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The Political Machine 2016

The Political Machine 2016

Run for President of the United States as one of dozens of past or present presidential candidates or create your own ideal candidate. Give speeches, go on talk shows, hire unsavory operatives, and do whatever it takes to win on election day.

Released Feb 4, 2016 Developer Stardock Entertainment Platforms Windows Political SimSimulationStrategyIndieCasual
View on Steam ↗ Free (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.

76.1%positive710 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“A fun political simulator! The Political Machine 2016 let's players, both in singleplayer as well as online, to recreate the infamous election that took place in America long ago, perhaps changing the outcome. The gameplay is basically a table top game with the 50 states up for…”

— a player, Steam review · 7 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 2026-07-25.

24achievements
20.3%median completion
1.8%rarest: Democratic Dominator
77.0% of players 61.5% of players 55.3% of players 55.0% of players 48.3% of players 45.4% of players 41.2% of players 37.7% of players 30.0% of players 24.6% of players 23.9% of players 23.0% of players 20.3% of players 14.2% of players 13.9% of players 11.1% of players 8.2% of players 7.9% of players 6.4% of players 5.8% of players 5.1% of players 3.7% of players 2.3% of players 1.8% of players 77.0% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
77.0%Novice Mudslinger — Attack your opponents stance on an issue, either in a speech or an ad.
61.5%Made for Greatness — Create a custom candidate and show these carpetbaggers how its done.
55.3%Fully Armed and Operational — Upgrade any type of building to their max level.
Rarest badges of honor
1.8%Democratic Dominator — Beat all of the Democrats in the campaign
2.3%Republican Vanquisher — Beat all of the Republicans in the campaign
3.7%And the Winner Is... — Win on election day (November 8th).

Price tracking

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Latest official news

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

Oct 02, 2018
Midterm elections are coming up, and instead of running for office, I’m playing The Political Machine

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/10854522/625da5f54e4d5322194fd53e2752f17ae44763b9.png Everyone always focuses on choosing the next President of the United states in

Nov 01, 2016
Political Machine 2016 v1.33 Update

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/10854522/4fa25baf0a96a366b6a7760e322a780883ffe872.png We are almost to election day. It seemed like Hillary might coast to victory,

Oct 06, 2016
Political Machine 2016 v1.31 Released

The last few weeks in the political world have been crazy. Based on the recent debates and real-life events, we've decided to update the game's issues and introduced a new debate-themed random event.

Sep 20, 2016
The Political Machine 2016's latest update brings in the VPs

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/10854522/7fe032ec34523f31df32a94cf74461660729eb21.png Stardock has updated its popular strategy game, The Political Machine 2016 wi

Jul 19, 2016
New Campaign DLC for The Political Machine 2016 is Now Available

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/10854522/b16cbc4d6c772e3180aa3219739869a29fe8f79b.png New Campaign DLC brings Ladder Mode, Historical Candidates, and New Challenge

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

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

GenresCasual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsPolitical Sim · Simulation · Strategy · Indie · Casual · Politics · Political · Turn-Based · Multiplayer · Singleplayer · Management · Early Access (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
Achievements24
Estimated owners50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://politicalmachine.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 10 / 8.x / 7 Processor: 1 GHz Processor Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: 64 MB DirectX 9.0c 3D Video Card with Pixel Shader 2.0 Support DirectX: Version 9.0c Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 1 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c Compatible Sound Card