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The Shadow Government Simulator

Chupacabra Game Studios · Games Incubator · 2022-10-17

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 17, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A turn-based strategy game where you lead a secret society towards world domination. Investigate the influential and convert them to your faction via bribery, seduction and intimidation. Reshape society's power structures to fend off rival societies and the world's nations in your quest for power.

75%
positive of 110 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 28 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 87% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 61% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.2k–5.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 110 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$6.72-33%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.44 at GameBillet (2026-07-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 63 of 82 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520222026Week of 2022-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$1.292022-10-172026-08-202022-10-17 — best price $8.992022-12-23 — best price $7.492023-03-16 — best price $6.492023-06-29 — best price $5.492023-11-21 — best price $4.492024-02-19 — best price $3.992024-04-01 — best price $8.322024-04-23 — best price $3.382024-05-13 — best price $3.392024-05-29 — best price $6.472024-06-24 — best price $3.082024-07-27 — best price $3.392024-09-09 — best price $1.932024-09-26 — best price $9.992024-10-31 — best price $2.992024-12-02 — best price $9.992025-01-02 — best price $6.472025-02-03 — best price $6.472025-03-10 — best price $9.992025-04-08 — best price $9.992025-06-05 — best price $1.752025-06-23 — best price $9.992025-07-13 — best price $6.472025-07-31 — best price $9.992025-08-29 — best price $2.082025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-11-03 — best price $9.992025-12-01 — best price $6.472026-01-16 — best price $1.442026-03-02 — best price $2.192026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-04-22 — best price $9.992026-05-17 — best price $9.992026-06-06 — best price $1.682026-06-24 — best price $7.392026-07-12 — best price $8.412026-07-22 — best price $9.992026-08-09 — best price $8.472026-08-20 — best price $6.72
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
54.9%
earned "Inner circle only"
4.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese

Player tags

CasualEconomySandboxPoliticsStrategyTacticalDifficultPoliticalIlluminatiSimulation

Census log

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

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