The Best Political Games - Page 2

Update : VSCS-II added at rank #47.
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Beholder: Adventure (2017)

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You’re a state-installed landlord in a totalitarian country. Place listening devices, steal and sneak into your tenants’ apartments. Use what you uncovered to report anyone capable of plotting against the state. You MUST! But WILL you?


  • dystopian
  • political
  • dark
  • simulation
  • multiple-endings
  • humor
  • choices
  • point-and-click
  • atmospheric

12

The Gallery (2022)

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80
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PC Windows Playstation 4 IOS iPhone Xbox One Mac OS Nintendo Switch

An art curator is held hostage by a portraitist who threatens to detonate a bomb unless their demands are met. 'The Gallery' contains two interactive narratives - set in 1981 (with a female protagonist) and 2021 (with a male protagonist).

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  • interactive
  • political
  • narrative
  • choices
  • fmv
  • adventure
  • multiple-endings
  • fiction
  • politics
  • social
  • puzzle
  • thriller

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Interrogation: You Will Be Deceived (2019)

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Linux Nintendo Switch PC Windows Mac OS

As a police detective tasked with bringing down a dangerous terrorist group, you fight on two fronts: interrogating suspects & managing your team and its reputation. With time running out, how far will you go to stop these criminals? Manipulation, threats or even torture? Does the end justify the means?


  • detective
  • political
  • noir
  • crime
  • psychological
  • story
  • visual-novel
  • choices
  • mature
  • fiction
  • book
  • comic
  • dark
  • manipulation
  • realistic

14

Beholder 2 (2018)

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Playstation 4 IOS iPhone Android Linux Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One

You are an intern at the central ministry of a totalitarian state with your whole career ahead of you. Work your way up the ladder by scheming against employees, spying on your boss, and completing paperwork. Or do you turn against the state and expose corruption. The choice is still yours to make!


  • political
  • dystopian
  • dark
  • choices
  • multiple-endings
  • simulation
  • point-and-click
  • atmospheric
  • addictive
  • story

15

Victoria 3 (2022)

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PC Windows Linux Mac OS

Take over as leader of one of the 200 nations with a centralized industry, back to the 19th and early 20th centuries, it's your job to improve the lives of your citizenry, manage their economy, and keep them happy. Politics plays a huge part in this game and you must form relationships with other countries to succeed.

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What we like:
  • Nested tooltips provide detailed information on concepts
  • Excellent GUI
  • Lots of events
  • Detailed population groups with their own needs
  • Deep economic system
What could be improved:
  • War mechanic not so great

  • grand-strategy
  • political
  • economy
  • politics
  • simulation
  • historical
  • military
  • diplomacy
  • capitalism
  • war
  • strategy

16

Papers, Please (2013)

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PC Windows Android vita IOS iPhone Linux Mac OS

Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.


  • dystopian
  • document
  • political
  • non-photographic
  • simulation
  • thriller
  • war
  • point-and-click
  • pixel
  • endless
  • puzzle
  • difficult
  • multiple-endings

17

Suzerain (2020)

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PC Windows Mac OS

A text-based RPG inspired by world political history in which the player, embodying newly elected president Anton Rayne, must set political goals and gain the support of the public, the Assembly, the Supreme Court and neighbouring nations to lead the country of Sordland, a fictional state inspired by real-life Turkey, into a future of their design with the help of their ministers and advisors.


  • political
  • diplomacy
  • historical
  • politics
  • text
  • choices
  • economy
  • immersive
  • visual-novel
  • simulation
  • alternate
  • multiple-endings
  • fiction
  • point-and-click
  • adventure

18

Through the Darkest of Times (2020)

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PC Windows Mac OS Playstation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch

Berlin 1933. “Adolf Hitler is chancellor!” We all know the consequences this message bore. Unspeakable horrors and suffering would sweep across the world. Few would stand and fight the monstrosity that was the German Reich. Will you? Lead an underground resistance group Through the Darkest of Times.


  • historical
  • political
  • strategy
  • simulation
  • world-war-2
  • politics
  • war
  • management
  • narrative
  • poor
  • text
  • story
  • horror
  • stat
  • thrilling

19

Democracy 4 (2020)

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Linux PC Windows Mac OS

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...


  • political
  • simulation
  • politics
  • strategy
  • economy
  • government

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Ambition: A Minuet in Power (2021)

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PC Windows Mac OS

18th century Paris - a city of love, lies and revolution. You are a woman of fashion trying to survive the political turmoil. Date a cast of unforgettable characters. Amass the wealth and respect you deserve. Engage in gossip that can alter the course of history, or lead you to the guillotine.


  • visual-novel
  • romance
  • political
  • choices
  • historical
  • dating-sim
  • diplomacy
  • otome
  • romantic
  • lgbtq
  • rogue-like

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