

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Democracy 2.

    Second-strongest match for Democracy 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Democracy 2.

    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...

    2011StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. The Political Machine

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Democracy 2.

    Third-strongest match for Democracy 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Democracy 2.

    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.

    2012StrategySteam ↗
  4. Democracy 3 Africa

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Democracy 2.

    Ranked #4 for Democracy 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Democracy 2.

    Democracy 3: Africa is the new standalone 're-imagining' of the hit political strategy game 'Democracy 3'. Set entirely in countries on the continent of Africa, D3:A puts you in charge of these countries and challenges you to stay in power whilst fixing each country's problems, improving the quality of life for your electorate, and...

    2016StrategyIndieSimulation16.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. The Political Machine 2016

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Democracy 2.

    Ranked #5 for Democracy 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Democracy 2.

    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.

    2016StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  6. Democracy 4

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Democracy 2.

    Ranked #6 for Democracy 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Democracy 2.

    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...

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Political Animals

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Democracy 2.

    Ranked #7 for Democracy 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Democracy 2.

    Political Animals is an election campaign simulation game set within a world populated by corrupt crocodiles and meritocratic mice. In a political contest where corruption is always around the corner, can you win without getting your paws dirty?

    2016StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. The Political Process

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Democracy 2.

    Ranked #8 for Democracy 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Democracy 2.

    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.

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Democracy 2 at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Democracy 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Democracy 2.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Democracy 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Democracy 2.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Democracy 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Democracy 2.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Democracy 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Democracy 2.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Democracy 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Democracy 2.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Democracy 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Democracy 2.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Democracy 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Democracy 2.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Democracy 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Democracy 2.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Democracy 2.

    Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Crusader Kings II

    WHY THIS

    Shares modding support and a contemplative mood with Democracy 2.

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Democracy 2.

    Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.

    2012StrategySimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Toribash

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Democracy 2.

    Toribash is an innovative free-to-play online turn-based fighting game where you’re able to design your own moves. Complete control over character's body, hundreds of game mods and bloody mess with full body dismemberment - you've never been able to annihilate your enemies like that before!

    2014ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Soda Dungeon 2

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Democracy 2.

    Everyone’s favorite laid-back dungeon crawler returns in Soda Dungeon 2. Featuring a new adventure, a whole town to upgrade, crafting, new classes, alternate dimensions, and more! It’s everything you loved about the original plus all the stuff you’ve been asking for.

    2020IndieRPGFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Tactical Monsters Rumble Arena

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Democracy 2.

    Are you ready to RUMMMBLE?

    2018StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Prismata

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Democracy 2.

    A perfect-information strategy game inspired by RTS, deckbuilders, and board games. Choose from three distinct technology classes and outwit your foes by snowballing your starting resources into a powerful cybernetic army. ABSOLUTELY NO PAY-TO-WIN.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Not For Broadcast: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Democracy 2.

    Take control of the National Nightly News, as a radical government comes to power. In this immersive, high-pressure, propaganda sim, you control what the people see and determine what’s Not For Broadcast.

    2019IndieSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  8. Rogue Agent

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Democracy 2.

    Rogue Agent is a turn-based strategy game, fast-paced, that pits the player against the computer on a secret service thriller around the world.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulationFreeSteam ↗

More from Positech Games

Other recommendable Steam games by Positech Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Democracy 3

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Democracy 2.

    Another title from Positech Games, the studio behind Democracy 2. Shares Strategy and Indie with Democracy 2.

    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.

    2013StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Democracy 4

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Democracy 2.

    Another title from Positech Games, the studio behind Democracy 2. Shares Strategy and Indie with Democracy 2.

    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...

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Production Line : Car factory simulation

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Democracy 2.

    Another title from Positech Games, the studio behind Democracy 2. Shares Strategy and Indie with Democracy 2.

    Production line is the new car factory management/simulation/tycoon game that pushes your organisational and entrepreneurship skills to the limit. Can you build the ultimate optimised, free-flowing car production line whilst beating the competition and still turn a profit?

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Gratuitous Space Battles

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Democracy 2.

    Another title from Positech Games, the studio behind Democracy 2. Shares Strategy and Indie with Democracy 2.

    The first ever auto-battler game, from way back in 2009Who needs backstory? Who needs resource-gathering? Diplomacy is so last year. Gratuitous Space Battles cuts right to the chase of sci-fi strategy games, and deals with large, completely unjustified space battles between huge opposing space fleets.

    2009StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Democracy 3 Africa

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Democracy 2.

    Another title from Positech Games, the studio behind Democracy 2. Shares Strategy and Indie with Democracy 2.

    Democracy 3: Africa is the new standalone 're-imagining' of the hit political strategy game 'Democracy 3'. Set entirely in countries on the continent of Africa, D3:A puts you in charge of these countries and challenges you to stay in power whilst fixing each country's problems, improving the quality of life for your electorate, and...

    2016StrategyIndieSimulation16.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Gratuitous Space Battles 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Democracy 2.

    Another title from Positech Games, the studio behind Democracy 2. Shares Strategy and Indie with Democracy 2.

    Have you ever wanted to be admiral of a huge, sprawling space battle-fleet of your own design? Ever wanted to design a fleet of battle-cruisers so powerful they can rip all who oppose them into space-dust? Ever wanted to build a battleship with purple rotating radars and 64 engines? Well we have good news for you...

    2015StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Gratuitous Tank Battles

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Democracy 2.

    Another title from Positech Games, the studio behind Democracy 2. Shares Strategy and Indie with Democracy 2.

    Set in an alternate history timeline where World War I never ends, you are the commander of allied forces fighting right up to the year 2114.

    2012StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Kudos 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Democracy 2.

    Another title from Positech Games, the studio behind Democracy 2. Shares Strategy and Indie with Democracy 2.

    Kudos is a turn-based game that puts you in control of a single character and manages their life from age 20 to 30. You get to pick their friends, their job, and how they spend their free time, but there is a catch! You can only choose to do one thing each day, or two at the weekends.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation5.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Democracy 2

How much does Democracy 2 cost?
Democracy 2 is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Democracy 2?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Democracy 2 are Democracy 3, Fate of the World, The Political Machine.
Who developed Democracy 2?
Democracy 2 was developed by Positech Games.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Democracy 2.

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