A game of money, power and the stories people believe

Treasury of Lies

Run the treasury. Win the feed. Survive the polls.

Do you think you could run the country better?

Set the budget, run the spies and read the feed before it reads you. A noir strategy game of money, power and the stories people believe.

Wishlist on Steam$16.99 · 20% off 15–29 DecemberThe trailers

Steam (Windows and Mac) and iPad, 15 December 2026 · English and German

The trailers

The Owl AffairStory trailer · one agent, one choice

Every rumour had a buyerCinematic trailer · narrated

Forty quarters. Each one is a round of decisions. Then you press End quarter and the world answers.

Read the briefingYour advisers tell you what changed: the economy, the polls and what is waiting for you.
Set the budgetIncome tax, business tax, borrowing and six spending lines. Then spend political capital on orders: send an agent, open talks, back a party, answer a rumour. Capital and desk time run out every quarter and never carry over.
Beat the clockBreaking news arrives with a countdown. Feeds fill with posts to call: legit or fishy? Let a card run out and the game makes the choice for you.
End the quarterEvery order and every budget line comes back as a consequence, one card after another. The dice decide when it lands and how big, never which way.

Ignoring costs more: A rumour left unanswered, a protest movement left alone, a caught rival spy left unpunished: each gets dearer every quarter.
Ask "Why?": Tap Why on a number and see what you did, what it caused and what would help.
Crisis spreads: When tension peaks, borrowing gets dearer, ministers lose loyalty and one of your desks is tied up.
Judgement days: Elections at quarters 16 and 32. A confidence vote at 38. A final audit at 40.
The other side plays too: An opposition that can unravel, and rising parties in every country, each with a face and a back story.

Money: Taxes, borrowing and six spending lines. Every pound shows what it buys. The bond market is watching.
Spies: Up to six agents on your books at a time, a spymaster called Mr Grey, and rivals running the same game against you. Agents get arrested. Some get turned.
Headlines: Three social feeds and two papers per country. Spot the fake before your voters believe it.
Crises: Breaking news against the clock. A strait is mined. A deepfake of your Chancellor goes viral. Decide.
Voters: Rising parties, angry movements and foreign money behind them. Then an election.

The lies never changed. Only the speed.

Earn new countries and crises as you play.

Free demo on Steam from 24 November. The full game opens the whole world and two expansion packs.

Free demo on Steam from 24 November.

Your first term in the base game, up to the first election: money, spies, headlines, crises and voters
Two countries: Northmoor and Gallonne
Easy, with Guide me to show you the ropes
English and German

Steam (Windows and Mac) and iPad, 15 December 2026

Wishlist on Steam$16.99 · 20% off 15–29 December

The information war

Social media becomes the main source of pressure on your government.
Coordinated pile-ons on your ministers, budgets and decisions, with six ways to answer back and three standing defences.
An escalation ladder for every rival: from background noise at level 0 to a blackout at level 5.
Hidden foreign money in party funding, an Electoral Oversight office, and the risky "accuse without proof".

The street and the shadows

Rising parties with a face, a grievance and a poll share. They go after whichever voters you are losing, and why: at 10% they join the debates, at 20% they force votes, at 30% your coalition is in crisis.
Unrest that spreads: protests nobody leads, strike dates named in advance with a countdown, trouble that crosses borders.
Cheap informant networks and specialists: analysts, handlers, infiltrators.
Foreign money behind rising parties, and you can play that game too.

Neither pack makes you stronger. They add new problems, not new power. Every card tells you what can set a crisis off, and the odds.

Easy: Forgiving voters, friendly markets, fewer nasty surprises. Good for learning.
Medium: The world as it is: tough, but fair.
Hard: Rivals target you, voters are grumpy, markets jumpy.
I'm Awesome: Everyone is against you. Prove it.

Guide me: Advisers recommend a choice and say why. The news clock waits for you.
Advise me: Advisers give their view and rough odds. They can be wrong, and the timers run.
On my own: Facts only. No recommendations, no odds.

Two separate dials: difficulty sets how hard the world pushes; help sets how much your advisers say. The packs push harder as difficulty rises.