Games like POLIS
If POLIS is your kind of game, the closest matches are Tropico 6, Kapital: Sparks of Revolution and Do Not Feed the Monkeys — 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.
Get personalized picks →About POLIS: Become mayor of a small Greek town and govern for 17 years. Citizens write you letters for years, the opposition never sleeps, and every promise is remembered. A satirical political city sim where the town never forgets.
Players who liked POLIS also play
Steam players who put hours into POLIS 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.
Tropico 6
WHY THIS
Top pick for POLIS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with POLIS.
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.
Kapital: Sparks of Revolution
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for POLIS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with POLIS.
Sandbox economic simulation game about class struggle. European country is in a deep crisis. You are the mayor of the capital. Social unrest is inevitable. What price will you pay to save your people from anarchy?
Do Not Feed the Monkeys
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for POLIS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with POLIS.
A digital voyeur simulator where you watch strangers through surveillance cameras. Invade their privacy and witness their most intimate moments, but don’t interact with the subjects – anything could happen if you dare feed the monkeys!
The Guild II Renaissance
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for POLIS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with POLIS.
For centuries Europe has been dominated by the church and nobility. On the shoulders of ordinary people the servants of god and the noble families justified their power and wealth. This was the incontrovertible, divine world order. A truly dark era… In the 14th Century the world order is beginning to transform itself.
Tropico 3
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for POLIS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with POLIS.
Become the dictator of a remote island during the Cold War. Charm, persuade, intimidate, oppress, or cheat your people to stay in power! Are you a kind and generous leader? A corrupt and ruthless tyrant ruling with an iron fist?
Frostpunk
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for POLIS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with POLIS.
Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?
Anno 117: Pax Romana
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for POLIS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with POLIS.
Shape the Roman Empire in this genre-defining strategic builder game. Build cities while expanding your influence through Roman provinces. Govern using your economic prowess, diplomatic skills, or military might.
Democracy 3
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for POLIS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with POLIS.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with POLIS.
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 POLIS.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with POLIS.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with POLIS.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with POLIS.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with POLIS.
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.
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Frequently asked about POLIS
- What games are most similar to POLIS?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside POLIS are Tropico 6, Kapital: Sparks of Revolution, Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
- Who developed POLIS?
- POLIS was developed by Afterwork 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 POLIS.
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