Democracy 3
Political simulation where policy decisions shape voters and elections
Positech Games · Released Oct 14, 2013
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 74% of 6,609
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 11
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Unsupported
- Last update on Steam
- 8 years ago
- Sep 4, 2018
Metacritic: 70/100 (critic reviews)
What is Democracy 3?
In this turn-based political simulation, you govern a Western industrialized country as president or prime minister. You adjust laws and policies, examine their effects on issues such as unemployment and national debt, and manage voter support as elections approach.
For you if...
- +you enjoy weighing trade-offs across connected political systems
- +you prefer turn-based decisions to real-time action
Not for you if...
- −you dislike adjusting sliders and tracking charts
- −you want many political approaches to work equally well
What players say
74% of 6,609 reviews are positive
Players praise how policy decisions affect the economy and voter groups, and the challenge of staying electable. Common complaints include limited viable strategies and a slider-heavy interface. Some players also report crashes, missing text, or launch failures.
Screenshots and trailer
Democracy 3 system requirements
Minimum: 256 MB, 1 GB RAM, 0.5 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Democracy 3?
Tell us your graphics card once and every game page will answer this for you.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP
- Processor
- 2 gig
- Graphics
- 256 MB
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 500 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
Recommended
- OS
- Windows XP
- Processor
- 2 gig
- Graphics
- 256 MB
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 500 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
Does Democracy 3 have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Democracy 3 run on Steam Deck?
Unsupported No: Valve rates it Unsupported on Steam Deck.
- Not supported on SteamOS
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 42
- Steam features
- Workshop, Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Text only: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese.
Does Democracy 3 use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Political Sim
- Simulation
- Strategy
- Indie
- Turn-Based
- Singleplayer
- Economy
- Management
- Sandbox
- Moddable
- Difficult
- 2D
- Turn-Based Strategy
- Education
- Casual
- Capitalism
Recent updates
- Mar 12, 2018 · Windows build updated to version 1.34 with text & crash fixes.
- Mar 12, 2018 · Windows build updated to version 1.34 with text & crash fixes.
- Jan 6, 2018 · Windows patch today, to solve startup crashes and text issues
- Jan 6, 2018 · Windows patch today, to solve startup crashes and text issues
- Dec 9, 2017 · Updated today, hopefully all text/font/language issues now fixed (windows)
4 DLC available.
