The Minister

The Minister is a game about managing characters and taking control of the Ministry of Revenue amid societal upheaval and disasters. You decide which characters’ troubles to address and which tasks to leave aside. The state’s collapse is inevitable, but the legacy you leave depends on your choices.

Manage your characters

Each character has five Traits that determine their attributes and future uses, as well as HP (Health Points), Loyalty and Satiety. You can use items to alter a character’s Traits, and combining old and new Traits may generate new ones. If a character’s HP or Loyalty reaches 0, you lose them permanently; higher Satiety helps stabilize both.

Control the ministry

Each vacant official position has specific requirements. You gradually gain control of positions through bribery, assassination, impeachment or appointment. When a position becomes vacant, you can assign a loyal subordinate who meets its criteria. Your primary objective is to take complete control of the Ministry of Revenue.

Fight and debate

You can bring up to three warrior attendants into turn-based battles. For turn-based debate modes, you can bring up to nine scholar attendants (文客) to take part in verbal battles against groups of scholars.