The 21 Best Games Like Suzerain, Ranked

In this kingdom management RPG, petitioners arrive in the throne room each turn seeking your advice and help. Decide if you help them with their issues or save supplies for bigger things. Remember, supplies are scarce, and not everyone cares about the kingdom's best interests...

Arstotzka's communist state finished a six-year war with Kolechia. The state reclaimed its border town, Grestin. You inspect people entering Arstotzka from Kolechia. Smugglers, spies, and terrorists hide among the immigrants and visitors seeking work. Use only traveler documents and the Ministry of Admission's basic systems—inspect, search, and fingerprint—to decide who enters Arstotzka and who gets turned away or arrested.

Democracy 4 lets you act as President or Prime Minister. Govern the country by choosing policies, laws, and other actions. Transform the country as you see fit, aiming to keep enough popularity for re-election...

This narrative RPG sets in a harsh world where a person's fate is set at birth, and gods actually rule men's destinies. Start a lifelong journey and shape your own fate. Will you become a judge, an inquisitor, or plot against the old order? You decide!

We. The Revolution is a unique game set in the bloody, paranoid world of the French Revolution. Often, you cannot tell a friend from an enemy. As a judge of the Revolutionary Tribunal, you must move through this setting, pass sentences, play a risky political game, and try hard not to be guillotined as an enemy of the revolution. At day's end, you face your decisions with your family; they often see things differently. We. The Revolution puts you in morally gray spots.

Using the new security program that surveys everyone's online presence in The Nation, you investigate citizens' lives to find those behind a series of terror attacks. You access internet info, private messages, and personal files. But watch out, the information you give has consequences…

Jack Boyd, Freeburg's police chief, has 180 days left before retirement. Jack plans to fight. He aims to earn half a million dollars in six months. This might be dirty money for a crooked cop, but Jack has played by the rules until now. Overtime won't hit fifty grand in that time. A police chief has access to unofficial income: bribes, weapons sales, Mafia deals, budget skimming, kickbacks—Jack is done playing nice.

Stop the Soviet Union from collapsing. Avoid the darkness of history or lead the Union toward democracy and a free market. Think hard before you act. Wouldn't your choice cause more damage than good?

Frostpunk, from the makers of This War of Mine, is a society survival game. Heat dictates life; every choice costs something. People build steam-powered tech to fight the intense cold. You must build the final city on Earth and get resources for your community's survival. Resource management and optimization fight empathy and smart choices. City and society control take up most of the ruler’s time. Exploration of the outside world becomes necessary at some point.

This 2D, story-driven game makes you the Grim Reaper, but in an office job. You decide who lives or dies. You bear the consequences of your choices. The mystery of your existence awaits discovery!

Lapse 2: Before Zero is the official prequel to Lapse: A Forgotten Future. The former President is now Pharaoh. The former machine is now your key ally in the coming challenge.

A totalitarian State controls all private and social life. Laws crush. Surveillance is total. Privacy ends. You manage an apartment building for the State. The State demands you spy on tenants and report illegal or subversive acts. You can keep the info secret or use it to blackmail residents, leading to many choices and endings.

Dead In Vinland mixes survival, management, RPG, and adventure. Exiled on an unknown island, lead Eirik and his family to survive. Manage their health, explore the island, organize your camp, interact with others, and uncover hidden mysteries.

El Presidente returns! Prove yourself again as a feared dictator or a peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico. Shape the fate of your banana republic through four distinct eras.

Build your own epic saga of conflict, mythology, and community. Rule your clan. Make key strategy choices. Win battles. Expand your influence in this mix of RPG, strategy, and storytelling.

This sci-fi colony sim uses an intelligent AI storyteller. It makes stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

Not For Broadcast is a propaganda sim. It takes place in a 1980s dystopia TV studio control room. You control what the public sees and what they miss as the government tightens its control. Do you censor the news for rewards, or do you fight for the truth and face the results?

Reigns: Her Majesty follows the hit game Reigns. A cultural renaissance brings new knowledge, but greed and jealousy still challenge the queen. Outwit those aiming to depose you and your husband by swiping left or right, making decisions on royal matters. Balance powerful factions. Use mystical items. Handle complex politics and personal relationships in your dynasty.

Win the hearts and minds of American voters and run for President in this political strategy game. Select a candidate or build your own. Run against the opposing party's candidate or up to four primary candidates controlled by the computer or other players online.

Rule the world or die trying! Being a Princess is tough. Being a Queen is harder. You are only fourteen, and your royal mother died suddenly, giving power a chance to change hands.

The strategy wargame March of the Eagles focuses on 1805-1820 European conflicts. This game explores a defining period in European history. Paradox Development Studio, makers of Grand Strategy and Hearts of Iron and Europa Universalis, crafted this experience. The Napoleonic War appears in this war-focused strategy game.