The goal is to prevent the outbreak of war, which will begin if the Enemies become too impudent (unafraid) or if Stalin gives a direct order to the troops to attack by pressing the Red Button. In order for there to be neither one nor the other, Stalin should only threaten by pressing the Button, holding his hand above it, and the closer his hand is to it, the more the enemies are afraid.
How close the world is to war is the Doomsday Clock behind Stalin’s back — the closer they are to 12 o’clock, the more enemies are close to attacking the USSR. When enemies become bolder - the arrow goes forward, when they are afraid - it goes back.

In addition to this, Stalin needs to do other work too, and the more time he devotes to this work, the more he gets tired, and the more he gets tired, the more his hands are shaking and the easier it is to accidentally press the button.

There are two scales: Fatigue (orange) and State (blue).
If the first scale is filled too much, then Stalin begins to get tired very quickly every his working day and his hands begin to shake earlier than usual.
If the second scale is almost empty, the passage will be blocked and you will have to pass the bonus level(s) to fill the blue scale.

The player controls Stalin's left and right hands to change his hand, the right mouse button changes which hand the player controls, to pick up an object - he just needs to touch it, and to drop it - you need to press the space-bar or middle mouse button.

In order to calm down and reduce the local level of fatigue (which is indicated not by the orange scale, but by how much the heartbeat is heard and the hands are shaking), Stalin can smoke a pipe, but the more stressed Stalin is, the less effective the pipe becomes.

When choosing a mission, the biggest button (A) is the plot task, and the two small buttons (B and C) are additional days that are needed to improve Fatigue or State Integrity before the start of the story task.

Before the start of the day, it is indicated how much the State Value will worsen, how much Fatigue will increase, how far the plot will go. The player will be able to influence the first two characteristics with the style of his game, depending on what you work for.

It’s impossible to miss these achievements, they are always given during the main mission line (A). Almost the whole game goes according to this scheme: first you are trained to handle a new subject (there is only the Red Button and this new subject), and in the next mission this subject is added to all those that you had before, and so by the end of the game almost the entire playing area is filled with a bunch of objects with which the player can interact.

Here's a list of objects and achievements:

Telephone operator

Gives you a phone.
If you hold the phone near the ear, talking on the phone will slowly but significantly increase the State Integrity. If you do not pick up the phone when it rings, Stalin will start to get nervous and the State’s integrity will drop. You can pick up the phone and immediately drop it, the phone will cease to be annoying, but the integrity of the State will drop. If you pick up the phone, but do not hold it near your ear, the caller will notice this; the integrity of the State will also slowly fall. If your hands do not tremble, then you can use your left hand while talking on the phone. After completing the call, return the phone to its place so that it does not interfere or accidentally does not fall on the button when it tries to return on its own.
The phone is the most important item after the Button, you should never forget about it.


Electrician
Gives Lamp.
Designed only to annoy Stalin and the player. From time to time it starts flashing in order to “fix” it; it needs to be hit a random number of times with the hand.



Drinker

Gives you Vodka.
Instantly reduces the local stress level to zero, you can only call it once per mission, but due to some kind of error it sometimes works more than once but sometimes it is not called at all. Does not lower the global level of Fatigue. You can ignore it, it won’t get much worse.

Shooter
Get Nagan
When the gun opens, sometimes a target will appear and a revolver will be brought to you. It has three charges, if you miss, then the state’s level will drop a little, if you get there, it will increase a little, in any case, Stalin will lose a little fatigue from shooting, but this effect is so weak that you can forget about it. You can hit accurately only if you aim not at the gun barrel, but specifically with the mouse cursor. Since it restores very little state level, does not have a very high priority, shoot only if there are no more important cases or if you are sure that you can hit the target faster than in a second. Do not forget to throw the gun yourself in the middle of the table after the shot so that it doesn't hit the button, it will fly away automatically, not immediately.

Boxer

Gives you a punching bag.
The game says that it reduces the speed of stress gaining if you beat it, but in practice there are ALWAYS more important things to do. Ignore it.



Fly swatter

Get the fly
Like a lamp, it exists only to enrage both Stalin and the player, if the fly flies close to Stalin and buzzes especially loudly, you can brush it off and it will disappear for a few seconds.


Lenin
Get a Lenin Bust
It is much more difficult to threaten to press the Bust button than with a finger, since the weight of the hand will increase and it will be more difficult to control, but it acts on the Doomsday Clock much more than just a finger. If you bring it close enough to the Button, you can rewind the Clock to the very beginning in a few seconds.

Secretary

Get Seals
At the beginning of the mission, it is best to move the seals apart so as not to accidentally take the wrong one. If the seal lies directly under the sheet with the Order, then the seal will be placed as soon as you touch it. That is why it is important to keep the seals separately, if you leave the seals lying, as usual, then from time to time you will use the wrong one and the integrity of the State will deteriorate.

Socialism in a single country

Complete the last level
The last level is the longest, Stalin gets tired more than usual, he will have to choose between many objects. Bust, phone and print are the most important, pay attention to them. The higher the state level and the lower the stress level, the easier it will be for you.

It is possible to miss these achievements; they require special conditions for obtaining.

Just the scenery ...
Get Picture
Complete any additional mission for the first time. The picture is just a decoration.




... or need?
Get Flags
Complete any additional mission a second time. Flags are just decoration.




Prominent politician
Improve State Integrity by 45% per level
To achieve the achievement, you must meet the following conditions: you must have very little state goal, you must have a good (low) level of fatigue, among the additional levels there must be an option that offers + 40% of the state values ​​for passing. If it is not there - go through other ext. levels so that state. the value remained at about the same level, and fatigue was as small as possible until there was a level with a reward of + 40% state. values. Run it and ignore all the irritants, all you have to do is immediately pick up the phone and listen to all the phone calls completely, put the correct stamps (if you make a mistake, then restart it better), if the phone does not ring, you can shoot a gun (if you missed - not fatal, but just in case, it is better to restart). It is best to get an achievement after passing the game, when the seals are already open and the correct work with them can give a lot of state. values. If you have completed a level but haven’t received an achievement, click Restart.

Without tired
Improve Fatigue by 50% per level
Getting a lot easier than the previous achievement. Conditions should be the other way around: you should have a lot of state value (it is better to let the scale be complete), a very poor level of fatigue (as full as possible), you need to wait for extra. a task that gives -40% fatigue. The sooner you can find this add. mission is better, since there will be much less irritants. All you have to do on this add. assignment ... is to rest. Just smoke the pipe all the time. The phone rang - pick it up and quickly release it. The lamp flashed - hit. Drink vodka in the middle of the mission, if brought. Shoot from Nagan, if given to you, it soothes. A fly flies up - drive it away (but it is better to complete the task before the fly opens). Occasionally threaten a button. In no case do not engage in work other than threatening a button or firing a pistol.

On time
Complete the game by completing an additional level no more than 2 times
In total, the game has 17 levels - this is the minimum number of days that is required to complete the game and get achievements. If you have already completed two additional levels, and the passage of the main mission is blocked, then you will not receive achievements in this passage.
One of the most difficult achievements, it requires some kind of practice and really gets on my nerves, during its receipt I spent no more than 15 minutes a day on this game, I didn’t have enough for more.
The most important thing is to hell with rest. If your fatigue scale is filled to the maximum, you can still continue the passage, but a too low level of the State will block the passage, which will make additional pass. mission to increase state. values, and we have a limit of only 2 extra. tasks. You should not give a damn about a pipe, punching bag, vodka, a flashing lamp or a buzzing fly, you should only answer phone calls instantly (this is the most important thing), threaten by pressing a button (if there is a Lenin Bust, it is to them), use the right seal and If you are sure that you will be able to do it quickly and accurately, shoot from Nagan.
With this approach, Stalin’s hands will shake, like the old New Zealand cannibal from prions, but you must get used to and tolerably manage the Generalissimo even in such hellish conditions.
A sign that you are doing everything right is that you spend less government value on a mission than indicated before it starts.

Achievements of the "On Time" mode, which is launched from the menu without playing the plot. Opens only after passing the game.

Surviving
Hold on for 4 minutes





The eternal politician
Score 10,000 points in Time Mode





It is much easier to get these achievements together than separately, since you earn points for doing public affairs (telephone, stamps, pistols), and the more you do public affairs, the slower the Doomsday Clock. If you got the “On Time” achievement, then getting these two achievements will be an easy walk for you, as it can be said to be the same final mission, but only your hands do not tremble in such a crazy way.