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- $5.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Playable
- 2018
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- Released: 2019
- Developer: Nostalgames
- Price: $6.99checked Oct 31
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 86% of 257 reviews
- Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation
- Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Players highlight
- Alternate history branching feels organic
- Ongoing developer support improves balance
- Political choices ripple globally
- Atmospheric
- Challenging
- Contemplative
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About China: Mao's legacy
The closest matches to China: Mao's legacy: Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall, Crisis in the Kremlin, Collapse: A Political Simulator, Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升, and Maestro's Cold War 2. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If China: Mao's legacy is your kind of game, the closest matches are Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall, Crisis in the Kremlin and Collapse: A Political Simulator — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and contemplative, and single out its alternate history branching and dynamic event system. 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.
About China: Mao's legacy: Year 1976, the stormy Cultural revolution has died down, hard times of hongweibing and public critics are coming to an end. Old and sick Mao Zedong will soon leave China to his comrades from CPC. The Cold War is coming into a new phase...
Is China: Mao's legacy worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 86% of 257 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $6.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 12 h when they wrote their review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Alternate history branching feels organic
- Ongoing developer support improves balance
- Political choices ripple globally
- Sheer depth of historical systems
People who play it also play: Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall, Crisis in the Kremlin, Collapse: A Political Simulator
Frequently asked about China: Mao's legacy
Can I run it?
Does China: Mao's legacy run on Steam Deck?
China: Mao's legacy 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 China: Mao's legacy cost?
China: Mao's legacy is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to China: Mao's legacy?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside China: Mao's legacy are Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall, Crisis in the Kremlin, Collapse: A Political Simulator.
Who developed China: Mao's legacy?
China: Mao's legacy was developed by Nostalgames.