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There's a wide sweep of political games on sale Games were once regarded as a form of escapism. It seems Steam hasn’t got the memo, delivering discounts on a range of great politics games to coincide with the U.S.
presidential election. Democracy For Sale That's the kind of majority Harris or Trump could only dream of There’s not one, but three Democracy games available in the Steam Politics Sale 2024 : Democracy 3, Democracy 3: Africa (as the name suggests, an African spin on the original game) and Democracy 4 . Given that Democracy 4 currently costs $9.
17 (£7.65) and Democracy 3 costs $7.49 (£6.
29), you might as well go for the newer title. There’s not a great deal of difference between the two games, anyway. Democracy 4 lets you adopt the role of president/prime minister, giving you control over a vast number of political levers to shape the state and try and win over the electorate – or batter them into submission! CNN Bans Conservative Panelist After He Tells Journalist Mehdi Hasan ‘I Hope Your Beeper Doesn’t Go Off’ Indian Billionaire Yusuff Ali’s Lulu Retail To Raise $1.
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S. players: coalition governments. If your party doesn’t win an outright majority, you might be forced to share power with other parties, requiring you to compromise on policies and adding a layer of strategic depth that wasn’t in the earlier titles.
Democracy 3 was one of my favorite games on iPad, but even though Democracy 4 has been out on Windows since 2022, it’s sadly not found its way to Apple’s tablet, meaning this heavy discount is probably your best opportunity to pick up the game – even if you want to leave it a few weeks before playing. Suzerain Sale Keeping the press off your back is tough in Suzerain Suzerain is another tremendous political game that’s had its price chopped to only $4.99 (£4.
18) in the Steam sale. This is more of a narrative-based game than Democracy , where you play Anton Rayne, president of the fictional nation of Sordland. Like Democracy , you have to carefully balance competing demands so that you remain popular with the electorate, while forming alliances with questionable international allies to head off conflicts, and maintain peace in your own squabbling cabinet.
However, Suzerain also throws moral and personal dilemmas at you. Do you turn a blind eye to the antics of your wayward best friend and close political associate, for example, or do you turf him out for constantly generating embarrassing stories in the tabloids? It’s a beautifully written and engaging game, and though the base game has limited replayability, there’s a DLC that adds a new country (Rizia) to the game and provides a different type of challenge. A pack containing both the base game and the Rizla DLC has been discounted by more than 50% for this sale too.
More Politics Games Discounts Other titles included in Steam’s 2024 Politics Sale include Rebel Inc Escalation , a political spin on the hugely popular Plague Inc . Rebel Inc Escalation is down to $7.49 (£6.
39) in the sale and has a “very positive” rating on Steam. International politics are also covered well in this sale with China: Mao’s Legacy and Crisis In The Kremlin among the other titles on sale, both costing much less than $5..
