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The Political Machine 2020

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App ID 1188680
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Stardock Entertainment
Supported Systems Windows macOS
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 31470246
Last Record Update 3 October 2025 – 19:24:30 UTC ()
Release Date 3 March 2020 – 17:51:41 UTC ()
😏 78.75%
748 reviews
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In-Game
🕒 Time Management 🥊 PvP 🌲 PvE 🎲 Turn-Based 🏛️ Political Sim

Win the hearts and minds of America’s voters and take the 2020 presidential election by storm in Stardock’s popular political strategy game. Choose a candidate and run against a computer opponent or a candidate controlled by another person over the Internet.

This app has been retired and is no longer available on the Steam store.

Additional Information

Developer Stardock Entertainment
metacritic_name The Political Machine 2020
community_visible_stats Yes
workshop_visible Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Stardock Entertainment
Store Release Date 3 March 2020 – 17:51:41 UTC ()
osarch 64
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://www.twitch.tv/stardock
Primary Genre Simulation (28)
Store Genres Indie (23), Simulation (28), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 3 March 2020 – 17:51:41 UTC ()
app_retired_publisher_request Yes
Store Asset Modification Time 4 May 2023 – 15:55:56 UTC () (1683215756)
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Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
  • Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 23 September 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 5744172
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    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
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    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
First seen on SteamDB 1 November 2019 – 12:09:24 UTC (), in changelist #7131188

Supported Languages

1 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes

Tags

🕒 Time Management 🥊 PvP 🌲 PvE 🎲 Turn-Based 🏛️ Political Sim 🗳️ Political 🗳️ Politics 🥇 Competitive 🦹 Character Customization 🎲 Turn-Based Strategy 👤 Third Person 🏠 Base Building 💼 Management 🏠 Building 🧊 3D 🌆 Isometric 🧞 Choices Matter 😃 Funny 🗣️ Conversation 💡 Strategy

Categories

Single-player Online PvP Cross-Platform Multiplayer Steam Achievements Steam Workshop Steam Cloud Family Sharing Multi-player PvP Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

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timestamp13 September 2024 – 18:35:56 UTC

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timestamp 4 May 2023 – 15:56:18 UTC

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