Single-player games like Fate of the World
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Fate of the World, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Democracy 3
Single-player alternative to Fate of the World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Fate of the World.
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.
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American Election Simulator
Single-player alternative to Fate of the World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Fate of the World.
Plot your way through an American political campaign as you go head-to-head against a rival political party. Make tough decisions as you travel across the country and try to earn enough votes to become the next President of the United States!
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Political Animals
Single-player alternative to Fate of the World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Fate of the World.
Political Animals is an election campaign simulation game set within a world populated by corrupt crocodiles and meritocratic mice. In a political contest where corruption is always around the corner, can you win without getting your paws dirty?
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Sigma Theory: Global Cold War
Single-player alternative to Fate of the World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Fate of the World.
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.
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Nikhil Murthy's Syphilisation
Single-player alternative to Fate of the World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Fate of the World.
Nikhil Murthy's Syphilisation is a postcolonial 4X game where you play a student doing a group report on Gandhi, Churchill and the Raj. It eXplores space left uncharted by the genre and proposes alternatives to established systems.
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The Shadow Government Simulator
Single-player alternative to Fate of the World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Fate of the World.
A turn-based strategy game where you lead a secret society towards world domination. Investigate the influential and convert them to your faction via bribery, seduction and intimidation. Reshape society's power structures to fend off rival societies and the world's nations in your quest for power.
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The Political Machine 2016
Single-player alternative to Fate of the World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Fate of the World.
Run for President of the United States as one of dozens of past or present presidential candidates or create your own ideal candidate. Give speeches, go on talk shows, hire unsavory operatives, and do whatever it takes to win on election day.
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Just Power: The Papal States
Single-player alternative to Fate of the World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Fate of the World.
Are you ready to found a dynasty which controls the Holy See over the centuries? Climb the hierarchies, hire your relatives, blackmail and bribe to get everything you want in this turn-based political simulator.