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Secret Government
Global strategy game about secret societies. You’ll lead the Brotherhood - an organization that juggles the whole world. The key feature of the game is the manipulation of powers. Instead of giving direct orders, the Brotherhood provokes countries into doing what the Brothers want.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
54 of the 99 reviews raise this.
“This game has a lot of potential. However, it is clearly an Early Access game that the developers released without declaring it to be Early Access. Even within an hour and a half, I encountered multiple game breaking…”
“This game is great, even with the bugs.. and there a lot of bugs. Recently I managed to industrialize Russia, the year was 1777. We had a booming, unrivaled economy, more prestige than the papacy and a stronger military…”
“Let me level with you: this is a thinking person's game. Though its aesthetics reminds one of the Europa Universalis games, if you lack the patience to tackle your goals in a subtle, clandestine way, you will suffer.…”
5 of the 99 reviews raise this.
“This is a definite "wait and see, just keep playing" game. In other words, it's still in early access. If you can't handle a few bugs, ya might want to pass on this one. To be fair, this is a topic that interests me and…”
“If you enjoy Paradox games or Sid Meyers and you're looking for something new, give this a try. It has a unique flavor and quite a few moving parts to keep track of. A great base game with plenty of room for expansion…”
“I tried this when it was in the first few stages of early access because the concept sounded great. Back then it was stale with not a lot to do and the tutorial just took way to long to get through. I dropped it until…”
5 of the 99 reviews raise this.
“I tried this when it was in the first few stages of early access because the concept sounded great. Back then it was stale with not a lot to do and the tutorial just took way to long to get through. I dropped it until…”
“Dear dev team, This game changed, and I need a little tutorial to catch up By the way, I still like this game”
“Now first off i need to state that this game is early access and unlike a lot of others who have reviewed this game I understand that early access means buggy, clunky and sometimes even unplayable. I pay for the…”
31 of the 99 reviews raise this · 12 of them still recommend the game.
“This game has a lot of potential. However, it is clearly an Early Access game that the developers released without declaring it to be Early Access. Even within an hour and a half, I encountered multiple game breaking…”
“12/1/20 - Picked up Secret Government again and gave it another chance. It won't even start now. I'm done with it. The old review from when I could somewhat play the game is below. Secret Government looks and plays well…”
“This game is great, even with the bugs.. and there a lot of bugs. Recently I managed to industrialize Russia, the year was 1777. We had a booming, unrivaled economy, more prestige than the papacy and a stronger military…”
28 of the 99 reviews raise this · 14 of them still recommend the game.
“As others have mentioned, the UI is not equal to the amount of information you need to track, making getting the information you need tedious and take too long. Example: What to convert a member of the government? You…”
“I read a lot of the reviews for this game before purchasing. I also watched some of the few available youtube videos. So I knew what I was getting into. This game is obviously a work of love, the programmers are…”
“It was decent at the start, but it's frustrating when you give the player missions and then throw so many sliders and tabs at them without any explanation on what they all do. Assassinate a party leader? Cool, where's…”
22 of the 99 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“You spend so much time defending against other brotherhoods that you can't do any of the other features. I wouldn't recommend at this time until the enemy brotherhoods are nerfed a bit Additionally, once a save game is…”
“I really want to like this game. And in fact, while playing the tutorial, I could really see myself enjoying it. The problems however, are at present too large to recommend this game. There are two core issues: the game…”
“Game is abandoned by devs in early access. Unpolished, unfinished, ton of bugs and problems. Do not buy.”
14 of the 99 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“You spend so much time defending against other brotherhoods that you can't do any of the other features. I wouldn't recommend at this time until the enemy brotherhoods are nerfed a bit Additionally, once a save game is…”
“Game is very deep and fun.But i must say AI is very unbalanced.They can use acolytes while i restricted with 6 people to operate.And they are so aggressive it's almost impossible to catch their speed.Most of the time i…”
“Great idea but falls down in the implementation. The game is simplistic in that it revolves around a few simple resources to limit your power but in an effort to create balance you're faced with enemies with limitless…”
13 of the 99 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“I've been following development from early access when it was first on sale and there are a lot of great things about this game. Being the secret hand of government, influencing the course of a nation, of history etc…”
“Game abandoned by Devs. Last update from them in 2022, shouldn't have left early access. Good concept, lack of tutorials and poor VA work are major draw backs.”
“I try to sum up some positive and negative aspects. Positive: the game and the ideas behind it are really original. This game has a lot of potential and can become a really nice one if developers continue working on it.…”
Counted across 99 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 52.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“Game concept is good and the potential is there. Here is the thing though: You need to make the game more secret government and less brotherhood battles. I understand the idea behind other factions competing but the game becomes dominated by these battles against other…”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“Played just under an hour so far all in the tutorial campaign. The good - It works! The basic gameplay loop is fun and compelling, the UI isn't amazing but does what it has to, and the subject matter of the game and the gameplay work well together. Still in the 1600s and I feel…”
— a player, Steam review · 24 hrs played“I really want to like this game, and in a lot of respects I do. I actually wish Steam had a middle option between the binary of recommend: yes/no, and the last thing I want to see is the devs give up on this due to negative feedback. However, I'm sure most people would be…”
— a player, Steam review · 90 hrs playedAchievement stats
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Conspiracy · Illuminati · Grand Strategy · Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based · Sandbox · Real-Time with Pause · Simulation · Political Sim · Politics · Political (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , Russian, German, Simplified Chinese * |
| Achievements | 10 |
| Official site | http://secretgovernment.world |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7/Windows 8/Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5-3470 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 9 GB available space Sound Card: Direct X - compatible soundcard