StateOS: The Political Sandbox
By ReallyBadGames
About StateOS: The Political Sandbox
StateOS: The Political Sandbox is a game tagged Simulation, Strategy and RPG by ReallyBadGames, launching on Steam on Nov 9, 2026. That is a packed week for games like it, with 185 similar games launching the same week. The quietest week ahead for games like it starts Nov 23. The Steam games most like it include Political Arena, UK Politics Simulator and Democracy Simulator.
The political sandbox game where you build a career from state rep to the presidency. Authentic electoral systems, government departments, pass legislation, and a unique news landscape. Create custom scenarios, parties, and politicians in this data-driven democracy simulator.
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Open in Launch Week CheckerBusiest weeks for games like this one in the next 12 weeks:
- Week of Oct 26, 2026 — Packed, 229 similar games
- Week of Nov 2, 2026 — Packed, 213 similar games
- Week of Nov 9, 2026 — Packed, 185 similar games
Quietest: Nov 23, Dec 7, Jan 11.
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Overview
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- ReallyBadGames
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- ReallyBadGames
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3Patches
Patch notes
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Sep 24, 2026 StateOS 0.2: Campaign Strategy Update
StateOS 0.2: Campaign Strategy UpdateThis update brings the new election campaign system into the main game, alongside improvements to government, legislation, politician development, election night, and the World Archive.The biggest chang…
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Sep 7, 2026 0.2 Election Campaign Update
Election Campaign UpdateThis update brings a new election campaign system to StateOS. Based on player feedback, campaigns now put more emphasis on your platform, voter support, and the places that decide the race, with less routine managem…
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Aug 30, 2026 StateOS 0.2 August 19–29 Patch Notes
StateOS 0.2 August 19–29 Patch NotesThis update substantially expands election simulation, government gameplay, world generation, congressional geography, campaign management, and the overall usability of StateOS.Election Night OverhaulEle…
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Jul 15, 2026 StateOS V0.1 Foundational Alpha Progress Update
General NotesHi everyone, been a bit since the last progress update but I have a lot to share.The update is essentially finished as of July 15th. I could release it early, but I'm doing final rounds of any rare bugs that may still exist in…
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Jun 19, 2026 StateOS v0.1 Foundation Alpha Release Date
StateOS v0.1 Foundation Alpha Release DateHi everyone,I have another update regarding the new update and looking at my progress giving myself a lot of extra time in case I'd need it, the release date is planned for July 30th 2026.StateOS v…
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Jun 8, 2026 StateOS v0.1 Foundation Alpha Coming Soon
A New Stable Version Of The GameHi everyone, as I mentioned in April, I'd be working on a update of the game roughly being released in July. I'm on track to meet that and also as mentioned before this is not a content update. I have been a…
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Apr 21, 2026 StateOS Development Update April 20th
Hi everyone,Haven't posted or been around in a while so I figured I'd drop a status update on the game.I'm still working on the project, but I'm going to be taking things slower and also much more seriously.In July I'll be launching a majo…
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Mar 11, 2026 V.0.0.34 Early Look March 11th Patch
Bug Fixes:Lobbying groups needs full data instead of a - or N/A. Influence also seems like a placeholder.All news outlets have 0% influence.Key journalists are just their name without any other info about them.Selecting a job, the UI for t…
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Jan 31, 2026 V0.0.34 Early Look January 31st Patch
Fixes:Fixed every politician and candidate from having default values for ideology and stances.Fixed Party Name Not Saved When Creating Party Manually In Election Simulator.Fixed Election Date Displays as "0/0/0" In Election Simulator.Fixe…
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Jan 26, 2026 V0.0.34 Early Look January 26th Patch
Fixes:Fixed FPTP elections from doing equal distribution vote wise due to not being able to fetch polling data and other scores. Now you can expect more realistic elections instead of always tight races that are about equally distributed.E…
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Jan 21, 2026 V0.0.34 Early Look January 21st Patch 1
Fixes:Worked on fixing the Scenario Editor for party popularity distribution it was doing a fallback where everything was set to 20%.Changed the region editor UI to use tabs instead of the dropdown.Worked on a way to easily modify party po…
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Jan 20, 2026 V0.0.34 Early Look January 20th Patch
AdditionsSub-ideologies have proper points to get interesting and plausible party popularity results.Worked on implementing opponent research within election campaigning. It has not been fully tested yet.View politician has been completely…
News
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Oct 23, 2026 · Community Announcements StateOS Roadmap and General News
StateOS Roadmap and General NewsHello everyone, I have returned from my temporary break for the last few weeks, besides a few bug fixes I have been trying to save my energy and to return to the proje…
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Sep 13, 2026 · Community Announcements 0.2 Roadmap and Launch Plan
Feature Freeze For 0.2As we get closer to launch and Steam Next Fest I am focused on improving UI and UX for players. Any suggestions that have not made it fully into the game by this date of Septemb…
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Aug 19, 2026 · Community Announcements 0.2 Release Candidate Out and 0.3 Development
0.2 Is Out Today0.2 has been the biggest update there probably will be in terms of difficulty for me and also the most substantial for adding core features back to the game.0.2 will need some extra w…
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Aug 9, 2026 · Community Announcements 0.2 Release Candidate Release Date And Some Features
0.2 Is Coming!I've been doing extensive testing and last minute changes for 0.2 over the past two weeks. The update will be massive and I'll be talking and showing screenshots of what is coming, but …
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Jul 31, 2026 · Community Announcements 0.2 Custom Scenarios, Parties, and Steam Workshop Support!
Ahead Of ScheduleHi everyone, another update from me. 0.2 is ahead of schedule and probably will release on August 30th instead of the original September 30th date. But I may still delay it if I need…
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Jul 23, 2026 · Community Announcements StateOS 0.2 Devlog: Germany as a Parliamentary Federation
Welcome To GermanyA German campaign needs two ballots, overlapping administrative and electoral geographies, party lists, coalition government, parliamentary executives, Land governments, and a feder…
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Jul 19, 2026 · Community Announcements StateOS 0.1 Release Candidate Is Out
After enough testing, I found no remaining bugs on my end and made enough tweaks to push through with this version of 0.1. You will notice major changes with the game. From the UI, to the removed fea…
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Jul 16, 2026 · Community Announcements 0.2 Alpha Sneak Peak
Hi everyone, since 0.1 is essentially about finished for now, I'm doing the last rounds of play testing, some minor changes, I figured I'd showcase some of the features in 0.2 that I've begun working…
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