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Political Arena

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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Release Date:

Sep 2, 2025

Developer:

Wayside Press

Publisher:

Wayside Press

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Coming Soon To Early Access

The developers of this game intend to release as a work in progress, developing with the feedback of players.

Note: Games in Early Access are not complete and may or may not change further. If you are not excited to play this game in its current state, then you should wait to see if the game progresses further in development. Learn more

What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“Like most Early Access titles, Political Arena is in Early Access to showcase its features and evolve into the best game it can be through financial support and community feedback.

However we believe Early Access is especially vital for Political Arena. We aim to make the first comprehensive video game about U.S. politics, so our early adopters will not only help shape the game, but help shape a genre. ”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“We predict that Political Arena will be in Early Access for at least a year, but we are committed to taking the time necessary to create an immersive, entertaining and endlessly replayable game.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“We plan for Political Arena to ultimately let players navigate a fully simulated political ecosystem, complete with legislating, campaigning, special interests, the media and dynamic demographic trends.

Political Arena’s first Early Access release will let players customize a senator or representative and navigate the corridors of power for a term of Congress.

Over time, we plan to grow the game’s legislative mechanics to incorporate more and more of the political world. ”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“Political Arena’s first Early Access release will let players customize a senator or representative and navigate the corridors of power for a term of Congress. We plan for our earlier updates to focus on expanding the scope and timeframe of the game’s legislative system while also deepening its realism.

See the "About This Game" section for a breakdown of game's current features.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“Yes. While we cannot predict when exactly our prices will increase, increases will only be accompanied by major feature additions. When setting the game’s final price, we will take into consideration Political Arena’ status as a new title and the price of games with similar scope and depth.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“We are excited to engage with the Political Arena community across a variety of channels, including regular streaming hangouts, blog posts and on social media. ”

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Planned Release Date: Sep 2, 2025

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About This Game

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).

CUSTOMIZE

Tailor your politician’s appearance, personality, views, ideology, influence, skills and agenda.

Customize the partisan breakdown of congress, the president’s party and ideology, what the filibuster threshold is and just how partisan and ideological the world is. See how these settings impact outcomes and your style of play.

MAKE AN IMPACT

Make your agenda a reality by drafting bills impacting dozens of policies.

Lobby the White House to see your agenda placed front and center, even being featured in the Inauguration and State of the Union.

Work behind the scenes to secure votes for your legislation and lobby for your bills, even during a vote.

A DYNAMIC WORLD

Each NPC’s agenda and personality shapes their behavior: how likely they are to break promises, remember their friends, punish their enemies.
NPCs evolve over time, cultivating alliances, grudges and reputations.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

Political Arena is being produced by a small team on a tight budget. We’re proud to have worked with a number of gifted artists, designers, developers and other creators on many of our core systems and assets.

We have employed AI art assets only when it exceeds our budget capacity to provide fair wages for our team. We have employed AI to create or modify specialized, low-frequency art assets including art for certain event windows.

Nearly all of our game’s most visible art assets, including its UI, backgrounds and character art were all produced by experienced artists.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

Political Arena is set in U.S. politics, and as such sometimes alludes to – but does not depict – mature and sensitive themes.

Generally speaking, those players mature enough to follow the news will likely find Political Arena’s content to be commensurate with the mature themes of global and political events.

Like real life politics, the game will sometimes allude to public figures behaving in immature ways or caught up in adult situations. and also feature legislation that aims to address topics that may be triggering to some players.

System Requirements

Windows

macOS

Minimum:

OS *: Windows 7
Processor: Core 2 Duo
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 or other shader model 4.0
Storage: 5 GB available space

Recommended:

Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 5 GB available space

* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.

Minimum:

OS: MacOS 10.12 or newer
Processor: Core 2 Duo or Apple silicon
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 or other shader model 4.0
Storage: 5 GB available space

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