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Secret Government

GameTrek · Fulqrum Publishing · 2021-04-15

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 22, 2020 (Mac), Jun 22, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 22, 2020 (Linux)

Global strategy game about secret societies. You’ll lead the Brotherhood - an organization that juggles the whole world. The key feature of the game is the manipulation of powers. Instead of giving direct orders, the Brotherhood provokes countries into doing what the Brothers want.

Secret Government is an Indie, Simulation and Strategy game released in 2021, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (52% of 300 reviews).

0
playing now
52%
positive of 300 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 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 38% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (42 reviews).
  • · Top 21% of 49,807 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.0k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 300 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2022-08-01) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 199 of 202 observed days · $2.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
303020202026Week of 2020-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$2.482020-06-222026-10-152020-06-22 — best price $16.992020-10-26 — best price $17.192020-12-25 — best price $19.992021-02-15 — best price $13.592021-04-16 — best price $22.492021-07-05 — best price $16.992021-09-06 — best price $13.492021-11-18 — best price $12.302022-01-08 — best price $24.992022-03-22 — best price $14.992022-05-26 — best price $19.672022-08-04 — best price $7.222022-10-27 — best price $24.992022-12-30 — best price $24.992023-03-04 — best price $19.992023-05-09 — best price $4.992023-07-25 — best price $17.392023-10-07 — best price $19.992023-12-21 — best price $4.352024-03-06 — best price $16.522024-05-10 — best price $4.002024-07-18 — best price $3.992024-09-18 — best price $3.992024-12-03 — best price $15.742025-01-23 — best price $3.992025-04-02 — best price $19.992025-06-04 — best price $19.992025-08-18 — best price $3.992025-10-29 — best price $19.992025-12-23 — best price $4.992026-02-24 — best price $3.992026-04-25 — best price $19.992026-06-30 — best price $3.992026-08-30 — best price $3.992026-09-29 — best price $3.992026-10-15 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
19.5%
earned "Summon more lodges"
0.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing2 DLC

3 supported languages: English, Russian, German

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2021-12-22 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)921%10

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

Player tags

EconomySandboxPoliticsStrategyPoliticalConspiracyHistoricalIlluminatiSimulationTurn-Based

Census log

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

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