Experience the opening chapter of your political career. Rise from an ordinary citizen to your first mayoral election in this political life simulator where every decision shapes your reputation, alliances, and future.

<h2 class="bb_tag" >Welcome to the Baron Local Demo</h2>Begin your political journey and discover the foundations of Baron Local.Start as an ordinary citizen, build your reputation through difficult choices, gain the support of influential groups, and campaign your way to your first mayoral election.The demo concludes after your first successful mayoral victory, offering a preview of the full experience.<h2 class="bb_tag" >What You Can Play</h2><ul class="bb_ul"><li>Create your character and choose an archetype.</li><li>Learn the game's core mechanics through a guided tutorial.</li><li>Progress from civilian life to elected councillor.</li><li>Experience dynamic political events and meaningful choices.</li><li>Build relationships with power groups and political actors.</li><li>Participate in council votes and develop your political career.</li><li>Campaign for your first mayoral election.</li></ul><h2 class="bb_tag" >The Full Game Continues Your Story</h2>The full version expands your career beyond the demo by introducing:<ul class="bb_ul"><li>Complete mayor gameplay.</li><li>City projects and budget management.</li><li>Patronage and political influence.</li><li>Corruption, investigations, and media scrutiny.</li><li>Expanded events, political actors, and career paths.</li><li>Additional offices and long-term progression during Early Access.</li></ul><h2 class="bb_tag" >An Evolving Demo</h2>This demo is under active development and will continue to receive updates based on community feedback.Future updates may include:<ul class="bb_ul"><li>New events</li><li>Additional polish and UI improvements</li><li>Balance adjustments</li><li>Bug fixes</li><li>Quality-of-life improvements</li></ul>Thank you for helping shape the future of Baron Local. If you enjoy the demo, please consider wishlisting the full game on Steam to follow its development.

Baron Local Demo

Rise from ordinary citizen to political kingmaker in a pixel-art political life simulator inspired by Romania. Build alliances, launch projects, survive scandals, and navigate corruption as you climb from local politics toward national power.

<h2 class="bb_tag" >BARON LOCAL</h2><h2 class="bb_tag" >Make deals. Break promises. Survive the scandals.</h2>BARON LOCAL is a political life simulator set in modern Romania.Begin as an ordinary citizen and fight your way through party structures, local power networks, and elections in a living political world where every decision leaves consequences.Build alliances with influential groups, negotiate with political actors, survive scandals, and decide how far you are willing to go in pursuit of power.Will you remain clean and principled?Or become the very system you promised to change?<h2 class="bb_tag" >A POLITICAL CAREER FROM THE GROUND UP</h2>Your journey begins outside politics.Gain influence, join a party, build relationships, and climb the ladder from ordinary citizen to elected representative.Navigate party politics, win elections, and shape your legacy one decision at a time.<h2 class="bb_tag" >A LIVING CITY AND COUNTRY</h2>The city and the nation evolve independently.Economic growth, inflation, debt, public satisfaction, corruption, and international relations change over time, creating new opportunities and new crises.No two careers unfold the same way.<h2 class="bb_tag" >BUILD ALLIANCES WITH POWER GROUPS</h2>Business leaders.Media networks.Church institutions.Unions.Developers.Farmers.Security services.Minority communities.Entrepreneurs.Pensioners.And more.Every group has its own interests and priorities. Earn their support—or face their opposition.Their backing may decide your political future.<h2 class="bb_tag" >INFLUENCE POLITICAL ACTORS</h2>Meet influential personalities.Form alliances.Make promises.Exchange favors.Negotiate loyalty.Every actor has ambitions, ideologies, and relationships that evolve over time.Politics is personal.<h2 class="bb_tag" >VOTE, NEGOTIATE, AND GOVERN</h2>Participate in council votes.Support compromises.Trade influence for support.Manage difficult decisions and competing interests.Sometimes everyone leaves unhappy—and that is still considered a victory.<h2 class="bb_tag" >CORRUPTION HAS CONSEQUENCES</h2>Launch projects for your city.Keep your hands clean—or skim money for yourself.Reward allies.Channel contracts through friendly networks.Generate media attention.Face investigations.And if things go too far…Face conviction.<h2 class="bb_tag" >PIXEL-ART POLITICS</h2>Experience modern Romanian politics through a distinctive pixel-art presentation inspired by classic strategy games.Every event, election, and scandal contributes to the story of your career.<h2 class="bb_tag" >CURRENT DEVELOPMENT</h2>BARON LOCAL is under active development.<h2 class="bb_tag" >Demo Coming Soon</h2>The first public demo will allow players to:• Begin as a civilian.• Enter politics and become a councillor.• Experience dynamic events and investigations.• Build relationships with power groups and political actors.• Participate in council votes and shape your reputation.The full game will continue expanding the political career beyond local government.Wishlist BARON LOCAL to follow development and support the project.