# The Westport Independent

Summer DB entity ID: 96baf7fa\-5ea8\-4ed7\-90b3\-5b69a2a5c7f3

Steam App ID: 352240

A game about Censorship, Corruption and Newspapers  The Westport Independent is a censorship simulator taking place in a post\-war country, governed by the recently elected Loyalist Party\. As the editor of one of the last independent newspapers in the country, your job is to remove and edit the content of your paper, affecting the people’s opinion of both the rebels and the Loyalist government\. With an increase of rebel activity and an ever watching government breathing down your neck, whose truth will you print?  Features    Change the content and meaning of your articles by censoring them to your liking\. While you can’t lie, you don’t have to tell the whole truth either\.   Employees with fleshed out character, who will not only react to your actions, but also discuss them with other colleagues\.   Receive letters and messages from public figures, rebel leaders, employees and other characters affected by your actions\.   Adaptive stories where your actions affect the opinions of the people, which affects what happens in the city, which in turn affects the stories you receive\.    Awards and recognition    \- Biggest surprise at The MIX GDC 2015, IGN   \- Part of "Three Cool Surprises From PAX 2015", from Kotaku   \- Part of "The Very Best Indie Games of GDC 2015", from Gameinformer   \- The Best of GDC 2015, 148 apps

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Double Zero One Zero

- Publisher: Double Zero One Zero

- Release date: Jan 21, 2016

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: true

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Indie, Simulation

- Categories: Single\-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows, mac, linux

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/352240/ss\_7f006dffcccaefcee12e237376dcef8834b1ae09\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1612200730, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/352240/ss\_40f2518b06ba2a2a4b0b7ddeefc8ef60329a0e87\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1612200730, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/352240/ss\_5085c0643ed9fa545edd60294d94b1c77f41ca5a\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1612200730, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/352240/ss\_585051be2ff28535a2d70dd9ec699f89844896cd\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1612200730, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/352240/ss\_931070c769a89efc2c67f7587a41b2007c2d495e\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1612200730, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/352240/ss\_d62573adf50093419f4882afc776d1046c174504\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1612200730, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/352240/ss\_ffcce154eb22227f35ce25c6006bc820ef398efd\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1612200730

- Price: Not collected

- Price country: Not collected

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 0

- Steam review count: 349

- Steam positive reviews: 267

- Steam negative reviews: 82

- Steam positive percentage: 76.50429799426934%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

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## Player history

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Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-22T03:21:00\.28153\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-22T03:21:02\.478469\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-22T03:21:01\.316798\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

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