Fun at first, then disappointment
This game has SO much potential. I really enjoyed it at first. 10 days into it anytime I try to do anything it just says “failed” and nothing works. It’s really a shame.
Potential
I think this game is great. There’s a few things that just confuses me. I feel like the cabinet members are somewhat non existent. They don’t really serve a purpose. I think it would be better if they were to all work in their respective departments then come back to the president with recommendations or decisions to make.
My next thing is the Air Force one menu, I think it would be cool to just let us visit any countries we want and have an objective of why we’re going there, is it for a summit, to meet with the other countries leader, ect instead of just limiting it to just those 4 countries there.
I don’t know if there’s a way congress could automatically send me a bill they worked on for me to sign or vetoed it or type in something and have the AI generate it into a bill that I want them to try and pass.
Military if possible I would like to see more of that. For example having a bit of a freedom to command the military.
That’s what I can think of so far, I would love more choices to use to make decisions, I want to be able to interact more with the cabinet members.
My next thing is the Air Force one menu, I think it would be cool to just let us visit any countries we want and have an objective of why we’re going there, is it for a summit, to meet with the other countries leader, ect instead of just limiting it to just those 4 countries there.
I don’t know if there’s a way congress could automatically send me a bill they worked on for me to sign or vetoed it or type in something and have the AI generate it into a bill that I want them to try and pass.
Military if possible I would like to see more of that. For example having a bit of a freedom to command the military.
That’s what I can think of so far, I would love more choices to use to make decisions, I want to be able to interact more with the cabinet members.
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Executive Orders Do Nothing
This game has so much potential but executive orders have no effect on anything or any stats. For example, I create an executive order to increase Supreme Court seats and it said it was in effect but nothing happened. Additionally, supreme court is always overturning my executive orders. There should be a news section. Then there should be a way to manage budget. And then when giving orders to different secretaries it really doesn’t do anything so I wish these changes come in effect.
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Not letting me in
I tried so many times to log in and its asking me to subscribe to a subscription but it was supposed to be free
Best political gaming sim in a while
I love political gaming simulators like these. The different options for your cabinet is amazing, and constant updates always make me feel the need to keep playing. MUST DOWNLOAD.
The best game in the world…. Almost.
I have left a review before, but this game is absolutely fantastic and your new expansion with all the different powers like speaking to the UN and everything you have done is just absolutely brilliant I am in awe of it. There is this odd glitch that will happen where I will execute a decision, and it will stay as an urgent matter, and I sometimes have to execute the decision sometimes up the 4 to 5 times and any small metric changes, like +2 public trust, -1 approval, still happen and so it can mess up my metrics very quickly, and another glitch will happen where it won’t let me out of certain rooms or departments or whatever you wanna call it. It happens often in the state department office or whatever; but the biggest thing that I need you to improve on is the fact that the cabinet members cannot give actual in-game advice! What I mean is they are fully answering as though they are in an actual cabinet and they work for the president and it is very realistic and very accurate and it is even hyper immersive, but they often will recommend strategies and things to me that I have no way of actually implementing due to, just the basic limitations of what buttons and stuff I have you know what I mean? They should keep the realism, but they should be able to genuinely help you navigate the game itself somewhat. I have ADHD, and so trying to master the user interface, while fun for exploring is frustrating when you were trying to implement the strategies that are very sound solid strategies, but are just simply not part of the game right now. That’s the other thing sometimes they will recommend things that aren’t even an active part of the game like they will talk about gathering a meeting where the national security council but it never happens and there is no direct way like there is for all the other things to go to the NSC. If I am wrong, and some of these things do exist (and there are other examples but they’re all of the same nature. I just can’t remember all of them right now) please feel free and let me know that, that option or “ button” exist, and how to get to it. If it helps, I have an iPhone 13 and it’s running on the latest iOS which is 26.5 or something I think great game man seriously, it is the best simulator I’ve ever experienced
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Incredible potential, surface level execution
This game could really be great, but once you get past the initial few interactions it devolves into repetitive slop. Actions are not nearly as realistic as you might anticipate. My last presidency ended with nuclear annihilating by ISIS somehow. Wish it was better, but for my wallet’s sake, glad it isn’t.
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Can’t try the game
There is no way to try the game before adding a payment method. I don’t even know if I want to play it and the first thing is paying for it?
Add trial before putting a payment option.
Add trial before putting a payment option.
Dang awesome…with work
It is a great overall game and very comphrehensive and I absolutely love it, but small things like the same crisis having different outcomes because it sometimes lags and you have to do it twice to make the “urgent matter” go away, the cabinet needs to be able to do more or I need to be told how to use them. I have asked them to form a whole cabinet meeting and present me with certain actions and things and they talk like it’s real but never do actually get back to me. But the idea is freaking amazing! With some (rather constant 😁) updating (like why can I now only advance the 1 day instead of the different options I use to have?) it could be the best U.S. president simulator I’ve ever seen (I’ve only played as U.S. and I also mean specifically for like authenticity and accuracy). LOVE IT
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Sign up impossible.
It’s impossible to sign up, I’m sure it’s a good game but I need to be able to play it
Unfinished AI weirdness
It’s a fun idea, but it fails in execution. Pretty clear Claude made it all. Has a bunch of “OSINT briefing” type of stuff that actually serves no gameplay purpose whatsoever. Same with conspiracy theory stuff. Full of bugs. Tries to sell you precious metals in a way that doesn’t even make it clear that it’s real and not part of the game (that line is frequently blurred.) You’re basically just roleplaying with Claude, so you might as well do that yourself directly instead of paying a subscription fee (LOL) for this. The only fun part is trying to break it further, since you’re constantly giving inputs to an AI. In my 30-minute session I appointed a dog as Secretary of HHS and signed an executive order casting a magic spell to max out my scores. (Neither has any meaningful gameplay impact. Almost nothing you do actually does.)
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Really🤨
So I gotta pay 3.99 a month just to play a mobile game,absurd imo
This could be a 5-star game
Hey! I love the idea of this app and I think you're doing a great thing. I'd love to contact you to talk about some of the more glaring flaws in the way the game is played. But, I am impressed by the idea.
Review of game
Great game and very responsive to ideas and improvements
Horrible pay-to-play subscription
You cannot even trial the game without paying. Normally, that would be fine, but instead of a one time purchase which I’d happily pay, it’s a gross subscription service. I will never pay a subscription to play.
Couldn't even play
pay to play
Would rate 0 stars if I could.
This game is a real pos to play, you can’t even use it without signing up for a horrid subscription, DEV IF YOU WANT TO MAKE SOMEWHAT POPULAR GAME YOU SHIULD HIDE IT BEHIND A PAYWALL.
Uninstalled!
Not paying no money
Direct engagement with allies and adversaries.
I haven’t been able to play with other players, and there should be an ability to increase relations with other nations individually. Your game is coming along well.
Response from developer
Following up to your second review, I will look into that. Because war is so unpredictable, the artificial intelligence that is built into this considers it that as well. Let me consider how I might improve military readiness. Thanks for playing the game though. Now I understand where all my AI tokens are going. Ha ha.! 😂 ****Update 4/27/2026 I took your advice and made the improvements today. The app will likely take a few days for Apple to approve the changes. ******* Hey, I really appreciate your feedback. I wasn’t expecting to see comments today because the app is fairly new. So thank you for leaving a comment. I would love to talk to you about what I can do to improve the app to make it more engaging. The app is driven by AI. That means that there will be some redundancy sometimes because I think the artificial intelligence wants to lean in a certain direction based on current events. But I can always tweak it. If you wanna talk to me about it, you can email me at support@therealpotus.com
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In my experience on an iPhone 14 it is very slow trying to skip to the next day or when making any action. I would like to see a decrease in wait time between basic gameplay
Response from developer
Thank you for your review. I fixed the next day feature to where it synced with the real calendar year. So each day you enter the app, it's a new day. Additionally, to address your concern over the time it takes to make a decision, I completely understand. I've made a few improvements without compromising the complexity of the app. Because it relies so much on AI, it needs to think before it processes. That way it keeps the game dynamic instead of having stale static information. The app not only using AI to keep up with global tensions but it also has a predictive engine built into it so that it can offer potential scenarios that have a high probability of happening. So with that added capability, it takes time to process a response. I'll see what I can do to improve it but I hope you understand what the app is doing on the backend.
