This game is a raw gem.

It has its value, it has its depth. But it doesn't have that polish.

At 30$ avoid, at =>50% discount, consider.


A tale of cons and pros:
Gameplay, feels rewarding,

but until you learn that "x isssue" that you could hardly notice causes you major issues. Maybye its backed up trash, maybye sewage. Generally If you miss something, you will be bittery reminded of it, by reality.

Because of that game is save heavy. My typical playthru must have few spare saves in case of such disaster.
You will be stuck in loop where every step forward needs 2 little steps back.
This game also lack varierity, most of content must be supplied from steam workshop.

(this will make sovietworkers obese on your's hardrive, be ready for 4gb save files each)

Also there are some other gameplay issues,


2. Game lacks some extra export material, lacks ability for modders to add such. Just removes Ideas how could you make money/roleplay.

3. (realistic) Despite game being about central planning, Distribution offices are locked, i know there are 5 free. But those should be temporary and not 3 years in to the game-nament. and not even mentioning prices of permanent buildings

4. Factory connections... At this point just implement modders work, but make it so they can import things from magazine

5. (realistic) Road building feels very choppy

6. Game has build in economic death timer (electronic use), and as I mentioned we don't get better industry to combat money drain with production effiency*

7. Lacks of world events, rather than play on cold war themes (west embargos, economic crashes, paranoia) we get covid every 2-3years and earthquake every 5. Also curently market reports go into spam folder every season .Event lacks depth, reasons and by such fun.

(*and before I hear it mimic reality, ** and that cold war is supposed timeline of this game, I will still call it bad game design decision just to abandon long game players)

This games offers rewarding but raw, and unforgiving (in some cases), socialism city simulator.
Where building industry, will be very rewarding. It reminds simcity greatness, or mimics factorio build loop.

Games is as unpolished as those AI arts they use, it is good enough but it lacks effort (or skills).

Not enough QoL, not enough buildings... Late game emptiness....

If Cities: Skylines is a sandbox where roads magically pop up like Sims fairies paved them overnight, then Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic is a brutalist slap to the face from Mother Reality herself.

Here, you don’t just "draw" a road. No, comrade. You design it, fund it, schedule trucks to haul gravel, hire men to spread it, fuel the machines, build the asphalt plant, mine the gravel, manage the economy that pays the workers who operate the quarry that makes the damn gravel. Miss one step? Congratulations, you just bottlenecked your entire republic and your citizens are now freezing to death because the heating plant never got built. Oops.

This isn't a casual "build pretty cities and watch traffic flow" experience — this is urban survival at an industrial scale. Every system, every commodity, every warm body matters. It's city planning meets Soviet logistics simulator, and it is absolutely glorious, comrade.

Forget plopping down a water pump and calling it a day — Workers & Resources forces you to learn how a real city breathes, sweats, and bleeds. Every piece of progress feels earned, not given. Make a dumb decision? You won't feel it right away. It'll hit you six hours later when your food supply collapses because your farm was 1 km too far from your distribution office.

If you ever wanted a city builder that punishes laziness, rewards foresight, and makes you respect the miracle of modern civilization, this is it.

10/10 would watch my republic collapse into chaos over one missing gravel truck again.

Tropico meets Satisfactory meets SimCity, with a dash of Railroad Tycoon. Just sublime! Careful, though... this is one of those games where, before you know it, you hear the birds chirping outside your window and wonder where all the time went! It's got a learning curve, especially the rail system, but very addictive once you get into it. One of the few modern games that truly trap me the way old games used to.