Political Animals
| App ID | 458630 |
| App Type | Game |
| Developer | Squeaky Wheel |
| Publisher | Positech Games |
| Franchise | Squeaky Wheel |
| Supported Systems | Windows macOS Linux |
| Technologies | Unity Engine |
| Last Changenumber | 31055115 |
| Last Record Update | 11 September 2025 – 10:22:21 UTC ( |
| Release Date | 2 November 2016 – 16:56:59 UTC ( |
Political Animals is an election campaign simulation game set within a world populated by corrupt crocodiles and meritocratic mice. In a political contest where corruption is always around the corner, can you win without getting your paws dirty?
Additional Information
| Developer | Squeaky Wheel | |
| metacritic_name | Political Animals | |
| community_visible_stats | Yes | |
| ReleaseState | released | |
| Publisher | Positech Games | |
| Store Release Date | 2 November 2016 – 16:59:04 UTC ( |
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| osarch | empty string | |
| community_hub_visible | Yes | |
| Primary Genre | Strategy (2) | |
| Store Genres | Indie (23), Simulation (28), Strategy (2) | |
| Steam Release Date | 2 November 2016 – 16:56:59 UTC ( |
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| Store Asset Modification Time | 23 December 2016 – 10:30:11 UTC ( |
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| review_score | 6 | |
| review_percentage | 70 | |
| Detected Technologies (?) | Unity Engine | |
| First seen on SteamDB | 29 March 2016 – 17:28:24 UTC ( |
Supported Languages
| 8 Languages | Interface | Full Audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | ||
| French | Yes | ||
| Italian | Yes | ||
| German | Yes | ||
| Spanish - Spain | Yes | ||
| Simplified Chinese | Yes | ||
| Polish | Yes | ||
| Japanese | Yes |
Tags
Categories
Single-player
Shared/Split Screen PvP
Steam Achievements
Steam Trading Cards
Remote Play Together
Family Sharing
Multi-player
PvP
Assets
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| clienttga | 757825c63c63ee65e7172a661a8697742ea099c5 | ||||||||||||||
| icon | ebe8e4e7780d45edddfa7f7fba1fcc86fa07ed37 | ||||||||||||||
| logo | 2719cf23ed61fe8ac82d134c9ca71187a6215072 | ||||||||||||||
| logo_small | 2719cf23ed61fe8ac82d134c9ca71187a6215072_thumb | ||||||||||||||
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| store_screenshot | ss_49cfd0d09c440126a9b1158ef669cd26cd8f2461.jpg | ||||||||||||||
| Assets |
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| trailer_name | Political Animals Trailer 2 |
| trailer_category | 0 |
| trailer_480p ↴ | |
| video/webm | 256678644/movie480.webm |
| video/mp4 | 256678644/movie480.mp4 |
| trailer_max ↴ | |
| video/webm | 256678644/movie_max.webm |
| video/mp4 | 256678644/movie_max.mp4 |
| microtrailer ↴ | |
| video/webm | 458630/88246/d9ef224dae74a347f3479fc2202f9ce3528dbdd3/1751288318/microtrailer.webm |
| video/mp4 | 458630/88246/d9ef224dae74a347f3479fc2202f9ce3528dbdd3/1751288318/microtrailer.mp4 |
| adaptive_trailers ↴ | |
| dash_av1 | 458630/88246/d9ef224dae74a347f3479fc2202f9ce3528dbdd3/1751288318/dash_av1.mpd |
| dash_h264 | 458630/88246/d9ef224dae74a347f3479fc2202f9ce3528dbdd3/1751288318/dash_h264.mpd |
| hls_h264 | 458630/88246/d9ef224dae74a347f3479fc2202f9ce3528dbdd3/1751288318/hls_264_master.m3u8 |
| screenshot_medium | 256678644/movie.293x165.jpg |
| screenshot_full | 256678644/movie_full.jpg |
| all_ages | true |
| is_highlight | true |
| timestamp | 27 January 2017 – 14:19:04 UTC |
| trailer_name | Official Launch Trailer |
| trailer_category | 0 |
| trailer_480p ↴ | |
| video/webm | 256671475/movie480.webm |
| video/mp4 | 256671475/movie480.mp4 |
| trailer_max ↴ | |
| video/webm | 256671475/movie_max.webm |
| video/mp4 | 256671475/movie_max.mp4 |
| microtrailer ↴ | |
| video/webm | 458630/74317/d206d040735eceab8e2787f76eacc74ba1c42d29/1751288316/microtrailer.webm |
| video/mp4 | 458630/74317/d206d040735eceab8e2787f76eacc74ba1c42d29/1751288316/microtrailer.mp4 |
| adaptive_trailers ↴ | |
| dash_av1 | 458630/74317/d206d040735eceab8e2787f76eacc74ba1c42d29/1751288316/dash_av1.mpd |
| dash_h264 | 458630/74317/d206d040735eceab8e2787f76eacc74ba1c42d29/1751288316/dash_h264.mpd |
| hls_h264 | 458630/74317/d206d040735eceab8e2787f76eacc74ba1c42d29/1751288316/hls_264_master.m3u8 |
| screenshot_medium | 256671475/movie.293x165.jpg |
| screenshot_full | 256671475/movie_full.jpg |
| all_ages | true |
| is_highlight | true |
| timestamp | 15 October 2016 – 15:20:50 UTC |
Depots
| ID | Configuration | Size | DL. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 458631 | Windows Political Animals Depot | 612.85 MiB | 109.38 MiB |
| 458632 | Windows Political Animals Depot Windows | 802.47 MiB | 148.32 MiB |
| 458633 | macOS Political Animals Depot Mac | 829.62 MiB | 152.97 MiB |
| 458634 | Linux Political Animals Depot Linux | 803.50 MiB | 142.18 MiB |
| 458635 | Linux 64-bitPolitical Animals Depot Linux 64 | 748.67 MiB | 130.38 MiB |
Total size on disk is 3.71 GiB and total download size is 683.24 MiB.
Total size on disk is 1.38 GiB and total download size is 257.70 MiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.
Branches
| Name | Description | Build ID | Time Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| public | 5341629 |
Other
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| baselanguages | English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Japanese |
| privatebranches | 1 |