Secret Government

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About the Game Secret Government is a global strategy game about secret societies where you won’t rule countries as a king but as a kingmaker. You’ll lead the Brotherhood - an organization that juggles the whole world.

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Developer:
GameTrek
Publisher:
1C Entertainment
Engine:
Unity
Release date:
15 April 2021
Recent Steam reviews:
Not specified
All Steam reviews:
Mixed (246)

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About the Game

Secret Government is a global strategy game about secret societies where you won’t rule countries as a king but as a kingmaker. You’ll lead the Brotherhood - an organization that juggles the whole world. The key feature of the game is the manipulation of powers. Instead of giving direct orders, the Brotherhood provokes countries into doing what the Brothers want.

Secret Government is a global strategy game about a secret society that has been discreetly ruling humanity for hundreds of years. You won’t lead any particular country, but the Brotherhood - an organization that manipulates the whole world.

The ultimate goal of the Brotherhood is a new world order. At the start of the game, you’ll choose the image of the world that you want to create as a Grand Master.

You will be sending your agents to various countries, looking for a way to recruit public servants and infiltrate power institutions.

You can manipulate one country or several at the same time using different combinations. You will be able to change the ruling power of the countries, their ideology, the well-being of estates, push countries to start wars or stop them.

All masters have their own unique features and abilities. You can choose what traits to develop, the way you want to develop them, and select the best brothers for a particular task.

Besides you, there is another global brotherhood that wants to change the world their way. This brotherhood recruits members of the government and manipulates countries too. You’ll often run into brothers in red robes, but don’t rush to attack them. Sometimes their actions can come in handy depending on the situation.

Act discreetly and carefully, otherwise, the government or another brotherhood will expose you.

You can’t attack a country in the game, but you can provoke war, peace, or alliance.

The well-being of the population and how wealthy the country can be depend on the economy. You can influence production, resource consumption by different estates or industries, and trade between countries.

Countries and people are alike. They are divided by estates, they have their own role in society, their own values and needs. They can be born, die, migrate and move from estate to estate. As long as you influence people, you’ll affect the country and its role in the world.

Everything is all connected in the game. For example, the shortage of steel for the production of weapons affects the combat power of the country. An attempt to increase the army to compensate for the decrease in combat power leads to the mobilization of peasants. A decrease in the number of peasants reduces the volume of food production, and this affects the extinction or migration of other estates, such as artisans. Artisans work in industries and produce luxury goods for export that replenish the country's treasury. As a result, any decision made triggers a chain of consequences. The art of the Grand Master lies in his ability to change the world in the right direction, balancing on the edge and taking into account all the connections.

You won’t be playing for a country, but juggling the whole world. There are two historical periods available in the game: 1685 and 1775, including the political and territorial division of those years.

If you’re still not ready to build your new world order in a free play, then you can try on the role of the Grand Master in story campaigns. There are two campaigns in the game at the moment: the glorious revolution in England and the struggle of the thirteen colonies for independence in the New World. In each game mission, you’ll interfere in the main conflict of the period and move the world in the same direction as it happened in real life or change the story in your own way.

You can carry out a cunning plan in the game

You won’t be playing for a country, but juggling the whole world. Define the role of different countries in the new world order, infiltrate their governments and start changing laws. Like puppets, countries will fulfill your will.

indirect Impact On the Countries

Countries act depending on the laws adopted in the country, the ideology of the ruling political party, its form of government, as well as military, public and economic policies. By manipulating them you will change the behavior of the country.

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

OS *:
Windows 7/Windows 8/Windows 10
Processor:
Intel Core i5-3470
Memory:
8 GB RAM
Graphics:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
DirectX:
Version 11
Storage:
9 GB available space
Sound Card:
Direct X - compatible soundcard

recommended*

OS *:
Windows 7/Windows 8/Windows 10
Processor:
Intel Core i7-6770
Memory:
16 GB RAM
Graphics:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
DirectX:
Version 11
Storage:
9 GB available space
Sound Card:
Direct X - compatible soundcard

User reviews

micro102
Not recommended | 11 Mar 2024
19.5h played

This game was abandoned, and isn't even functional. They messed up their math in multiple spots and your ledgers do not give accurate numbers, and some numbers that read negative are actually positive, and vice versa.

Helpful: 18
coler
Not recommended | 02 Sept 2023
14.3h played

Game abandoned by Devs. Last update from them in 2022, shouldn't have left early access. Good concept, lack of tutorials and poor VA work are major draw backs.

Helpful: 22
Thamalandis
Not recommended | 27 Jul 2024
38.6h played

Summary: 2/10 - A delight for masochists which look fondly on the patchless era of the 80's and early 90's Secret Government is a game in a niche which is rarely filled and stands among hidden gems and giants like "Evil

Helpful: 16
The Vet
Not recommended | 28 May 2024
25.3h played

I put so much faith in this. Enjoyed the concept, tried to get into it and learn the ropes for a while. Unfortunately, the developers didn't fix key problems with the game and eventually abandoned it. It's a pity,

Helpful: 13
Fuyu Yuki
Not recommended | 17 Feb 2023
5.8h played

Unfortunately, Secret Government is one of those games that probably looked better on paper than it turned out to be in practice. It looks similar to Europa Universalis, although the game mechanics are different and I'm

Helpful: 17
cwalen
Not recommended | 14 Aug 2022
27.6h played

Great promise, just doesn't seem to have been more than half finished. Linux support is still crap. The developers have moved on to other projects maybe because mostly building an interface around a cool idea is easier

Helpful: 12