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Political Animals is an election campaign simulation game set within a world populated by corrupt crocodiles and meritocratic mice. In a political contest where corruption is always around the corner, can you win without getting your paws dirty?
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Mixed (152) - 65% of the 152 user reviews for this game are positive.
Release Date:
Nov 2, 2016
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Positech Games

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Reviews

“It's colourful and silly and the art style is lovely, all of which belies its depth as a strategy game.”
Eurogamer

“adeptly simplifies the act of campaigning to make it immediately approachable without sacrificing depth”
Waypoint/Vice

“a deep strategy game drawing inspiration for in-game events from real world political events and scandals”
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About This Game


Political Animals is an election simulation game set within a world populated by corrupt crocodiles and meritocratic mice. In a political contest where corruption is always around the corner, find out just how incorruptible you really are. Do you have the integrity of Mousey or the ruthlessness of Croccy? Will you fight your campaign on issues and in the best interests of the people, or will you succumb to the easier path of bribery and intimidation? Will you win votes...or will you buy them?


Each turn you spend logistics to move your candidate and their staff around the political landscape to whip up popular support. Your choice of staff affects your strategy! A lawyer can settle your scandals, but a preacher can energize the population. Raise funds from the wealthy, give gifts to political patrons, or hold rallies to build grass-roots support from the electorate. Along the way, expect to encounter scandals both real and fabricated as well as random events that test your moral mettle.


This new turn-based strategy game is developed by Philippines-based studio Squeaky Wheel and published by Democracy-3 developers Positech Games. Political Animals features a large and continuously increasing set of playable characters, eight different maps and and infinite strategies you can employ to win over the population, district by district.

  • A bite-sized yet deep turn-based strategy game that you can play in 1-2 hour campaigns
  • Eight beautifully designed maps based on countries around the world
  • Numerous animal candidates to choose from and customize
  • Eight different staff types with special abilities to suit your campaign style
  • Political Events that draw inspiration from world politics

System Requirements

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    Minimum:
    • OS: 7
    • Processor: min. 1.8 GHz
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Nvidia Geforce 820M
    • DirectX: Version 10
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • OS: 7
    • Processor: min. 1.8 GHz
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Nvidia Geforce 820M
    • DirectX: Version 10
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
    Minimum:
    • OS: Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.3
    • Processor: Intel® Core i5 1.6 GHz
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 6000
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • OS: Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.3
    • Processor: Intel® Core i5 1.6 GHz
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 6000
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
* Starting February 15, 2024, the Steam Client will no longer support 32-bit games or macOS 10.14 or lower.
    Minimum:
    • OS: Ubuntu, Arch, Debian, Solus, Antergos, Kubuntu, SteamOS, Opensus, Solus
    • Processor: min. 1.8 GHz
    • Memory: 1 GB RAM
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • OS: Ubuntu, Arch, Debian, Solus, Antergos, Kubuntu, SteamOS, Opensus, Solus
    • Processor: min. 1.8 GHz
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
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