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Martes Game Studio · Published by Martes Game Studio
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Last updated 28 Sept 2026
A turn-based strategy card game where up to 4 players compete for votes across real-world maps. Play cards, control cities, dominate regions, and outsmart your rivals to win the election. 7 maps, 4 unique parties, and dynamic disaster events.
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Indie, Strategy, Early Access, Casual · 2026 · More under £5 games
About this game
Election Train is a multiplayer turn-based strategy card game where you lead a political party to victory across real-world maps.
Compete for Every Vote
Play cards to gain votes in cities, steal from opponents, and build your resource engine. Each card costs energy and resources — plan your moves wisely. Every city you control brings you closer to winning the election.
7 Real-Country Maps
Campaign across Turkey (81 cities), Europe (37 countries), USA (48 states), France, Spain, United Kingdom, and Germany. Each map offers a unique strategic challenge with different city connections and regional dynamics.
4 Unique Parties
Choose your political party, each with a distinct passive ability:
Faith Front — Loyal Voters: Each turn, adds +1 vote to one city in a close race (within 5 votes) — including cities you're behind in, helping you catch up.
Prosperity Party — Rich Economy: Each turn, adds +1 to one of your material types that has dropped to zero (prevents shortages).
Iron Guard — Iron Bulwark: Vote attacks from cards are 10% weaker against you (5% while you're the overall leader; disasters are not reduced). In Population mode it shores up to 3 cities each turn; in City-count mode it instead seizes the closest contested city you don't yet lead, pushing it to a small lead.
Reform Alliance — Populist Surge: Each turn, spreads votes to up to 4 cities you don't lead (favoring low-population and close races), then secures your contested city closest to a locked lead by up to +1.5 votes.
Dynamic Events
Random disaster events shake up every match — economic crises, public uprisings, scandals, and more. Adapt your strategy or get left behind.
Mini-Games
Every few rounds, the leading player faces a challenger in a 1v1 mini-game. Win to steal votes, lose and fall behind. Four different mini-game types keep things fresh.
Multiple Ways to Win
Population Mode — Win by total weighted vote count
City Count Mode — Control more than half the cities to claim victory
Features
Up to 4 players online via Steam
Bot AI opponents for solo or mixed play
150+ unique cards with strategic depth
Region dominance bonuses
Interactive tutorial
English and Turkish language support
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
- Processor: Intel Core i3 / AMD Ryzen 3
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX 11 compatible GPU with 1 GB VRAM
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 500 MB available space
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10/11 (64-bit)
- Processor: Intel Core i5 / AMD Ryzen 5
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX 11 compatible GPU with 2 GB VRAM
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 500 MB available space
Supported Languages
Latest news
AnnouncementsOfficial
Check Out Our Latest Election Train Gameplay Video!
Check out our latest Election Train gameplay video!Capture regions, collect votes, manage your cards and resources, and outplay your opponents to take control of the map.Watch the full gameplay here:Election Train is a turn-based political strategy card game where every decision can change the balance of the map.Read full article on Community Announcements (Martes)Patch NotesOfficial
🔧 Hotfix Is Live — v1.3.3
Greetings, Candidates! This update brings small but satisfying touches that make the game smoother and fairer: clearly seeing when your turn is blocked, a control-key reminder, a smarter dice mechanic, and a few fixes. Good luck at the polls! 🗳️ 🌟 New Features 🚫 Turn-Blocked Warning — When a card blocks your turn, a clear "TURN BLOCKED" badge now appears above your hand, so you instantly see why your turn is being skipped. ⌨️ Start-Screen Control Hints — The game's start screen now reminds you what the shortcut keys do: Ctrl (show your own vote %), Tab (toggle vote badges), Alt (enlarge a card), H (reset the camera). ⚖️ Balance & Improvements 🎲 Smarter Dice Mechanic — When you have no playable card (and enough energy), you can keep rolling the dice instead of being stuck with a single roll — until a card becomes playable. If you already have a playable card at the start of your turn, the dice is still once per turn. 👾 SpaceMash Rebalanced — Beating the bot is still hard, but now genuinely possible; a determined player has a real chance. 🐛 Bug Fixes ⏱️ Unlimited (∞) Turn Indicator — The unlimited-turn timer symbol wasn't rendering on some systems (notably macOS); it now displays correctly everywhere. 💬 Direct-Message (DM) Recipient List — Fixed the chat DM target list where names didn't appear / couldn't be selected. The list now opens upward and the options display clearly. ✨ Various UI and stability improvements. Keep playing, and let us know if you spot anything off — we're on it. Have fun, and good luck at the ballot box! 🚂🗳️Read full article on Community Announcements (Martes)Patch NotesOfficial
🚂 ElecTrain 1.3.1 Update Is Live
Greetings, Candidates! We're keeping the momentum going after offline play: this update adds new turn options, a smoother UI, fairer mini-games, and fixes for many of the issues you reported. Good luck at the polls! 🗳️ 🌟 New Features ♾️ Unlimited (∞) Turn Timer — A new option for the turn timer. Remove the time limit entirely and plan your strategy at your own pace. 💡 In-Game Party Passive Tooltip — A reminder of your party's passive ability is now available right inside the match. 🎯 See Your Own Vote % with CTRL — Hold CTRL to view your own vote percentage on the city pucks. A new tutorial step explains how. 🎬 Game-Over Razor-Thin Highlight — The end screen now marks cities won or lost by a razor-thin margin with a dedicated indicator. ⚖️ Balance & Improvements 🛡️ Mini-games now protect the leader — If the leader wins the mini-game, they can't extend their lead any further (only protect it); votes are transferred only when the challenger wins. Leader selection is now game-mode aware too. 👾 Rebalanced bot difficulty in the SpaceMash mini-game for a fairer fight. 🤝 Team/coalition UI overhaul: shared materials and per-member rows in the player tooltip, member avatars and material icons in the opponent picker, and cleaner lobby podium labels and alignment. 🐛 Bug Fixes 🃏 Fixed the REMAINING scenarios where cancelling a card with ESC could duplicate it (including the underlying root cause that occurred while dragging and reordering your hand). 🔊 Fixed the train sound being far too loud. 🖱️ Fixed city hover-highlight disappearing in some matches. 📊 Fixed votes from party passives not being reflected on screen immediately ("phantom percentage"). 🎵 Mini-game result sound now plays in sync with the animation. ↩️ Fixed a cancelled card returning to the wrong slot when targeting an opponent. 💬 Fixed name and color display issues in the direct-message (DM) dropdown. 🗺️ Fixed how Cyprus is displayed on the Europe map. 🏷️ Region names now display correctly everywhere. ✨ Various U...Read full article on Community Announcements (Martes)Patch NotesOfficial
🚂 Update Is Live — v1.2.8
Greetings, Candidates! This update brings what you asked for most: you can now play without an internet connection and pick up right where you left off. We also squashed an annoying card bug. Good luck at the polls! 🗳️ 🌟 New Features 📴 Offline Play — Play a full match solo against bots with no internet connection required. Normal, Party, and Coalition modes are all supported. Just set the lobby visibility to "Offline" when creating a game — play on a plane, on the road, anywhere! 💾 Resume Where You Left Off — Your offline games are auto-saved every turn. Even if you close the game, the "RESUME" button on the main menu continues from exactly where you stopped — votes, materials, cards in hand, everything is right where it was. 🔧 Fixes 🃏 Card drag bug fixed — The "ghost/clone card" and frozen-hand issue that appeared when pressing ESC while dragging a card has been fully resolved.Read full article on Community Announcements (Martes)Patch NotesOfficial
🔧 Hotfix Is Live — v1.2.7
Hello, Honorable Candidates! We've shipped a small but meaningful balance update. Thank you for your feedback! 🙏 ⚖️ Balance Fix ⚖️ Balance adjustment — Reviewed and fine-tuned game balance for a fairer, more even experience. Keep playing and let us know if you spot any issues. Good luck out there, and may the ballots be in your favor! 🗳️Read full article on Community Announcements (Martes)
