# Democracy 3

> Political strategy simulation game where you run a virtual country. (iPhone/iPad app by Positech Games.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/democracy-3/id882525717 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Positech Games](https://appshunter.io/developer/777671943)
- Category: Games, Simulation, Strategy
- Price: $4.99 with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.20/5 from 69 App Store ratings · 142 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 6.0 · 117 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2014-06-08
- Data updated: 2026-07-24
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/democracy-3/id882525717/reviews.md

## What is Democracy 3?

Ever wanted to run the country?

Have you ever wanted to be president? or prime-minister? Convinced you could do a better job of running the country? Let's face it, you could hardly do a worse job than our current political leaders. Crime, Unemployment, National Debt, Terrorism, Climate Change...Have you got the answers to the problems that face western industrialized nations? Here is your chance to find out…

An entire virtual country

Democracy 3 simulates the motivations, loyalties and desires of everyone in the country. A custom-designed neural network is used to model individual voters, each which varying memberships of voting groups, political parties and pressure groups. Each voters income is modelled, along with their levels of complacency and cynicism. This is the most sophisticated political strategy game ever created.

Unique user interface

Despite being vastly detailed under-the-hood, Democracy 3 has a unique user interface that makes visualising the connections between laws, policies, voters and situations easy. A simple iconic-based view of your countries issues allows you to 'drill-down' through all the relationships between policies and voters to quickly analyse the impacts of your decisions. Your trade policy may affect GDP, which will affect unemployment, which will effect poverty, and thus crime, leading to a change in tourism, which affects GDP…

Complex simulated voters

Each individual voter is a mixture of a subset of the 21 different voter groups represented within the game. They might be a young, wealthy, liberal socialist commuter, or a retired conservative religious capitalist, for example. Not only this, but the extent to which they identify each of those groups is both variable, and can be affected by your policies in the long term. Convert your country to religion, or atheism, to capitalism, or socialism by careful and nuanced adjustment of your policies and laws over time. A 'focus group' feature lets you look at individual voters and see exactly how they came to a decision to vote for you (or not!).

Detailed policy model

Each policy (or law) in the game has a slider which allows you to fine tune it's intensity to get the balance just right. A series of equations within the game allows the same policy to have radically different effects on each voter group at different points in the slider, so some voters may be indifferent to a policy unless it reaches extreme levels, for example. Democracy 3 also models the global economy, including credit rating agencies and debt interest levels, as well as the impact of global events on your country.

## Key features

- Simulate national leadership
- Manage country policies
- Model complex voter behavior
- Analyze policy impacts
- Interactive user interface
- Global economy simulation

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: $4.99.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Extremism | $4.99 | one-time |
| Clones and Drones | $4.99 | one-time |
| Social Engineering | $4.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Democracy 3?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 👍 Good game
- 👍 Enjoyable and challenging
- 👍 Realistic political simulation
- 👍 Addictive gameplay

**Cons**

- 🐛 Laggy performance after updates
- 🐛 Crashes and freezes
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 🤔 Lack of multi-party system
- 🤔 Unrealistic scenarios for some countries

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Inability to cancel new policies
- Unscrollable dropdown menus
- Overlapping UI elements
- Inconsistent achievement tracking across platforms

**Most requested features**

- More playable countries
- Sandbox mode
- Ability to propose bills
- Expanded diplomacy and foreign policy options
- More frequent updates and new content

## Recent user reviews (10 of 142)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/democracy-3/id882525717/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Good game

*2024-08-10, version 1.20*

You should update the game add more stuff and countrys

### 5/5 — Democracy

*2024-07-10, version 1.20*

This is Democracy manifest!

### 4/5 — Amazing but

*2023-04-28, version 1.20*

They need to add more countries!

### 1/5 — I want my money back

*2023-04-28, version 1.20*

This game is very slow and it’s so laggy and if I would’ve known if it would be this bad I wouldn’t of bought this game so I want my money back

### 4/5 — Best political game

*2023-03-13, version 1.20*

The game is great if you are interested in politics but it is very one sided. It is very hard to make any money when you are leaning more towards to the capitalist and conservative direction. I also find that assassinations are too common. In real life, this doesn’t happen so please make it a bit more realistic on those

### 5/5 — Need 4

*2022-05-30, version 1.20*

Love love love D3. NEED D4 for iOS !!!

### 1/5 — Another one

*2022-02-24, version 1.20*

Sadly the publishers subscribe to the agenda of “let’s not risk slightly insulting anybody” at the cost of entertainment and reality.

### 3/5 — Impossible to get Popular Leader achievement :(

*2021-09-15, version 1.20*

I’ve been playing this game for many years on IOS and enjoy it. I also have the steam PC version. 
On the PC I can get the Popular Leader achievement easily, but the IOS version its bugged. I can get all my populations in to green and win the elections by 100% and it won’t record. 
So if you’re an achievement hunter, be aware you’ll never be able to 100% complete it.

### 5/5 — The best game ever

*2021-05-14, version 1.20*

I love this game I just wish there where more countries

### 3/5 — It’s great, but...

*2021-02-22, version 1.20*

The interface needs to be urgently fixed. It’s just so so broken! I click the X button to close the window, but it’s asking me to apply the policy I’ve changed (while it has dedicated Apply and Revert buttons). I click outside the window hoping to close it that way, but the click goes through and does something else in the panels bellow. I try to scroll texts and window content by dragging with my finger, but it does something else (you have to use the scroll bar). And no good tutorial at all, just some boring manual. It looks like a quick and cheap port of some desktop game. They need a good QA cycle and polishing, as it has a potential to become a masterpiece.
P.S. why does my high value of “The Environment” affect “Tourism” as a red arrow?

## Frequently asked questions about Democracy 3

### What is Democracy 3?

Democracy 3 is a political strategy simulation game where players take on the role of a head of state, such as a president or prime minister. The game challenges you to manage a virtual country by enacting and adjusting policies to address various national issues and maintain public support.

### What are the key features of Democracy 3?

Key features include simulating the motivations of diverse voter groups, a detailed policy model with adjustable intensity sliders, an intuitive user interface for visualizing policy impacts, and a simulation of the global economy. Players can influence voter groups and societal trends over time.

### How is Democracy 3 monetized?

The application is free to download and play, but offers in-app purchases. These purchases likely provide access to additional content, features, or expansions that enhance the gameplay experience beyond the base offering.

### What kind of issues can I address in the game?

You can address a wide range of issues facing industrialized nations, including crime, unemployment, national debt, terrorism, and climate change. The game simulates how your policy decisions impact these areas and the overall well-being of your virtual country.

### Who is the target audience for Democracy 3?

This game is designed for individuals who enjoy complex strategy and simulation games, particularly those with an interest in politics and governance. It appeals to players who want to explore the challenges of running a country and making difficult policy decisions.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.20 — 2016-02-02

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

Version 1.20 includes 
- a dozen new achievements
- 4 new events
- tweaks to some of simulation variables
- and a great big long list of improvements to the GUI to make information more accessible and to reveal a lot of the 'hidden' data that people wanted to see.
- iPad Pro support

### 1.15 — 2015-06-19

Bug fixes and In-app Purchases for DLC.

### 1.14.3 — 2014-08-13

Fix crash introduced in 1.14.2

### 1.14.2 — 2014-08-08

Fixed crash that sometimes occurred when closing some dialogs in game.

### 1.14.1 — 2014-06-25

Added retina resolution fonts

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