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The Political Process

Verlumino Studios LLC · 2019-11-22

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Nov 22, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Explore a dynamic world of politics in this turn-based, political simulator. Create a character, run for political office, write legislation, balance budgets, and more as you move up the political hierarchy.

The Political Process is a $14.99 Indie, Simulation, Strategy, and Early Access game released in 2019, estimated to have 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (95% of 2162 reviews).

84
playing now
95%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

84 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 84 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 101 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~13/week).
  • · Review velocity down 53% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 49,476 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 54k–130k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,162 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $11.24 at Steam (2022-06-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13013020192026Week of 2019-11-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

133422026-09-15 02:00 — 116 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 47 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 90 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 126 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 60 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 81 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 89 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 44 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 64 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 113 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 55 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 50 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 87 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 70 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 69 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 113 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 97 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 50 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 85 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 117 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 54 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 92 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 125 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 84 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
17250Nov 2019Aug 2026Nov 2019 — avg 71 · peak 124Feb 2020 — avg 60 · peak 114May 2020 — avg 72 · peak 139Aug 2020 — avg 68 · peak 127Nov 2020 — avg 131 · peak 302Feb 2021 — avg 83 · peak 156May 2021 — avg 61 · peak 117Aug 2021 — avg 52 · peak 99Nov 2021 — avg 95 · peak 197Feb 2022 — avg 74 · peak 134May 2022 — avg 72 · peak 136Aug 2022 — avg 78 · peak 125Nov 2022 — avg 127 · peak 251Feb 2023 — avg 84 · peak 165May 2023 — avg 68 · peak 132Aug 2023 — avg 68 · peak 119Nov 2023 — avg 75 · peak 159Feb 2024 — avg 83 · peak 156May 2024 — avg 60 · peak 108Aug 2024 — avg 116 · peak 196Nov 2024 — avg 172 · peak 369Feb 2025 — avg 95 · peak 166May 2025 — avg 94 · peak 162Aug 2025 — avg 125 · peak 230Nov 2025 — avg 125 · peak 239Feb 2026 — avg 86 · peak 154May 2026 — avg 81 · peak 152Aug 2026 — avg 85 · peak 151
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$11.242019-11-222026-07-092019-11-22 — best price $12.742019-11-29 — best price $14.992020-10-31 — best price $11.992020-11-09 — best price $14.992021-12-22 — best price $12.742022-01-05 — best price $14.992022-06-24 — best price $11.242022-07-07 — best price $14.992022-11-07 — best price $11.992022-11-14 — best price $14.992022-12-22 — best price $11.992023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-06-29 — best price $12.742023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-11-21 — best price $11.992023-11-28 — best price $14.992023-12-21 — best price $11.992024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $12.742024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-10-30 — best price $11.992024-11-11 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $11.992024-12-04 — best price $14.992024-12-19 — best price $11.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $11.992025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-06-26 — best price $11.992025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-09-08 — best price $11.242025-09-15 — best price $14.992025-09-29 — best price $11.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $11.242026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $11.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $11.992026-07-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

IndiePoliticsStrategyPoliticalSimulationTurn-BasedEarly AccessPolitical Sim

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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