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0.21 Hotfix
Fixed bug that was causing the game to freeze upon the firing of the Bill Dashboard Tutorial.
Announcement1 changeFix - Political Arena
Political Arena 0.2 Is Live!
It's time for our first major Early Access update! We had originally planned to push this update much sooner, but first we needed to get our house in order. Our long-term commitment to bringing a full-fledged political…
Patch notes23 changesFixGameplay - Political Arena
Leveling Up Legislation / Catalyzing Career Mode
Howdy! My last update promised more frequent updates and then... went quiet for a long time. Before we can switch into smaller, more regular updates, we needed to get a massive update done – and I didn't want to surface…
Patch notes6 changesGameplayBalance - Political Arena
New Year's Resolution: More Frequent Content Updates
Happy (....🤷) 2026! It's been just over four months since Political Arena launched into Early Access, and the holidays provided a good opportunity to take stock of how things are going. You may have noticed I've pushed…
Announcement4 changesGameplayPerformance - Political Arena
0.153 Update: Bug Fixes
Fixed character creator settings issue that disconnected partisanship, dogamitism, presidential party and ideology inputs from game settings. Fixed UI glitch in Character Creator that caused skill sliders to start out i…
Announcement3 changesFixUI/audio - Political Arena
0.152: Minor Update
Hello one and all! Two small fixes: Fixed ui bug where partisan breakdowns weren't being properly registered in a new game. Rewired to properly handle ironman mode / Steam Achievements
Announcement1 changeFixUI/audio - Political Arena
0.151 Update: 2Bugs2Fixed
Happy bizarro week. Two small but key fixes: - Changed how the game tracks whether legislating has begun on January 3, 2025. Certain edge cases would lead to the game thinking legislating hadn't begun and cause things t…
Announcement1 changeFix - Political Arena
0.15 Update: Staff!
0.15 Update: Staff! Hiya! Let’s cut to the chase: we just pushed our 0.15 update, and as “regular updates” go, it’s a biggie. First and foremost, 0.15 introduces staff to Political Arena. Staff are arguably the most inv…
Event9 changesPerformanceGameplay - Political Arena
Bits and Pieces: One Month of Early Access!
Political Arena has been in Early Access for one month. Yes, it was a long gestation, and our newborn is keeping us up at night, but when we gaze upon its tangled web of ambitions, outsized personalities, moral ambiguit…
Patch notes2 changesCompatibility - Political Arena
0.13 Hotfix
Small fix introducing logic to sanitize save file names to ensure they're valid for both Windows and macOS. Players were reporting crashes due to save file names with invalid characters.
Announcement - Political Arena
Political Arena 0.12 Notes: Achievements! Save System Fixes!
G’day! I just pushed our latest update. Gameplay updates Ironman/Steam Achievements added. Point tracking added to character creator. Cannot enable achievements going over point allotment. Vote window post-vote recap no…
Patch notes9 changesGameplayPerformance - Political Arena
Unstable 0.12 Notes
Political Arena Unstable 0.12 Notes Ironman/Steam Achievements added Point tracking added to character creator. Cannot enable achievements going over point allotment. Committee windows now show a breakdown of the issues…
Patch notes4 changesGameplayPerformance - Political Arena
Week one of Political Arena and Steam Political Sim Fest!
Political Arena creator Eliot Nelson here. It’s been a week since Political Arena launched into Early Access and I wanted to take a moment from fixing bugs and building out the next updates to say "thank you" and...wow.…
Event2 changes - Political Arena
Unstable Branch Update
Having weird vote issues? Give this a try. To switch to the unstable branch, right click on Political Arena in your Steam library, select "Betas" and choose "unstable" from the dropdown. No password required. Updated tr…
Event3 changesFixUI/audio - Political Arena
Hotfix 0.11 Update
PROBLEM SOLVERS CAUCUS....ACTIVATE Created an unstable branch for people to try out experimental fixes and features. To access it, right click Political Arena in your library, bring up the properties window, go to betas…
Patch notes2 changesUI/audioGameplay - Political Arena
Political Arena is in Early Access!
Political Arena has launched in Early Access! Our first release is all about the people, power and politics that drive Congress and the legislative process. Play as any senator or representative for a term of Congress a…
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