Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
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| Developer(s) | 3Division |
| Publisher(s) | Hooded Horse |
| Composer(s) | Rotem Hecht |
| Platform(s) | Windows |
| Release | 20 June 2024 |
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Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic is a 2024 city-building and construction and management simulation developed and released by the Slovak game studio 3Division.[1]
Gameplay
[edit]Players engage in urban and industrial planning of various levels of complexity. Players can choose whether or not to enable or disable heating and electricity requirements for buildings, fuel requirements for vehicles, and a complex educational system (parents cannot work without a school for young children). Construction is accomplished quickly via money or more realistically through the use of construction offices and acquired resources. Produced goods can be sold to the Warsaw Pact (generally) or the West, or put to use in the republic.[2][3]
Development and release
[edit]Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic was developed based on the previous success of other similar games in the genre, including Cities: Skylines and Transport Fever. Unlike previous games, the focus of Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic was to simulate the economic systems of Communist states, particularly the Eastern Bloc economies during the Cold War era, with the game being set between the 1960s and the 1990s; there is no ending time limit.[4]
The game was first released in early access on Steam on 15 March 2019.[3] In February 2023, the game was removed from Steam due to a DMCA takedown issued by a content creator over the rights to a realistic mode that the fan had conceived, which 3Division had planned to incorporate with credit in a later release of the game.[5][6] The legal issue was resolved by early March 2023 and the game was brought back to Steam.[7]
The game was announced as leaving early access with the release of version 1.0 on 20 June 2024.[8]
Reception
[edit]Workers & Resources received mostly positive reviews from both critics and players during early access; some criticized the game's lack of tutorials in the early stages.[9][10][11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "IndieDB -- 3Division". 11 March 2019. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ^ Bolding, Jonathan (31 December 2019). "Workers & Resources is the best Soviet-themed city builder I've ever seen". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on 1 June 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic is a brutalist city-builder". Rock Paper Shotgun. 29 March 2019. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ "Workers & Resources". Soviet Republic. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ Christian Just (17 February 2023). "Aufbauspiel Workers & Resources fliegt von Steam, weil sich ein »Fan« beschwert". GameStar (in German). Archived from the original on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ^ Geigner, Timothy (17 February 2023). "One City Builder Game's Tale Shows Just How Wide Open The DMCA Process Is For Abuse". Techdirt. Archived from the original on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ^ "Steam :: Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic :: Special Report for the Community #2". Steam. 4 March 2023. Archived from the original on 12 May 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ^ Hooded Horse [@HoodedHorseInc] (20 June 2024). "Comrades! After five glorious years, Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic has put Early Access behind and ascended to version 1.0. Alongside its launch is the Biomes DLC -- now you can spread the revolution worldwide. Be sure to check out the new release trailer, too!" (Tweet). Retrieved 11 August 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic - Totally amazing". www.dedoimedo.com. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ Bolding, Jonathan (31 December 2019). "Workers & Resources is the best Soviet-themed city builder I've ever seen". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on 1 June 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ Meer, Alec (29 March 2019). "Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic is a brutalist city-builder". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
