The Arab Republic of Taghia

[h1]A very basic game which allows you to rule Syria (and liberate Palestine)[/h1] https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3498704772 This game a series of decision cards. It's way too hard even on the "Easy" setting (and I say this as someone who has played and won literally dozens of strategy games of all types) but it DOES allow you to liberate Palestine and for that, I respect it. In my game after failing several times (the lack of a tutorial makes that easy to do) I decided to just focus on building up the military and secret police and taking on Israel. I've noticed from other playthroughs that if you do NOT take on Israel and seek good relations with the west, the Israelis bomb you and America invades. That seems counter-intuitive but it is so close to what happened to Iraq, Libya and Syria after they disarmed that I really respect the dev for making the game work that way. My plan worked and I was actually able to liberate Palestine. However I ended up massively overspending, deep in debt which is once again, exactly what tends to happen in wars in real life (nothing will ruin your budget faster than a war) which forced me to rely on secret police and rigged elections to hold on to power. By keeping the support of the military, the secret police, and conservative Sunni Muslims, I was actually able to make this work, though I quit playing after 2025 simply because the game was made in 2020 so I assumed that if there wasn't a victory screen by the end of 2026, there simply isn't a victory screen. Sadly, this game seems unfinished and I don't know if that guess is correct but I don't regret the roughly two hours I spent with it considering that I bought the game during a sale. I hope the dev makes more games and/or adds things to make this a bit more playable.

Great potential with this game but it needs more features and development! Leaders portraits are just fun to see and I liked the Syrian and Iraqi songs featured too :)

Add, Trade and Unite Nation!

どう見ても中東の某国そっくりな架空の国で権力者としてアラブの春をサバイバルしよう！なゲーム 一般的なシミュゲーに見えるが、本作におけるプレイヤーは全知全能の神ではなくただの人間なので、把握できる情報は限られている。 例えば国内外を取り巻く各勢力の強さは具体的な数字ではなく、「めっちゃ強い」「なんかちょっと弱っぽい」的なふわっとテイスト感溢れる表現でしか知る事はできない。 ある意味リアルではあるのだが、これが自国の軍隊もこんな調子の把握なため、肝心な時に「これ以上軍隊を展開できません！」とアナウンスされて初めて具体的な人数を知る事になる。……大丈夫かこの国？ プレイヤーは1ヶ月に1回国政に干渉できて、暗殺、弾圧、ゴマすりなどができる。 どこに部隊を展開させるかも1回にカウントされる。 ところが暴動や外国勢の侵略は複数の地域で一斉に勃発するため、どうしても数ヶ月間自軍が暴徒に嬲り殺されるサマを眺める羽目になる。 プレイヤーが干渉しない限り軍隊は展開されない。……この国の将軍は寝ているのか？大丈夫かこの国？ 効果音は無くBGMも　手　動　で　再生する1曲のみとかなり硬派なシステムのため、かなり人は選ぶ。 ただしブラックジョークが大好きなら、ひょっとしたら620円払う価値があるかもしれない。 カダフィ大佐が好きならmust buy。運次第で彼の生存ルートが拝められる。

The game is great but the UI is faulty, there are bits of the game you can't access due to this but overall this game has a lot of promise and I'm looking forward to these issues being rectified.

Interseting concept and idea but needs work

Great game! not many simulators explore the middle east, and this game has a great replayability and can be played a 1000 times with each time a different challenge. there are different mechanics in the game and you can even engage in foriegn affairs, wage war and even liberate Palestine! A Great game very recommended

Very good, I was very corrupt and spent all my money on religious groups and the military, the liberals got mad after I gas attacked them and I lost control of a lot of my states. 10/10, will be a corrupt dictator again

People were happy, army and secret police worshipped me as a god and economy was rolling. Still the party makes a coup and when I called army and police, they didn't come to help me, even though they worshipped me. So no matter how well you play, the computer can roll a dice and you lose the game.

middle east simulator in a nutshell, highly recommend