Conclave: Pope Simulator is a simulation app developed by Lars Ghezzi.
How many times has Conclave: Pope Simulator been downloaded?
Conclave: Pope Simulator has been downloaded 290 times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 150 times.
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Is Conclave: Pope Simulator free?
Conclave: Pope Simulator is free to download. The APK download size is 59.67 MB. The latest version available is 1.2.0. The last update was on August 7, 2026.
What are the requirements for Conclave: Pope Simulator?
The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play June 2026.
Description
THE WHITE SMOKE HAS RISEN. NOW THE REAL PROBLEMS BEGIN. You have been elected Pope. Behind the cheering crowds, ancient traditions, marble halls, and ceremonial robes is a political machine filled with rival factions, impossible compromises, financial problems, scandals, reformers, traditionalists — and cardinals quietly judging your every move. Welcome to Pope Simulator, a satirical decision game about power, faith, politics, and trying to keep the Vatican from collapsing before your pontificate is over.
RULE THE VATICAN, ONE DECISION AT A TIME Every situation puts a choice in front of you. Approve a controversial reform. Challenge a powerful cardinal. Negotiate with world leaders. Respond to financial trouble. Choose where the Pope should live. Decide how far tradition should bend — and where it must not. Swipe your decision and live with the consequences. There is rarely a perfect answer. A choice that wins over the public may infuriate the Curia. Protecting tradition may cost you support elsewhere. Solving a political crisis may create a financial one.
YOUR PONTIFICATE IS A BALANCING ACT Four forces determine whether your reign survives: • THE FAITHFUL — maintain the confidence of Catholics around the world. • THE CURIA — keep the Vatican hierarchy from turning against you. • THE TREASURY — even the Holy See has bills to pay. • TRADITION — reform too aggressively or resist change for too long, and the Church may fracture. Push any one of them too far and your pontificate can come to a sudden, spectacular end.
HOW WILL HISTORY REMEMBER YOU? Your decisions build a unique papacy. You may become a beloved reformer, an uncompromising traditionalist, a political survivor, a financial disaster — or something far stranger. Multiple endings wait behind your choices, each with its own story, title, and final judgment on the reign you created.
INSIDE POPE SIMULATOR • 70+ original decision scenarios • Choices inspired by Vatican politics, diplomacy, money, doctrine, media, and internal rivalries • A fictional cast of cardinals, clergy, politicians, activists, billionaires, diplomats, and unexpected visitors • Four competing power systems to manage • Eight different ways for your pontificate to end • Original ending narratives and epitaphs • A Vatican-inspired atmosphere of parchment, candlelight, burgundy, and gold • Choose a historic papal name or create your own • Simple swipe controls with increasingly difficult consequences • Designed for quick sessions and dangerously long pontificates
NO TWO PAPACIES NEED TO LOOK THE SAME Play cautiously and protect the institution. Become the great reformer everyone has been waiting for. Turn the Vatican into an immovable fortress of tradition. Or simply attempt to survive another year without bankrupting the treasury, causing a schism, or discovering that half the College of Cardinals would prefer somebody else in your chair. The mitre is yours. What could possibly go wrong?
PREMIUM Pope Simulator includes an optional one-time premium purchase that removes advertising and unlocks offline play. No subscription. No recurring payment. Buy once and keep it.
Recent changes: Conclave v1.2.0 After a long summer break, we’re finally back — and we brought some new stuff with us. Unfortunately, the holiday was so good that we’ve already forgotten half of what we changed. So instead of a detailed changelog, just jump in and enjoy everything new. Have fun discovering it.
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