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A single-player, untimed cold war-inspired presidential sim about budgets, covert ops, and nuclear brinkmanship, playable in compact sessions.

Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall
A single-player political simulation in which players manage East German party leadership and diplomacy during the Cold War's end, with non-linear scenarios offering alternate history.
2018-03-25
- Strategy
- Indie

Simulator

Text

Historical

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Precipice

A tense atomic-age strategy game of diplomacy and risk, with regime change and nuclear standoffs, playable solo or in online PvP.

2019-05-01

Strategy
Indie
Simulator

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Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War

A punishing real-time political strategy about managing the Soviet Union's final decade, balancing economy, diplomacy, and domestic policy through unpredictable crises.

2025-07-11

Strategy
Indie
Simulator

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Democracy 4

A single-player political simulation about governing a nation through policy choices while balancing approval, with a satirical edge and about nine hours of systems-driven play.

2022-01-13

Strategy
Indie
Side view
Simulator
Text
Business
Educational

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Crisis in the Kremlin

A single-player, text-heavy, turn-based Cold War Soviet management sim in which your budget and reform choices shape the USSR's future.

2017-03-20

Strategy
Indie
Simulator
Text
Business

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Rogue State Revolution

A single-player political strategy sim about appointing ministers and guiding a country to re-election, with a thorough government-sim feel and a long but sometimes repetitive loop.

2021-03-18

Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator

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A War of a Madman's Making

A tense, text-based political survival game about navigating a dictator's cabinet and surviving purges, with a tight ~2.5-hour story praised for its writing and mood.

2024-03-07

Adventure
Indie

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Mr. President

A punishing single-player sandbox simulation of the U.S. presidency, where you manage legislative agendas, geopolitical rivals, crises, and military interventions.

2026-01-26

Strategy
Simulator
Text
Non-fiction

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Power & Revolution 2022 Edition

A dense single-player geopolitical strategy sim where you lead a state or opposition through modern world crises, with a steep learning curve and long-form play sessions.

2022-04-07

Strategy
Simulator

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I Am Your President

A satirical story-driven strategy game about governing the US as a fictional president, playable in about six hours.

2023-02-27

First person
Strategy
Indie
Simulator
Text
Role-playing (RPG)
Historical

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Sid Meier's Covert Action (Classic)

An old-school single-player espionage simulation that mixes investigation, hacking, and action across randomly generated CIA missions.

2014-10-09

First person
Thriller
Adventure
Bird view / Isometric
Simulator

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This Is the President

A single-player political thriller about a shady president abusing power to escape justice, with a ~45-hour campaign and limited replay value.

2021-12-06

Thriller
Adventure
Strategy
Indie
Simulator
Text
Drama
Visual Novel