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StateOS: The Political Sandbox

Also known as StateOS: The Political Sandbox, sps, stateos political sandbox

The political sandbox game where you build a career from the city council to the presidency. Authentic electoral systems, government departments, pass legislation, and a unique news landscape. Create custom scenarios, parties, and politicians in this data-driven democracy simulator.

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31 Jul 2026

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Patch notesPublished 23d ago

v0.20.2 Custom Scenarios, Parties, and Steam Workshop Support!

Ahead Of Schedule Hi everyone, another update from me. 0.2 is ahead of schedule and probably will release on August 30th instead of the original September 30th date. But I may still delay it if I need more time to test…

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26 updates

July 2026
Welcome To Germany A German campaign needs two ballots, overlapping administrative and electoral geographies, party lists, coalition government, parliamentary executives, Land governments, and a federal chamber whose me…v0.218 changesFixMaps23 Jul 2026
After enough testing, I found no remaining bugs on my end and made enough tweaks to push through with this version of 0.1. You will notice major changes with the game. From the UI, to the removed features. Gameplay is t…v0.15 changesUI/audioGameplay19 Jul 2026
Hi everyone, since 0.1 is essentially about finished for now, I'm doing the last rounds of play testing, some minor changes, I figured I'd showcase some of the features in 0.2 that I've begun working on already. I'm goi…v0.24 changesGameplayUI/audio16 Jul 2026
General Notes Hi everyone, been a bit since the last progress update but I have a lot to share. The update is essentially finished as of July 15th. I could release it early, but I'm doing final rounds of any rare bugs t…v0.111 changesUI/audioBalance15 Jul 2026
June 2026
StateOS v0.1 Foundation Alpha Release Date Hi everyone, I have another update regarding the new update and looking at my progress giving myself a lot of extra time in case I'd need it, the release date is planned for Ju…v0.17 changesGameplayUI/audio19 Jun 2026
StateOS v0.1 Foundation Alpha Coming SoonA New Stable Version Of The Game Hi everyone, as I mentioned in April, I'd be working on a update of the game roughly being released in July. I'm on track to meet that and also as mentioned before this is not a content…Eventv0.121 changesGameplayMaps08 Jun 2026
April 2026
StateOS Development Update April 20thHi everyone, Haven't posted or been around in a while so I figured I'd drop a status update on the game. I'm still working on the project, but I'm going to be taking things slower and also much more seriously. In July I…Announcement3 changesGameplayPerformance21 Apr 2026
March 2026
Bug Fixes: Lobbying groups needs full data instead of a - or N/A. Influence also seems like a placeholder. All news outlets have 0% influence. Key journalists are just their name without any other info about them. Selec…v0.0.3423 changesFixGameplay11 Mar 2026
January 2026
V0.0.34 Early Look January 31st PatchFixes: Fixed every politician and candidate from having default values for ideology and stances. Fixed Party Name Not Saved When Creating Party Manually In Election Simulator. Fixed Election Date Displays as "0/0/0" In…Eventv0.0.3439 changesFixUI/audio31 Jan 2026
Fixes: Fixed FPTP elections from doing equal distribution vote wise due to not being able to fetch polling data and other scores. Now you can expect more realistic elections instead of always tight races that are about…v0.0.3427 changesFixGameplay26 Jan 2026
Fixes: Worked on fixing the Scenario Editor for party popularity distribution it was doing a fallback where everything was set to 20%. Changed the region editor UI to use tabs instead of the dropdown. Worked on a way to…v0.0.349 changesFixGameplay21 Jan 2026

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