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Calm Down, Stalin

Cartboard Games · 2016-09-08

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 08, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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!

Calm Down, Stalin is a $3.99 Casual and Indie game released in 2016, estimated to have 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive sentiment (90% of 1150 reviews).

1
playing now
90%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$3.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 46 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 70% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 29,056 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 29k–69k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,150 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.59 at Steam (2018-11-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
282820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
160Sep 2016Jul 2024Sep 2016 — avg 16 · peak 74Nov 2016 — avg 2 · peak 9Jan 2017 — avg 2 · peak 11Mar 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7May 2017 — avg 1 · peak 10Jul 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2017 — avg 1 · peak 9Jan 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2018 — avg 1 · peak 10Jul 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2019 — avg 1 · peak 9Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Nov 2019 — avg 2 · peak 14Jan 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2020 — avg 2 · peak 14May 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Nov 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2021 — avg 1 · peak 7Mar 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3May 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Jul 2021 — avg 1 · peak 7Sep 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2021 — avg 1 · peak 8Mar 2022 — avg 2 · peak 5May 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2023 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2024 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Jul 2024

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$3.99$1.592016-09-082026-07-092016-09-08 — best price $3.592016-11-23 — best price $3.192016-12-22 — best price $2.792017-05-05 — best price $2.192017-06-22 — best price $2.392017-11-22 — best price $1.992017-12-21 — best price $1.992018-05-05 — best price $2.192018-06-21 — best price $1.792018-11-21 — best price $1.592018-12-20 — best price $1.592019-06-26 — best price $1.592019-10-28 — best price $1.592019-11-26 — best price $1.592019-12-19 — best price $1.592020-06-25 — best price $1.992020-11-25 — best price $1.992020-12-22 — best price $1.592021-02-11 — best price $1.592021-06-24 — best price $1.592021-10-28 — best price $2.792021-11-24 — best price $1.992021-12-22 — best price $1.592022-06-23 — best price $1.592022-11-22 — best price $1.992022-12-22 — best price $1.992023-07-05 — best price $1.992023-12-21 — best price $1.592024-03-18 — best price $1.992024-06-27 — best price $1.992024-11-28 — best price $1.992024-12-23 — best price $1.592025-03-15 — best price $1.992025-06-26 — best price $1.592025-09-30 — best price $1.992025-12-18 — best price $1.592026-03-22 — best price $1.992026-06-12 — best price $2.392026-06-25 — best price $1.592026-07-09 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
91%
earned "The Ringin'"
15.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,6415%16

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

FunnyIndieMemesCasualComedyCold WarPoliticsIlluminatiSimulationStory Rich

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.