Steam app 1410710 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 20:11 UTC
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...
720 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
72 months, October 2020 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 436 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 284 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
Democracy 4 was released on 13 Jan, 2022.
| Language | Full audio |
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| English | ● |
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| Portuguese - Brazil | |
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A blank audio cell means full audio was not marked in the returned language list.
40 achievements in total.
50 developer announcements, Apr 2021 to May 2025 · times in UTC
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…
Patch notes1) 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)…
Patch notes1) Fixed bug where text overlapped on the policy screen for some screen resolutions and policies.
Patch notes1) 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…
Patch notes1) 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…
Patch notesJust letting you Democracy 4 players know (in case you missed it!) that we have an Event Pack expansion now available for the game! If you want more variety in your playthroughs, then you should run along to the store page and grab it right…
cliffski1) 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…
Patch notes1) 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…
Patch notes1) 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…
Patch notes1) 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…
Patch notesHotfix for Russian Language crash
Patch notes1) 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…
Patch notes1) 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…
Patch notes1) Added new feature to political compass. After a few turns have passed you can scroll through a timeline at the bottom of the graph. 2) Fixed bug in the campaign focus on unemployment (voting systems DLC). 3) Increased the political…
Patch notesFixed bug in the campaign focus on unemployment (voting systems DLC). Increased the political capital costs for some policies in the Voting Systems DLC. Phone and internet voting now discourages turnout among the retired. (Voting Systems…
Patch notes1) Fixed typo in blasphemy dilemma description. 2) Fixed bug where on first run, if non-english, some text might not seem to be translated.
Patch notesFixed text bug in gambling policy slider (English only)
Patch notes1) Reduced the impact that the membership of the environmentalist group has on the chances of the Environmental Protest situation developing. 2) Reduced the alarming frequency with which your national team can exit the world cup. 3) Slight…
Patch notesFix for max voting age policy effect being wrong for retired turnout.
Patch notes1) Fixed bug where food shortages had a zero impact on Everyone. 2) A bunch of changes to the impacts of the global economy, which were using incorrect equations. 3) Added new economic cycle chart to the customise mission screen to explain…
Patch notes1) Social Care policy now has a positive impact on Mental Health. 2) Police Drones policy is now popular with conservatives. 3) Finally fixed super-rare but annoying bug where some mouse clicks made some chunks of text scroll upwards. 4)…
Patch notes1) Added support for Arabic language. 2) Fixed bug where the impact of campaign spending may have been exaggerated on the election screen stats. 3) You can now sort ministers by suitability for the current job, and the game stores separate…
Patch notesFixed finance screen crash bug for Spain when playing in Portuguese
Patch notes1) Fixed bug where focus group screen tutorial window made no sense. 2) Fixed bug where some button icons were missing during the tutorial. 3) Fixed error in food shortages event where poverty was decreased, instead of increased. 4) Changes…
Patch notes1) Fixed bug where focus group screen tutorial window made no sense. 2) Fixed bug where some button icons were missing during the tutorial.
Patch notesHere is a complete list of the improvements to the game for this version: (1.49) 1) The likelihood of the 'School Shooting' event is now boosted by low Mental Health, not just low Health is general. 2) The highest form of selective…
cliffskiHi everyone! Welcome top the first update of Democracy 4 post-launch! These updates will be bigger and less frequent now its no longer an Early Access game. This is a complete list of the changes and fixes in this update to the game: Fixed…
Patch notesSome tweaks to improve UI scaling when using 4k monitors or small laptop resolutions.
Patch notes1) Fixed bug where the mod tools would let you change the mods name without fixing the content or preview image. 2) Newly implemented policies no longer claim that cancelling has no political capital cost, when its in fact not allowed. 3)…
Patch notes1) Added names file picker and minister art picker to the country editor mod screen. 2) Improved the way the game handles fullscreen borderless mode for better alt+tabbing. 3) The impact of food stamps on health and farmers income is now…
Patch notes1) Fixed issue where some parts of the modding UI would cause errors and not open folders on PCs with non-ascii characters in the username. 2) Fixed bug where the impact of banning low-mpg cars on oil demand was backwards. 3) Inverse…
Patch notes1) Fixed bug where some effects stopped working, notably from Environmentalist Percentage, where inertia was applied to the effect. 2) Fixed bug where the Share IPO Cancelled event triggered too often. 3) Voter analysis grid now shows…
Patch notes1) Capped success chance of a media spin event at 99% even if you are censoring the media. 2) Balance changes to some dilemmas and events. 3) Fixed some incorrect effects in Inner City Riots,International Trade, Race Riots and Bureaucracy.…
Patch notesSee previous (1.4) update for the major changes, this was a minor UI fix.
Patch notes1) Fixed rare crash bug when starting a second game after quitting one where media spin events had recently been used. 2) Changed the perception UI so that the values are labelled as +- 50% in all cases instead of sometimes being +-100%.…
Patch notes1) Fixed bug where background of some elements of situation details may not accurately reflect recent color palette changes. 2) You can now click a voter group in the focus group screen to see details for that group. 3) Changed load game…
Patch notesHotfix: Russian language fix for crash when selecting a minister.
Patch notes1) Fixed bug in effects of banning women from driving. 2) Increased minimum height of new policy screen so effects always show. 3) Added support for modders to create brand new pre-requisites for a policy, event or dilemma. 4) Text on…
Patch notes1) Fixed election results crash when losing in 2 party election.
Patch notes1) Fixed crash bug if a custom party name ended with a space. 2) The General Media Censorship policy now makes success more likely for media spin events. 3) Re-balancing of dilemmas, events and situations. 4) Re-organized the options screen…
Patch notes1) Difficulty slider now influences how frequently assassination attempts can be made. 2) Fixed bug where the polls screen could not be loaded correctly by the 'go back' buttons. 3) Changed the debt crisis icon so its more understandable.…
Patch notes1) National service now reduces unemployment. 2) Banning coal now has vastly different impacts on GDP, CO2 Emissions and Oil Demand depending on the country. 3) Support for new overrides that adjust political capital costs. 4) Stem cells…
Patch notes1) Fixed crash bug when selecting view policy after clicking on a media report in the next turn screen.
Patch notes1) The 'richest company pays no tax' event now cannot trigger if corporation tax is not active. 2) A whole bunch of events are now more, or less likely depending upon difficulty settings. 3) Added lots of overrides so Japan's religious…
Patch notes1) Accidental shooting event now more dependent on the level of violent crime. 2) Missing translations now added.
Patch notes1) Agreeing to the Freedom Of Information Dilemma now reduces Corruption. 2) Resignation dialog now shows effect on voter perceptions of leader. 3) State Broadcaster now takes a year to implement, and reduces impact of Media Monopoly…
Patch notes1) Fixed bug relating to sound card drivers. Sound engine can now be overriden in prefs.ini 2) Fixed issue where driverless cars situation would not trigger correctly. 3) Party names can be edited simply by clicking the name instead of the…
Patch notesLots of tweaks this time...here is the full list (plus some minor bug fixes affecting certain PCs) 1) Removed duplicate impact on security from mandatory microchip implants (2 appearances on security screen) 2) Reduced Technology impact of…
cliffskiFixed incorrect icon for EU monetary policy
Patch notes1) Payroll tax, property tax, car tax and inheritance tax now also contribute towards the tax evasion situation. 2) Organised Crime situation now causes corruption. 3) Low judicial independence now actually causes some corruption. 4)…
Patch notesEverything Steam lists as add-on content for this game, newest first. Prices are left out on purpose: the store answers this page in one currency and it is not the reader's.
| Name | Platforms | Released |
|---|---|---|
| Democracy 4 - Event Pack | Windows | 27 Mar 2023 |
| Democracy 4 - Country Pack | Windows | 10 Oct 2022 |
| Democracy 4 - Voting Systems | Windows | 31 May 2022 |
What Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
| Description | Executable | Arguments | Platform | |
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| Launch | Democracy4.exe | windows |
The folders Steam Cloud syncs. The root is a token Steam uses for a location on your own machine, not a path this page can know.
| Root | Folder | Files |
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WinMyDocuments | My Games/Democracy4/savegames | *.XML |
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