Battle For The Hill

Battle For The Hill is a persistent multiplayer political strategy game set in a living democracy that continues while you are offline. You create a politician, choose a country, home region and ideology, then compete with other players for office, money, influence and control of the state. The simulation runs on hourly turns for politicians and corporations, with elections and bills processed frequently.

Political careers and elections

You can pursue offices ranging from local races and state legislatures to statewide and national roles, Cabinet positions, courts and the top executive seat. Your career involves managing Campaign Strength, State Reputation, National Reputation, National Prestige and Party Strength, and spending Political Capital to influence the map. You can raise money through PAC and grassroots fundraising, run regular or attack ads, and seek endorsements. Carpetbagging or switching parties can cost you reputation, donors and trust.

Primaries and general elections follow a persistent schedule. You can also contest presidential and national leadership races where supported, while AI candidates keep low-population races active until human players step in. Competitive Party Strength Organization lets you reinforce your party in key states.

Parties and legislation

You can join a major party or help build and administer one, organizing nationally and at the state level through chairs, treasuries and leadership races. Caucuses let players coordinate around shared political aims; whip tools, agenda control and party discipline help keep members aligned. Factions can build influence through money, votes, messaging and loyalty.

In national and state legislatures, you draft, debate and pass bills, whip votes, negotiate across party lines and contend with vetoes. State laws have real outcomes. You can also shape election rules, policy stances and the legal environment in which rivals campaign.

Government and the courts

Depending on the country, you can serve as President, Prime Minister, Chancellor, Governor or another executive. You appoint and run Cabinet portfolios, influence appointments and budgets, and direct national policy. Official addresses let you shape the public narrative from the top. You can also affect high-court outcomes through appointments, challenges and precedent.

State and local politics play out across a map where regions are battlegrounds for parties, elections, laws and money. As a state executive, you can use appointments, election rules and stance tools, set state budgets and policy, and use state-level enforcement and administration tools to change how your region operates.

Corporations and the economy

You can run party-linked corporations with treasuries, CEOs, shares and bonds, and claim and grow sectors across industries in a market that keeps ticking. Trade stocks, hold bonds and gold, and track your personal net worth. National and state budgets face fiscal pressure, while commodity markets and economic pressure between countries can shift the political landscape. Union systems connect labor to the wider economy.

Media and international politics

Publish news articles and run publications with subscribers and audiences. Post Chirps, build a public narrative, message allies and rivals, manage your political inbox and notifications, and use player ads to keep your brand in front of voters. Corporate news reflects the overlap between business and politics.

The world map and nations list extend beyond a single capital. The game focuses primarily on deep simulations such as the United States, with additional countries and localized institutions available as the simulation expands. Government structures vary by country, including presidential systems, Westminster politics, cabinets, chambers and locally appropriate titles. You can engage in diplomacy through ambassadors, treaties and wars, take part in international organizations and world-leader statements, and compete on political and wealth scoreboards.

Military and side systems

Military influence and branch standing offer a parallel route to prestige. Where available, you can use national military pages, budgets and equipment systems; defense power is a source of leverage, not the only path to success.

Political dilemmas call for responses under pressure, and FollyMarket offers prediction play. Daily lotteries and casual table games provide downtime between campaigns. An in-game handbook and mechanics pages explain the rules, and Steam and Discord account linking supports progress and community access.