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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).
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Review score: 72% on 2026-11-01 → 72% today (70 reviews)
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Howdy, howdy — Like the body politic, I've been deep in campaign mode the last few months, building out Political Arena's campaign mechanics ahead of our 0.3 Early Access release. This one is a biggie: 0.3 will extend gameplay past the current two-year congres…
Fixed bug that was causing the game to freeze upon the firing of the Bill Dashboard Tutorial.
Fixed character creator settings issue that disconnected partisanship, dogamitism, presidential party and ideology inputs from game settings. Fixed UI glitch in Character Creator that caused skill sliders to start out in the middle of the despite being at zero…
Hello one and all! Two small fixes: Fixed ui bug where partisan breakdowns weren't being properly registered in a new game.Rewired to properly handle ironman mode / Steam Achievements
Happy bizarro week. Two small but key fixes: - Changed how the game tracks whether legislating has begun on January 3, 2025. Certain edge cases would lead to the game thinking legislating hadn't begun and cause things to go 💩. - Fixed State of the Union race …
0.15 Update: Staff!Hiya!Let’s cut to the chase: we just pushed our 0.15 update, and as “regular updates” go, it’s a biggie.First and foremost, 0.15 introduces staff to Political Arena. Staff are arguably the most invisibly vital part of politics — and so they’…
It's time for our first major Early Access update! We had originally planned to push this update much sooner, but first we needed to get our house in order. Our long-term commitment to bringing a full-fledged political sim into existence meant Political Arena …
Howdy! My last update promised more frequent updates and then... went quiet for a long time. Before we can switch into smaller, more regular updates, we needed to get a massive update done – and I didn't want to surface until I had something real to show for i…
Happy (....🤷) 2026!It's been just over four months since Political Arena launched into Early Access, and the holidays provided a good opportunity to take stock of how things are going.You may have noticed I've pushed several small patches over the last couple…
Political Arena has been in Early Access for one month. Yes, it was a long gestation, and our newborn is keeping us up at night, but when we gaze upon its tangled web of ambitions, outsized personalities, moral ambiguities and shifting alliances, we know it wa…
G’day! I just pushed our latest update. Gameplay updates Ironman/Steam Achievements added. Point tracking added to character creator. Cannot enable achievements going over point allotment. Vote window post-vote recap now features a party breakdown Committee wi…
Political Arena creator Eliot Nelson here. It’s been a week since Political Arena launched into Early Access and I wanted to take a moment from fixing bugs and building out the next updates to say "thank you" and...wow. Wow...Seriously, WowWe’re stunned by the…
Political Arena has launched in Early Access!Our first release is all about the people, power and politics that drive Congress and the legislative process. Play as any senator or representative for a term of Congress and navigate a world of backroom dealing, d…
Politicos – Political Arena will be entering Steam Early Access on September 2nd!!!In the meantime, Wishlist us on Steam, watch our release trailer and subscribe to our socials (Discord | X/Twitter | Instagram | Bluesky | YouTube)!What's in Early Access?Our fi…
First, an apology. We’ve been lousy about our updates. We’re a small team and our chief goal is to get you Political Arena ASAP so you start enjoying this game. The long hours are paying off: We're excited to announce that we’re beginning beta testing! Earlier…
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