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Forgetful Dictator

Forgetful Dictator

A powerful dictator has everything he needs to conquer the world except a grasp of basic geography. Learn country names, trivia, capitals, and flags as you achieve world domination!

Released Sep 19, 2019 Developer Please Know More Platforms Windows CasualStrategyIndieEducationPuzzle
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-05-14)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

92.3%positive143 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Such a fun geography game. I was hooked on this for the longest time. I even play this in practice mode with my students when I taught social studies. Absolutely incredible game for learning countries and geography I couldn't recommend this more.”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“A quiz game about geography in a cloak of conquest. Pretty nice for a free game.”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“If you like trivia and want to learn more about world geography then this is your game! Nerdy, fun, delightful ^_^”

— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

20achievements
44.4%median completion
24.1%rarest: You Know Too Much
74.1% of players 71.0% of players 65.4% of players 64.0% of players 63.3% of players 61.3% of players 58.3% of players 49.8% of players 48.3% of players 47.1% of players 44.4% of players 43.5% of players 41.7% of players 39.2% of players 36.9% of players 35.3% of players 33.2% of players 31.6% of players 28.6% of players 24.1% of players 74.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
74.1%Well That Was Easy — Conquer the USA
71.0%Fired — Lose a game
65.4%Flags in the Bag — Answer 5 flag questions correctly
Rarest badges of honor
24.1%You Know Too Much — Answer 100 trivia questions correctly
28.6%Ground Control — Complete 10 missions
31.6%You Know Many Things — Answer 50 trivia questions correctly

Latest official news

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

Nov 03, 2023
Forgetful Dictator is now free! (Plus big update!)

Forgetful Dictator is now free on all platforms! This was a little side project I hadn't touched in a while, but I decided to go back, polish it up, and make it free. Thanks everyone for the support!

Aug 07, 2020
Now Available on Android and iOS!

After almost a year Forgetful Dictator is now on mobile. Big thanks to all the supporters! The mobile version is feature complete and identical to the PC version but optimized for touchscreens. It has

Jul 21, 2020
Hotfix to 1.2b

This update hopefully fixes a crash and achievement error that was occurring with the Steam version. Please let me know if you are still having trouble with crashes and achievements after this patch.

Jul 18, 2020
Practice Mode, New Trivia, and More Added in Patch 1.2

Ahead of the Android and iOS release I've squeezed in some nice new features, such as a practice mode and a rework of the Ask the Army system. The price of the game has been dropped by around 33% for

Apr 19, 2020
New Missions, Faster Games, and More in Patch 1.11

Features: -Added three new country groups to conquer in missions: NATO members, Summer Olympic Hosts, and Commonwealth Nations -Trivia and flag questions no longer interrupt the game by taking control

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresCasual, Indie, Strategy
Player tagsCasual · Strategy · Indie · Education · Puzzle · Turn-Based · Comedy · Family Friendly · Funny · Replay Value · Turn-Based Strategy · Visual Novel (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
Achievements20
Official sitehttps://www.forgetfuldictator.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 SP1+ Processor: SSE2 instruction set support Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Graphics card with DX10 (shader model 4.0) capabilities DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 500 MB available space