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The Political Machine 2016

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App ID 404620
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Stardock Entertainment
Supported Systems Windows
Last Changenumber 30860442
Last Record Update 30 August 2025 – 06:13:11 UTC ()
Release Date 4 February 2016 – 17:52:00 UTC ()
😏 72.24%
711 reviews
0
In-Game
🏛️ Political Sim 🖥️ Simulation 💡 Strategy 😌 Casual 🗳️ Politics

Run for President of the United States as one of dozens of past or present presidential candidates or create your own ideal candidate. Give speeches, go on talk shows, hire unsavory operatives, and do whatever it takes to win on election day.

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

Additional Information

Developer Stardock Entertainment
metacritic_name Political Machine 2016
community_visible_stats Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Stardock Entertainment
Store Release Date 4 February 2016 – 17:52:00 UTC ()
community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Strategy (2)
Store Genres Casual (4), Indie (23), Simulation (28), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 4 February 2016 – 17:52:00 UTC ()
app_retired_publisher_request Yes
Store Asset Modification Time 26 September 2019 – 15:00:40 UTC () (1569510040)
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Detected Technologies (?) Bink_Video SDK, Miles_Sound_System SDK, OpenSSL SDK, cURL SDK
First seen on SteamDB 18 September 2015 – 15:54:14 UTC (), in changelist #1298162

Supported Languages

1 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes

Tags

🏛️ Political Sim 🖥️ Simulation 💡 Strategy 🌱 Indie 😌 Casual 🗳️ Politics 🗳️ Political 🎲 Turn-Based 🕹️ Multiplayer 👤 Singleplayer 💼 Management 🐤 Early Access 😃 Funny 🎲 Turn-Based Strategy 🛠️ Moddable 🌎 America 🤣 Memes 🎭 Satire 🕴 Psychological Horror

Categories

Single-player Online PvP Steam Achievements Family Sharing Multi-player PvP

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timestamp6 January 2020 – 19:41:06 UTC
Trailers
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Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
228983 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980VC 2010 Redist No size
228990 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980DirectX Jun 2010 Redist No size
404621 Political Machine 2016 Content 282.59 MiB 156.86 MiB
495380 DLC 495380The Political Machine 2016 - Campaign DLC (495380) Depot 33.72 KiB 7.31 KiB

Total size on disk is 282.62 MiB and total download size is 156.86 MiB.

Total size on disk is 282.59 MiB and total download size is 156.86 MiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 1429183 1 November 2016 – 16:59:12 UTC

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