Games like RIOT: Civil Unrest
If RIOT: Civil Unrest is your kind of game, the closest matches are Election: Run for President, Rebel Inc: Escalation and SYRAK: the War in the Middle-East — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its writing quality is exceptional, stressful and tense. 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 RIOT: Civil Unrest: As civil crisis deepens and inequality tears the very fabric of society the discontentment of the masses manifests itself in violent public disturbances and civil disorder. Play as the police or the angry horde as RIOT – Civil Unrest places you in some of the world’s most fractious disputes.
Players who liked RIOT: Civil Unrest also play
Steam players who put hours into RIOT: Civil Unrest 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.
Election: Run for President
WHY THIS
Top pick for RIOT: Civil Unrest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
Run for President is a fun, fast-paced election simulator that blends strategy, civics, and gameplay into an experience kids and adults can enjoy together. Play head-to-head like a board game using a single iPad/iPhone, or use it as an engaging classroom learning tool.
Rebel Inc: Escalation
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
Second-strongest match for RIOT: Civil Unrest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
A unique and deeply engaging political/military strategic simulation from the creator of Plague Inc. Balance competing civilian and military priorities and deal with a deadly insurgency in order to stabilise a war-torn country.
SYRAK: the War in the Middle-East
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for RIOT: Civil Unrest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
SYRAK is a card-based strategy game set during the most complex war in recent history of the Middle-East. Local or Online game have you play as the Resistance Axis or the Western Defence Organization. Use powerful Political, Espionage and Military Cards to outwit and overwhelm your opponent.
Election FighterZ: Kamala vs trump
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for RIOT: Civil Unrest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
Upset about the election? Wanted someone else to win? Time to take out your frustration and take some revenge! This hybrid 2D/ 2.5D fighter will allow you to kick some butt as your favorite candidate and claim the oval office with glory!
Age of History 2: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
Ranked #5 for RIOT: Civil Unrest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
The grand strategy classic returns with improved gameplay, a massive 13,892 province map, expanded diplomacy and wartime capitulation, new civilizations and scenarios, atomic weapons, smarter AI, enhanced visuals, UI upgrades, and major performance improvements.
Anno 1800
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for RIOT: Civil Unrest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
Anno 1800™ – Lead the Industrial Revolution! Welcome to the dawn of the Industrial Age. The path you choose will define your world. Are you an innovator or an exploiter? A conqueror or a liberator? How the world remembers your name is up to you.
SuperPower 2 Steam Edition
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for RIOT: Civil Unrest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
SuperPower 2 is the only global geopolitical simulation game which allows players to control entire countries. Players control countries in 3 major areas: political, economic and military, but this time, in a beautiful real-time 3D environment.
Imperator: Rome
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for RIOT: Civil Unrest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
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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Prison Architect
WHY THIS
Reviewers of RIOT: Civil Unrest cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.
RimWorld
WHY THIS
Reviewers of RIOT: Civil Unrest cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator
WHY THIS
Reviewers of RIOT: Civil Unrest cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
Here is a sandbox like no other. Create massive battles with absolutely no limits. Want to see 10,000 chickens fight an army of Romans?? Sure, why not. Want to see a company of WW2 U.S soldiers fight 11,000 Medieval soldiers?? There are simply no limits to the carnage you can achieve in UEBS.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below RIOT: Civil Unrest at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~71% under RIOT: Civil Unrest on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~41% under RIOT: Civil Unrest on Steam right now. Shares Indie with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~41% under RIOT: Civil Unrest on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~71% under RIOT: Civil Unrest on Steam right now. Shares Indie with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
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!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under RIOT: Civil Unrest on Steam right now. Shares Indie with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
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?
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~56% under RIOT: Civil Unrest on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
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More from Leonard Menchiari
Other recommendable Steam games by Leonard Menchiari, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Trek to Yomi
WHY THIS
Another title from Leonard Menchiari, the studio behind RIOT: Civil Unrest.
As a vow to his dying Master, the young swordsman Hiroki is sworn to protect his town and the people he loves against all threats. Faced with tragedy and bound to duty, the lone samurai must voyage beyond life and death to confront himself and decide his path forward.
The Eternal Castle [REMASTERED]
WHY THIS
Another title from Leonard Menchiari, the studio behind RIOT: Civil Unrest. Shares Indie with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
The Eternal Castle [REMASTERED] is a remake of the original "ETERNAL CASTLE" from 1987, with additional game mechanics, sophisticated sound design, polished 2-bit CGA animated graphics, and modernized game design.
Enter The Moshpit
WHY THIS
Another title from Leonard Menchiari, the studio behind RIOT: Civil Unrest. Shares Indie with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
A point-and-click adventure set in the Italian underground scene. Navigate the streets of Livorno as a local punk, solve inventory-based puzzles, and use branching dialogues to sneak into a hardcore concert. A short, satirical story featuring item combination and a cynical narrative.
Trail of Gods: The Cursed Island
WHY THIS
Another title from Leonard Menchiari, the studio behind RIOT: Civil Unrest. Shares Indie with RIOT: Civil Unrest.
A compact, cursed action RPG that lingers long after you put it down. Fight through a dying world armed only with precise timing and whatever gear you can scavenge from the fallen. One button + movement is all you need.
![The Eternal Castle [REMASTERED] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/963450/header.jpg?t=1667004057)
Frequently asked about RIOT: Civil Unrest
- How much does RIOT: Civil Unrest cost?
- RIOT: Civil Unrest is listed on Steam at 16.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does RIOT: Civil Unrest have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — RIOT: Civil Unrest supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
- What games are most similar to RIOT: Civil Unrest?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside RIOT: Civil Unrest are Election: Run for President, Rebel Inc: Escalation, SYRAK: the War in the Middle-East.
- Who developed RIOT: Civil Unrest?
- RIOT: Civil Unrest was developed by Leonard Menchiari, IV Productions, Ivan Venturi Productions and published by Silver Lining Interactive.
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