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The Political Machine 2024

The Political Machine 2024

Win the hearts and minds of America’s voters and run for President in this political strategy game. Choose a candidate or create your own and run against the opposing party’s candidate or up to 4 primary candidates controlled by the computer or other players online.

Released May 2, 2024 Developer Stardock Entertainment Platforms Windows · Mac PvPCharacter CustomizationPoliticalSimulationStrategy
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-09-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.

74.3%positive268 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“it's good”

— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“i love being a dictator”

— a player, Steam review · 25 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Use of ai is gross and cheap feeling. mechanics are barebones and feel the same if not less so compared to past games. has alot of potential but devs clearly arnt interested in investing into these games being anything major especially if they arnt willing to hire half decent…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 via SteamCharts.

88all-time peak
0 25 50 2025 2026 25 avg · Nov 2024

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.

21achievements
24.3%median completion
2.7%rarest: No Gods, No Masters
74.1% of players 65.4% of players 63.5% of players 61.0% of players 56.1% of players 47.5% of players 45.2% of players 42.5% of players 41.2% of players 29.4% of players 24.3% of players 20.7% of players 14.1% of players 13.3% of players 10.5% of players 9.9% of players 9.2% of players 7.1% of players 4.5% of players 3.1% of players 2.7% of players 74.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
74.1%Figure of Speech — Make a speech that flips a state color to your party’s leaning.
65.4%Winning Argument — Get a higher audience rating than your opponent in a debate.
63.5%Build-A-Candidate Workshop — Create a custom candidate.
Rarest badges of honor
2.7%No Gods, No Masters — Successfully trigger the Empower the Masses card in the Anarchism deck.
3.1%With Authority — Successfully trigger the Military Backing card in the Authoritarianism deck.
4.5%Election Results — Win a game on Presidential mode on November 5th of any year in real life.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-09-25 21:36 UTC
$6.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-07
US19.99 USD
EU20.49 EUR
UK17.75 GBP
Australia28.50 AUD
Canada23.99 CAD
Japan2,600 JPY
Brazil67.99 BRL
China77.00 CNY

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

China≈$11 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$24

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 08-12 08-21 08-30 09-08 09-16 09-25

Latest official news

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

Sep 07, 2026
Publisher Sale: Up to 70% off Political Machine 2024

Get 70% off The Political Machine 2024 and the Cabinet of Curiosities DLC during the 2026 Publisher Sale View Entire Sale

Jun 24, 2026
New Issues Update: The Political Machine 2024 Gets a 2026 Refresh

The political landscape doesn't stand still, and neither should your campaign strategy. We've added six new issues to the game reflecting the biggest political battles dominating the headlines right n

Oct 03, 2025
Update Notes for October 3, 2025

Fix for Unity engine security bulletin.

Sep 04, 2025
v1.18 "Endorsement Reinforcements" Update Now Available

v1.18 "Endorsement Reinforcements" Update Adding new Endorsements and Issue The Political Machine 2024 is a political simulation game that allows players to run their own presidential campaigns, navig

Apr 23, 2025
v1.17 'Tariff Update' Now Available

New Tariff Event Highlights The Political Machine 2024 v1.17 Update View the full changelog here We’re excited to share the latest update for The Political Machine 2024, featuring a new breaking news

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.

GenresSimulation, Strategy
Player tagsPvP · Character Customization · Political · Simulation · Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · Politics · Alternate History · Political Sim · Singleplayer · Multiplayer · Management (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
Achievements21
Official sitehttps://www.politicalmachine.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10/11 64-bit Processor: 2 GHz Dual-Core Processor Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce 650 / Radeon HD 3600 or better DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 500 MB available space