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Games like Australia: Federation 1901

If Australia: Federation 1901 is your kind of game, the closest matches are AfterWar, Imperator: Rome and Secret Government — 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 Australia: Federation 1901: Lead Australia from Federation in 1901 and shape the nation's future. Manage the economy, politics, immigration, infrastructure, defence, education, healthcare, and welfare in a deep historical nation-building simulation where every decision changes history.

2027StrategySimulationEarly AccessWindowsby Diverse Interactive
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Steam players who put hours into Australia: Federation 1901 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. AfterWar

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Australia: Federation 1901 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Australia: Federation 1901.

    AfterWar is a strategy about the world in 2028

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Imperator: Rome

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Australia: Federation 1901 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Australia: Federation 1901.

    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.

    2019StrategySimulation11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Secret Government

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Australia: Federation 1901 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Australia: Federation 1901.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Australia: Federation 1901 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Australia: Federation 1901.

    Crisis in the Kremlin is a global real-time political strategy about the Socialist world in its final decade. Shape the fate of the world as you manage economy, foreign relations, and domestic policy. Engage with countries across the globe, using diplomacy or even proxy wars to expand your reach.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Turkish Throne

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Australia: Federation 1901 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Australia: Federation 1901.

    Lead your political party in a fierce competition to seize power against major rivals. Invest strategically, secure votes, and navigate crucial decisions to claim the presidential seat. Will you shape the destiny of Turkish politics?

    2025Simulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Collapse: A Political Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Australia: Federation 1901 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Australia: Federation 1901.

    is a grand strategy game that takes place in 1992-2004. You take lead of your own Party in the face of the total devastation of one of the fictional post-Soviet states in Europe. Try to realize your (or someone else's) political dreams in the shaky arena of this dilapidated situation.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Victoria II

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Australia: Federation 1901 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Australia: Federation 1901.

    Carefully guide your nation from the era of absolute monarchies in the early 19th century, through expansion and colonization, to finally become a truly great power by the dawn of the 20th century. Victoria II is a grand strategy game played during the colonial era of the 19th century, where the player takes control of a country, guiding...

    2010Strategy19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Sigma Theory: Global Cold War

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Australia: Federation 1901 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Australia: Federation 1901.

    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.

    2019StrategySimulation4.49 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Australia: Federation 1901.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Lab

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Australia: Federation 1901.

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  4. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Australia: Federation 1901.

    Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Electoral Carnage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Early Access with Australia: Federation 1901.

    Electoral Carnage is an absurd 2D fighting game featuring America's most famous (and infamous) politicians. If you don't download it you hate America. Also JFK can assassinate himself. What more do you need to know?

    2026ActionFree To PlayEarly AccessFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. one night, hot springs

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Australia: Federation 1901.

    Haru is invited by her old friend Manami to spend a night at the hot springs. All Haru wants to do is enjoy the hot springs like everyone else, but she doesn't want to cause any trouble...

    2018IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Meteor 60 Seconds!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Australia: Federation 1901.

    Meteor 60 seconds! is a simple, fun, comic-like action game that simulates your life if there were a meteor heading towards Earth and you had 60 seconds to live. Do anything you want to do with your last 60 seconds, even if it's illegal! What about planting an apple tree?

    2018ActionIndieSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Australia: Federation 1901.

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Australia: Federation 1901

What games are most similar to Australia: Federation 1901?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Australia: Federation 1901 are AfterWar, Imperator: Rome, Secret Government.
Who developed Australia: Federation 1901?
Australia: Federation 1901 was developed by Diverse Interactive.

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 Australia: Federation 1901.

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