The Political Machine 2024 — Who recommends this game?

Lifetime gross spend

$137Kest

grossAtFullPrice $137K · promo blend

Net to developer

$88Kest

after Valve / VAT / refunds

Lifetime units

6,869▼ 100.0%

57 / day median · launch

Launch window · 30d

$25K18% of LTD

2K units · $14.39 ASP

Confidence

medium±18%

Based on 241 reviews collected over 2.0 years; English-dominant audience; non-Early-Access.

01 Revenue · monthly

Gross consumer spend USD

Gross

02 Lifetime breakdown

Launch window vs tail · units & spend

30 days launch window

Launch · units

1,71024.9%

Tail · units

5,15975.1%

Launch · gross

$25K

$25K17.9%

Tail · gross

$113K

$113K82.1%

Net to dev

$88K

$88K64.4%

01 Like Score

qualityScore = Σ inbound · log₁₀(reviews+1) · positive% · rank-bonus

Tier D · ▼ 1 7d

D ●CBAS

Inbound

Σ log₁₀(R+1)

Avg pos%

53%

→ 27

Score history · 30d retention

19 (14d ago)27 (now)

02 Top inbound contributors

Games whose “More Like This” lists rank The Political Machine 2024 · 28 inbound · top 10 shown

qualityScore 27

Half-Earth Socialism972 reviews · 82% pos · Francis Tseng · 2022

+2.5

Green New Deal Simulator108 reviews · 86% pos · Molleindustria · 2023

+1.8

The Communist Manifesto ~ A Visual Novel90 reviews · 87% pos · Non Fiction Games · 2025

+1.7

Political Animals159 reviews · 66% pos · Squeaky Wheel · 2016

+1.5

Battle For The Hill55 reviews · 76% pos · Supercid87 · 2024

+1.3

Cat's Vote17 reviews · 88% pos · Danar Dev · 2024

+1.1

Gerrymander Madness14 reviews · 92% pos · CrossComm, Inc. · 2020

+1.1

Trump VS Covid: Save The World Clicker27 reviews · 62% pos · PaulArt · 2021

+0.9

American Election Simulator20 reviews · 65% pos · FlagmanJeremy · 2024

+0.9

That's My President!6 reviews · 100% pos · Kisotik Games · 2026

+0.8

+ 14 more inbound gamesLong tail · ranks across catalog

+4.2

03 The Political Machine 2024’s “More like this”

Outbound MLT · 30 games

#3Sid Meier's Civilization VII

48%41K

#4Anno 117: Pax Romana

70%11K

#5Europa Universalis IV

87%93K

#6Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI

Review score

6/ 9

Mostly Positive

% positive

75.1%cohort 71%

193 pos · 64 neg

Total reviews

257tracked

257 crawled

Velocity · 30d

0 / dayest

1 this month

Steam-purchase rate

92.2%flat

7.8% free / EA / key

01 Language distribution

Reviewer interface language · count, share of total, share positive

9 languages · top 9 shown

ENEnglish

93.8%24174%

DEGerman

2.3%6100%

ESSpanish

0.8%2100%

ZHSimplified Chinese

0.8%2100%

PTBrazilian Portuguese

0.8%2100%

DUDutch

0.4%1100%

RURussian

0.4%10%

KOKorean

0.4%1100%

SWSwedish

0.4%1100%

02 Reviews by playtime

Hours played at time of review · positive% per bucket

0-1h 33

48%positive

12.8% of reviewsrefund window

1-10h 130

74%positive

50.6% of reviews

10-100h 88

85%positive

34.2% of reviews

100h+ 6

100%positive

2.3% of reviews

03 Monthly timeline

Reviews per month · positive vs negative stacked · since launch

Positive 193Negative 64

604530150

24·0524·0824·1125·0225·0525·0925·1226·0326·04

04 Breakdowns

Reviews segmented · count, % of total, % positive

257 reviews

Free product

4/ 257

1.6% of total100% positive

Early access

0/ 257

0.0% of total— no data

Key activation

16/ 257

6.2% of total75% positive

Steam Deck

1/ 257

0.4% of total100% positive

Steam purchase

237/ 257

92.2% of total75% positive

Recommended

193/ 257

75.1% of total— votedUp

Not recommended

64/ 257

24.9% of total— votedDown

Reviews crawled

257/ 257

100.0% of total75% positive

241 reviews · 75% positive

Detailed reviewer overlap is being computed. Check back soon.