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The Shadow Government Simulator

The Shadow Government Simulator

A turn-based strategy game where you lead a secret society towards world domination. Investigate the influential and convert them to your faction via bribery, seduction and intimidation. Reshape society's power structures to fend off rival societies and the world's nations in your quest for power.

Released Oct 17, 2022 Developer Chupacabra Game Studios Publisher Games Incubator, PlayWay S.A. Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Turn-Based StrategyStrategySimulationTurn-BasedSingleplayer
View on Steam ↗ $1.99 (US · as of 2026-09-28)

What players say

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

74.8%positive111 reviews
Not recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Similar to Risk.”

— a player, Steam review · 8 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.

22achievements
4.8%median completion
0.6%rarest: Absolute power
54.9% of players 43.5% of players 36.5% of players 20.3% of players 13.6% of players 13.1% of players 12.6% of players 10.6% of players 9.1% of players 5.7% of players 5.6% of players 4.8% of players 3.8% of players 2.5% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.6% of players 54.9% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
54.9%Inner circle only — Conquer a region with control over 5 units but no more than 5 connections
43.5%The first step — Capture your first Region
36.5%Underdog — Convert a unit with 2 or more base value higher than the capturing unit
Rarest badges of honor
0.6%Absolute power — Finish a conquest campaign in Hard
0.7%Crusader's Grail — Conquer the world with the Templars starting from the Middle East
0.7%The Pharaoh's promise — Conquer the world with the Freemasons starting from Northern Africa

Latest official news

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

Dec 24, 2025
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 🎇

Dear *REDACTED*! 🎅 Christmas and New Year are in front of us, and we wish you all the greatest luck, the most patience, the greatest plans, the spiciest tea to spill! We hope that *REDACTED* will be f

Nov 24, 2025
Nominated for the Steam Awards! 🏆

Hello Shadow Agents! 👋 Big news! Our game has been nominated for the Labor of Love award in this year’s Steam Awards 2025 - thank you to everyone who has supported us along the way! 🎉 This nomination

Nov 27, 2024
Nominated for the Steam Awards! 🏆

Hello Players! 👋 We are thrilled to announce that our game has been nominated for the prestigious Sit Back and Relax category in this year's Steam Awards ! 🎉 This nomination means a lot to us, as it c

Dec 23, 2023
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Dear Players! ❄️ Our entire team would like to wish you Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! 🎄💝 We’d like to thank all of you for being there with us and supporting us throughout the year 2023. 🔥👏 We

Dec 21, 2023
GRAB YOUR DISCOUNT THIS WINTER! ☃️

Let’s celebrate the Steam Winter Sale! 🥳 We are a part of the Winter Sale and are cooling down our price! 🥶 Thanks to that you can buy The Shadow Goverment Simulator with 55% discount! ⤵️ https://stor

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

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

GenresIndie, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsTurn-Based Strategy · Strategy · Simulation · Turn-Based · Singleplayer · Grand Strategy · Political Sim · Sandbox · Tactical · Difficult · Casual · Economy (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese *
Achievements22
Official sitehttps://chupacabragamestudios.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64-bit Processor: Intel Core i7 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 900 MB available space