Worth it for the right player.
At $19.99. It has been as low as $6.99.
- Story and characters: 24 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Multiplayer: 14 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 10 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Difficulty: 11 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 265 player reviews · updated 6 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 225 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
The Political Machine 2024, developed and published by Stardock Entertainment, is a political strategy game that offers players the opportunity to run a presidential campaign in the United States.
The game also supports multiplayer modes, enabling players to compete against others online, adding replayability and a competitive edge to the experience.
Also, it doesn't have any sort of campaign mode like the 2016 version, so this game lacks a lot of substance in terms of replayability, especially since it's near impossible to find an online multiplayer match.
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
No themes split opinion in this sample.
Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 5 sampled reviews and are not shown.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $6.99.
The data behind the verdict
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