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2020 PC 28.99 € 👍 83 % Very positive, 5,798 reviews on Steam

A deep political simulation where you run a country as president or prime minister, setting laws and taxes while balancing voter groups, the economy and your coalition to win re-election. Its web of cause and effect makes every decision meaningful.

What defines Democracy 4:

  • Choices with consequences
  • Tactical depth
  • Challenging difficulty

The closest matches for Democracy 4 are Urban Empire, Football Manager 2024 and Airport Contraband. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Democracy 4 special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Urban Empire

91 %

2017 PC 29.99 € 👍 34 % Mostly negative, 2,454 reviews on Steam

  • Choices with consequences
  • Tactical depth
  • Focus on a single character

A city-builder strategy game where you lead a mayoral dynasty through 200 years, mixing urban planning with council politics, scheming and tough decisions.

Football Manager 2024

Challenging difficulty

Football Manager 2024 is a deeply detailed football management sim where you handle tactics, squad building, transfers and club direction. The appeal lies in building a club over many seasons and bringing your own footballing philosophy to life.

Airport Contraband

Focus on a single character

As a customs officer at Caldora Airport, you check documents, question passengers and scan luggage to catch contraband. You decide whether to enforce the law or profit from smuggling, in a roguelike structure.

Bronze Age

Focus on a single character

A small indie strategy and management sim in which you lead a tribe through prehistory, from the African savannah to building the first city in the Fertile Crescent.

Hollywood Animal

Choices with consequences

You run a Hollywood studio from the dawn of sound cinema, producing films while juggling budgets, stars and scheming. Tough moral and business decisions shape whether your studio thrives or collapses.

Victoria 3

Challenging difficulty

A deep grand strategy simulation of the 19th century where you steer your nation's economy, politics and competing social interest groups. Industrialization, trade and internal tensions take center stage over pure warfare.

Hearts of Iron IV

Choices with consequences

A deep grand strategy simulation of World War II where you lead any nation, managing industry, research, diplomacy and front lines in pausable real time. National focus trees and alternate-history paths give it huge replay value.

Football Manager 2023

Challenging difficulty

An extremely detailed football management sim where you handle tactics, squad, transfers and club running across many seasons. Its appeal lies in the depth of its database and writing your own club's story.

Project Hospital

Gameplay comes before story

A detailed hospital management sim where you design the building, run the staff and diagnose patients through exams and lab tests. Solving diagnostic puzzles while keeping the clinic running is the heart of the game.

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