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Crisis in the Kremlin

Crisis in the Kremlin

Don’t let the Soviet Union collapse, and fall in the darkness of history or lead the Union by a new path – democracy and free market! But before you decide something, think – wouldn’t it cause more harm than good?

Released Mar 20, 2017 Developer Nostalgames Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Political SimStrategyCold WarSimulationIndie
View on Steam ↗ $4.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

84.4%positive1,387 reviews
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“absolutely wonderful game, i get to defund the kgb and get myself killed”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“NEVER. have i ever played the most fun game yet infuriating, NEVER, have i ever played a game so good yet so bad, NEVER have i played the easiest game yet hardest, i still love this game 8/10”

— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“A very decent game. Despite being fairly railroaded and unrealistic at times it still is interesting and fun to play. You can manage the policies and finance with adequate depth and roleplay as different political parties with their own challendges and caveats. Game usually…”

— a player, Steam review · 39 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:45 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

5playing at last check
624-hour peak
3,050all-time peak
0 100 200 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 156 avg · Sep 2018

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

42achievements
6.1%median completion
0.6%rarest: Democracy has worked against us
8.6% of players 8.5% of players 8.0% of players 7.3% of players 7.2% of players 7.1% of players 7.0% of players 6.9% of players 6.9% of players 6.9% of players 6.8% of players 6.7% of players 6.5% of players 6.5% of players 6.4% of players 6.4% of players 6.3% of players 6.3% of players 6.2% of players 6.2% of players 6.1% of players 6.1% of players 6.0% of players 6.0% of players 6.0% of players 5.9% of players 5.9% of players 5.9% of players 5.9% of players 5.8% of players 5.8% of players 5.8% of players 1.6% of players 1.4% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 0.7% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 8.6% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
8.6%Two chairs — Maximum loyalty of right and left wings both
8.5%Democracy — Yeltsin shot, killed
8.0%Boom (level 1) — DLC: Solve a "small problem" in the Ukrainian SSR.
Rarest badges of honor
0.6%Democracy has worked against us — DLC: An interesting candidate for the post of President of the RF
0.6%God Save the Tsar! — DLC: He lead the Union of Sovereign States
0.6%The Empire Strikes Back — DLC: Supreme Council defeats President

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$4.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$1.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US4.99 USD
EU4.99 EUR
UK4.29 GBP
Australia7.50 AUD
Canada6.49 CAD
Japan580 JPY
Brazil16.99 BRL
China22.00 CNY

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

China≈$3.2 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$5.7

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $5 $10 07-11 07-14 07-17 07-20 07-23 07-26

Latest official news

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

Jul 11, 2025
New game about Perestroika released

Dear Friends.The day has come. The game "Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War" is finally out. We express our great gratitude to you for waiting. It's been a difficult years of development, but we made

Sep 02, 2024
Update 08.24

Update 08.24 includes important elements for comfort: 1. Display of basic indicators at the bottom of the event window 2. Distinguishing between load and save windows 3. Added the ability to quintuple

May 30, 2024
Crisis in the Kremlin: Cold War - DEMO RELEASED

Friends! It's happening! The page of the long-awaited sequel Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War is available in Steam. And along with it there is a demo-version, which will allow you to play in the f

May 30, 2024
Citk2 DEMO VERSION

Friends! It's happening! The page of the long-awaited sequel Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War is available in Steam. And along with it there is a demo-version, which will allow you to play in the f

Nov 14, 2023
Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War

Comrades! On this day we would like to proudly present you a new game from Kremlingames studio - "Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War". We have been developing this project over a year, which is an id

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresIndie, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsPolitical Sim · Strategy · Cold War · Simulation · Indie · Politics · Historical · Alternate History · Grand Strategy · Diplomacy · Choices Matter · Story Rich (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Russian
Achievements42
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://nostal.games/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP SP2+ (64-bit), Windows 7 SP1+ (32-bit, 64-bit) Processor: SSE2 instruction set support Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: DX9 (shader model 3.0) or DX11 with feature level 9.3 capabilities DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 2 GB available space