Political Arena
| App ID | 1670920 |
| App Type | Game |
| Developer | Wayside Press |
| Publisher | Wayside Press |
| Supported Systems | Windows macOS |
| Technologies | Unity Engine |
| Last Changenumber | 31695097 |
| Last Record Update | 16 October 2025 – 00:21:09 UTC ( |
| Release Date | 2 September 2025 – 12:15:48 UTC ( |
POLITICAL ARENA is a one-of-a-kind strategy/sim sandbox about American politics. Seek fame or infamy in a richly simulated political world, complete with high stakes legislative strategizing, backroom deals and the press. Customize and play as the politician of your dreams (or nightmares).
Additional Information
| Developer | Wayside Press | |||||||||||||||||
| community_visible_stats | Yes | |||||||||||||||||
| ReleaseState | released | |||||||||||||||||
| Publisher | Wayside Press | |||||||||||||||||
| Store Release Date | 2 September 2025 – 12:15:50 UTC ( |
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| osarch | empty string | |||||||||||||||||
| community_hub_visible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||
| Social Media | https://discord.gg/wrnQW3uYHX https://x.com/PoliticArena https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdhQ5m0-HtUU1LEEZdjdCoQ/ |
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| Primary Genre | Simulation (28) | |||||||||||||||||
| Store Genres | RPG (3), Simulation (28), Strategy (2), Early Access (70) | |||||||||||||||||
| Steam Release Date | 2 September 2025 – 12:15:48 UTC ( |
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| Store Asset Modification Time | 22 August 2025 – 16:33:19 UTC ( |
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| osextended | macos64,macosapplesilicon | |||||||||||||||||
| review_score | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| review_percentage | 81 | |||||||||||||||||
| Detected Technologies (?) | Unity Engine, SteamworksNET SDK, UnityBurst SDK, UnityURP SDK, cURL SDK | |||||||||||||||||
| Content Descriptors | General Mature Content (5) | |||||||||||||||||
| controllertagwizard | Yes | |||||||||||||||||
| AI Content Type | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Early Access Release Date | 2 September 2025 – 00:00:00 UTC ( |
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| First seen on SteamDB | 16 June 2021 – 21:46:26 UTC ( |
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| Content Descriptors (Including DLC) | General Mature Content (5) | |||||||||||||||||
Supported Languages
| 1 Languages | Interface | Full Audio | Subtitles |
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| English | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| trailer_name | Early Access Launch Trailer |
| trailer_category | 2 |
| trailer_480p ↴ | |
| video/webm | 257186240/movie480_vp9.webm |
| video/mp4 | 257186240/movie480.mp4 |
| trailer_max ↴ | |
| video/webm | 257186240/movie_max_vp9.webm |
| video/mp4 | 257186240/movie_max.mp4 |
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| video/webm | 1670920/2125286080/59c8c8408ef67d7f9f011373272dcc62b04fb5fd/1755809013/microtrailer.webm |
| video/mp4 | 1670920/2125286080/59c8c8408ef67d7f9f011373272dcc62b04fb5fd/1755809013/microtrailer.mp4 |
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| dash_av1 | 1670920/2125286080/59c8c8408ef67d7f9f011373272dcc62b04fb5fd/1755809013/dash_av1.mpd |
| dash_h264 | 1670920/2125286080/59c8c8408ef67d7f9f011373272dcc62b04fb5fd/1755809013/dash_h264.mpd |
| hls_h264 | 1670920/2125286080/59c8c8408ef67d7f9f011373272dcc62b04fb5fd/1755809013/hls_264_master.m3u8 |
| screenshot_medium | 257186240/bdddb1bce6eb6514a4f1f80a300549ecd3b3934e/movie_600x337.jpg |
| screenshot_full | 257186240/bdddb1bce6eb6514a4f1f80a300549ecd3b3934e/movie_full.jpg |
| all_ages | true |
| is_highlight | true |
| timestamp | 21 August 2025 – 21:03:10 UTC |
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- 1 players right now
- 6 24-hour peak
- 42 all-time peak
2 September 2025
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- 0 24-hour peak
- 472 all-time peak
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- ~2.1 k by Gamalytic
- ~2.6 k by PlayTracker
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Steam player counter indicates there are currently 1 players live playing Political Arena on Steam.
Political Arena had an all-time peak of 42 concurrent players on 2 September 2025.
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