Realpolitiks
Real-time grand strategy about leading a nation through global crises
Jujubee S.A. · Published by Fulqrum Publishing · Released Feb 16, 2017
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 62% of 1,245
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 1 year ago
- Sep 5, 2025
Metacritic: 52/100 (critic reviews)
What is Realpolitiks?
Realpolitiks is a single-player, real-time grand strategy game set on a map of modern nations. You lead a country through a world sandbox and scenarios involving global crises, managing its political system, economy, diplomacy, espionage, and military as it seeks greater influence.
For you if...
- +you enjoy modern political scenarios and global strategy sandboxes
- +you want to balance diplomacy, economic growth, and warfare
- +you like shaping a country's political system
Not for you if...
- −you prefer turn-based strategy over real-time national management
- −you would rather avoid juggling domestic and international affairs
What players say
62% of 1,245 reviews are positive
Players praise the political sandbox and the choices available to each country.
How many players finish Realpolitiks?
7.4% of Steam players have unlocked «Enough is Enough», the achievement for finishing the main story.
Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.
Screenshots and trailer
Realpolitiks system requirements
Minimum: HD 520, 4 GB RAM, 0.7 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Realpolitiks?
Tell us your graphics card once and every game page will answer this for you.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10
- Processor
- Intel Pentium G3020
- Graphics
- Intel HD 520 or better, 1GB VRAM or more
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 700 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
- Notes
- Please note that the support for Intel HD cards is limited. Videocards such as Intel HD 4000 are below the minimum requirements and will run the game very poorly. Please consider downloading the free demo to check whether the game runs well on your system.
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10
- Processor
- Intel Core i3
- Graphics
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 740 / AMD Radeon R7 250
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
Does Realpolitiks have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Realpolitiks run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 46
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian.
Does Realpolitiks 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
- Strategy
- Diplomacy
- Political Sim
- Grand Strategy
- Historical
- Real-Time
- Simulation
- Indie
- War
- Espionage
- Singleplayer
Recent updates
- Aug 8, 2024 · Franchise News: Realpolitiks II Update Live and First Realpolitiks 3 Devlog!
- Aug 6, 2018 · New update for Realpolitiks brings fixes, Trading cards, Profile backgrounds, Emoticons, Badges and more!
- Apr 3, 2018 · 1.6.3. changelog
1 DLC available.
