Democracy 4
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Playing now
45−9 vs. yesterday
All-time peak
685Jun 2021
| Published | Title | Build |
|---|---|---|
| Updated to build 1.67 [1.67] 1) Increased US armed force week to reflect TRumps planned parade. 2) Updated US population stat 3) Changed US govt debt to reflect current figure 4) Introduced Import Tariffs for the USA to reflect recent policy changes. 5) Conservatives now have no negative opinion when narcotics are outlawed. 6) Reduced US foreign aid by 83%. 7) Reduced UK foreign aid by 10%. 8) Increased UK defence s… | 18567832 | |
| Update to build 1.66 [1.66] 1) Increased the happiness threshold beyond which voters get complacent. 2) Reduced the maximum impact of complacency on voters. 3) Rubber Bullets, Tear Gas and Water Cannons now all reduce the likelihood of Environmental Protests. 4) Enviornmental protests are more affected by the state of the Environment and number of Environmentalists than previously. | — | |
| Fixed bug where text overlapped on the policy screen for some screen resolutions [1.65] 1) Fixed bug where text overlapped on the policy screen for some screen resolutions and policies. | 11957835 | |
| Minor fixes [1.64] 1) Fixed bug on low resolutions where the change indicators on new policy expected effects might overlap. 2) Fixed bug where occasionally you would see a one pixel line across the top or bottom of a window 3) Fixed bug where text could disappear from the estimated effects on the new policy screen. | 11767999 | |
| Date | Day | Time | Patch title | Build ID | Branch | Depots | Download Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2025 | Thu | 14:59 | Updated to build 1.67 | 18567832 | public | 4 | — |
| Rebalanced Poland, Updated Debt levels, big performance overhaul 1) Plane crash event now only triggers when there is a state airline policy enabled. 2) Fixed minor cosmetic issue with the rendering of some policy icons after just being cancelled on the intel screen. 3) Major update focusing on optimisation for rendering the game on low spec intel graphics cards, for much better framerate. 4) Update to starting game conditions for the USA to include the more… |
| 11703185 |
| Updated with lots of performance improvements, bug fixes, and event updates [1.62] 1) Post-election breakdown by voter type now sorts the groups by order of who supported you the most 2) Reduced the likelihood of the sexual assault event. 3) Reduced likelihood of the Falkland Islands event repeating for the UK. 4) You can now click anywhere on the compass timeline to jump to that point, and the cursor now highlights to show this. 5) Fixed bug where an existing manifest… | 10847543 |
| Bug fixes, better media spin results UI. Various UI/UX improvements [1.61] 1) Fixed bug where the impact of corruption on the security (which affects terrorism) was sometimes inverted! 2) Appropriate music is now chosen when you load a game, instead of waiting a turn. 3) Fixed bug where you could right click an effect during the tutorial and hang the game. 4) Right clicking on the top strip of buttons or the voter strips no longer launches the new policy screen… | 10583171 |
| Updated with steam deck and translation improvements, bug fixes and optimisation 1) Changed impact of Crime and Violent Crime so that they actually convey a positive impact when very low. 2) Union subsidies are now incompatible with bans on unions, and vice versa. 3) Added new 'inertia boost' slider on options screen for people who want to experiment with slower-changing opinions. 4) New game and mission options screens are now modal to prevent accidental misclicks. 5) Fixe… | 10316020 |
| Improved performance, a UI fix, UK national anthem changed & more [1.59] 1) Social Media Ban policy now reduces chances of Cyber Bullying situation. 2) Ataturk no longer a valid name in Turkish. 3) Increased the level of state housing in Turkey. 4) Added Winter fuel subsidy to Turkey. 5) Added Import Tarrifs to Turkey. 6) Added Speed Cameras to Turkey. 7) Added Car Tax to Turkey. 8) Added Adult Education Subsidies to Turkey. 9) Fixed bug where clicking on a s… | 9909552 |
| Hotfix for Russian Language crash Hotfix for Russian Language crash | 9720310 |
| Support for new Country Pack Expansion, Queen is now King for UK & more... [1.58] 1) High Speed Rail policy now directly affects Rail Usage. 2) Support for new DLC: Country Pack. 3) Mission text for almost all languages for the UK now says 'King' instead of Queen. 4) Updated old shader code to use mix instead of lerp to prevent bugs with new opengl drivers. 5) Increased severity of corporate exodus at a high level. | 9681629 |
| Memory leak fix, some balance changes and crash bug fix. 1) Fake News now reduces Democracy. 2) Fixed missing title text for policy income or cost history. 3) Fixed rare crash bug when viewing some policy income or cost history. 4) Fixed anomaly where voters in debt could donate negative amounts to a political party. 5) Fix for big memory leak. Ooops. | 9537066 |
| Added new political compass history feature, balance changes and policy updates. [1.56] 1) Added new feature to political compass. After a few turns have passed you can scroll through a timeline at the bottom of the graph. 2) Fixed bug in the campaign focus on unemployment (voting systems DLC). 3) Increased the political capital costs for some policies in the Voting Systems DLC. 4) Phone and internet voting now discourages turnout among the retired. (Voting Systems DLC). 5)… | 9477271 |
| Voting systems DLC bug fixes Fixed bug in the campaign focus on unemployment (voting systems DLC). Increased the political capital costs for some policies in the Voting Systems DLC. Phone and internet voting now discourages turnout among the retired. (Voting Systems DLC). Fixed anomaly where voterid law could be very slightly beneficial to ethnic minorities at a minimum setting. | 9453428 |
| Translation bug fix and typo fix. [1.55] 1) Fixed typo in blasphemy dilemma description. 2) Fixed bug where on first run, if non-english, some text might not seem to be translated. | 9215448 |
| Fixed text bug in gambling policy slider (English only) Fixed text bug in gambling policy slider (English only) | 9113729 |
| Balance changes, Updated abortion policy slider for US, plus some Brexit changes 1) Reduced the impact that the membership of the environmentalist group has on the chances of the Environmental Protest situation developing. 2) Reduced the alarming frequency with which your national team can exit the world cup. 3) Slight reduction in chances of the Drought event. 4) Quantum Computing breakthrough event is now slightly easier to obtain. 5) Gig Economy event is now slightly mor… | 9097930 |
| Fix for max voting age policy effect being wrong for retired turnout. Fix for max voting age policy effect being wrong for retired turnout. | 8912532 |
| Bug fixes, and a new economic slider chart [1.53] 1) Fixed bug where food shortages had a zero impact on Everyone. 2) A bunch of changes to the impacts of the global economy, which were using incorrect equations. 3) Added new economic cycle chart to the customise mission screen to explain it better. 4) Fixed a bug that would cause random bits of Russian text to be displayed in English. | 8834434 |
| Scrolling text bug fix, Balance changes to Poverty Rate, Climate Change & more [1.52] 1) Social Care policy now has a positive impact on Mental Health. 2) Police Drones policy is now popular with conservatives. 3) Finally fixed super-rare but annoying bug where some mouse clicks made some chunks of text scroll upwards. 4) Default Poverty Rate raised by 1%, but Can now be reduced by State Health Care, as it already is by other state-owned industries. 5) Climate Change Adap… | 8778531 |
| Added Arabic support, plus some bug fixes and usability improvements. 1) Added support for Arabic language. 2) Fixed bug where the impact of campaign spending may have been exaggerated on the election screen stats. 3) You can now sort ministers by suitability for the current job, and the game stores separate last sort orders for general minister browsing and hiring lists. | 8725814 |
| Fixed finance screen crash bug for Spain when playing in Portuguese Fixed finance screen crash bug for Spain when playing in Portuguese | 8581381 |
| Bug fixes and balance improvements. 1) Fixed bug where focus group screen tutorial window made no sense. 2) Fixed bug where some button icons were missing during the tutorial. 3) Fixed error in food shortages event where poverty was decreased, instead of increased. 4) Changes to a whole list of in-game events to better balance difficulty. 5) Fixed broken link for fake news, which now correctly affects the violent crime rate. 6) F… | 8557989 |
| Tutorial fixes 1) Fixed bug where focus group screen tutorial window made no sense. 2) Fixed bug where some button icons were missing during the tutorial. | 8397525 |
| Big update with tons of fixes and new policy/situation/simulation stuff Hi everyone! Welcome top the first update of Democracy 4 post-launch! These updates will be bigger and less frequent now its no longer an Early Access game. This is a complete list of the changes and fixes in this update to the game: · Fixed bug where the first tutorial window could be skipped, causing issues. · Fixed various situations where the tutorial window on the electioneering window cou… | 8192088 |