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Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War

Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War

Crisis in the Kremlin is a global real-time political strategy about the Socialist world in its final decade. Shape the fate of the world as you manage economy, foreign relations, and domestic policy. Engage with countries across the globe, using diplomacy or even proxy wars to expand your reach.

Released Jul 11, 2025 Developer Nostalgames Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux SimulationStrategyPolitical SimAlternate HistoryHistorical
View on Steam ↗ $7.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.

80.7%positive736 reviews
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“Its as hard and unpredictable as everyone says, but that just makes it even more satisfying when you actually win. This is a phenomenal political simulator that should be in the same conversation as Suzerain, Red Autumn: SPD, and the big hoi4 mods”

— a player, Steam review · 37 hrs played
Recommended · 7 found this helpful

“This game is extremely hard, yet incredibly satisfying when you manage to save the Union or make the US fall. At first, I barely survived the first years, and even now I have to play on easier difficulties, but I can finally survive until 2000. The only problem is the economy…”

— a player, Steam review · 35 hrs played
Not recommended · 7 found this helpful

“It's a very nice game in many aspects but it's ruined by the "mathcracy" and punishment philosophy this company has. 1. For example events are incredibly extreme, sometimes they just tank 20 variables while mildly improving 1 and that's it. In early game if you have a certain…”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.

646all-time peak
0 250 500 2026 208 avg · Jul 2025

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

92achievements
1.0%median completion
0.1%rarest: The Triune Rus
15.0% of players 13.7% of players 8.9% of players 6.0% of players 5.9% of players 5.2% of players 5.0% of players 4.7% of players 4.5% of players 3.9% of players 3.9% of players 3.7% of players 3.3% of players 2.8% of players 2.7% of players 2.6% of players 2.4% of players 2.4% of players 2.3% of players 2.2% of players 2.2% of players 2.2% of players 2.1% of players 2.0% of players 2.0% of players 1.9% of players 1.8% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.6% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.4% of players 1.4% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 15.0% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
15.0%Through the Storm — with a Smile — Finish the game on 'Realism' difficulty
13.7%Kind Atom — Survive to the end with no nuclear power plant disasters
8.9%Divide by Zero — Shatter NATO and break the USA apart like never before
Rarest badges of honor
0.1%The Triune Rus — The ecumenical council adopted True Orthodoxy, and Prussia became part of a unitary Russia
0.1%Highway of Death — For twelve consecutive months in a single war, all six strikes are in use: napalm, carpet bombing, chemical, fuel-air, tactical nukes and drones
0.2%Geopolitics — Afghanistan under Taliban leadership is in the same military alliance as the USSR

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$7.99current · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$7.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-26
US7.99 USD
EU7.79 EUR
UK6.69 GBP
Australia11.79 AUD
Canada10.49 CAD
Japan920 JPY
Brazil26.49 BRL
China33.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$4.9 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$8.9

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Sep 17, 2026
Nostalgames Player Survey

Fellow players — we're working hard on the future of our games, and your voice matters more than anything. We've put together a short survey (about 5 minutes) covering what you love, what you'd change

Aug 31, 2026
Update 1.2.4.0

Update 1.2.4.0 for "Crisis in the Kremlin: Cold War" has been released and includes: NEW Event chain for the Afghan Civil War. The ability to discover and reveal the secret of Operation Cyclone to the

Aug 10, 2026
Version 1.2.3.0

What's new — version 1.2.3.0 NEW The ability to set the «Career military officer» and/or «Scientist» characteristic when creating additional politicians. The United States have grown more flexible in

Aug 08, 2026
Update 1.2.1.0

This update is primarily aimed at diversifying the types of economies—each economy has become more unique, with its own set of metrics—and at increasing the game’s transparency and clarity. At the sam

Jun 15, 2026
Version 1.2.04

NEW The doctrine transition system has been completely reworked: a doctrine's values now smoothly flow into the next one's instead of the usual debuffs. Added new impulses for the answer options "Revi

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

GenresIndie, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsSimulation · Strategy · Political Sim · Alternate History · Historical · Cold War · Indie · Economy · Grand Strategy · 2D · 1980s · 1990's (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Workshop · Adjustable Difficulty · Mouse Only Option · Playable without Timed Input · Save Anytime · Stereo Sound
LanguagesEnglish, Russian
Achievements92
Official sitehttps://nostal.games/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 (SP1+), Windows 10 and Windows 11 (32-bit, 64-bit) Processor: x86, x64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support. Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: DX10, DX11, DX12 capable. DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 1 GB available space