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Democracy 3

Positech Games · 2013-10-14

SteamGOG

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Oct 14, 2013 (iOS), Oct 14, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 28, 2014 (Mac), Oct 14, 2013 (Linux)

Have you ever wanted to be president? or prime-minister? Convinced you could do a better job of running the country? Let's face it, you could hardly do a worse job than our current political leaders.

Democracy 3 is an Indie, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2013 for $24.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and Mostly Positive reviews (74% of 7,254 reviews).

8
playing now
74%
positive of 7.3k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
67/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (55 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (1 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Have you ever wanted to be president? or prime-minister? Convinced you could do a better job of running the country? Let's face it, you could hardly do a worse job than our current political leaders. Crime, Unemployment, National Debt, Terrorism, Climate Change...Have you got the answers to the problems that face western industrialized nations? Here is your chance to find out...(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

Democracy 3 trailer thumbnail

Democracy 3 Trailer

≈607,581 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 26 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 43% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (77 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 290k–580k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,254 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.49-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2014-11-28) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 66 of 89 observed days · $2.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
666620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2022026-09-15 13:00 — 6 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 9 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 10 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 16 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 18 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 6 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 11 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 8 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 11 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 12 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 8 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 11 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 15 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 9 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 13 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3848Oct 2013Aug 2026Oct 2013 — avg 384 · peak 717Feb 2014 — avg 335 · peak 2,224Jun 2014 — avg 255 · peak 2,358Oct 2014 — avg 338 · peak 2,228Feb 2015 — avg 98 · peak 217Jun 2015 — avg 231 · peak 1,960Oct 2015 — avg 89 · peak 225Feb 2016 — avg 86 · peak 179Jun 2016 — avg 117 · peak 520Oct 2016 — avg 74 · peak 142Feb 2017 — avg 90 · peak 177Jun 2017 — avg 197 · peak 957Oct 2017 — avg 74 · peak 204Feb 2018 — avg 86 · peak 204Jun 2018 — avg 93 · peak 239Oct 2018 — avg 66 · peak 134Feb 2019 — avg 71 · peak 228Jun 2019 — avg 57 · peak 133Oct 2019 — avg 56 · peak 130Feb 2020 — avg 54 · peak 109Jun 2020 — avg 65 · peak 133Oct 2020 — avg 66 · peak 143Feb 2021 — avg 34 · peak 62Jun 2021 — avg 26 · peak 48Oct 2021 — avg 23 · peak 54Feb 2022 — avg 26 · peak 55Jun 2022 — avg 21 · peak 43Oct 2022 — avg 19 · peak 43Feb 2023 — avg 14 · peak 37Jun 2023 — avg 13 · peak 30Oct 2023 — avg 13 · peak 31Feb 2024 — avg 14 · peak 32Jun 2024 — avg 15 · peak 41Oct 2024 — avg 11 · peak 28Feb 2025 — avg 14 · peak 31Jun 2025 — avg 12 · peak 28Oct 2025 — avg 10 · peak 29Feb 2026 — avg 8 · peak 19Jun 2026 — avg 9 · peak 19Aug 2026 — avg 8 · peak 20
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$4.992015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $6.242015-06-06 — best price $4.992015-07-06 — best price $24.992015-12-01 — best price $24.992016-02-19 — best price $12.472016-07-14 — best price $24.992016-11-25 — best price $18.742017-03-20 — best price $6.242017-07-05 — best price $24.992017-11-28 — best price $24.992018-03-20 — best price $24.992018-09-03 — best price $24.992018-11-27 — best price $24.992019-07-01 — best price $18.742019-12-01 — best price $12.492020-01-27 — best price $24.992020-08-14 — best price $12.492020-11-28 — best price $12.492021-04-05 — best price $24.992021-12-01 — best price $12.492022-07-07 — best price $24.992022-11-29 — best price $24.992023-06-11 — best price $8.492023-09-13 — best price $8.492024-01-16 — best price $6.242024-05-03 — best price $12.492024-09-26 — best price $24.992025-01-03 — best price $24.992025-05-05 — best price $9.992025-09-15 — best price $6.242025-11-20 — best price $8.492026-02-12 — best price $24.992026-05-05 — best price $7.492026-08-25 — best price $7.492026-09-08 — best price $7.492026-09-20 — best price $7.492026-10-02 — best price $7.492026-10-14 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

42
achievements tracked
63.3%
earned "Egalitarian Miracle"
24%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing4 DLC

9 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2014-02-06, latest 2016-07-08 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)13,1312%42

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DIndieEconomySandboxModdablePoliticsStrategyDifficultPoliticalManagement

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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