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Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War

Real-time political strategy about steering the Soviet Union through crisis

Nostalgames · Released Jul 11, 2025

IndieSimulationStrategy

Reviews
Very Positive
80% of 735
Recent reviews
Mostly Positive
73% of 15 in 30 days
Players
55
daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
1 day ago
Oct 27, 2026
Minimum PC
DX10
2 GB RAM · 1 GB disk
Full requirements

What is Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War?

You govern the USSR during its final decade in a single-player, real-time political strategy game. You adjust budgets and legislation, fund research, and manage foreign relations through diplomacy or proxy wars. Your decisions in historical and alternate-history events shape the country's future, with multiple possible endings.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy juggling economic indicators and competing political factions
  • +you like exploring alternate paths through Cold War history

Not for you if...

  • −you prefer relaxed strategy with little pressure from resource shortages

What players say

80% of 735 reviews are positive · 73% of 15 in the last 30 days

Players praise the political simulation, and some report that the interface is becoming clearer. Complaints center on unclear economic cause and effect and punishing events that can make recovery difficult.

Screenshots and trailer

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Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War system requirements

Minimum: DX10, 2 GB RAM, 1 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

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

Recommended

OS
Windows 7 (SP1+), Windows 10 and Windows 11 (32-bit, 64-bit)
Processor
x86, x64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support.
Graphics
DX10, DX11, DX12 capable.
Memory
2 GB RAM
Storage
1 GB available space
DirectX
Version 12

Does Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
  • Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements
98
Steam features
Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Text only: English, Russian.

Does Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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Recent updates

1 DLC available.

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