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Games like Election Train

If Election Train is your kind of game, the closest matches are MISFORTUNATE, Grid Tactics: Duel and Gorotsuki Paradise — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Election Train: A turn-based strategy card game where up to 4 players compete for votes across real-world maps. Play cards, control cities, dominate regions, and outsmart your rivals to win the election. 7 maps, 4 unique parties, and dynamic disaster events.

2026StrategyIndieCasualEarly Access4.99 USDWindows · macOSby Martes Game Studio
Election Train — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Election Train 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. MISFORTUNATE

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Election Train fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Early Access with Election Train.

    MISFORTUNATE is a turn-based strategy board game where players build wealth, claim and upgrade units, manage scarce resources, and survive unpredictable events - all while working to eliminate every rival and become the last team standing.

    StrategyEarly AccessSteam ↗
  2. Grid Tactics: Duel

    WHY THIS

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

    Grid Tactics: Duel is a competitive card game built on an 8×8 grid. Every move is about positioning, timing, and resource trade-offs. With limited resources, choose when and where to play—set up or apply pressure. Each placement reshapes the board. Win through deckbuilding and precise execution.

    2026StrategyIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Gorotsuki Paradise

    WHY THIS

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

    Gorotsuki Paradise is an online PvP card game where you build your deck as you battle.🃏 Recruit over 150 unique "gorotsuki" cards and fight your way to the top of the mad city of Saitama.🦹 It’s completely free to play, with no pay-to-win mechanics!🤑

    2026StrategyFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Fortune Avenue

    WHY THIS

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

    A competitive board game where players vote to shape their destiny. Transform caravans into 5-star hotels, collect wonders, and earn bounties for bankrupting opponents. Use airports to outmaneuver rivals, organize World Cups to multiply your rent. Can you turn your empire into a global monopoly?

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Lurid Age

    WHY THIS

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

    Seize the throne in a dark, strategic card game where every move could cost you the crown. Choose your path to power: manipulate rivals with cunning intrigue, crush them with your economic might, or take what is yours by force.

    2026StrategyIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  6. Anicards

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Election Train fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Election Train.

    Balanced 4-player card strategy with 25-minute matches. No Pay-to-Win. No Powercreep. Skill over Random.

    StrategyFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  7. Goblins and Gunslingers

    WHY THIS

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

    Deal spells and six-shooters across a seven-lane frontier. Goblins & Gunslingers is a western-fantasy card duel where gunpowder meets magic — draft 8 outlaw factions, hire deputies, flip Gnomes into Golems, and outdraw rivals in ranked play or a roguelike Frontier Run.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  8. Game of Dice

    WHY THIS

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

    Roll the dice, rule your fate! Thrilling real-time board battles!

    2025StrategyIndieSimulationFreeSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Election Train on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Election Train.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Election Train on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Election Train.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Election Train on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Election Train.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Election Train on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Election Train.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Election Train on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Election Train.

    The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Election Train on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Election Train.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Election Train on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Election Train.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Election Train on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Election Train.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Election Train.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Election Train.

    Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Steam Engine Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.

    2023SimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Election Train

How much does Election Train cost?
Election Train is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Election Train have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Election Train supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
What games are most similar to Election Train?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Election Train are MISFORTUNATE, Grid Tactics: Duel, Gorotsuki Paradise.
Who developed Election Train?
Election Train was developed by Martes Game Studio.

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 Election Train.

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24 Games Like Election Train — Ranked for 2026 · imho.run