About This Demo

Kazakhstan, April 1992. The Soviet Union is gone, supply chains are breaking, prices are rising, and the institutions of a new state are learning how to function under pressure.

Path to Power Demo is a self-contained opening campaign segment. Choose one of four government offices and play eight quarters, from April 1992 through the end of 1993. Your authority follows your office: some decisions are yours to make, while others require approval or a lawful institutional route.

WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS DEMO

• One complete eight-quarter campaign segment covering April 1992 through December 1993.
• Four playable government roles with different mandates and access to decisions.
• Mandatory political dossiers with branching decisions and consequences.
• Playable budget, reform, parliamentary, press, resource and faction systems.
• Russian and English interfaces, save/load support and several demo-specific service outcomes.

WHAT THE FULL GAME ADDS

The full game extends the campaign to December 1997 for a total of 23 quarters. It adds complete career progression and promotions, regional management, broader crisis chains, influence and patronage networks, compromat, later parliamentary and monetary institutions, and the full set of campaign events and endings. Demo saves are kept separate from full-game saves.

Historical offices and institutions form the starting framework. Once the campaign begins, your decisions create an alternative history.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

Generative OpenAI tools were used during development to create and edit selected game illustrations, backgrounds, fictional-character portraits, document and assignment images, and some marketing artwork, and to assist with portions of written content and localization. All generated material was reviewed, selected, edited, and integrated by the developer. Licensed archival photographs and credited source materials are identified separately in the in-game credits. The game does not generate AI content during gameplay and does not connect to external AI services.