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Government Simulator

Ambiera · 2017-12-04

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

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.

2
playing now
47%
positive of 190 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 52% of 18,047 Indie games in the census by review count.
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 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-12 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 2 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).

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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