Another patch for Mr. President is available today: * Additional Crisis Cards (#122, #123, #124, #125, #126, #131, #132, #133) * Some typos and errors in game copy have been fixed * Some errors with the North Korean Cyberattack has been fixed * The description of result 6 in the Domestic Crisis table has been simplified to better represent the game action * An issue where the 'Stabilize' option…
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ACH_A_TAMED_BEAR
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A Tamed Bear — NATO and UK Relations are Very Close, and Eastern Europe Stability and Alignment are 7+ and has no Russian influence, and Russia Posture is 1
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Cincinnatus — Finish the Sandbox Scenario with the highest possible Legacy comparison
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Congressional Allies — Have 5 or more Friends in Congress
Another small patch for Mr. President today: * More Crisis Cards added (#101, #102, #105, #107, #110, #111, #121) We hope you continue to enjoy the game, and wish everyone in the US a nice long Labor Day weekend!
More Crisis Cards and bug fixes today: * Crisis Cards added (#83, #84, #90, #91, #94, #97, #98, and #99) * The game properly handles the case where Tension Counters are exhausted and there is a penalty while reclaiming some counters from the board * A case where the 'Can't Increase' state for the missile track was being ignored was fixed
We have an additional patch today with some Crisis Cards and bug fixes: * More crisis cards have been added to the game. (#74, #76, #77, and #82) * Another bugged case in the FNI segment has been fixed. * The 'Arms Control Negotiations' option has been added to the Joint US/UN actions. * Missile track de-escalations have been added to Iran & N. Korea war loss actions. Thanks again for playing!
Thanks again for playing and being part of the Mr. President community! We have another patch today that adds some content and addresses some issues: * Several crisis cards have been added to the game. (#65, #66, #69, #71, and #72) * The FNI segment has been improved again. The earlier fix had been applied too narrowly. * What may have appeared as a game freeze during Civil War resolution has b…
Thanks to everyone for playing Mr. President for the first week! We have a small patch today that addresses the following issues: * The 'Easier' difficulty settings have been completed, including the Auto-Victory case in the turn evaluation * The selection graphic for tokens is now consistently the more legible yellow pulsing box * The player can now select to stabilize a region that is already…
A few more fixes in a new patch today: * Fixed an issue in the Focused National Intel segment where a Terror group could incorrectly be downgraded to 'Gathering Intel' * Expanded the Legacy point display to show numbers larger than 99 * Fixed an issue with helping Allies at War in the Focused National Intel segment so their relationship will now improve to 'Very Close' * Fixed an issue where th…
Thanks to everyone for playing Mr. President and giving feedback this weekend! We've released a couple hotfixes in the last couple days to address the following issues: * Fixed a crash on Macs occurring in the Legislative Segment * US-Taliban war now correctly starts at the beginning of games at 'Normal' difficulty * Fixed some typos in the game's initial walkthrough
NewsMr. President leaves Early Access – 1.0 Launch Today!———Steam news
Steam news · published 31 Jul 2026, 14:45:45 UTC
Mr. President leaves Early Access – 1.0 Launch Today!
It’s been an incredible journey since we first started this project in October 2024. From our first playable demo during Steam Next Fest in June 2025 to our Early Access launch this past January, we couldn't have made it here without you. Thanks to our Early Access community, we identified and squashed hundreds of bugs over the last seven months to make this release as smooth as possible. Today…
NewsPatch 0.9.0 - Midterm & Second Term Elections and Steam Summer Sale———In-game event
In-game event · published 24 Jun 2026, 18:25:13 UTC
Patch 0.9.0 - Midterm & Second Term Elections and Steam Summer Sale
Hello and thanks to everyone for participating in Mr. President’s Early Access! As Steam Summer Sale arrives (June 25 - July 9) we have a game update with new features and content. Midterm Elections and Reelection have been added to the game to allow you to win over Congress and extend your game to 8 years, if you can convince the voters. At game start there’s also an option to use an easier va…
Hello and thanks to everyone for participating in Mr. President’s Early Access! As May comes to a close we have a game update with new features and content. The Scandals and Chaos portions of gameplay have been added. While these may make the game more challenging, new features like Good Times and Exceptional White House Resources should help tip the scales back. We’ve also added more cards to…
NewsPatch 0.7.0 - Diplomacy, Consequences and Allies take action———In-game event
In-game event · published 30 Apr 2026, 21:02:28 UTC
Patch 0.7.0 - Diplomacy, Consequences and Allies take action
Once again, thanks to everyone for participating in Mr. President’s Early Access! We’re finishing April with more features and bug fixes. The Summit Player Action has been added, so you’ll be able to reach out to Russia and China to look for ways to meet mutually beneficial goals. On the opposite end of the diplomatic spectrum, Impose Sanctions has been added to your presidential toolkit. Will…
NewsMr. President Leaving Early Access on July 31 2026!———Community
9 Apr 2026
NewsPatch 0.6.0 - State of the Union and Adversary Weapon Programs———Game update
Game update · published 9 Apr 2026, 01:42:47 UTC
Patch 0.6.0 - State of the Union and Adversary Weapon Programs
Once again, thanks to everyone for participating in Mr. President’s Early Access! It’s April and we’re back with more features and bug fixes. We’ve added the State of the Union segment of the game so you can collect your laurels - and maybe sneak in a bill - at the beginning of each turn (well, Year 2 and later). Your Adversaries - Iran and North Korea - have brought their nuclear development p…
NewsPatch 0.5.0 - Rivals Take Action and Express Setup———22407600
Game update · published 19 Mar 2026, 01:58:29 UTC
Patch 0.5.0 - Rivals Take Action and Express Setup
Thanks to everyone for participating in Mr. President’s Early Access! We’ve spent the first few weeks of March filling out the actions the President’s Peer Rivals can take during their gameplay segments, as well as streamlining the game’s setup experience and addressing some save game performance issues in the late game. Please continue to report any bugs you find in either our Steam Forums or…
Next Monday is officially Washington’s Birthday, a federal holiday celebrated in honor of George Washington, the first President of the United States. There’s a lot of confusion around this holiday as technically, Washington’s birthday is on February 22nd. Furthermore, this holiday is widely known as Presidents’ Day. In celebration of Washington’s Birthday and Presidents’ Day, we're excited to…
NewsPatch 0.3.0 - The Cabinet takes Action———Game update
Game update · published 11 Feb 2026, 01:45:53 UTC
Patch 0.3.0 - The Cabinet takes Action
Thanks to everyone for participating in Mr. President’s Early Access! Our first patch includes new features, and a bunch of bug fixes. Originally we planned to launch Early Access with the “1 Action for POTUS and each Cabinet Member” segment, but it didn’t quite make the deadline. With this patch, you’ll be getting at least 10 more player actions to take in each year of your Presidency which sh…
NewsFirst Early Access Patch - v0.2.1.0———Game update
Game update · published 30 Jan 2026, 05:19:58 UTC
First Early Access Patch - v0.2.1.0
It's been a crazy week for Exia with the Early Access launch of Mr. President. We’ve been delighted at the response to the game so far and really appreciate everyone who’s joined us for the first week of Early Access. This week we’ve been focusing on gathering lots of fantastic bug reports from the community both through the Steam Forums and our Discord. We’ve tried to prioritize and fix most o…
NewsMr. President Early Access begins on January 26, 2026———Announcement
Announcement · published 30 Dec 2025, 01:35:42 UTC
Mr. President Early Access begins on January 26, 2026
Mr. President Early Access begins on January 26, 2026 during Steam’s Board Game Fest. If you haven't wishlisted the game yet, please take a minute and please do so and share this with your friends who might be interested in this game. Why Early Access? Mr. President will continue to receive substantial UI, feature, and content updates on a monthly basis for the next year or so. We would like to…
NewsThe Government’s Back — and So Are We!———Major update
Major update · published 13 Nov 2025, 21:07:49 UTC
The Government’s Back — and So Are We!
We’re marking the end of the government shutdown with something special — an updated demo featuring the Legislative Segment (now live on Steam) and we also have a few exciting announcements to share. Legislative Segment Adding the Legislative Segment was important for two reasons. First, we wanted to tackle the top feedback we received from our June Steam Next Fest Demo: Players weren’t sure ho…
Hey everyone, Thanks to the thousands of players who spent time playing our short demo and for providing feedback! We wanted to give an update on lessons learned and next steps. First, a whopping 88.1% of players surveyed (n=201) answered “very high” and “high” to the question: Based on what you saw in the demo, and the components indicated as "under construction", what's your interest in playi…
NewsWhat Do I Do in the Mr. President Demo?———Community
Community · published 11 Jun 2025, 04:25:27 UTC
What Do I Do in the Mr. President Demo?
Our demo has been live for two days now, and the overall response has been wonderful and encouraging. But a common sentiment among players - especially players unfamiliar with the board game - is often expressed as: “What am I supposed to be aiming for in this game?” So in this post I’m going to go over some of the intro points I’ve made while streaming in the last couple of days. In the full g…
NewsMr. President – Steam Next Fest Demo Now Live!———Steam news
Steam news · published 9 Jun 2025, 18:40:51 UTC
Mr. President – Steam Next Fest Demo Now Live!
Hey everyone, We’re thrilled (and a little nervous) to announce that the demo for Mr. President: The American Presidency 2000–2020 is now available as part of Steam Next Fest ! We plan for this demo to be live only during Steam Next Fest, which runs from June 9th to June 16th. This is our first playable public build , and while there’s still a lot under construction, we wanted to get the game i…
NewsInside the Oval Office: Live Demo Gameplay & Dev Commentary———Esports
20 May 2025
NewsSimulating Crisis: When Games Mirror Current Events———Community
Community · published 20 May 2025, 17:18:34 UTC
Simulating Crisis: When Games Mirror Current Events
In the real world, India and Pakistan had a sequence of violent confrontations. There’s still a lot we don’t know about those events: the casualties and air kills, the course of the mediation and the degree of U.S. involvement in bringing about the current ceasefire, etc. In Mr. President , part of the fun for players is in imagining the narrative of such rapid and dramatic events when they occ…
I’ve already written about the Crisis deck in Mr. President , but that post covered just the basics, and the concept of Cascading Events. Here I want to talk about even more specific types of Crisis cards: Natural Disasters and Terrorism events. First, let’s look at some Natural Disasters. This card represents a catastrophically severe drought in California. Natural Disaster cards share a forma…
Mr. President is a game about putting yourself in the Oval Office. We want to do as much as possible to ensure that players can envision themselves as POTUS, which means a variety of player avatars. Many strategy games don’t even have a player avatar; sometimes that’s because the player identity or gameplay and setting are abstract. Other times, the avatar is part of the game itself, and can ch…
The stewardship of the U.S. economy is one of the most important political concerns for modern U.S. presidents, and American economic performance has a large and undeniable impact on election outcomes. Yet Mr. President isn’t, and doesn’t want to be, a macroeconomic simulator. The complexity of macroeconomic modeling, the limited effectiveness of most economic tools, time delays, confounding fa…
Mr. President Leaving Early Access on July 31 2026!
Since we launched in January, your support has made the Early Access journey for Mr. President truly incredible. We’ve been listening closely, and your feedback on Steam and Discord has shaped our development process. We’re excited to share that the 1.0 release is arriving on July 31, 2026 . Thank you for helping our small team polish this game into something special.