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Political Animals

Squeaky Wheel · Positech Games · 2016-11-02

SteamGOG

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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?

Political Animals is an Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2016, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (69% of 193 reviews).

0
playing now
69%
positive of 193 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 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

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 26% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.8k–12k copies

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

Current store prices

GOG$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 84 of 114 observed days · $3.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
191920162026Week of 2016-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek 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: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 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 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 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).
60Oct 2016Sep 2025Oct 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6Dec 2016 — avg 2 · peak 7Feb 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2017 — avg 1 · peak 8Jun 2017 — avg 1 · peak 10Aug 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2017 — avg 2 · peak 16Dec 2017 — avg 3 · peak 15Feb 2018 — avg 1 · peak 9Apr 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8Jun 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Feb 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Jun 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2019 — avg 1 · peak 3Oct 2019 — avg 1 · peak 3Dec 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7Feb 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3May 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2020 — avg 1 · peak 7Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 9Jan 2021 — avg 2 · peak 10Jul 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2023 — avg 1 · peak 2Sep 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11

▲ +2 avg players vs prior month — Sep 2025

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$1.492016-11-022026-10-142016-11-02 — 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 $4.492026-09-05 — best price $4.492026-09-15 — best price $14.992026-09-25 — best price $4.492026-10-05 — best price $4.492026-10-14 — best price $4.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1302026-05-29 — 1 pageviews2026-06-02 — 1 pageviews2026-06-06 — 2 pageviews2026-06-10 — 1 pageviews2026-06-14 — 1 pageviews2026-06-18 — 3 pageviews2026-06-22 — 5 pageviews2026-06-26 — 3 pageviews2026-06-30 — 5 pageviews2026-07-04 — 1 pageviews2026-07-08 — 1 pageviews2026-07-12 — 3 pageviews2026-07-16 — 0 pageviews2026-07-20 — 5 pageviews2026-07-24 — 13 pageviews2026-07-28 — 2 pageviews2026-08-01 — 1 pageviews2026-08-05 — 5 pageviews2026-08-09 — 1 pageviews2026-08-13 — 4 pageviews2026-08-17 — 2 pageviews2026-08-21 — 1 pageviews2026-08-25 — 3 pageviews2026-08-29 — 4 pageviews2026-09-02 — 0 pageviews2026-09-06 — 5 pageviews2026-09-10 — 3 pageviews2026-09-14 — 2 pageviews2026-09-18 — 4 pageviews2026-09-22 — 4 pageviews2026-09-26 — 1 pageviews2026-09-30 — 1 pageviews2026-10-04 — 4 pageviews2026-10-07 — 1 pageviews
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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Similarity via IGDB.

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