StrategyFit check
Is Here to Stay worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Political strategy players who want to manage elections and parliamentary power
- Players interested in fictional Eastern European settings and 1970s politics
- Strategy fans who prefer administration, laws, budgets, and personnel decisions over battlefield combat
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking direct battlefield action may lose interest because the central contest is political rather than military.
- Players who prefer a narrow, single-system strategy game may hit a wall when managing departments, documents, members, elections, institutions, buildings, laws, and the economy together.
- Players looking for fantasy, science-fiction, or historical military campaigns may find the fictional political setting unsuitable.
- Players wanting a puzzle, prison-escape, or combat-focused game will not find those as the main structure here.
Our take on Here to Stay
The likely bounce point is the administrative layer: players must track four party departments while also handling documents, contracts, members, elections, institutions, buildings, laws, and the state economy. Those seeking faster political decisions may stall when these systems overlap.
What is Here to Stay?
Lead a political party in a fictional Eastern European country during the 1970s.
Build and balance four departments, manage party members, prepare campaigns, select election candidates, and compete for parliamentary influence. As head of state, oversee the economy, diplomacy, institutions, buildings, laws, documents, contracts, folders, and mail. Public perceptions of the party and its ideology change according to decisions made in individual situations. Banks, schools, prisons, and media houses provide additional state actions, while city buildings offer benefits after key members are appointed. Party members may become disloyal, be killed, or be imprisoned, adding personnel management to the political and administrative systems.
How Here to Stay plays
- 01Four Party Departments
- Internal affairs, finance, propaganda, and power must be balanced within the political party.
- 02Election Campaigns
- Campaign preparation and candidate selection determine participation in regional elections.
- 03State Administration
- The head of state manages the budget, diplomacy, institutions, buildings, documents, contracts, folders, and mail.
- 04Political Ideology
- The population's view of the party and its ideology responds to decisions made during events.
- 05Member Management
- Party members can become disloyal, be killed, or be sent to prison.
- 06State Laws
- Laws establish rules for the state and can be changed through play.
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Here to Stay: platforms & release
Is Here to Stay worth it?
It is worth it if: political strategy players who want to manage elections and parliamentary power. Skip it if: players seeking direct battlefield action may lose interest because the central contest is political rather than military.
Where can I download Here to Stay?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Here to Stay's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Here to Stay on?
Windows and macOS.
