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People. Power. Politics. Play as an MP and fight tooth and nail to stay in politics. Will you survive long enough in UK politics to reach the Cabinet... or even become PM? Will the press find out what you did last summer? There's only one way to find out!

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Release Date:

May 5, 2026

Developer:

Governance Studios

Publisher:

Governance Studios

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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?

“Early Access gives us the opportunity of showing you immediately that Governance is both as real and as detailed as we claim. The struggle is, of course, balancing that realism with making things as interesting as possible. We want to get a product in your hands as soon as possible, and build additional functionality from there. ”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“We are aiming to have the full game ready for all players by the end of the summer 2026. We want a fairly short and structured Early Access process for the Game Edition.”

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

“The final version of the game may include more detailed events and policies, additional electoral systems, additional scenarios, and greater depth with regards to councils and devolved governments of the UK. We are also keen to include different periods of UK political history.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“The game lacks the feature development and gameplay polish we think will come naturally from larger community involvement. As we near the end of the first stage of the public, we want to open the floor to the community to help guide and impact the game's development to the 1.0 release.

Currently you can: play as a Member of Parliament; create bills and have other MPs vote on them; mingle and network with other characters in-game (though we are developing this to be more fun); run for election; create a new political party, and experience many different kinds of events throughout the game. All of the screenshots indicate the level of visual progress currently in game.”

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

“We plan to gradually raise the price as we leave Early Access.”

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

“We want to solicit regular feedback from players to see what they think of the experience so far. There will be support for player feedback reporting and we will be closely involved with Steam Discussions based feedback.”

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About This Game

People. Power. Politics.

Governance is a groundbreaking new political and social simulator that aims to fuse a real-time approach not seen in political sim with real world data, providing the most realistic simulation of modern politics. Focusing on UK politics, you can play as a Member of Parliament, the leader of a political party or the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Featuring over 1000 dynamic events, 50 unique policies, a dynamic economic system and tightly-knit integration of real-world data, Governance marries realism with fun political wargaming.

Keep your friends close...

The key to Governance is making friends in the hope that they further the policy goals that you have. You have to get on to get far… or build up enough dirt on the way to bully your way into the halls of power! Network with peers, join think tanks, go to lunch with lobbyists, and ultimately gain enough momentum to make the change you want to see in the world.

Rather than the traditional left-right axis, Governance employs our multivariate Entity Beliefs System. Combining internal ranking on up to 12 different co-existent axes, linguistic analysis and historical background, Entity Beliefs are truer in nature to the complex nature of ideological and non-ideological beliefs. Original belief systems and schools of thought surrounding a policy platform can develop and evolve as your game continues.

A history worth telling...

Machivelli said "whoever wishes foresee the future must consult the past" - if only he was around today to remind our politicians of this simple truth...

The actions you take today will completely change events in 10 years. A scandal you think you have buried could come back if you aren't wise to where it's coming from. The 'natural party of government' can collapse under its own weight.

You can use the in-game Wiki system and Address Book to find the movers and shakers, what information is both widely known about them... and what information you have learned that others haven't!

Have it your way.

Unhappy with modern British politics? Start your own party and see how it copes with our electoral system. Unhappy with the choices made by the party elites? Throw those policies away and move in your own direction! (If the party bigwigs will let you...)

Governance also includes deep tooling to help you mod the game further, allowing you to create new events, belief systems and parties for your own custom scenarios with ease*.

This is a work of fiction and (in the case of the Game Edition) political satire. Names, political parties, characters, places and incidents either are products of procedural gameplay or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

System Requirements

Minimum:

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i5 6000 series / AMD Ryzen 1000 series
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: GTX 1060 / AMD HD 7770
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 1 GB available space

Recommended:

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 11
Processor: Intel Core i 10000 series / AMD Ryzen 2000 series
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: GTX 1080 / AMD HD 7770
Storage: 1 GB available space

This is a work of fiction and (in the case of the Governance Game Edition) political satire. Names, political parties, characters, places and incidents either are products of procedural gameplay or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

All Governance (Game Edition) content © Woy Woy Games 2026. All rights reserved.

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