Democratic Socialism Simulator
Fair · Strategy · 2020
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $2.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 0.6h 3.6h to 100%
- Value
- $4.98/hr
- Reviews
- 91% of 214 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $1.61 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 2 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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About the game
Pave the road to a post-capitalist society!
Minimum specs
Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
3 discounts in the 7 years on record, a median of 70 percent off across all of them, roughly 41 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 9 percent of its genre. It is cheaper than 80 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 91 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Make America Great Again: The Trump Presidency ($2.99, scores 60) beats it on value, while it beats Snake Pass ($3.99, scores 57).
More about Democratic Socialism Simulator
Inside the two-hour refund window, 90 percent of the 128 reviews written there were positive, against 91 percent overall, and those are 65 percent of everything written about it.
0.6 hours to finish it, 4 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 6.0 times the campaign.
What players say
Reigns but better in most ways! Worth a few plays as a novelty if you like politics, not much else though.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
A surprisingly well made game. I truly had no expectation when seeing the title, but this game is well made, excellently written, fun to replay, and easy to learn while being hard to master. It illustrates real issues with translating radical ideas into practical (established) politics, and ways in which systems fight or support change. It's also really funny!
While I sympathize with the developers' (rather obvious) political leanings, I found the game far too easy to be much fun. Where Reigns and similar games make it a challenge to balance the needs of the various factions, this game makes it rather trivial to do so. It's okay for the price, but don't expect much in terms of replayability.
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Cite this score
Democratic Socialism Simulator scores 59/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1261760/democratic-socialism-simulatorReviews 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 2, price as of Oct 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.