Games made in Russia and the USSR

19 games in the atlas were made in Russia or the Soviet Union. Each entry gives the developer, year and first platform.

In the 1990s and early 2000s Russian studios made a number of games that found players abroad. Many were published in the West under different names and by different companies, so the same game can be known by one title at home and another elsewhere.

Each game page lists its names by region, its release history and where you can play it legally today.

  1. Nu, pogodi!

    Other, 1984 · Elektronika

    Nu, pogodi!

  2. Tetris

    Game Boy, 1984 · テトリス · Alexey Pajitnov

    Tetris was created by Alexey Pajitnov, who wrote the first version on an Elektronika 60 computer while working at the Computing Centre of the USSR Academy of Sciences in Moscow.

  3. Parkan: The Imperial Chronicles

    Windows, 1997 · Nikita

    Parkan: The Imperial Chronicles was developed and published by the Russian studio Nikita and released on September 1, 1997.

  4. Pilot Brothers

    Windows, 1997 · Gamos

    Pilot Brothers is a comic adventure from the Russian studio Gamos.

  5. Hard Truck

    Windows, 1998 · SoftLab-NSK

    Hard Truck is a Russian truck-driving game made by the Russian studio SoftLab-NSK and published by Buka Entertainment on 20 April 1998.

  6. Rage of Mages

    Windows, 1998 · Nival Interactive

    Rage of Mages is a game by the Russian studio Nival Interactive, first released in Russia by Buka on 10 April 1998 as «Аллоды: Печать тайны».

  7. Red Comrades Save the Galaxy

    Windows, 1998 · S.K.I.F.

    Red Comrades Save the Galaxy is a Russian point-and-click comedy adventure developed by S.K.I.F.

  8. Vangers

    Windows, 1998 · K-D Lab

    Vangers is a 1998 game by the Russian studio K-D Lab, published at home by Buka Entertainment.

  9. Rage of Mages II: Necromancer

    Windows, 1999 · Nival Interactive

    Rage of Mages II: Necromancer is a role-playing game with real-time strategy elements developed by Nival for Windows.

  10. Evil Islands: Curse of the Lost Soul

    Windows, 2000 · Nival Interactive

    Evil Islands: Curse of the Lost Soul, known in Russia as Prokliatye zemli, was developed by Nival Interactive and released in Russia on 26 October 2000.

  11. Sea Dogs

    Windows, 2000 · Akella

    Sea Dogs is a role-playing game developed by the Russian studio Akella and released in November 2000.

  12. Sudden Strike

    Windows, 2000 · Fireglow Games

    Sudden Strike is a World War II real-time tactics game by the Russian studio Fireglow Games, directed by Victor Streltsov.

  13. IL-2 Sturmovik

    Windows, 2001 · 1C:Maddox Games

    IL-2 Sturmovik is a combat flight simulator developed in Russia by 1C:Maddox Games and released for Windows in November 2001.

  14. Space Rangers

    Windows, 2002 · Elemental Games

    Space Rangers was developed by the Russian studio Elemental Games and published in Russia by 1C on 20 December 2002 as Космические рейнджеры.

  15. Blitzkrieg

    Windows, 2003 · Nival Interactive

    Blitzkrieg is a World War II real-time tactics game from the Russian studio Nival Interactive, built on its Enigma engine.

  16. Silent Storm

    Windows, 2003 · Nival Interactive

    Silent Storm is a turn-based World War II tactics game developed by the Russian studio Nival Interactive.

  17. Perimeter

    Windows, 2004 · K-D Lab

    Perimeter is a real-time strategy game by the Russian studio K-D Lab, published in Russia by 1C and released in Europe on May 21, 2004 and in North America on June 29, 2004.

  18. Space Rangers 2: Dominators

    Windows, 2004 · Elemental Games

    Space Rangers 2: Dominators was made by Elemental Games in Vladivostok, where about 15 developers worked on it for roughly a year and a half.

  19. Pathologic

    Windows, 2005 · Ice-Pick Lodge

    Pathologic was the first game by the Russian studio Ice-Pick Lodge, directed by Nikolai Dybowski.