WHAT'S IN THE DEMO
The free demo is Long Island City and one mechanic: the rezoning fight, played end to end. Early access is all of Queens — and the chance to reshape New York City's political landscape.
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BUY EARLY ACCESS$14.99 once · discounted full game at launch
THE MAP YOU GET
Free demo — Long Island CityQueensboro Bridge down to Newtown Creek, the East River to Sunnyside Yard. The whole demo fits in a walk.
Early access — all of QueensThe entire borough, many times the demo's ground, and the camera pulls back to match.
Full game — every lot in New YorkAll five boroughs. Included for early-access buyers at a discount when it launches.
THE THREE EDITIONS
FREE
DEMO
Long Island City
"One mechanic: the rezoning."
- ✓ULURP end to end — Community Board, Borough President, City Planning, Council, Mayor
- ✓Distributional coalitions and the NPC agents who work them
- ✓Community boards, real PLUTO lots, the full 3D city
- ✗No politics, City Hall or stats
- ✗No budget, laws, economy or the Bugle
$14.99
EARLY ACCESS
All of Queens
"All of Queens, and the chance to reshape New York City's political landscape."
- ✓Everything in the demo, across the whole borough
- ✓Politics — factions, council members, elections every two years
- ✓City Hall — the 51-seat Council, citywide offices, borough presidents
- ✓Stats — analytics on the housing economy: rents, absorption, what your rezonings actually moved
- ✗No budget, laws or the Bugle yet
AT LAUNCH
FULL GAME
All five boroughs
"Every lot in New York is a battlefield."
- ✓Everything above, citywide
- ✓Budget — the tax-and-spend platform and the June 5 adoption vote
- ✓Laws — the legislation tree that unlocks the supertall special districts
- ✓Economy, allies, the Rent Guidelines Board
- ✓The Five-Boro Bugle
The free build does not merely hide the paid systems — it does not contain them. Each edition ships only the modules it uses, so there is no politics engine sitting in the demo behind a locked tab. It also means the demo never interrupts you about a system you cannot open: no budget-adoption modal with nothing behind it, no Financial Control Board ending a run over a screen you were never shown.
SYSTEM-BY-SYSTEM
| System | Free Demo | Early Access | Full Game |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mapthe ground you can rezone | Long Island City | All of Queens | All five boroughs |
| Upzoning and ULURPthe Charter clocks | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Coalitions and their agentsthe Olson mechanic | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Community boardsthe first 60 days | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Politicsfactions and elections | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| City Hallthe 51-seat Council | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Statshousing economy analytics | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Budgetyour tax-and-spend platform | — | — | ✓ |
| Lawsunlocks the supertall tiers | — | — | ✓ |
| Economy and alliesthe wider board | — | — | ✓ |
| The Five-Boro Buglethe morning paper | — | — | ✓ |