For the People
Skip · Strategy · 2020
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 31, under the fair line, at $16.99.
- Length
- 3.9h 11.8h to 100%
- Value
- $4.36/hr
- Reviews
- 73% of 817 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
For the People is a mix of a political management sim and a visual novel, putting players in the shoes of an idealistic young state official tasked with shaping the future of a communist factory town. Will the party provide for the people, or are the people just cogs in its machine?..
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, DirectX 9.0c compatible, 1 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
58 discounts in the 6 years on record, a median of 60 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Value puts it in the top 46 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 85 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Mind Scanners ($16.99, scores 35) beats it on value, while it beats Beholder 3 ($17.99, scores 12).
More about For the People
Steam's global achievement data puts 29 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. This site sampled 495 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 3 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written August 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 58 percent of the 139 reviews written there were positive, against 73 percent overall, and those are 19 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 3.9 hours; clearing it takes 12, which is 3.0 times the campaign.
The drop-off
87% start to 29% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
What players say
Fun little game with nicely presented visuals and a LOT of reading. Short but worth the money, especially on a sale. 3.5/5
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
An interesting game with some good commentary and interesting plot, I find it a bit forgettable compared to similar games but I don't think tis bad by any means!
If you discriminate against other nationalities you end up getting arrested and you aren't allowed to be sexist. Why even bother?
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
For the People scores 31/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1146600/for-the-peopleReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 1, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.