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A Russian Game Studio Is Making a 'Propaganda' Game About Its Worst Modern Failure

A movement is taking shape across some Ukraine-aligned social media channels to get an upcoming game de-listed from major game license vendor Steam under a surprising claim: It’s Russian propaganda about an ongoing war.And looking at the description, screenshots, and the history of the game developer, that’s an understandable position. But the game makers say they’re just a game studio interested in modern military tactical games and that they’r…

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The Russian studio Cats Who Play presents the events of the first days of the Russian invasion as the so-called “brilliant Russian airborne assault on the outskirts of Kiev”.

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Ukrainian users are calling on the service's administration to block the project, accusing it of promoting war. The release of a new video game about the events of the beginning of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine has sparked a strong reaction among the Ukrainian gaming community. The project in question is "Ukrainian Warfare: Gostomel Heroes," developed by the Russian studio Cats Who Play. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing a publi…

The developer, Cats Who Play, is already in the Russian VK and is preparing for the premiere at Street. Schutter is dedicated to the beginning of the war with Ukraine and attempts to take over the airfield under Kiev with the help of a dessant. Russian propaganda denies the operation's failure and calls the Gostomel "the site of Russian military glory."

·Prague, Czechia
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Russian studio plans to release game dedicated to “heroes” of Gostomel on Steam. Gamers urge to complainCats Who Play studio releases strategy game about events in 2022 near Kyiv. Ukrainian gamers urge Valve to ban game due to war propaganda.

·Kyiv, Ukraine
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rbc.ua broke the news in on Thursday, March 12, 2026.
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