Prime minister game lets your cabinet abandon you

Imagine you are the leader of a country. You sit in an important office. You make big decisions every day. It sounds exciting, right? Now imagine all your decisions go wrong — and your team leaves you. This is what happens in a new mobile game.

No 10: Full Confidence is a strategy game. You play as a prime minister. You run a country for two years. You manage your cabinet — the group of important leaders who help you. You make choices about money, health, and jobs. Every choice has consequences.

Here is the fun part: your cabinet members can leave you. They get angry. They disagree with you. Sometimes they resign. You have to keep them happy and keep them loyal. If too many leave, your game ends. You fail. You lose power.

The game is not complicated. You tap your phone. You read short stories. You make quick choices. But the strategy matters. You must think about how each choice affects your team and your country. People who play say it feels real — stressful, but real.

In 2024, the game became very popular in the UK. It ranked higher than Minecraft on the paid games chart. Thousands of people wanted to try being prime minister. They learned that running a country is much harder than it looks.

What would you do as a leader? Would you make popular choices or hard choices? Would your team stay with you?

Inspired by reporting from BBC News.