Comparison

Demagogue vs Republic

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Demagogue

A satirical roguelike political simulation game where you found a party, form coalitions, and pass laws. Make idealistic or pragmatic decisions to lead your country to prosperity, but beware of the consequences. Offers multiple game modes to test your leadership skills.

Highlights
  • Found your own political party
  • Form coalitions and occupy ministries
  • Pass laws and campaign through elections
  • Multiple game modes: Campaign, Free Play, Sandbox
  • Satirical commentary on politics and society
  • Consequential decision-making
Features
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Have you always thought while reading the news: "How hard can governing actually be?" WELCOME TO DEMAGOGUE The satirical political simulator and roguelike strategy game. From a political nobody to the german Chancellor's office: start your own party, forge fragile coalitions, negotiate ministries, and pass laws. Whether you govern idealistically, pragmatically, populistically, or completely immune to advice is up to you. YOUR TASKS: • Build a party: Choose a name and color, and fight your way through elections. • Negotiate coalitions: Secure majorities, even when it hurts. • Pass laws: From a "butter knife ban" to tax reform. You dictate policy. • Manage crises: React to absurd events (what to do with a stranded whale?) and keep an eye on the Kebab Price Index. • Cut deals: Navigate between lobbying, corruption, and state finances. • Juggle your private life: Answer chat messages. Negotiate the particular political interests of your family and best friend, which directly influence your decisions. FOUR GAME MODES: • Campaign: The guided intro with a story. (Free to play) • Free Play: Govern for as long as possible and test how stable your political era really is. • Sandbox: Freely customize starting conditions, parties, and rules to simulate custom scenarios. • Duel: Challenge your friends. Everyone creates their own party, and whoever stays in power longer wins. Politics is rarely rosy. Most of the time, it's frustrating, messy, and full of compromises. Experience the dirty reality of holding power firsthand. How long will you stay in power? Will you hold on to your values - or will you use the tempting tools of populism? Download Demagogue now and find out!

About

Republic

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Democracy is in your hands. Totally free. Entirely playable offline. Republic is a single-player, turn-based democracy simulator for iPhone and iPad, with support for iPhone Duo. Run a fictional United States, reform 244 policies, balance the budget and face the voters. The whole game is free: no ads, subscriptions or in-app purchases. America is yours to reform. Unfortunately, the voters are still included. MAKE YOUR CASE Choose your president and party, customize starting conditions, and pick a difficulty. Keep the default cabinet or assemble your own. Set optional campaign promises, then decide how to deliver them. REFORM, COMPROMISE, REPEAT Explore 244 policy controls across seven departments. Privatize or nationalize, cut taxes or expand public services, strengthen diplomacy or fund the military. Political capital is limited, reforms take time, and even your supporters have opinions. FOLLOW THE MONEY Trace income, spending, debt and interest in interactive budget breakdowns. Open the policies behind the numbers. Popular promises still arrive with invoices. HEAR THE COUNTRY Read cabinet letters, respond to political dilemmas and follow fictional public posts. Track national trends, understand voter groups and see how your decisions shape your political compass. FACE THE VOTE Watch election night unfold across the US map. Build a coalition that lasts, recover from an unpopular choice or discover that doing nothing was also a choice. KEEP EXPERIMENTING Earn local milestones and political-path achievements. Keep multiple presidencies with autosaves and manual saves. Play offline, choose light or dark appearance, and adjust sound, haptics and motion preferences. PLAY ANYWHERE, EVEN OFFLINE Run your country on the train, on a flight or wherever your next idea strikes. No internet connection, account or advertising gets between you and your presidency. A BIGGER VIEW OF YOUR COUNTRY Play on iPhone, settle in with iPad or open iPhone Duo for more room to weigh your next decision. Keep your choices and presidency with you as you turn the screen or open Duo. Republic is a fictional simulation, not a forecast or an endorsement of any political view. Privacy Policy: https://republicsim.com/privacy/ Terms & Product Notes: https://republicsim.com/terms/ Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Demagogue4 screens
Republic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Republic at none against Demagogue's 1. Demagogue's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Demagogue sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Republic asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Demagogue versus Republic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDemagogueRepublic
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews92.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB22 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperMael PicornellRuben Gueorguiev

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Demagogue

One-time1
  • Volksvertreter Full Version$3.99
None

Republic

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Demagogue free?
Demagogue is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Republic free?
Republic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Demagogue or Republic have ads?
Neither Demagogue nor Republic shows ads.

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