# Democracy 3 — user reviews > 142 indexed App Store user reviews of Democracy 3 by Positech Games, rated 4.20/5 from 69 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/democracy-3/id882525717/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/democracy-3/id882525717.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 47 · 4★ 10 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 8 ## 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 ## Newest reviews (17 of 142) ### 4/5 — Amazing but *2023-04-28, version 1.20* They need to add more countries! ### 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 ### 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. ### 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? ### 4/5 — Enjoyable but blocks music players *2020-09-17, version 1.20* A good game, though with limited replayability - needs an option to generate a random country, or annual updates with new issues. Perhaps allow users to create nodes? More urgently, you need to fix that going into the game mutes music apps that are playing (or Spotify at least). Multiple times I’m listening to music and would be playing this as well but can’t, so I play something else. ### 2/5 — Rigged against you *2020-08-06, version 1.20* This game seemed amazing at first- but then around turn 4 the Black Panther party kept launching assassination attempts on me every turn until I was dead. There is no way to stop them. I had declining racial tensions also. Boo. ### 4/5 — Good but..... *2019-12-16, version 1.20* Such a shame that it’s not more based around being in govt but apart from that, great game ### 3/5 — Australia - assasinations *2019-12-04, version 1.20* They need to tweak the settings. We do not have assassinations in Australia EVERY electoral cycle. No matter how many extreme policies I change to appease the religious and capitalists, or how many extra resources I pump into security and policing, one of those groups WILL assassinate in the first term. ### 3/5 — Where is Democracy Africa *2019-05-01, version 1.20* I am waiting for Africa to come to iPad. I love the game but I wish there was added function to go to war or make trade deals with other countries. ### 5/5 — Update *2018-10-17, version 1.20* The game needs a update and more realistic ### 2/5 — Ok but too easy & repetitive *2018-08-26, version 1.20* Good features but after 3 failed attempts at being prime minister I had ‘won’. 100% of the polls were mine and then it just became pointless. The same handful of events kept popping up and nothing new happened at all, good game if you’re not that good at games but a boring, easy way to waste 10 minutes if you are good at logical thinking. ### 5/5 — Can turn off assignations now! Love this game! *2018-06-22, version 1.20* This game is a must-buy! ### 4/5 — Love the game *2018-05-31, version 1.20* DLC Makes my game crash. Can I convince you to update the game? 😆 Please? ### 4/5 — Great Game, but costly *2018-04-21, version 1.20* This is an amazing and very fun game. However it is a tad bit expensive for the content. I think all the DLCs should be included for free in this and then it will be a fair price. There should also be more playable countries such as Russia, China, India, at least 1 African country, etc. Other wise the cost should be 2/3 of this price. My rating for this is 6.5-7/10. I would definitely rate it higher if it was cheaper. ### 4/5 — Need electioneering mod *2018-04-08, version 1.20* What a great port; however, we REALLY need the electioneering mod available for this and the USA start position needs to be updated. ### 4/5 — Out of date *2018-03-20, version 1.20* This game is great but really hasn’t kept up with the PC and Mac versions of the game. Last update was 2 years ago and a new one is desperately needed ### 5/5 — Please update this app and add *2017-11-07, version 1.20* We need a few things to come available Federal reserve please or make more add on ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 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 ### 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. ### 1/5 — Where is Electioneering? *2020-02-22, version 1.20* It's missing some DLC, I've been looking forward to this for years... ### 1/5 — Mac desktop (PC) version? *2017-09-01, version 1.20* I downloaded the game, only option was through iTunes store. But it seems to be only for iOS. I don't have an iPhone or iPad to play it on, just my Mac AIr desktop. Where is the desktop version for Mac? ### 1/5 — I Want My Money Back *2016-07-17, version 1.20* Just purchased this game, and even though it is a text based game, it is, by far, the slowest game on my iPad. Every time I click any button, it takes about 30 seconds for the game to respond. When a text based game like Democracy 3 has that much lag time, it completely ruins the game. I want my money back because if I would have known it would be this bad, I never would have purchased the app. ### 1/5 — The game freezes too much! *2016-07-15, version 1.20* The game constantly freezes ### 1/5 — PLEASE PATCH THE LAG *2016-07-07, version 1.20* This is a fantastic game, but for a while now the game has so much lag, it's unplayable. Please fix! ### 1/5 — Not Worth It *2016-05-05, version 1.20* I wasted $10.00 dollars for this app. It has quite a few bugs and continuously shuts down. DO NOT purchase this game. Go buy something useful and exciting. ### 1/5 — Love game but laggy and battery drain *2016-04-17, version 1.20* Please fix laggy transitions and fix your code because this game turns my iPad Air 2 into a hot plate. I don't think it should be that intense on the cpu. ### 1/5 — Unplayable *2016-03-28, version 1.20* What a waste of money! Seriously don't bother... The game looks like it has so much potential but it simply doesn't work. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 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! ### 5/5 — Need 4 *2022-05-30, version 1.20* Love love love D3. NEED D4 for iOS !!! ### 5/5 — The best game ever *2021-05-14, version 1.20* I love this game I just wish there where more countries ### 5/5 — It would be nice *2020-05-09, version 1.20* It would be nice if you added more graphics ### 5/5 — Sandbox mode *2019-10-19, version 1.20* I played this game and I LOVED it! PLEASE ADD SANDBOX MODE! ### 5/5 — Great game *2019-09-20, version 1.20* Highly addicting, I love getting really involved in a game. Minor bug issues- sometimes game will crash randomly, which isn’t fun if you haven’t saved your progress for a few turns. Other than that, great game ### 5/5 — Needs update *2019-09-04, version 1.20* Great game and it took some time to get the hang of it but it seems like the app has been forgotten! ### 5/5 — Need more *2019-08-09, version 1.20* Took awhile to get the hang of but please give us more countries. I love this game!!! ### 5/5 — Release *2019-02-26, version 1.20* Please release democracy Africa --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-07-24.*