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Political Animals

Squeaky Wheel · Positech Games · 2016-11-02

SteamGOG

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Nov 02, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 02, 2016 (Mac), Nov 02, 2016 (Linux)

Political Animals is an election campaign simulation game set within a world populated by corrupt crocodiles and meritocratic mice. In a political contest where corruption is always around the corner, can you win without getting your paws dirty?

0
playing now
69%
positive of 193 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Political Animals is a 2016 government simulation game developed by Philippine-based studio Squeaky Wheel and released by British independent publisher Positech Games, the latter which also made the Democracy video game series. The game focuses on implementing policies and dealing with scandals, in order to secure votes and win an election, which is the main goal.

Health check

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  • · Top 51% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.8k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 193 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.49-70%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.49-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2019-11-10)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 48 of 75 observed days · $3.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.492016-11-022026-08-302016-11-02 — best price $13.492017-01-31 — best price $14.992017-09-14 — best price $5.092017-12-05 — best price $14.992018-05-01 — best price $14.992018-11-01 — best price $14.992019-02-12 — best price $14.992019-09-06 — best price $3.742019-12-03 — best price $14.992020-03-03 — best price $1.492020-08-17 — best price $14.992020-11-02 — best price $14.992021-02-04 — best price $14.992021-08-30 — best price $1.492022-03-06 — best price $14.992022-08-28 — best price $14.992023-01-20 — best price $3.742023-07-04 — best price $14.992023-10-30 — best price $4.492023-12-18 — best price $14.992024-02-22 — best price $1.492024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $4.492025-02-13 — best price $14.992025-06-05 — best price $5.092025-09-04 — best price $14.992025-11-19 — best price $1.492026-02-02 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $1.492026-05-19 — best price $4.492026-07-09 — best price $2.992026-07-31 — best price $2.222026-08-25 — best price $4.492026-08-30 — best price $4.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
25.5%
earned "Utopian"
1.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Japanese

Player tags

2DFunnyIndieSatirePoliticsStrategyEducationPoliticalBoard GameManagement

Census log

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

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