Democracy 4 game screenshot. The screen shows a policy on corporation tax, with graphs and sliders.

Screenshot from Democracy 4, a political simulation game. Displays political graphs, characters, and textual information.

Screenshot of Democracy 4, a political simulation game, showing connections between policies and the economy.

Have you ever thought that you could do better than the people governing your country? Democracy 4 gives you the opportunity of governing a country. In this political simulation game, you have been elected as the President/Prime Minister of your country, and it's completely up to you to decide its course for the future. You must choose policies and laws that will transform the country according to your ideals. But every decision you take will have an impact on the society, economy, and welfare of your people, and you aim to be elected once more, so you must be careful and try to maintain your popularity.

Democracy 4 is nothing similar to games like Tropico. It doesn't let you build and develop your country on a map. Instead of that, it's full of menus, statistics, parameters, and variables, and it features a system that calculates the result of your actions and what impact these have. You will also have to react to any problems that affect your country. The game is the perfect sandbox scenario to gauge what would be the possible result of your politics if you were president for real. Whether you decide to govern with an iron hand, control the economy, or allow everyone to do whatever they feel like doing, your strategy is what really matters in Democracy 4.

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Patch Notes

1.67 - 5/22/25 (Updated to build 1.67)
1.66 - 5/24/24 (Update to build 1.66)
8/16/23 (Fixed bug where text overlapped on the policy screen for some screen resolutions)
7/23/23 (Minor fixes)
7/14/23 (Rebalanced Poland, Updated Debt levels, big performance overhaul)
3/24/23 (Updated with lots of performance improvements, bug fixes, and event updates)
2/18/23 (Bug fixes, better media spin results UI. Various UI/UX improvements)
1/13/23 (Updated with steam deck and translation improvements, bug fixes and optimisation)
11/10/22 (Improved performance, a UI fix, UK national anthem changed & more)
10/14/22 (Hotfix for Russian Language crash)
10/8/22 (Support for new Country Pack Expansion, Queen is now King for UK & more...)
9/17/22 (Memory leak fix, some balance changes and crash bug fix.)
9/8/22 (Added new political compass history feature, balance changes and policy updates.)
9/5/22 (Voting systems DLC bug fixes)
7/29/22 (Translation bug fix and typo fix.)
7/13/22 (Fixed text bug in gambling policy slider (English only))
7/11/22 (Balance changes, Updated abortion policy slider for US, plus some Brexit changes)
6/10/22 (Fix for max voting age policy effect being wrong for retired turnout.)
5/30/22 (Bug fixes, and a new economic slider chart)
5/20/22 (Scrolling text bug fix, Balance changes to Poverty Rate, Climate Change & more)
5/12/22 (Added Arabic support, plus some bug fixes and usability improvements.)
4/19/22 (Fixed finance screen crash bug for Spain when playing in Portuguese)
4/14/22 (Bug fixes and balance improvements.)
3/18/22 (Tutorial fixes)
2/12/22 (Big update with tons of fixes and new policy/situation/simulation stuff)
1/10/22 (Minor UI fixes for different resolutions)
1/7/22 (Balance changes and optimisations for slower PCs. Some bug fixes.)
12/22/21 (Japanese Language added, balance changes and UI improvements.)
12/1/21 (Updated with some balance fixes and better mod tools for creating countries)
11/18/21 (Updated with in-game mod editor for media spin & events, lots more tweaks)
10/28/21 (Balance Changes, new 'protest votes' system, modding crash fixes and more)
10/21/21 (Fix for some minor steam,works UI issues.)
10/20/21 (Improvements to steam workshop support & in-game modding plus crash fix.)
10/6/21 (Updated with way better mod tools, some UI & bug fixes & more)
9/17/21 (Russian language fix for crash when selecting a minister.)
9/16/21 (Korean & Chinese Added, Mod Support Improvements, UI tweaks, bug fixes)
8/30/21 (Fixed election results crash when losing in 2 party election.)
8/30/21 (Better Liberalism/Voter modelling, Workers Dividends, Crypto Ban, Tons more.)
8/13/21 (Added 4 new events, Improved difficulty options, Better rare earth metals model)
7/26/21 (Voter perceptions reminders, per-country adjustments to lots of policies & more)
7/12/21 (Crash fix on media report screen)
1.32 - 7/9/21 (Updated to 1.32 with UI render scaling & Japan country-specific balancing & more)
6/20/21 (Updated translations)
6/10/21 (Added Japan! Plus some crash bug fixes, performance improvements and balancing)
5/21/21 (Updated with balance improvements, UI tweaks and bug fixes)
4/22/21 (Fixed incorrect icon for EU monetary policy)
1.27 - 4/20/21 (Updated to 1.27 Added ITALY! Corruption Changes, Optimisations and balancing)
1.26 - 4/8/21 (Patch notes for 1.26. Language fixes, balance tweaks and EU Erasmus situation,)
3/25/21 (Fix for crash involving media reports when playing in Russian.)
1.25 - 3/25/21 (Update to 1.25, Russian & Polish Language added, many balance changes!)
1.24 - 3/11/21 (Updated to 1.24, new situations, new policies and country specific stuff!)
2/28/21 (Added South Korea! Plus user interface improvements and balance improvements.)
1.22 - 2/17/21 (Updated to 1.22 Better Popularity calculations, Improved fundraising chart...)
1.21 - 1/30/21 (Updated to Build 1.21. Balance Changes, New Policies, Bug Fixes & Lots more.)
1.18 - 12/21/20 (Updated to build 1.18 French, German, Spanish languages added.)