Ballot Box: Political Game

Your voters have faces now. Win them, pass your laws, run the country, then carry on as your heir.

Run for council. Survive the scandals. Run the country.

You are twenty-two, you have strong opinions, and you are handing out leaflets in the rain. Forty years from now you could be Prime Minister. Or you could be in exile abroad, starting again.

Ballot Box is a political career simulator set in a fictional country. Pick a party, decide what you stand for, and climb: councillor, mayor, Member of Parliament, minister, party leader, Prime Minister.

YOUR VOTERS HAVE FACES Workers, the middle class, business, the young and pensioners each smile or scowl at you. Keep three of them happy and you win elections. Every choice shows who it pleases and who it angers before you make it.

QUICK CALLS AND BIG DECISIONS Swipe through quick calls in seconds, then face the decisions that shape a career: bills, scandals, promises and the people who remember what you did.

ELECTION NIGHT Make a promise, beat your rival in the debate, then watch the count come in ward by ward. Lose by 200 votes and you will feel it.

RUN THE COUNTRY As minister and Prime Minister you set budgets, pass laws, survive crises and build one grand project. Five national meters show how the country is doing, and the voters notice.

A LIFE STORY, NOT ONE CAREER When a career ends, carry on: as your child with your surname and your enemies, as your partner in the same city, or flee abroad and start again in a new country. Collect ribbons and endings, and come back for the Daily Ballot.

• Now in English and French • Fictional country, parties and people • Every career free to play, start to finish • No ads, no timers, no energy, works offline