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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?

Crisis in the Kremlin is a political sim, strategy and cold war game developed and published by Nostalgames.
Released on March 20th 2017 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 2 languages: English and Russian.

It has received 1,387 reviews of which 1,170 were positive and 217 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Crisis in the Kremlin into these genres:

Political Sim Strategy Cold War Simulation Indie Politics Historical Alternate History Grand Strategy Diplomacy Choices Matter Story Rich Management RPG Political Turn-Based Strategy Strategy RPG Choose Your Own Adventure CRPG Multiple Endings

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • 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
MacOS
  • OS: Mac OS X 10.8+
  • Processor: SSE2 instruction set support
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Storage: 2 GB available space
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu 12.04+, SteamOS+
  • Processor: SSE2 instruction set support
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Storage: 2 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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June 2025
One of the most fun political sims c: You can crush imperialism to reach global socialism and true democracy. Or use market reforms to subjugate your people for profit. Hasn’t updated the UI or tutorials, so you do need to be patient Also steam achievements appear to be broken again D:
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Jan. 2025
Crisis in the Kremlin Has a total of 6 trading cards.
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Sept. 2024
awesome game
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June 2024
Super good political strategy game, engaging and worth the price.
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June 2024
---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☐ Teens ☑ Adults ☑ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☑ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☑ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☑ Difficult ☑ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☑ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☑ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☑ Average ☐ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☑ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Never heard of ☑ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☑ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10
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Frequently Asked Questions

Crisis in the Kremlin is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam.

Crisis in the Kremlin is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 4.99€ on Steam.

Crisis in the Kremlin received 1,170 positive votes out of a total of 1,387 achieving a rating of 8.05.
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Crisis in the Kremlin was developed and published by Nostalgames.

Crisis in the Kremlin is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Crisis in the Kremlin is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Crisis in the Kremlin is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Crisis in the Kremlin is a single-player game.

There are 2 DLCs available for Crisis in the Kremlin. Explore additional content available for Crisis in the Kremlin on Steam.

Crisis in the Kremlin does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Crisis in the Kremlin does not support Steam Remote Play.

Crisis in the Kremlin is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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Crisis in the Kremlin
4.99€
8.1
1,170
217
Game modes
Features
Online players
9
Developer
Nostalgames
Publisher
Nostalgames
Release 20 Mar 2017
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