Games like Government Simulator
If Government Simulator is your kind of game, the closest matches are Democracy 3, Sigma Theory: Global Cold War and Tropico 6 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its chaotic emergent outcomes, extreme policies feel satisfying and challenging. 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 Government Simulator: Government Simulator is a is a simple economic and political simulation game based on real-world data. Take control of a whole country, like the USA, Germany, France, Russia, or Austria. Change laws, taxes and budgets based on real world statistics and data, and see what happens.
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Steam players who put hours into Government Simulator 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.
Democracy 3
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Government Simulator.
Top pick for Government Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Government Simulator.
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.
Sigma Theory: Global Cold War
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Government Simulator.
Second-strongest match for Government Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Government Simulator.
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.
Tropico 6
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with Government Simulator.
Third-strongest match for Government Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Government Simulator.
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.
Tropico 3
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with Government Simulator.
Ranked #4 for Government Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Government Simulator.
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?
The Guild II Renaissance
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Government Simulator.
Ranked #5 for Government Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Government Simulator.
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.
Secret Government
WHY THIS
Shares resource allocation and a contemplative mood with Government Simulator.
Ranked #7 for Government Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Government Simulator.
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.
Citystate
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Government Simulator.
Ranked #8 for Government Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Government Simulator.
Create a 21st century micro-nation and experiment with economic and political ideals. Futuristic skyscrapers or spreading slums, the Nation relies on your economic and city planning skills.
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Democracy 3
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Government Simulator.
Reviewers of Government Simulator cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Government Simulator.
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.
Hearts of Iron IV
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Government Simulator cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Government Simulator.
Victory is at your fingertips! Your ability to lead your nation is your supreme weapon, the strategy game Hearts of Iron IV lets you take command of any nation in World War II; the most engaging conflict in world history.
Democracy 4
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Government Simulator.
Reviewers of Government Simulator cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Government Simulator.
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...
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Government Simulator at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Government Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Government Simulator.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Government Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Government Simulator.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Government Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Government Simulator.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Government Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Government Simulator.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Government Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Government Simulator.
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?
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Government Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Government Simulator.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Government Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Government Simulator.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Government Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Government Simulator.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
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 Government Simulator.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Government Simulator.
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.
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!
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Government Simulator.
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!
SuchArt: Creative Space
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Government Simulator.
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!
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Government Simulator.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Government Simulator.
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.
Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Government Simulator.
Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!
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More from Ambiera
Other recommendable Steam games by Ambiera, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Business Magnate
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Government Simulator.
Another title from Ambiera, the studio behind Government Simulator. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Government Simulator.
Business Magnate is a tycoon business simulation game where you can create all types of businesses: Cars, rockets, phones, tanks, trucks, airplanes, computers, and ships. Design, produce, market and sell them. You can even run multiple companies at the same time.
PostCollapse
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Government Simulator.
Another title from Ambiera, the studio behind Government Simulator. Shares Indie and Simulation with Government Simulator.
PostCollapse is a survival simulation game set after the collapse of civilization. Gather items from the ruins, construct tools, grow your own food, go fishing and hunting. Single player only. No Zombies.
Smart City Plan
WHY THIS
Another title from Ambiera, the studio behind Government Simulator. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Government Simulator.
Smart City Plan is a modern old-school style city builder game: Plan zones, roads, public transport like trains, trams, buses, subways and even the hypertube. Set taxes and policies and implement smart city technologies.
Cargo Company
WHY THIS
Another title from Ambiera, the studio behind Government Simulator. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Government Simulator.
Cargo Company is a transport simulation tycoon game where you make money by transporting passengers, wood, steel, goods, cars, tanks and more - using trains, trucks, busses, and even rockets between planets.
Frequently asked about Government Simulator
- Does Government Simulator run on Steam Deck?
- Government Simulator is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Government Simulator cost?
- Government Simulator is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Government Simulator?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Government Simulator are Democracy 3, Sigma Theory: Global Cold War, Tropico 6.
- Who developed Government Simulator?
- Government Simulator was developed by Ambiera.
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