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Government Simulator

Ambiera · 2017-12-04

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Dec 04, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Government Simulator is a is a simple economic and political simulation game based on real-world data. Take control of a whole country, like the USA, Germany, France, Russia, or Austria. Change laws, taxes and budgets based on real world statistics and data, and see what happens.

Government Simulator is an Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2017, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (47% of 190 reviews).

0
playing now
47%
positive of 190 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (80 reviews).
  • · Top 26% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.8k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 190 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.49 at Steam (2023-06-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
505020172026Week of 2017-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$4.492017-12-052026-07-092017-12-05 — best price $7.992018-02-12 — best price $9.992018-09-20 — best price $9.992021-11-12 — best price $6.992021-12-01 — best price $9.992022-01-27 — best price $5.992022-02-26 — best price $9.992022-05-13 — best price $5.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992022-10-14 — best price $5.492022-11-29 — best price $9.992023-01-19 — best price $4.792023-03-06 — best price $9.992023-04-10 — best price $4.892023-06-05 — best price $9.992023-07-31 — best price $4.992023-09-18 — best price $9.992023-11-21 — best price $4.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-03-14 — best price $4.892024-04-08 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $4.492024-08-05 — best price $9.992024-11-04 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-02-03 — best price $4.792025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-05-26 — best price $4.792025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $4.492025-10-27 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $4.492026-03-09 — best price $9.992026-05-11 — best price $4.892026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
84.7%
earned "Loved Government"
48.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian

Player tags

IndieEconomySandboxPoliticsStrategyManagementSimulationTurn-BasedSingleplayerPolitical Sim

Census log

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

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