Is Career of the President free?

Yes — Career of the President is free to play, so you can install and play it without buying anything.

Is Career of the President Steam Deck verified?

Yes. Valve has tested Career of the President and rates it Verified: it runs well on Steam Deck out of the box, with default controls and readable text.

Can I play Career of the President on Mac?

Not natively — Steam lists no macOS version of Career of the President. Mac players would need a cloud gaming service or a Windows compatibility layer.

Is Career of the President multiplayer?

No — Steam lists Career of the President as single-player only.

Is Career of the President on PC Game Pass?

No — Career of the President is not on PC Game Pass right now.

Career of the President

Name: Career of the President
Brand: WagnerGameLab
Availability: InStock

WagnerGameLab · July 27, 2021 · Old School, Casual, Simulation, Interactive Fiction, 1980s

Career of the President is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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About Career of the President

The game is based on President, the game I used to play, when I was in high school, and then when I was a student.

I loved it so much that I have tried to preserve its unique atmosphere of a late 80's text-based game.

Each turn is one action, one month will pass in the game.

At the beginning of the turn, you see the current financial state, by choosing an action, you will receive the result at the end of the turn.

You need to choose the actions that will lead to victory by clicking on the game menu:
- participate in elections
- hire subordinates
- Buy or sell real estate property
- buy or sell an enterprise
- buy or sell shares
- take a loan or open a deposit in a bank
- you can just have fun with a chance to win

You don't have to make quick decisions or wait for the next step.

The game can be stopped at any time in order to resume it later from the moment the game was stopped.

To win you need to buy all the property and businesses, hire all the specialists, accumulate a million in your bank account and win presidential elections.

Career of the President — game info

Platforms: Windows
Steam Deck: Verified
Player modes: Single-player
PC Game Pass: Not included

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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Not recommended Jul 20, 2022

Its trash

3 found this helpful

Not recommended Dec 4, 2021

[h1]#tinygamereviews[/h1] Looks, reads, and plays like the first draft of a project that was abandoned after release. [list] [*][b][u]Overall Score[/u][/b]: 1/5 [/list] [hr][/hr] [h1]Full Review[/h1] [table] [tr] [td]Playability[/td] [td]2/5[/td] [td]Maybe there's more entertainment to be had if you can figure out how things work. It's never explained at all.[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Difficulty[/td] [td]3/5[/td] [td]No explanation of anything in the game means a lot of potentially-pointless trial-and-error.[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Graphics[/td] [td]1/5[/td] [td]It looks pretty [i]bad[/i].[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Sound[/td] [td]0/5[/td] [td]Nope.[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Story & Writing[/td] [td]2/5[/td] [td]It's well-conceived but poorly-written.[/td] [/tr] [/table] It's...a thing. Once you get past the super-ugly UI and the lack of explanation for any of the game mechanics whatsoever, it can be kind of entertaining. [i]Kind of.[/i] [table equalcells=1] [tr] [th]BEST[/th] [th]WORST[/th] [/tr] [tr] [td]I…

3 found this helpful

Recommended Mar 20, 2023

[h1]Before I played Career of the President, I had a small pp, no friends, no gf, depression, and no life. These things havent changed, but the game is pretty good[/h1]

1 found this helpful

Recommended Jun 4, 2025

Is this game good? well let me put it this way, if you would like to go bankrupt after buying an car, and then your financial advisor unalives themselves every year, this is the perfect game for you!

Recommended Dec 14, 2024

I love this game Best 90 minutes of my life

Recommended May 5, 2024

Why yes i do like going bankrupt after buying a car why do you ask?

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