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Political Arena is a one-of-a-kind strategy/sim about American politics where no two playthroughs are the same. Create your own politician and seek fame or infamy in a fully simulated political world, complete with high stakes campaign strategizing, backroom deals, scandals, special interests, and the press. Be the politician of your dreams (or nightmares).
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Updates about the Game of Politics

Political Arena 0.2 Is Live!

By 24 Jun 2026
It's time for our first major Early Access update! We had originally planned to push…

New Year’s Resolution: More Frequent Content Updates

By 8 Jan 2026
Happy (....🤷) 2026! It's been just over four months since Political Arena launched into Early…

0.15 Update: Staff!

By 27 Dec 2025
0.15 Update: Staff! Hiya! Let’s cut to the chase: we just pushed our 0.15 update,…

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Political Arena in the news

You Can Be Mitch McConnell for a Day

By 9 Feb 2022
A new video game will let players pretend to be the politicians they most admire…

Playing the game: Political Arena offers a taste of life on Capitol Hill

By 5 Nov 2021
In a video game market saturated by zombies, death matches and post-apocalyptic hell-scapes, it would be a…

This DC insider wants to turn politics into a videogame — ‘Imagine an arch-conservative in San Francisco, or Nancy Pelosi in Mississippi’

By 4 Nov 2021
Author of ‘The Beltway Bible’ is raising funds to develop a political version of ‘SimCity,’…

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