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Function Labs Limited · Published by Function Labs · Official site ↗
Content notice: Crisis Cabinet contains mature political and crisis-management themes, including text-based references to war, civil unrest, coups, terrorism, corruption, economic collapse, public disorder, casualties and national emergencies. Violence is presented through strategy events, reports, news-style summaries and consequences rather than graphic depictions. The game does not contain sexual content, nudity, explicit gore, self-harm, gambling, or real-money in-game purchases.
4 user reviews — 75% positive (4 reviews)
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
Lead a nation through elections, unrest, war, scandals and economic collapse in this turn-based political strategy simulation. Spend political capital, manage budgets, survive crises and decide how far you’ll go to stay in power.
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Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access · 2026 · More £5 - £15 games
About this game
Can you survive the pressure of power?
Crisis Cabinet is a turn-based political strategy simulation where you lead a nation through elections, unrest, scandals, economic pressure, war and national emergencies.
Every turn gives you limited political capital and too many problems to solve. Raise taxes or cut spending. Fund healthcare, defence, policing, welfare, education or infrastructure. Respond to crises before they spiral out of control. Keep the public on side, hold your party together, and watch for the warning signs of unrest, collapse or coup.
Rule through crisis
As leader, you will face a constantly shifting political landscape. Voters have expectations, budgets have limits, and every decision creates consequences. A popular policy may damage the economy. A tough security response may restore order but hurt legitimacy. Ignoring a crisis may save resources now but create a much bigger problem later.
Key features
- Turn-based political strategy across multiple terms in office
- Manage political capital, public support, stability, legitimacy and unrest
- Set national budgets across key government departments
- Respond to crises including scandals, protests, economic shocks and security threats
- Fight elections and balance competing voter groups
- Handle war, diplomacy and national emergencies
- Survive long enough to shape your legacy — or fall from power
Early Access
Crisis Cabinet is launching in Early Access so players can help shape the balance, pacing, scenarios and long-term depth of the game. The core game is focused on political decision-making, crisis management and emergent storytelling, with further improvements planned during development.
A strategy game about consequences
There are no perfect choices. Every policy has a cost. Every crisis has a political price. Every compromise changes the country you are trying to lead.
The question is not just whether you can win power.
The question is whether you can survive it.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10/11 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5 or equivalent
- Memory: 8192 MB MB RAM
- Graphics: Dedicated or modern integrated graphics
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 1000 MB MB available space
- Sound Card: Windows compatible audio device
- Additional Notes: Keyboard and mouse recommended.
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Supported Languages
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Crisis Cabinet: Major Update — 3 New Scenarios & 18 Languages
Crisis Cabinet just received its biggest update yet. We’ve been listening to player feedback and continuing to expand and improve the game throughout Early Access.🗳️ Three New ScenariosTake on three new political crises, each designed to make greater use of Crisis Cabinet’s expanding systems:Cabinet in Revolt Your own government is turning against you. Hold the Cabinet together, regain control and decide who you can still trust.Election Night: Dead Heat The country has voted — but there is no clear winner. Navigate an intensely unstable political landscape where every decision could determine who governs.The Broken Mandate You may technically be in power, but your authority is collapsing. Rebuild support, survive political challenges and find a way to govern without a reliable mandate.⚙️ Four New FeaturesThis update introduces four new gameplay features, adding more depth, more choices and more ways for events to develop during a campaign.The new scenarios have been built specifically to make use of these expanded mechanics rather than simply adding new starting conditions.🌍 Now Available in 18 LanguagesCrisis Cabinet has received a major localisation expansion and can now be played in 18 languages, making the game accessible to considerably more players around the world.🔧 Major Fixes & ImprovementsWe’ve also completed a substantial round of QA, balancing and optimisation, including improvements to:Saving and loadingGame stabilityPerformance and responsivenessElections and pollingEconomic and political systemsScenario progressionUI and usabilityGeneral balancingLocalisation throughout the gameWe’re continuing to develop Crisis Cabinet during Early Access, and player feedback is directly helping shape what comes next.Thank you to everyone playing, reviewing, streaming and sending us feedback.Your Cabinet is waiting.Read full article on Community Announcements (Gavscooby)Patch NotesOfficial
Post-Launch Update — Built From Your Feedback
## Update — New Features & Bug Fixes A further update is now live for **Crisis Cabinet**, bringing new functionality alongside a number of important bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements. 🆕 New Features * **4-Slot Save System** — You can now manually save your campaign into one of four persistent save slots. * **Load Game** — A new Load Game option has been added to the main menu. * **In-Game Saving** — Save your current campaign directly while playing. * **Persistent Saves** — Manual saves remain available after closing and restarting the game. * **Save Information** — Save slots contain campaign information to help identify each game. * **Overwrite Protection** — You'll be warned before replacing an existing save. * **Safer Save Loading** — Improved handling of damaged or incompatible save data. 🐛 Major Bug Fixes * **Fixed the post-war end-game bug** that could cause problems with campaign progression after a war concluded. * **Fixed an election bug** affecting election progression and outcomes. * **Fixed pop-up and modal windows not closing correctly** — the X/close controls should now work properly across affected screens. * Improved close behaviour on full-screen outcome, milestone and landmark-style screens. * Fixed instances where polling and popularity calculations could display **NaN%**. * Added safer handling for missing or incomplete voter-bloc data. * Improved numerical safeguards to prevent invalid percentage values appearing in the UI. * Improved feedback when attempting cabinet actions without enough Political Capital. * Improved protection against UI errors caused by incomplete game-state data. * Additional stability and quality-of-life fixes across the game. 🎮 Gameplay & Systems * Save/load now restores the wider campaign state rather than only basic progress. * Scenario campaign progress is retained when saving and loading. * Cabinet, elections, economy, diplomacy, crises, war and government systems have been checked alongside the updated game...Read full article on Community Announcements (Gavscooby)Patch NotesOfficial
Early Access Update — Save System, Major Fixes & Improvements
Update — New Features & Bug FixesA sizeable post-launch update is now live for Crisis Cabinet, bringing new functionality alongside a number of important fixes and quality-of-life improvements.🆕 New Features4-Slot Save System — You can now manually save your campaign into one of four persistent save slots.Load Game — A new Load Game option has been added to the main menu.In-Game Saving — Save your current campaign directly while playing.Persistent Saves — Manual saves remain available after closing and restarting the game.Save Information — Save slots contain campaign information to help identify each game.Overwrite Protection — You'll be warned before replacing an existing save.Safer Save Loading — Improved handling of damaged or incompatible save data.🐛 Major Bug FixesFixed the post-war end-game bug that could cause problems with campaign progression after a war concluded.Fixed an election bug affecting election progression and outcomes.Fixed instances where polling and popularity calculations could display NaN%.Added safer handling for missing or incomplete voter-bloc data.Improved numerical safeguards to prevent invalid percentage values appearing in the UI.Improved feedback when attempting cabinet actions without enough Political Capital.Improved modal and popup close behaviour, including full-screen outcome and milestone screens.Improved protection against UI errors caused by incomplete game-state data.Additional stability and quality-of-life fixes across the game.🎮 Gameplay & SystemsSave/load now restores the wider campaign state rather than only basic progress.Scenario campaign progress is retained when saving and loading.Cabinet, elections, economy, diplomacy, crises, war and government systems have been checked alongside the updated game state.Continued improvements to overall campaign stability and progression.🔧 Next PrioritiesEarly Access development is continuing, with player feedback directly influencing what gets worked on next:Deeper economy and budg...Read full article on Community Announcements (Gavscooby)AnnouncementsOfficial
Crisis Cabinet Launches in Early Access on 14 August
Crisis Cabinet launches 14 AugustThe wait just got shorter.Crisis Cabinet will launch into Steam Early Access on 14 August 2026.We’ve brought the launch forward following a major period of development, expansion and testing.Available at LaunchFrom day one, players will have access to:Standard Campaigns — choose your leader, party, nation and difficulty.Scenario Campaigns with unique objectives, deadlines and victory conditions.Deep budget and economic management, including taxation, spending, debt and interest.Budget Draft & Preview so you can see the consequences before committing.“Why Did This Change?” explanations showing what caused changes to your economy and government.Elections, public support, legitimacy and political opposition.Protests, unrest, coups and revolution.Authoritarian government systems, including Loyalist Guards and Intelligence Agencies.Assassination risk for vulnerable authoritarian leaders.Diplomacy, international relations and war.Multiple endings, from electoral victory and historic survival to defeat, bankruptcy, revolution, coup or assassination.Save and Continue for ongoing campaigns.Coming During Early AccessEarly Access is only the beginning.During development we plan to add and expand:More scenarios and political crisesDeeper diplomacy and geopoliticsExpanded war and national securityMore leaders, parties and political choicesDeeper media, opposition and public opinionMore economic events and policiesAdditional endings and achievementsContinued balancing, UI improvements and quality-of-life updatesCommunity feedback will also help shape what comes next.Read full article on Community Announcements (Gavscooby)AnnouncementsOfficial
The Budget Bites Back: Major Crisis Cabinet Overhaul
The Budget Bites BackThis week, we have completed one of the largest gameplay overhauls to Crisis Cabinet so far.The national budget is no longer just a collection of sliders and numbers. Every investment, cut, emergency intervention and questionable political compromise can now create consequences that unfold over several turns.Some results will be immediate.Others may take time to appear.And some will return later to make you deeply regret your earlier confidence.Every Pound Has Somewhere to GoThe entire financial system has been rebuilt so that the national budget now fully reconciles every turn.Government spending is calculated from its real components, including:Departmental budgetsDebt interestExisting policy commitmentsEmergency spendingCorruption and financial leakageThis means there should be no more phantom expenditure, unexplained Treasury gaps or mysterious changes hidden behind the simulation.When the country runs out of money, you will be able to see exactly where it went.Unfortunately, knowing where it went will not necessarily help you get it back.Decisions Now Create Consequence ChainsEvery departmental budget change can now generate a chain of connected outcomes.For example, increasing healthcare funding may improve services immediately, reduce working days lost to illness several turns later and eventually place additional pressure on pensions and long-term public spending.Cutting a budget may provide instant savings, but the real cost might not become apparent until much later.Consequences are divided into three stages:Immediate effects happen when the decision is made.Delayed effects appear after an investment or reform has had time to work.Secondary pressures develop as the wider consequences begin affecting other parts of the country.Your decisions no longer disappear once you press the button. They remain part of the simulation and may continue shaping events long after you have forgotten making them.Draft Your Budget Before CommittingChangin...Read full article on Community Announcements (Gavscooby)
