Provisional Authority: An AI Governance Simulation
Provisional Authority is a strategy and simulation game where you take control of a nation guided by an advanced AI system known as AXIOM. Initially designed to assist with governance, AXIOM observes your…
Provisional Authority: An AI Governance Simulation is an indie developed by Synthetic Mandate, released 19 May 2026 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Provisional Authority: An AI Governance Simulation is
Provisional Authority: An AI Governance Simulation is an indie game developed by Synthetic Mandate and released in 2026. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Godot.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Balance growth, stability, and public trust while an AI observes your every move. Guide a nation through economic crises and political pressure — but be prudent, because the system you rely on may decide it can govern better than you.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Provisional Authority: An AI Governance Simulation launched on 19 May 2026, within three weeks of 007 First Light, Forza Horizon 6, LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight and Directive 8020.
Released around the same time: 007 First Light, Forza Horizon 6, LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, Directive 8020.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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