<s>
Workers	B-Application
&	I-Application
Resources	I-Application
:	I-Application
Soviet	I-Application
Republic	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2019	O
city-building	B-Application
and	O
construction	B-Application
and	I-Application
management	I-Application
simulation	I-Application
developed	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
the	O
Slovak	O
game	O
studio	O
3Division	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Workers	B-Application
&	I-Application
Resources	I-Application
:	I-Application
Soviet	I-Application
Republic	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
previous	O
success	O
of	O
other	O
similar	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
genre	O
,	O
including	O
Cities	B-Application
:	I-Application
Skylines	I-Application
and	O
Transport	B-Application
Fever	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
unlike	O
previous	O
games	O
,	O
the	O
focus	O
of	O
Workers	B-Application
&	I-Application
Resources	I-Application
:	I-Application
Soviet	I-Application
Republic	I-Application
was	O
to	O
simulate	O
the	O
economic	O
systems	O
of	O
communist	O
states	O
during	O
the	O
Cold	B-Application
War	I-Application
era	I-Application
,	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
being	O
set	O
between	O
the	O
1960s	O
and	O
the	O
1990s	O
,	O
though	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
ending	O
time	O
limit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
early	O
access	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
on	O
15	O
March	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2023	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
removed	O
from	O
Steam	B-Application
due	O
to	O
a	O
DMCA	O
takedown	O
issued	O
by	O
a	O
content	O
creator	O
over	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
a	O
realistic	O
mode	O
that	O
the	O
fan	O
had	O
conceived	O
,	O
which	O
3Division	O
had	O
planned	O
to	O
incorporate	O
with	O
credit	O
in	O
a	O
later	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
legal	O
issue	O
was	O
resolved	O
by	O
early	O
March	O
2023	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
brought	O
back	O
to	O
Steam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
