About the Game
Democracy 4 lets you take the role of President / Prime minister, govern the country (choosing its policies, laws and other actions), and both transform the country as you see fit, while trying to retain enough popularity to get re-elected...
Built on a custom-built neural network designed to model the opinions, beliefs, thoughts and biases of thousands of virtual citizens, Democracy 4 is the state-of-the-art in political simulation games. A whole new vector-graphics engine gives the game a more adaptable, cleaner user interface, and the fourth in the series builds on the past while adding a host of new features such as media reports, coalition governments, emergency powers, three-party systems and a more sophisticated simulation that handles inflation, corruption and modern policy ideas such as quantitative easing, helicopter money, universal basic income and policies to cover current political topics such as police body cameras, transgender rights and tons more.
Democracy 4 is the ultimate sandbox for testing out your political ideas. We all think our politicians are useless and that we could do a better job ourselves, but is that really true? With one eye on the budget, one-eye on the polls, and somehow finding time to watch out for terrorist attacks at the same time, you will find that staying in power while changing society for the better is a tougher job than you ever imagined.
Would it really be a good idea to legalize all drugs? to give the police machineguns? to ban abortion? to invest heavily in green energy? would UBI really work? can you stay elected after cutting pensions in half to pay for your science budget? There is only one game that lets you find out!
The intention in designing this game is to have no implied bias whatsoever (tricky, but we try!) so this is NOT a game that is going to lecture you about politics, or tell you that your beliefs are wrong. This is a strategy game, not a political protest :D. If you want to turn your country into ayn rand's fantasy, abolish all public spending and all taxes, you can do that. it might work, it might not! depending on how you handle it. On the other hand if you want to nationalise the railways, the energy companies, the water companies, cap CEO pay, ban second-home ownership and put universal income in place, you can do that too. All the game tries to do is model the *likely* effects, short and long term of any action you take.
Because modders have so enthusiastically supported earlier games in the series, we are doing our best to make Democracy 4 as mod-friendly as possible too, and steam workshop support will make choosing and installing mods easy. Ultimately all our data is in text files that you can edit yourself, so if you think our analysis of the link between car tax and car usage is wrong (for example), its trivial to edit it, and share your changes with other players.
Ultimately Democracy 4 is not a game about simply winning an election, but about running the country. Losing an election is just the end-game (unless you get assassinated), the real challenge to the game is whether or not you can create a country you are honestly proud of. I hope you enjoy trying :D
Built on a custom-built neural network designed to model the opinions, beliefs, thoughts and biases of thousands of virtual citizens, Democracy 4 is the state-of-the-art in political simulation games. A whole new vector-graphics engine gives the game a more adaptable, cleaner user interface, and the fourth in the series builds on the past while adding a host of new features such as media reports, coalition governments, emergency powers, three-party systems and a more sophisticated simulation that handles inflation, corruption and modern policy ideas such as quantitative easing, helicopter money, universal basic income and policies to cover current political topics such as police body cameras, transgender rights and tons more.
Democracy 4 is the ultimate sandbox for testing out your political ideas. We all think our politicians are useless and that we could do a better job ourselves, but is that really true? With one eye on the budget, one-eye on the polls, and somehow finding time to watch out for terrorist attacks at the same time, you will find that staying in power while changing society for the better is a tougher job than you ever imagined.
Would it really be a good idea to legalize all drugs? to give the police machineguns? to ban abortion? to invest heavily in green energy? would UBI really work? can you stay elected after cutting pensions in half to pay for your science budget? There is only one game that lets you find out!
The intention in designing this game is to have no implied bias whatsoever (tricky, but we try!) so this is NOT a game that is going to lecture you about politics, or tell you that your beliefs are wrong. This is a strategy game, not a political protest :D. If you want to turn your country into ayn rand's fantasy, abolish all public spending and all taxes, you can do that. it might work, it might not! depending on how you handle it. On the other hand if you want to nationalise the railways, the energy companies, the water companies, cap CEO pay, ban second-home ownership and put universal income in place, you can do that too. All the game tries to do is model the *likely* effects, short and long term of any action you take.
Because modders have so enthusiastically supported earlier games in the series, we are doing our best to make Democracy 4 as mod-friendly as possible too, and steam workshop support will make choosing and installing mods easy. Ultimately all our data is in text files that you can edit yourself, so if you think our analysis of the link between car tax and car usage is wrong (for example), its trivial to edit it, and share your changes with other players.
Ultimately Democracy 4 is not a game about simply winning an election, but about running the country. Losing an election is just the end-game (unless you get assassinated), the real challenge to the game is whether or not you can create a country you are honestly proud of. I hope you enjoy trying :D
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Version Information
Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
On the site: Build 18567832
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[1.67]
1) Increased US armed force week to reflect TRumps planned parade.
2) Updated US population stat
3) Changed US govt debt to reflect current figure
4) Introduced Import Tariffs for the USA to reflect recent policy changes.
5) Conservatives now have no negative opinion when narcotics are outlawed.
6) Reduced US foreign aid by 83%.
7) Reduced UK foreign aid by 10%.
8) Increased UK defence spending by 8.5%.
9) Increased strength of US border controls policy.
10) Reduced US State Schools spending by 15%.
11) Cut US food standards agency budget by 10%
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1) Increased US armed force week to reflect TRumps planned parade.
2) Updated US population stat
3) Changed US govt debt to reflect current figure
4) Introduced Import Tariffs for the USA to reflect recent policy changes.
5) Conservatives now have no negative opinion when narcotics are outlawed.
6) Reduced US foreign aid by 83%.
7) Reduced UK foreign aid by 10%.
8) Increased UK defence spending by 8.5%.
9) Increased strength of US border controls policy.
10) Reduced US State Schools spending by 15%.
11) Cut US food standards agency budget by 10%
[1.66]
1) Increased the happiness threshold beyond which voters get complacent.
2) Reduced the maximum impact of complacency on voters.
3) Rubber Bullets, Tear Gas and Water Cannons now all reduce the likelihood of Environmental Protests.
4) Enviornmental protests are more affected by the state of the Environment and number of Environmentalists than previously.
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1) Increased the happiness threshold beyond which voters get complacent.
2) Reduced the maximum impact of complacency on voters.
3) Rubber Bullets, Tear Gas and Water Cannons now all reduce the likelihood of Environmental Protests.
4) Enviornmental protests are more affected by the state of the Environment and number of Environmentalists than previously.
[1.65]
1) Fixed bug where text overlapped on the policy screen for some screen resolutions and policies.
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1) Fixed bug where text overlapped on the policy screen for some screen resolutions and policies.
[1.64]
1) Fixed bug on low resolutions where the change indicators on new policy expected effects might overlap.
2) Fixed bug where occasionally you would see a one pixel line across the top or bottom of a window
3) Fixed bug where text could disappear from the estimated effects on the new policy screen.
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1) Fixed bug on low resolutions where the change indicators on new policy expected effects might overlap.
2) Fixed bug where occasionally you would see a one pixel line across the top or bottom of a window
3) Fixed bug where text could disappear from the estimated effects on the new policy screen.
1) Plane crash event now only triggers when there is a state airline policy enabled.
2) Fixed minor cosmetic issue with the rendering of some policy icons after just being cancelled on the intel screen.
3) Major update focusing on optimisation for rendering the game on low spec intel graphics cards, for much better framerate.
4) Update to starting game conditions for the USA to include the more up to date value for government debt (big change!).
5) Changed the settings for Poland to fix disproportionate number of wealthy citizens at start.
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2) Fixed minor cosmetic issue with the rendering of some policy icons after just being cancelled on the intel screen.
3) Major update focusing on optimisation for rendering the game on low spec intel graphics cards, for much better framerate.
4) Update to starting game conditions for the USA to include the more up to date value for government debt (big change!).
5) Changed the settings for Poland to fix disproportionate number of wealthy citizens at start.
[1.62]
1) Post-election breakdown by voter type now sorts the groups by order of who supported you the most
2) Reduced the likelihood of the sexual assault event.
3) Reduced likelihood of the Falkland Islands event repeating for the UK.
4) You can now click anywhere on the compass timeline to jump to that point, and the cursor now highlights to show this.
5) Fixed bug where an existing manifesto pledge would not have its target date changed when Term Length policy changed.
6) Fixed bug where timeline at top of main screen did not update immediately on a Term Length change.
7) Fixed bug where the ESC key could skip the election if hit on the pre-election campaign screen.
8) Fixed bug where certain manifesto pledges could result in inverted impacts when broken, or positive impacts for some groups.
9) Fixed bug where manifesto pledges remained available throughout the second term.
10) Huge speedup to the drawing of the polls (voter types) screen. Increasing FPS on 10yr old laptop from 59 to 228 fps.
11) Adjusted retirement age in France and the level of corporation tax in the UK to keep up with recent changes in the real world.
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1) Post-election breakdown by voter type now sorts the groups by order of who supported you the most
2) Reduced the likelihood of the sexual assault event.
3) Reduced likelihood of the Falkland Islands event repeating for the UK.
4) You can now click anywhere on the compass timeline to jump to that point, and the cursor now highlights to show this.
5) Fixed bug where an existing manifesto pledge would not have its target date changed when Term Length policy changed.
6) Fixed bug where timeline at top of main screen did not update immediately on a Term Length change.
7) Fixed bug where the ESC key could skip the election if hit on the pre-election campaign screen.
8) Fixed bug where certain manifesto pledges could result in inverted impacts when broken, or positive impacts for some groups.
9) Fixed bug where manifesto pledges remained available throughout the second term.
10) Huge speedup to the drawing of the polls (voter types) screen. Increasing FPS on 10yr old laptop from 59 to 228 fps.
11) Adjusted retirement age in France and the level of corporation tax in the UK to keep up with recent changes in the real world.
[1.61]
1) Fixed bug where the impact of corruption on the security (which affects terrorism) was sometimes inverted!
2) Appropriate music is now chosen when you load a game, instead of waiting a turn.
3) Fixed bug where you could right click an effect during the tutorial and hang the game.
4) Right clicking on the top strip of buttons or the voter strips no longer launches the new policy screen.
5) Fixed bug where Labour laws had multiple impacts on Working Week, and Labour Day Holidays had none.
6) Fixed display bug for city farms policy in Portuguese.
7) Fixed bug where a corrupted failed save game would cause a crash when trying to save other games.
8) Fixed bug where state funding money was not emptied at election time resulting in corrupted graphs after an election win.
9) Added the media spin event image to the results dialog if screen is wide enough.
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1) Fixed bug where the impact of corruption on the security (which affects terrorism) was sometimes inverted!
2) Appropriate music is now chosen when you load a game, instead of waiting a turn.
3) Fixed bug where you could right click an effect during the tutorial and hang the game.
4) Right clicking on the top strip of buttons or the voter strips no longer launches the new policy screen.
5) Fixed bug where Labour laws had multiple impacts on Working Week, and Labour Day Holidays had none.
6) Fixed display bug for city farms policy in Portuguese.
7) Fixed bug where a corrupted failed save game would cause a crash when trying to save other games.
8) Fixed bug where state funding money was not emptied at election time resulting in corrupted graphs after an election win.
9) Added the media spin event image to the results dialog if screen is wide enough.
1) Changed impact of Crime and Violent Crime so that they actually convey a positive impact when very low.
2) Union subsidies are now incompatible with bans on unions, and vice versa.
3) Added new 'inertia boost' slider on options screen for people who want to experiment with slower-changing opinions.
4) New game and mission options screens are now modal to prevent accidental misclicks.
5) Fixed bug on steam deck where touchscreen tap locations used the cursor position, not the touch position.
6) Rearranged options screen to work better on steam deck.
7) Enlarged checkbox hitboxes for steamdeck to help with tap to select.
8) Some fixes to Portuguese translation.
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2) Union subsidies are now incompatible with bans on unions, and vice versa.
3) Added new 'inertia boost' slider on options screen for people who want to experiment with slower-changing opinions.
4) New game and mission options screens are now modal to prevent accidental misclicks.
5) Fixed bug on steam deck where touchscreen tap locations used the cursor position, not the touch position.
6) Rearranged options screen to work better on steam deck.
7) Enlarged checkbox hitboxes for steamdeck to help with tap to select.
8) Some fixes to Portuguese translation.
[1.59]
1) Social Media Ban policy now reduces chances of Cyber Bullying situation.
2) Ataturk no longer a valid name in Turkish.
3) Increased the level of state housing in Turkey.
4) Added Winter fuel subsidy to Turkey.
5) Added Import Tarrifs to Turkey.
6) Added Speed Cameras to Turkey.
7) Added Car Tax to Turkey.
8) Added Adult Education Subsidies to Turkey.
9) Fixed bug where clicking on a search result for a policy on the new policies screen sometimes changed category instead.
10) Some performance improvements.
11) Added 'prerequisites' named for each country in the game and expansion pack to make modders lives a bit easier.
12) Changed UK national anthem to 'God save the King'.
Hotfix for Russian Language crash
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[1.58]
1) High Speed Rail policy now directly affects Rail Usage.
2) Support for new DLC: Country Pack.
3) Mission text for almost all languages for the UK now says 'King' instead of Queen.
4) Updated old shader code to use mix instead of lerp to prevent bugs with new opengl drivers.
5) Increased severity of corporate exodus at a high level.
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1) High Speed Rail policy now directly affects Rail Usage.
2) Support for new DLC: Country Pack.
3) Mission text for almost all languages for the UK now says 'King' instead of Queen.
4) Updated old shader code to use mix instead of lerp to prevent bugs with new opengl drivers.
5) Increased severity of corporate exodus at a high level.
1) Fake News now reduces Democracy.
2) Fixed missing title text for policy income or cost history.
3) Fixed rare crash bug when viewing some policy income or cost history.
4) Fixed anomaly where voters in debt could donate negative amounts to a political party.
5) Fix for big memory leak. Ooops.
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2) Fixed missing title text for policy income or cost history.
3) Fixed rare crash bug when viewing some policy income or cost history.
4) Fixed anomaly where voters in debt could donate negative amounts to a political party.
5) Fix for big memory leak. Ooops.
Current Release
18567832
Uploaded May 22, 2025
System Requirements
OS
N/A
CPU
intel i5 1.6GHZ
RAM
4 GB RAM
GPU
intel HD3000
How to Install
1
Download all files
2
Extract the .ISO file to a folder (use WinRAR or 7-Zip)
3
Mount the ISO file (double-click or right-click → Mount)
4
Run setup.exe
5
Launch the game from desktop shortcut or Start Menu
Troubleshooting tips
• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
Download
Direct link available
Size
552 MB
Build
18567832
Password: cracked-games.org or 123
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