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Democracy 3 Africa

Positech Games · 2016-04-12

SteamGOG

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 12, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 12, 2016 (Mac)

Democracy 3: Africa is the new standalone 're-imagining' of the hit political strategy game 'Democracy 3'. Set entirely in countries on the continent of Africa, D3:A puts you in charge of these countries and challenges you to stay in power whilst fixing each country's problems, improving the quality of life for your electorate, and...

Democracy 3 Africa is an Indie, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2016, estimated to have 50,000 .. 100,000 owners, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (73% of 409 reviews) at a price of $16.99.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

3
playing now
73%
positive of 409 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$16.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (58 reviews).
  • · Top 18% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 10k–25k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 409 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.09-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.29 at GOG (2018-11-09)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $16.99 · on sale 64 of 87 observed days · $1.80 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
424220162026Week of 2016-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 6 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
422Apr 2016Jun 2026Apr 2016 — avg 42 · peak 194Jul 2016 — avg 8 · peak 23Oct 2016 — avg 5 · peak 18Jan 2017 — avg 12 · peak 35Apr 2017 — avg 8 · peak 24Jul 2017 — avg 15 · peak 47Oct 2017 — avg 10 · peak 31Jan 2018 — avg 10 · peak 26Apr 2018 — avg 8 · peak 21Jul 2018 — avg 10 · peak 31Oct 2018 — avg 8 · peak 21Jan 2019 — avg 9 · peak 23Apr 2019 — avg 7 · peak 17Jul 2019 — avg 8 · peak 21Oct 2019 — avg 8 · peak 20Jan 2020 — avg 9 · peak 30Apr 2020 — avg 11 · peak 24Jul 2020 — avg 9 · peak 23Oct 2020 — avg 7 · peak 19Jan 2021 — avg 5 · peak 21Apr 2021 — avg 4 · peak 14Jul 2021 — avg 4 · peak 12Oct 2021 — avg 3 · peak 11Jan 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11Apr 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Oct 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Jan 2023 — avg 2 · peak 9Apr 2023 — avg 2 · peak 10Jul 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2023 — avg 2 · peak 9Feb 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Jun 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2025 — avg 3 · peak 12Jun 2026 — avg 2 · peak 9
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$16.99$3.292016-04-122026-10-142016-04-12 — best price $14.992016-08-02 — best price $5.092016-11-29 — best price $14.992017-02-27 — best price $7.492017-06-23 — best price $3.742017-11-01 — best price $14.992018-02-15 — best price $7.492018-07-16 — best price $3.742018-11-22 — best price $7.492019-05-30 — best price $7.492019-10-28 — best price $5.092020-01-02 — best price $14.992020-03-10 — best price $14.992020-08-14 — best price $7.492020-11-28 — best price $7.492021-02-15 — best price $14.992021-07-08 — best price $14.992021-12-22 — best price $7.492022-06-28 — best price $14.992022-11-22 — best price $4.492023-04-11 — best price $14.992023-07-18 — best price $14.992023-11-02 — best price $14.992024-01-24 — best price $14.992024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-09-09 — best price $14.992024-12-02 — best price $14.992025-01-29 — best price $8.492025-06-18 — best price $5.092025-09-15 — best price $8.492025-11-05 — best price $16.992026-01-14 — best price $5.772026-03-19 — best price $4.242026-06-17 — best price $5.092026-08-31 — best price $5.092026-09-10 — best price $16.992026-09-20 — best price $5.092026-09-30 — best price $5.092026-10-10 — best price $5.092026-10-14 — best price $5.09
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

42
achievements tracked
75.6%
earned "Crime Free Utopia"
29.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, French

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9083%42

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

Player tags

IndieMemesFantasyPoliticsStrategyManagementSimulationPolitical Sim

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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