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Lawgivers

Damian Bernardi · SomniumSoft · 2020-04-02

Steam

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 15, 2018 (iOS), Jun 09, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 15, 2018 (Android)

Lawgivers is a turn-based political simulation game. Run for elections with your own party and enter parliament to approve or abolish laws. Appoint the president and decide whether you want a democracy or just a fake one instead.

Lawgivers is a 2020 Indie and Simulation game priced at $6.99, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 416 reviews).

1
playing now
82%
positive of 416 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 37% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (52 reviews).
  • · Top 17% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 8.3k–19k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 416 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.74 at Steam (2025-09-08)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
464620192026Week of 2019-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
142Jun 2019Jul 2026Jun 2019 — avg 10 · peak 26Aug 2019 — avg 4 · peak 15Oct 2019 — avg 7 · peak 30Dec 2019 — avg 5 · peak 30Feb 2020 — avg 5 · peak 21Apr 2020 — avg 8 · peak 24Jun 2020 — avg 4 · peak 13Aug 2020 — avg 5 · peak 15Oct 2020 — avg 4 · peak 14Dec 2020 — avg 3 · peak 11Feb 2021 — avg 3 · peak 13Apr 2021 — avg 4 · peak 12Jun 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2021 — avg 3 · peak 9Oct 2021 — avg 3 · peak 11Dec 2021 — avg 3 · peak 13Feb 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Apr 2022 — avg 5 · peak 20Jun 2022 — avg 4 · peak 12Aug 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11Oct 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Dec 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Feb 2023 — avg 3 · peak 7Apr 2023 — avg 4 · peak 19Jun 2023 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 9Dec 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Feb 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6May 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Dec 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Feb 2025 — avg 3 · peak 6May 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Aug 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Oct 2025 — avg 3 · peak 15Jan 2026 — avg 2 · peak 9Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$7.99$1.742019-06-102026-08-212019-06-10 — best price $5.092019-09-02 — best price $5.092019-12-03 — best price $6.992022-04-01 — best price $3.992022-05-14 — best price $6.792022-06-28 — best price $6.392022-08-08 — best price $6.392022-09-19 — best price $6.392022-10-31 — best price $5.592022-12-22 — best price $5.592023-03-16 — best price $5.592023-04-20 — best price $3.992023-06-29 — best price $5.592023-08-18 — best price $5.592023-11-21 — best price $5.592023-12-21 — best price $5.592024-02-11 — best price $5.592024-11-24 — best price $5.592025-07-21 — best price $6.992025-09-15 — best price $6.992025-10-26 — best price $6.992025-11-27 — best price $6.992026-01-11 — best price $6.992026-02-13 — best price $6.992026-04-24 — best price $6.992026-05-28 — best price $6.992026-07-15 — best price $6.992026-08-21 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

23
achievements tracked
50.8%
earned "Spin Doctor"
6.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

21 supported languages: English, Italian, German, French, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2020%23

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

Player tags

2DIndieSandboxPoliticsStrategyDiplomacyPoliticalCapitalismManagementSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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