CasualIndie
Calm Down, Stalin
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Started playing 91% of owners
Steam reviews 90% positive of 1,154
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 9 reviews are negative (12%); after 3h it's 1 in 35 (3%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 88% of games we track.
- 91% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 1,163 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 287 reviews: 1.7h for positive, 1.3h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (91% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (16)
- The Ringin' Unlock the Phone 100%
- The Glowin' Unlock the Lamp 85%
- Just a decoration... Unlock the painting 73%
- The Drinkin' Unlock the Vodka 64%
- ...or a necessity? Unlock the flagposts 60%
- The Bangin' Unlock the Gun 47%
- The Punchin' Unlock the Punching Bag 33%
- The Buzzin' Unlock the Fly 23%
- The Lenin' Unlock the Lenin Bust 17%
- The Stampin' Unlock the Stamps 13%
- Socialism in One Country Complete the last level 8.4%
- Stateman Improve the State Integrity by 45% on one level 5.2%
- The Endless Mastered Survive the Endless mode for 4 minutes. 4.9%
- The Endless Politician Earn 10,000 score in the Endless mode. 3.7%
- Tireless Improve the Tiredness by 50% on one level 3.7%
- Just in time Complete the game with no more than 2 optional levels 3.7%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.