The Political Process
BANGER · Strategy · 2019 · Early Access
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
A BANGER at $14.99.
- Length
- 19.7h
- Value
- $0.76/hr
- Reviews
- 95% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 502 MB of storage. Windows only.
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.
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The value story
It has never been cheaper than $11.24. That was June 2022. Its cuts run 20 percent off as a rule. There have been 20 in the 7 years tracked, about 14 weeks apart.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 1 percent on value. It is pricier than 82 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 99 percent. Among the games closest to it, Democracy 3 ($24.99, scores 39) and China: Mao's legacy ($6.99, scores 80) both come in lower.
On this data it would still be a BANGER at $16.51. It costs $14.99.
This site sampled 386 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 3 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to September 2026.
The main story runs 19.7 hours. Doing everything runs 483, 25 times as long.
Players
60 players online when we last checked, on Oct 1, 13:49 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Probably the best political sim/election game out there. Some people are complaining that the game is abandoned. This is not true. The dev seems to care about the game, is still working on the game, and posts weekly updates on the discussion page.
If Your into American Politic then this is the game for you. With over 2 years of playing this and 600+ Hours i would highly suggest this game to you. I would also like them to implement County level Positions in the game as that would make some interesting Policies on the County level like run for Sheriff or board of commisioners of a County. its worth coming back to and playing over and over again.
Really fun game, but seems like devs left the game. No updates in over a year. There was a TON of promise.
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Cite this score
The Political Process scores 87/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1184770/the-political-processReviews 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 Sep 27, price as of Oct 1.
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