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Calm Down, Stalin

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2016

Should you play it?

Calm Down, Stalin is a game where you directly control your hands to threaten your enemies with nuclear weapons by moving your finger closer to The Button while signing important state papers, answering phone, dealing with your subordinates and fighting the stress of your job by smoking your pipe!

What works

  • Unique and humorous concept
  • Challenging multitasking gameplay
  • Affordable price
  • Engaging animations and sound
  • Historical satire and atmosphere

Things to keep in mind

  • Some bugs and physics issues
  • Limited content and replayability
  • Can be frustrating and stressful
  • Simple graphics
  • Controls may be difficult for some

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Rogue State

  • Slaughter Horse 2

  • TROLEU

  • 60 Seconds!

  • Christmas Massacre

  • Mewgenics

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like Calm Down, Stalin but with less leadership over others

  • Mother Simulator

  • Wasteland Bites

  • FREE DUROV

  • Duck Season PC

  • That's not my Neighbor

  • The Happyhills Homicide

Less dominating

Games that feels like Calm Down, Stalin but with less domination over others

  • 60 Seconds! Reatomized

  • Retail Hell

  • Elder Sign: Omens

  • Ravenous Devils

  • Do No Harm

  • Prime Monster

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Calm Down, Stalin: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Domination, Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Exploration.

Last update: 03/08/2026