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Democracy 4 cover art

Democracy 4

Positech Games · 2022-01-13

SteamEpic Games Store

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 06, 2020 (Linux), Oct 06, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 06, 2020 (Mac)

Democracy 4 lets you take the role of President / Prime minister, govern the country (choosing its policies, laws and other actions), and both transform the country as you see fit, while trying to retain enough popularity to get re-elected...

45
playing now
82%
positive of 6.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
IGDB user rating (24 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

45 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 45 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 248 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~31/week).
  • · Review velocity down 43% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 18,161 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 128k–287k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,385 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.19-66%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.74 at GOG (2026-02-04)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 31 of 56 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
26326320202026Week of 2020-10-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

81192026-08-07 00:00 — 41 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 26 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 48 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 34 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 32 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 62 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 39 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 41 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 59 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 37 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 24 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 49 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 33 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 31 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 34 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 38 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 24 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 44 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 34 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 22 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 54 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 34 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 28 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 47 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 56 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 31 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 43 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 46 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 45 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$6.742020-10-062026-08-172020-10-06 — best price $26.992021-01-04 — best price $26.992021-03-08 — best price $18.892021-06-09 — best price $13.492021-08-05 — best price $26.992021-10-30 — best price $26.992022-01-05 — best price $13.492022-04-04 — best price $26.992022-06-28 — best price $26.992022-08-26 — best price $12.142022-11-22 — best price $12.142023-01-05 — best price $26.992023-04-11 — best price $26.992023-06-15 — best price $26.992023-07-24 — best price $13.492023-09-12 — best price $26.992023-11-07 — best price $26.992023-12-21 — best price $9.172024-02-09 — best price $9.172024-03-11 — best price $26.992024-05-16 — best price $9.172024-08-01 — best price $26.992024-10-11 — best price $13.492024-12-04 — best price $26.992025-01-23 — best price $13.492025-03-20 — best price $26.992025-05-09 — best price $26.992025-07-17 — best price $13.492025-09-04 — best price $26.992025-10-08 — best price $26.992025-11-20 — best price $9.172026-01-11 — best price $26.992026-02-20 — best price $9.172026-04-03 — best price $26.992026-06-25 — best price $7.492026-08-17 — best price $9.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
32.7%
earned "Subsidy Sam"
3.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing3 DLC

11 supported languages: English, Italian, Portuguese - Brazil, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,8781%40

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

IndieModernEconomyPoliticsStrategyDiplomacyEducationPoliticalCapitalismManagement

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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