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Democracy 4

Democracy 4

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...

Released Jan 13, 2022 Developer Positech Games Platforms Windows StrategyPolitical SimPoliticsManagementSimulation
View on Steam ↗ $29.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

82.9%positive5,798 reviews
Recommended · 6 found this helpful

“I like spreadsheet sims, and I like global politics. Slam dunk.”

— a player, Steam review · 24 hrs played
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“Very well designed, large amount of replayability. Would like for international politics to be represented more and it would not hurt to split Liberals and Conservatives into Libertarians and Progressives for Liberals and Authoritarians and Traditionalists for Conservatives.…”

— a player, Steam review · 277 hrs played
Not recommended · 16 found this helpful

“I dont really get the purpose of this game. I played two nations. The felt the same and were both incredibly easy. On my first two runs i fixed the economy and scored 100% approval in one of the elections. 100%! In the US - banning weapons means nothing to the public. Making…”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:37 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

58playing at last check
8924-hour peak
685all-time peak
0 100 200 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 171 avg · Jan 2022

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

40achievements
3.4%median completion
0.4%rarest: Coalition Kid
32.7% of players 32.2% of players 28.6% of players 15.4% of players 14.7% of players 12.8% of players 10.0% of players 9.8% of players 9.5% of players 8.9% of players 8.1% of players 7.4% of players 7.3% of players 7.0% of players 6.7% of players 5.1% of players 4.4% of players 4.0% of players 3.9% of players 3.5% of players 3.4% of players 3.3% of players 3.1% of players 2.9% of players 2.7% of players 2.7% of players 2.6% of players 2.5% of players 2.3% of players 1.9% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.3% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 0.7% of players 0.5% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 32.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
32.7%Subsidy Sam — If you want to get something done, you subsidize it. That seems to be our new national anthem. Perhaps we should subsidize anthems too? Have we tried subsidizing the writing of achievement descriptions? Might be an idea...
32.2%Shuffle-Meister — Are you going to make your mind up at some point? Honestly we might as well get revolving doors fitted to all the ministerial offices if you are going to swap them around this often.
28.6%Spotlight Junkie — Unbelievably, you need to actually make some time this week to govern the country. I know it sounds like an awful bore and a distraction from these constant appearances in the media but I'm afraid its part of the job.
Rarest badges of honor
0.4%Coalition Kid — Absolute power may corrupt absolutely, but its definitely a lot easier than leading a coalition government, and yet here you are with two coalitions in a row. Everyone could learn a lot about teamwork from you!
0.4%Apocalypse Now — Its certainly impressive the way we no longer need to waste money on blockbuster disaster movies, instead we can just turn on the TV news and witness an endless stream of apocalyptic disasters and events. Grab some popcorn!
0.5%Gravedigging Boom — Son, if you want to make money these days I have just one word for you: Gravedigging. Yes! Its boom time for everyone involved in the exciting holes-in-the-ground market. Must be all this gunfire in the background.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$29.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$29.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US29.99 USD
EU28.99 EUR
UK24.99 GBP
Australia43.95 AUD
Canada38.99 CAD
Japan3,400 JPY
Brazil88.99 BRL
China108.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$16 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$33

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

May 22, 2025
Updated to build 1.67

1) Increased US armed force week to reflect TRumps planned parade. 2) Updated US population stat 3) Changed US govt debt to reflect current figure 4) Introduced Import Tariffs for the USA to reflect r

May 24, 2024
Update to build 1.66

1) Increased the happiness threshold beyond which voters get complacent. 2) Reduced the maximum impact of complacency on voters. 3) Rubber Bullets, Tear Gas and Water Cannons now all reduce the likeli

Aug 16, 2023
Fixed bug where text overlapped on the policy screen for some screen resolutions

1) Fixed bug where text overlapped on the policy screen for some screen resolutions and policies.

Jul 23, 2023
Minor fixes

1) Fixed bug on low resolutions where the change indicators on new policy expected effects might overlap. 2) Fixed bug where occasionally you would see a one pixel line across the top or bottom of a w

Jul 14, 2023
Rebalanced Poland, Updated Debt levels, big performance overhaul

1) Plane crash event now only triggers when there is a state airline policy enabled. 2) Fixed minor cosmetic issue with the rendering of some policy icons after just being cancelled on the intel scree

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresIndie, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsStrategy · Political Sim · Politics · Management · Simulation · Economy · Political · Diplomacy · Grand Strategy · Choices Matter · Indie · Capitalism (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , Italian, Portuguese - Brazil, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Arabic *
Achievements40
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://www.positech.co.uk/democracy4/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7,8,10 Processor: intel i5 1.6GHZ Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: intel HD3000 Storage: 800 MB available space Sound Card: any