The Political Machine 2020
Control the election
Ratings
Age
13+
Category
Simulation
Languages
English
Mon Jul 27 2020
We've added two more Presidential Candidates!
The Political Machine 2020 allows you to step into the shoes of real-world candidates or create your own custom politician. This strategy game uses a sophisticated simulation model based on census data to test your political savvy. Navigate the campaign trail by purchasing ads, participating in town halls, and managing your ideology tree to win over voters in swing states. Can you secure the 270 electoral votes needed to reach the White House?
Dinsun Expert Review
Our Expert Score
The Political Machine 2020 is a surprisingly deep simulation that manages to turn the complex world of American politics into an addictive strategy game. You pick a candidate (or create your own) and hit the campaign trail, trying to win enough electoral votes to become President. The game uses real-world census data and polling to simulate voter concerns, which makes your choices about where to spend campaign funds and which issues to champion feel meaningful.
While the mobile version is a bit scaled back compared to the PC original—missing some multiplayer features and AI vs AI modes—it's still a fantastic time-waster. The 'Ideology Tree' allows for a lot of replayability, as you can try to win as a moderate or go full radical on either side. It’s a smart, satirical, and engaging look at the electoral process.
Features
Play as real-world political figures
Deep simulation based on census data
Unique Ideology Tree for every candidate
Custom candidate creator
Tips & Walkthrough
Focus your resources on states with high electoral votes and close polling. Tailor your message in those states to match the issues voters care about most to swing them in your favor.
Gameplays
Creating a custom candidate allows you to choose your own appearance and set your starting stats. You can even adopt 'wild' ideologies to see how the voters react!
Screenshot
Q&A
This version specifically focuses on the 2020 election cycle, featuring candidates and issues relevant to that time.
Ratings & Reviews
DEVS PLEASE READ
Mon Feb 01 2021 aydantuckerSo basically this game is amazing! It’s really good in graphics for a mobile game and addicting. There are a few things I would like to see soon. First off things are a tad bit to pricey. $2 for a president and a Vice President?! It should be lowered to at least $0.99. Secondly I would love to see more features from the PC version implemented into this version. For example, I would love to see Ai vs Ai added into the mobile version. Also a multiplayer mode would be fun. Lastly, I would give this game 5 stars if I could choose where my starting state is instead of it picked randomly (For custom character only). I would choose my home state as Georgia and my character would fly to Michigan. Please get the devs to read this since I don’t think they update it anymore and now I’m sad :(. Overall this game is great but still doesn’t get 5 stars unless Some of the things listed gets added into the game (especially Ai vs Ai)
Great but could be Greater
Thu Sep 03 2020 guywhoplayslawsofcivilazationI love this game and I promise I’m not a bot saying this. One thing I think that could bring in more revenue into the game is to add a new feature in which candidates can build their own headquarters around the states and to hire staffers by the state (for example giving 300,000 dollars to North Carolina to buy 5,000 staffers to run the campaign in that state). Another feature that you should add is Presidential Debates in which you are asked questions and your approval and polling numbers go up, and then also Vice Presidential Debates in which you take the position of your Vice President to answer questions to better your campaign. A final feature you should add is computer vs computer so you can watch an election unfold before you and keep up to date on the things each candidate does. The game is overall not laggy and fun to play. Designers and creators deserve more credit than given. Spencer Rada
It’s a great game!
Mon Nov 23 2020 Sadud Al UdahI actually love this game and it’s really fun but it does definitely has some issues. First It has some glitches, I faced many glitches like having the map being blurred or the presidential candidates disappearing. Second, the game can get repetitive considering you can’t play against a friend or have third parties and this goes into my third criticism. My third issue is that it isn’t like the PC version, it’s way too watered down compared to that version and for someone who doesn’t play a lot of games on my computer, it’s a bummer to see this game only have one main thing to do. If we ignore all those things, the game is great!
A Suggestion For The Political Machine 2020
Sat Aug 15 2020 Ajjp22I really enjoy this game. I have it on both mobile and the PC. The mobile version is also good, but I think some more features should be added. The main thing I would like to see added is the ability to give speeches in a state. Right now, stamina is entirely useless on mobile since you don’t control where the candidates go and that speeches aren’t in the game. Adding speeches would give stamina a real purpose and would offer another way of campaigning in a state besides advertising, ideology, and operatives. It would also make the mobile version feel more like the PC version. Anyway, thanks for reading this review. Hopefully speeches are added in the next update. Have a good day!
Decent, needs some work.
Fri Jul 31 2020 Aaron SturgisThe game in and of itself is fun. My critiques are a little different than some of the other commenters. Having to pay to unlock characters doesn’t seem like a big deal to me, the developers have made a few of them unlockable through winning an election with them as your VP candidate, plus you can make custom characters. There’s enough selection at the beginning, and the unlockables outside of AOC aren’t that interesting anyways. My biggest qualms comes down to the incredibly black and white defining of American politics. Want to run as a Democrat who supports gun rights and the 2nd Amendment? You can’t, even if you’re playing as Bernie! Want to run as a third party candidate or an independent? Also not even an option, even if you create your own character. You can’t be a Democrat who supports “investing in America,” you can’t be a Republican who supports “restoring America’s image abroad,” etc. These oversights, which seem like they should be easily fixable, as there’s an independent vote that’s accounted for when you play, although you never see the candidates that are being supposedly voted for - and the issue system should be easily applicable to politicians from either party - really dampen the replay value of the game. It’s a lot of fun for the first couple elections, but once you’ve run the exact same ideology a couple of times because you don’t have any variety, it gets pretty boring, even on the harder difficulties. I’d love to see the developer make some of these improvements, perhaps just allow us to select our ideology paths when we make a custom character, giving us some more options? If they do, I’ll update my review.
Can’t even play it
Mon Nov 09 2020 lilkourptioI don’t know if this is a problem with this device, but whenever I go on the app, after I choose my party and press “next” I get kicked out of the whole app. I think this is a problem with my device but this doesn’t occur with different apps. This really annoys me because I payed $3 to play this game, only to get a glitchy main menu and a button that kicks me out whenever I press it. I don’t know if there is a way to fix it, but if there is, I would love to see something happen. I would really be angry if I wasted $3 only to have a useless app that takes up space but I don’t want to risk deleting in case I have to spend/waste more money. Honestly, this game looks fun and I think it is obvious that is why I bought it. I’d love the producers to make the game less laggy for those who have older devices. Thank yo for taking your time to read this.
Okay...could be better
Sat Jul 18 2020 AlanAvila22Overall the game is alright for just $1. The characters are a bit expensive, and I think you could make a subscription based option where you can unlock everything for an x amount of time. The game does quickly drain your phones/devices battery which is a negative, but it also doesn’t take to much storage which is a plus. I think the developers should slowly make this game more like the pc version also. I’d also like to have an option to have more points to create your character, and more physical features. Again, the game is good and definitely worth a buy, but if you can’t afford it I’d recommend checking out 270 to win.
Not as in-depth but great for mobile
Sun Jul 19 2020 throwitaway335I played the hell out of the PC version and was quite surprised to see this on the Apple Store when I was browsing this morning. While it isn’t as detailed as the PC version (Which is to be expected as the PC version has oodles of depth) this a very good streamlined version that I think works much better for mobile. I DO kind of hope you add debates and the option to pick the ideology for custom candidates (which is the only thing I was surprised to see wasn’t there) but overall this is the best election simulator available for mobile devices.
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