Do you really like Tinder? Would you like video gaming? Can you like politics? You should know that there’s a whole emerging game genre that mixes the playful swiping frenzy of Tinder with political simulation if you answered yes to at least two of these questions. Every thing started with Nerial’s Reigns (2016), as well as its youngest heir, Molleindustria’s Democratic Socialism Simulator (2020), shows how long these games can (and can’t) get.

Swipe to triumph

Into the Reigns series you play because the ruler of a kingdom attempting to satisfy your counselors’ and subjects’ demands. Various figures, represented by cards, arbitrarily appear though they can be played on a computer) before you and you are invited to reply in one of two ways, swiping their card either left or right (the games are designed with smartphones in mind, even.Continue reading→