Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic

Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic is a city-building simulation and strategy game set in a planned economy. Your job is to manage the whole chain, from digging up ore and farming fertile land to manufacturing goods and delivering services. Every road, bridge, housing block and factory has to be built from scratch, and its resource cost reflects the size of the project. You can pay market prices for materials and bring in outside labor, or set up a construction office so your own citizens work on sites and build with locally sourced materials.

The setting is an emerging neutral republic that is trying to escape its poor past and become a wealthy industrial power. You balance rubles and US dollars while trading with countries on both sides of the Iron Curtain for money, resources and technology. Flooding one market with your goods can cut your returns, and leaning too hard toward one bloc can cut you off from useful advances. The game tracks more than 30 goods, and each one needs its own storage, vehicles and loading buildings.

Citizens sit at the center of the simulation. You provide food, clothing, alcohol, education, jobs, entertainment and sport, while watching overall happiness and loyalty so people do not leave. Disloyal citizens can turn to crime and lower the efficiency of your workforce, so careful planning matters. Electricity, water and heating are all essential, and winter demands extra preparation to keep the population from falling.

Transport ties everything together. Buses, trams, trains, subways, ships, planes and trucks are all available, and you can design custom airports, rail signals and interchanges to shape your network. The mix of interlinked systems and the mod tools, backed by a Steam Workshop full of player-made content, are what really stand out.

• Over 30 goods must be purchased, manufactured and transported through a detailed supply chain with dedicated storage and vehicles.
• Trade with both Western and Soviet blocs in rubles and US dollars while staying a neutral state free to choose sides.
• Transport options include buses, trams, trains, subways, ships, planes and trucks, plus custom airports and rail signals.
• Citizens are followed from childhood to old age, with needs for food, education, jobs, loyalty and happiness to manage.
• A built-in level editor and Steam Workshop support let you create maps and add new buildings and vehicles made by others.
• Controller support covers DualSense and DualShock gamepads, and the game offers adjustable difficulty, save-anytime play and Steam Cloud saves.

Steam players rate Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic Very Positive (極度好評 on Steam Taiwan), with 91% of reviews positive across tens of thousands of reviews. That is a strong signal that the game's depth holds up for the people who play it, and it sits just below the highest overall tier on Steam.

Steam calculates the label from the percentage of positive reviews and the total number of reviews, so a score this high backed by a large volume is generally a dependable read. Smaller review counts swing much more widely, so a label on a newer or niche title can change quickly. With this many reviews, the overall pattern is more useful than any single opinion, so it's worth reading a few recent reviews to see whether the complexity suits you.

All prices here are Taiwan Steam store prices in NT$. Right now Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic is NT$ 799, which matches its regular price, so it is not on sale at the moment. The highest price we have recorded is also NT$ 799.

The more interesting number is the low point. We recorded NT$ 199 on 2026-07-10, which was the deepest discount in our records at 75% off. The game has been discounted often in our records, so sales do come around, but our price record is still short and the verdict here is tentative.

Free-to-keep promotions have not happened in our records so far. Because our history is still limited, the safest approach is to wishlist the game and wait for a discount, unless you are ready to spend NT$ 799 now on a deep simulator that rewards long sessions.

1. Open the Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic page on the Steam website or in the Steam client.
2. Add it to your wishlist if you want to track it without buying yet.
3. To buy now, select Add to Cart and check out, which costs NT$ 799 at the current Taiwan Steam price.
4. Turn on wishlist sale notifications in your Steam settings so you hear about discounts as soon as they start.
5. Check back here for the price trend and the latest deals before you commit.

Traditional Chinese and English are both supported, alongside Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean and several European languages. Prices shown are Taiwan-region Steam store prices in NT$ and may differ in other regions or currencies. Free and discount promotions can end at any time, so check the official Steam page before you buy.