- Corporate Bonds Update! - 15 September 2026
Hello, plutocrats!In the new update, we’ve significantly expanded the financial system of Plutocracy — bonds are now available in the game!They can be issued just like shares, bought and sold on the stock exchange and from other characters. We’ve also added new deals with securities holders.Let me tell you in more detail what new opportunities and manipulations this opens up and what they can be used for.Company Credit RatingCompanies now have a credit rating that changes dynamically based on several company parameters — its current debt load, investment attractiveness, history of missed payments, and more.The rating affects bond coupon rates, so maintaining a good rating is critically important if you want access to cheap debt financing.Bond FeaturesYou can issue bonds if you are the CEO of a company or control it as a shareholder — just like when taking out a bank loan.But the key dif…
- Update 0.260723: New Blackmail System — Developer Diary - 24 July 2026
Hi everyone!Thank you for your patience while waiting for the update! We’ve decided to release one more smaller update before the major politics update we’re currently working on.The changes to the political system forced us to rethink many of the connections and interactions between characters. Since blackmail is an inseparable part of politics, we decided to expand this side of the game as well.1. Blackmail System ReworkLoyal Characters and PuppetsPreviously, loyal characters and characters controlled through blackmail were treated as essentially the same thing. Starting with this update, they are now two separate character states:Loyal characters have the maximum loyalty level of 5 out of 5.Puppets are characters you have forced into submission using dirt on them.Loyal characters will continue to work the same way they did before. They can support your laws, vote in your favor, lend…
- Interim Update: Bug Fixes & Performance - 22 January 2026
Interim Technical UpdateHello everyone!This is an interim technical update, released while we continue preparing the previously announced large update focused on politics and presidential elections.The current update introduces changes to the effect of advertising for companies. The amount of advertising purchased now directly affects demand for goods and services for all companies. At the same time, the price of advertising relative to its effectiveness increases non-linearly.In addition, this update fixes many issues found by the community over the past couple of months and includes performance improvements.Bug FixesFixed an issue where company shares could sometimes not be purchasedFixed a bug where company accident risk became 0%Fixed a false message requiring an office or player presence when the office had already been purchased in the stateFixed incorrect display of the player’s…
- Update 0.251015: Stability & Fixes - 17 October 2025
⚜️ Fellow plutocrats, we continue refining the intricate machinery of power and capital. This update brings stability to politics, economy, and corporate management.⚖️ Fixes🕵️ Character table filter issues corrected⚖️ Antitrust Act in the Rockefeller scenario now properly passes the Senate🗳 Election UI now closes after personal participation📊 Fixed wrong data during worker amendment votes✊ Companies now pay employees after strikes💰 Correct dividend display in corporate structure🧾 Initiated laws now load correctly with save files💥 Fixed crashes during company mergers📉 Stable stock prices after loading — no more phantom gains or losses👔 Hiring a new CEO now opens the proper voting screen📰 Newspapers continue to publish after media mergers🏦 Central Bank loans can be taken again under valid conditions✍️ Edited character names without surnames now save properly🗞 Newspaper editing…
- We’ve opened a Patreon page! - 6 September 2025
Hi everyone! We often receive messages from you asking us to speed up development and release updates more frequently. Now it’s possible: we’ve launched a Patreon page.🔧 Where the funds will goAll contributions will be used to hire an additional programmer. This will allow us to speed up development and deliver updates more often.🙏 Thank you for your supportThank you for staying with us and helping the project grow. If you’d like to support the development and help us release updates faster — join us on Patreon: 👉 https://www.patreon.com/redwoodstudio
- Patch 0.250830 is available now! - 1 September 2025
Hello everyone! 👋 We’ve released an update with a number of fixes you reported earlier, and we’re continuing to work on the remaining issues. At the same time, we’re preparing the next major update — it will introduce presidential elections along with other changes to the political system.Thank you for your activity and support!Patch Notes🛠️ FixesFixed music playback issue on macOS.Automatic expansion in old saves now works correctly.Resolved crash caused by cross-ownership during company takeovers.Puppet politicians now correctly appear in the controlled politicians counter in parliament chambers.Fixed bug with the Broker agent that occurred after restarting the game.Fixed layout issues with long company names on the stock exchange.Resolved hover sticking on the first row in the shareholders table.Required balance value now correctly displayed in the profit tooltip on the main panel.…
- Patch 0.250726 is available! Fixes + Company Expansion Balance Improvements - 26 July 2025
Improvements and balance:The company's expansion has become more gradual and more costly. Also, each type of contractor is now more balanced and matches its profile. A reliable contractor builds more expensively, and sometimes longer, but without risk, an unknown contractor builds faster, cheaper, but with greater risk.Added 45% machine translation to French (87% translated) Fixed:Various kinds of crashesError in quarter transition between Q4 1958 and Q1 1959There was no way to filter people by those who wanted to buy weapons and carsThe cartel did not take into account the market share and did not accrue a price bonus when adding the cartel to the Holding as a supplier"My transport companies are not taken into account under any circumstances after merger and joining to trust and cartel. Their weight in city and country is zero." Corrected, same as cartel.The payroll fund was not update…
- New Company Type — Media! The update is now available! - 17 July 2025
Hello everyone! Work on the game continues. In the near future we will release several hotfix updates, and begin work on the next update. And here is what awaits you in this update:Improvements:New type of company - Media (mass media)The economic model has been changed - Research in companies has been replaced by AdvertisingAdded "endless play" option after 1947Added history of voting on laws in parliamentAdded filter to stop time by desired eventAdded a filter to hide reorganized companies on the stock exchangeOptimization of loading windows and saving Critical errors:Crash when closing the game during loadingSome other crashes Other errors:No image of new prosecutor immediately after electionAfter the strike ends, production volumes do not recoverThe Player's influence from puppet characters is not updated after they are dismissedBugs in company bankruptcyIncorrect calculation of the…
- Dev Diary: Media. Upcoming Update Announcement - 1 June 2025
Hello, seasoned and aspiring plutocrats! After a long pause, I'm ready—just as promised—to share the details of the upcoming update. We're now in the final stage before delivering it to you, and just a few days after we finish internal testing, you'll be able to download it. So, what awaits us in the new update: Endless Game Mode First, some good news for those who asked us to extend the game beyond 1947, even at the cost of losing historical accuracy and transitioning into a new era. We’ve worked on it — and now, you’ll have that option. The game will no longer be interrupted, and you’ll be able to continue playing in endless mode if you feel there just aren’t enough years in the timeline. The political system and economy will continue functioning after 1947, though without a historical vector. Media And the headline feature of this update is, of course, Media Companies! A brand-new ty…
- Patch 0.250207 is available for update! - 7 February 2025
Changes: Improvements: Optimization and general improvement of game performance In the settings, it is possible to disable animation in the game, for greater performance on computers with a low-power configuration Changes have been made to the logic of managing subsidiaries to simplify their management. Now, in order to influence anything in any subsidiary company, you do not necessarily need to be the CEO of this company, and even be the CEO of the parent company. Critical errors: Crash associated with negative production Crash after an attempt to create a trust in the coal industry Crash when closing an application from a gaming session Other crashes Fixed a bug where the number of characters grew over time, which led to significant game slowdowns Other errors: Error reducing the new share of the owner of the company after the takeover of another company (new shares were issued on the…
- Holdings! - 26 December 2024
Hello all plutocrats! We have added vertical integration to the game. I'll tell you what it is. A holding in the game is a supply-related company in which the owner has a controlling stake. Very often in your wishes I came across ideas about greater automation of various processes in the game, be it economics or politics. Therefore, it was decided to ease the role of the company owner and focus on the main thing - creating a competitive advantage in the purchase of raw materials and transport services. First of all, this is a search for supplier companies with the lowest prices for raw materials. Let's say you have an oil refinery. Cheap oil from your oil production company, coupled with low transportation tariffs, allows you to get significant savings, which improves the final margin of the refinery, and therefore its competitiveness in the market! This is what vertically integrated Ho…
- Patch 0.240917 is available in main branch now! - 17 September 2024
Changelog: Critical fixes: Fixed a crash due to an error that occurred when North Dakota and South Dakota joined the United States in 1889. Other fixes: Fixed a bug that sometimes prevented the purchase of shares for a company if personal funds were not enough for at least 1 such share. Fixed a bug where the time start button could be blocked for no reason. Stay tuned, Redwood Team.
- Patch 0.240914 is available in main branch now! - 16 September 2024
Changelog: Critical fixes: Fixed a crash during loading a save due to data inconsistencies in the character search filter. Fixed a crash during loading a save due to the mistaken removal of a player character from the database. Fixed a bug that prevented certain saves from being loaded from the main menu. We managed to fix most of the crashes related to loading saves. Now, in most cases, old saves will loading without problems. New ones should be completely OK. So we recommend starting a new game and not using saves made before this version, as we can't guarantee their stability. We will continue to monitor the situation, and if there will be more problems with loading, we will release another patch. Stay tuned, Redwood Team.
- Patch 0.240910 is available in main branch now! - 10 September 2024
Changelog: Critical fixes: Fixed a crash that occurred during a merger/acquisition of companies if negotiations were held shortly before to purchase shares of one or both of the merged companies. Fixed a crash that occurred when switching to Statistics after mergers/acquisitions of companies (mostly banks). Fixed a bug at the end of negotiations that caused the number of shares in the final agreement to change to the one that was selected at the beginning. Other fixes: A missed hint has been added to the Characters tab when it is blocked. Long company names no longer crawl under/on the other contents of their cards. The "Add to Favorites" button in the Character strings menu is now working correctly. Has been removed the mistakenly added cancel button, which in fact did not perform any functions. A few minor cosmetic fixes and improvements. The activity of the community has helped to si…
- Update 0.240905 is available in the main branch now! - 6 September 2024
Greetings, Plutocrats! We have released an update for our much-loved game and want to briefly introduce you to its contents. Release notes: Main Features: Favorite companies and characters Now companies and characters can be added to favorites. This will make it possible to quickly return to them without having to search for them by state. The favorites menu appears when you hover over a new shortcut on the left side of the screen. You can interact with characters and companies using the menu, as in other windows. You can also quickly go to the information about the character or to the company window by clicking on the desired line. Now you will not lose the very shareholder who was recently ready to sell a huge stake in a promising company for a song, but you did not have enough funds. List of player's companies Buttons have been added to the company window that allow you to switch bet…
- Dev Diary. Update announcement. Plans for remaining 2024. - 13 August 2024
Hello, Plutocrats! We haven't published diaries for a long time, so we decided to tell you what we're working on right now and share our plans for this autumn. So, first of all, we have completed work on several new interfaces, and have greatly simplified interaction with companies and characters. The next update of the game can be called focused on improving the navigation of the game. Adding to favorites. We are constantly reviewing all your messages in which you suggest next improvements of the game, so we slightly postponed our plans that we had for the summer and took the time to implement a list of favorite companies and characters. After the next update of the game, in any table, wherever you are, you will be able to add any company or character to the favorites list, and at any time return to it for interaction. This feature will greatly simplify navigation through the game worl…
- Update 0.240413 is available in main branch now! - 13 April 2024
New: 1. Notifications. A new option has been added to the management of the company - setting up notifications. Now you can filter the information that your managers will send you. This option will be especially convenient if you have a lot of small companies, and you do not want to receive information about various incidents in them, participate in shareholder votes, etc. Also, you can instruct your secretary not to receive offers to sell shares from interested investors for any your companies if your plans do not include selling them. Among other things, you will now be able to see the history of all the events that happened with all the companies where you have a stake. You can view it at any convenient time, individually for each company. 2. Optimization of saves The speed of saving and loading game has been improved, and the size of the final save files has been reduced. 3. Added P…
- Patch 0.240322 is available in main branch now! - 22 March 2024
List of changes: Critical fixes: Crash after buying shares by another character. Crash as a result of M&A of companies, or after bankruptcy. Other fixes: A bug with your bank's reserves, which makes it possible to take out a lot of loans. When returning from the credits table - an empty window. Displaying negative amounts in Company Reserves during Expansion. Inability to obtain a loan for your company from a bank whose shares belong to another company of yours. Corrected the name of the state of South Dakota. Company finances no longer display the company's global market share. The Merger of Companies does not correctly take into account the difference in Capitalization and Share Prices of the merged Companies. Images disappeared when opening the company window. Incorrect opening of a company from the company table. The Tutorial button disappears after loading a savegame. Incorrect Ico…
- Update 0.240313 is now available in the main branch! - 13 March 2024
List of changes: Greetings, Plutocrats! We have analyzed your feedback, and found it useful to implement the next several changes at once. Main Features: A new mechanic and visual of the company expansion process. A new element of building process has been added - construction contractors, whose reputation and fame will now affect the completion of construction on time. By contacting unreliable contractors, you can save a lot of money on building new jobs, but you will get the risk of delays in deadlines, and sometimes even inability to fulfill what the contractor promised. Contractor offers will be constantly updated - and you will be able to regularly find the best opportunities to expand your companies. Or, as before, transfer everything to the CEO, and deal with other issues. The banking system has received an update. The banks' rates have been reduced to more realistic ones, and no…
- Patch 0.231209 is available in main branch now! - 9 December 2023
List of changes: Minor features: Credits | The loan amount for a company in a bank or for a bank in the Central Bank can no longer be greater than the net assets of the borrower (now the amount of all existing loans is also taken into account). Credits | The loan amount for a company in a bank cannot exceed the current reserves of the lender bank. Credits | The automatic receipt of a loan from the Central Bank to a bank has been removed when other companies take out a loan from this bank. In return, the loan is now issued from the bank's reserves and all loan repayment payments also belong to the bank. Credits | If the bank refuses the loan to the company, this bank is excluded from the list of available banks for 100 days for this company. After the expiration of the moratorium, the bank returns back to the list of possible creditors of the company. Bankruptcy | Bankruptcy of character…
