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AKM Interactive · Published by AKM Interactive
8 user reviews — 75% positive (8 reviews) · 100 achievements
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
Process forms, stamp paperwork, and turn a tiny office into an absurd bureaucracy machine. A satirical idle/clicker game about fictional German-style administration - absolutely not official.
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Simulation, Casual · 2026 · More under £5 games
About this game
Buerokratie Idler: Germany is a satirical idle/clicker game about a fictional German-style bureaucracy filled with forms, stamps, offices, and reforms.
You start with a tiny office, process your first forms by hand, and gradually build an ever-growing bureaucracy machine. What begins as a few cases and stamps slowly turns into a layered administrative system with new offices, upgrades, federal states, reform paths, and collection goals.
The core loop is simple: process forms, build resources, buy upgrades, and unlock the next administrative step. With every expansion, the machine becomes more efficient, more absurd, and a little more official-looking - but only inside the game.
Buerokratie Idler: Germany leans into dry humor, fictional administrative logic, and a retro office-PC interface. It is not a realistic government simulation. It is an intentionally exaggerated idle game about the strangely satisfying escalation of paperwork.
Features:
- Process forms and increase your administrative throughput
- Unlock new offices, upgrades, and progression systems
- Expand the machine through federal states, reforms, and stamp paths
- Collect in-game achievements and build out your stamp archive
- Play inside a dry, satirical office-PC interface
- Single-player idle/clicker progression with no real public services
German and English are the primary reviewed language options. Additional experimental language options are also included.
Fictional Satire Disclaimer:
Buerokratie Idler: Germany is an independent fictional satire game about an imaginary bureaucracy. It is not operated, supported, reviewed, endorsed, or authorized by any government agency, public authority, ministry, municipality, federal state, or public institution. The game is not an official simulation, does not represent real administrative services, and does not provide legal, administrative, or government advice. It does not use or imitate official sovereign symbols, government seals, agency logos, coats of arms, or official emblems.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit, version 21H1 (build 19043) or newer
- Processor: Dual-core x64 processor with SSE2 support
- Memory: 4 GB GB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX 11 compatible dedicated or integrated GPU with current vendor-supported drivers
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- VR Support: No
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 11 64-bit
- Processor: Quad-core x64 processor
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX 11 compatible dedicated or integrated GPU with current vendor-supported drivers
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 1 GB available space
Supported Languages
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Major Content Update: 123 Offices Are Now Live!
The biggest content update for Bürokratie Idler: Germany so far is now live! Germany’s administrative machine has reached a new milestone. With this update, the total number of available offices increases from 45 to 123, completing the full federal administration roster represented in Bürokratie Idler. This marks the maximum scope of the current office progression: from the first local steps of your bureaucratic career all the way to the highest levels of Germany’s federal administration, the complete 123-office progression is now available in one continuous run. 🏛 78 New Offices — Completing the Federal Administration The bureaucracy has reached its full scale. This update adds 78 new offices, expanding the game from 45 to a total of 123. With all 123 offices now represented, the federal administration progression in Bürokratie Idler is complete. The newly added authorities extend the late game significantly and take your administrative career all the way to the top. There is no further office tier beyond this point in the current progression system — 123 offices represents the maximum office scope of Bürokratie Idler. ⚙️ Individual Upgrade Names for the New Offices The new primary office upgrades use names tailored to their respective authorities instead of the generic “Fachverfahren” label. 73 of the new primary upgrades have their own distinct names. Examples include: • Central Register Cross-Check • Fugitive Data Cross-Check • Crisis Management Center • Batch Release • Automated Pension Processing • Budget Management • Cabinet Coordination 🎨 New Visuals The expansion includes a large set of new visuals for the additional offices and upgrades. This gives the new content a stronger visual identity while keeping it consistent with the existing progression. 🖥 Improved Upgrade Presentation The presentation of later upgrade tiers has been improved. Long office names and upgrade labels are now displayed more cleanly, making the expanded late-game progression easier to...Read full article on Community Announcements (Peter Rachdrik)Patch NotesOfficial
Progression Rebalance & Lifetime Click Achievement Fix
This update brings a major progression and economy rebalance to Buerokratie Idler: Germany, alongside a fix for the click achievement progression reported by players. Progression & Economy Rebalanced office costs and production across the progression. Smoothed progression between early, mid and late-game offices. Reworked reform requirements and pacing. Adjusted Bundesland progression requirements. Rebalanced the Freigabe Boost. Improved manual-click scaling so clicking remains useful alongside growing passive income. Cleaned up several underlying progression calculations for better consistency. Achievements Click achievements now track lifetime clicks. Progress toward milestones such as 25,000, 50,000, 100,000 and beyond is no longer reset when performing a reform. Existing achievement IDs and Steam achievement mappings remain unchanged. Save Games Existing save games remain supported. Thanks for the reports and feedback. The report about the 50k click achievement helped identify the reform-reset issue.Read full article on Community Announcements (Peter Rachdrik)Patch NotesOfficial
Hotfix: Prestige and UI Refresh Fixes
This hotfix addresses several UI refresh issues that could appear after prestige or resource changes. Changes: - Fixed cases where upgrade/action buttons could stay disabled until switching screens. - Improved refresh behavior on the main menu, reform screen, and Bundesländer screen. - Fixed a Bundesländer UI issue where upgrading another Bundesland could require setting it active first. - Improved the prestige/reform explanation so retained offices are clearer. - No balance changes were made. Thank you for the detailed player feedback that helped identify this issue. -AaronRead full article on Community Announcements (Peter Rachdrik)Patch NotesOfficial
Fix for achievements unlocked in the demo, plus a safer full-depot update.
Hey everyone, this small hotfix focuses on one specific issue reported after release: Some players who started in the demo and later continued in the full game could have achievements already marked as unlocked locally, but not synced correctly to Steam. This update adds a one-time sync pass for achievements that were already unlocked in an imported or continued save. It does not grant achievement rewards again, and it should not reset or change your save progress. What changed: - Fixed Steam achievement syncing for achievements already unlocked in demo-created or older saves. - The game now retries pending Steam achievement unlocks on startup. - The fix does not duplicate money, stamps, bonuses, notices, or timeline events. - Re-uploaded the full depot to avoid mixed install states after the test upload. Existing saves should continue to work normally. If you previously had achievements unlocked in-game but missing on Steam, please start the full game once after updating and load your save. If Steam is available, the missing achievements should sync automatically. Thanks again for the reports and patience while I clean up these early post-release issues. — AaronRead full article on Community Announcements (Peter Rachdrik)Patch NotesOfficial
Steam Cloud is now enabled
Hey everyone,Steam Cloud is now enabled for Buerokratie Idler: Germany.Your save slots and save-slot index can now sync through Steam Cloud. This should make it easier to keep your progress available when reinstalling the game or playing through another Steam installation.What is synced:- Save slots- Save-slot backups- Save-slot index- Existing legacy save file, if presentWhat is not synced yet:- Local settings such as language, display/audio preferences or accessibility optionsNo save reset is required. Existing saves should continue to work normally.I tested the basic restore case by uploading saves through Steam Cloud, moving the local save folder aside, and letting Steam restore the save files again. Both test save slots and the slot index came back correctly.Thanks for playing, and thanks again for reporting issues after release.— AaronRead full article on Community Announcements (Peter Rachdrik)
