Democracy 3
Release Date: October 14, 2013
Strategy, economic, turn-based, politics, grand strategy, singleplayer
Steam
The third installment in the complex turn-based economical strategy game series developed since 2005 by Positech Games. Democracy 3 again puts you in the role of the leader of a fictional democratic country and tasks you with making a number of decisions that will let you satisfy the many conflicting expectations of the virtual society so that you can stay in power.
Over five years after the release of Democracy 2 (2007), the developing team of Positech Games led by Cliff Harris decided that the current events and shifts in worldwide politics (e.g. the financial crisis, the Arab Spring) should be portrayed in a new installment of the Democracy series. Thus Democracy 3 was produced and released both for PC and mobile devices, unlike its predecessors.
Plot
Like the previous titles in the franchise, Democracy 3 for PC is a complex economical strategy game. You play as the leader of a fictional democratic country and your task is to make decisions that will allow you to satisfy the many conflicting expectations of the virtual society and gain sufficient support to stay in power.
Mechanics
The gameplay features a complex socio-economical simulation system. Practically your every choice influences many spheres of life and has its consequences, both positive and negative. To further complicate things, sometimes a random event can force you to take action and change its possible outcome.
With the fans of the series in mind, Positech Tech decided to keep many features of the previous installments, including e.g. the turn-based gameplay and the user-friendly interface. Some other aspects of the game have been changed, such as the the private sector's influence on the society, and the presence of real-life problems and events (climate change, financial crisis, etc.).
Technical aspects
The game's graphics, even though their function is mostly ornamental and the game is focused on the textual layer (statistics, analyses, reports), are a vast improvement over the previous installments' visuals. Democracy 3 for also features a functional scenario editor for modders.
Last updated on April 26, 2016
Videos and Screens
[2:04] Democracy 3 Clones & Drones DLC trailer
[1:20] Democracy 3 trailer
GAMERS Score
Average score from 222 votes. 19 players anticipated the game.
Democracy 3 Summary
Game Series: Democracy
Platforms:
PC / Windows October 14, 2013
Apple iOS June 8, 2014
Developer: Positech Games
Publisher: Positech Games
Age restrictions: none
Democracy 3 System Requirements
PC / Windows
Minimum: Pentium 4 2.0 GHz, 1 GB RAM, graphic card 256 MB, 500 MB HDD, Windows XP
Game Expansions for Democracy 3
Democracy 3: Africa
Expansion
Strategy
April 12, 2016
A standalone expansion to the third installment in the Democracy series, which debuted in 2013 through the efforts of Positech Games, the studio that developed previous entries in the franchise. Unlike the main games, Democracy 3: Africa takes us to Africa, where we take the role of a leader of one of ten countries, facing completely new challenges due to different nature of living in that region. A turn-based gameplay, where we make decisions that have a major impact on our country and its society, using a massive amount of tables, schemes, and graphs. We have to cope with problems like poverty, hunger, corruption, and providing access to drinking water, education, and health service. Quite often we get support from developed countries, which provide help with resources or investments.
DLCs for Democracy 3
Extremism
DLC
May 13, 2014