A Soviet self-propelled tank destroyer based on T-34 chassis and armed with a long-barrel 85 mm gun. SU-85 was a fearsome foe for German tanks, designed to counter the German heavy Tiger tanks.

🕹 In the game: you can use these powerful anti-tank units to fight the hard targets effectively. They are both mobile and pack a heavy punch. On top of that, being an armored unit they have a solid defense, allowing them better sustainability on the frontline.




A major improvement when compared to SU-85. SU-100 was based on the newer tank chassis of T-34-85. It had a modern 85 mm gun D-10S, which proved to be even more effective against the enemy armor. Additionally, SU-100 had much thicker armor plating.

🕹 In the game: you can upgrade SU-85 into SU-100 taking advantage of its better offensive and defensive capabilities.



This was the last dispatch about new units in the Spectre of Communism. However, in just a few days we will start updating you on the new units in Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom, so stay tuned!

👉 Learn more about the upcoming project and add it to wishlist

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1381850/Strategic_Mind_Fight_for_Freedom/
With best regards
Starni Games team

Hello, guys! Today we added two more tracks from the Spectre of Communism to the shared Strategic Mind: Franchise Soundtrack. We were able to create these tracks thanks to your support (purchasing the soundtrack).

Previously, we have added one community funded historical track “Oh fields, my fields”. Now, we add the remaining two gameplay tracks: A worthy goal and Soldier’s will by Daraba Studio.

Both were already delivered to the Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism with one of the recent updates. We plan to add these tracks to all Strategic Mind titles with the next updates.

Let us know in the comments what you think of these new tracks.

With best regards
Starni Games team

Hello, guys! Another week — another beautiful gameplay screenshots from you. Make sure to rate up this post to thank the players for their creativity.

If you want to share great moments from your playthrough with the community make sure to add them to our community hubs or send them to our Twitter. We will post regular news reports with the best ones.

Today's heroes:


"London gets bombed"


"Kiev got wasted"


"Russians take Europe"



"Comrade Stalin, the hero we need!"


"Furnishing goals"


"Comrade Zhukov"



"Victory in Stalingrad"


Looking forward to more great community feedback!

With best regards
Starni Games team

Hello, guys! Here comes the second batch of Spectre of Communism YouTube playthroughs. Today, we are dealing with Poland in various languages and difficulty settings.











Stay tuned for more playthrough videos.

Have a nice weekend!
Starni Games team

Hello guys. Some of you have asked us for a full list of operations in Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism on our community hub. So, here is the list. We did not want to spoil all the operations for those who want to find out the exact order of events for themselves. So, we think that the middle ground will be posting the operations using Spoiler text .


1. Battles of Khalkhin Gol - May1939
2. Invasion of Poland - September 1939
3. Winter War - December 1939
4. German invasion of the USSR - June 1941
5. First Battle of Kiev - September 1941
6. Battle of Moscow - December 1941
7. Battle of Stalingrad - November 1942
8. Third Battle of Kharkov - February 1943
9. Battle of Kursk - July 1943
10. Second Battle of Kiev - October 1943
11. Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive - January 1944
12. Bagration - June 1944
13. Vistula–Oder Offensive - January 1945
14. Balaton Defensive Operation - March 1945
15. Battle of Koenigsberg - April 1945
16. Battle of Berlin - April 1945
17. Battle for Manchuria - August 1945
18. Invasion of Western Europe - March 1946 [/spoiler]
19. Invasion of Italy - April 1946
20. Invasion of the British Isles - May 1946

We wish you the best of luck in completing the whole campaign.

With best regards
Starni Games team

Comrades, today is a glorious day!

Today, the Community items for Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism were finally allowed into Steam. Today, Comrades, the trading cards of prominent Soviet leaders will establish order in this capitalists’ den.

We have added 7 Steam trading cards with key characters from Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism. Be the first to get your hands on all of the Stavka members:

If you collect 7 different trading cards from Spectre of Communism you will get yourself a Kombrig rank:



You have to repeat that to be promoted to a Komdiv rank:



Next in line are:

• Komkor

• General of the Army

• Marshal of the Soviet Union

Additionally, if you collect a rare set of trading cards, you will get a special foil badge — Order of Victory:


By getting promotions, you will also gain emoticons and Profile backgrounds granted by the Party to its most ardent supporters.

Another way to get all the goodies is to go to the “Beryozka” store (Point buy shop on Steam). Only top brass is allowed into the Beryozka store, where everything could be bought in capitalists’ dollars, and not an honest man’s roubles. So, you can use Points, instead of trading cards to get whatever Community items you want.

Here is an example of colored and black-and-white versions of a Profile background:



Hold cursor over the icon for more details:

:BigBroIsWatching:
:Communists:
:FinalArgument:
:HighlyUnfortunate:
:NoBrainer:
:SyberianHolidays:
:UnityMakesStrength:
:DogsLife:
:RussianEnergyDrink:
:RussianHospitality:

Let us know in the comments below what you think of the new Community items. Do not worry, the NKVD staff is on holiday today and won’t be reviewing your posts.

With best regards
Starni Games Stavka

A modification of earlier DB-3 bomber models. Despite being far from the best design as of 1941, these long-range bombers did perform several daring raids on Berlin in the summer of 1941, proving to Germans that their homeland could also suffer from war. Overall, more than 6000 planes of different modifications were built.




A twin-engined Soviet dive bomber, Pe-2 is considered one of the best aircraft models the USSR produced during the war. Its production numbers went over 11 000 units built.

The Pe-2 was designed in a prison design bureau (sharashka); Vladimir Petlyakov (head engineer) had been arrested and imprisoned in 1937 for allegedly delaying design work on the Tupolev ANT-42 bomber. Petlyakov was given the task of designing a high-altitude fighter, which he successfully accomplished. However, operational experience in the Soviet-Finnish War of 1939-1940 showed that this was not what the Soviet Air Force needed, and Lavrentiy Beria, head of the NKVD and of the sharashka system, ordered that the fighter be redesigned as a dive bomber, with the promise that Petlyakov and his colleagues would be released on its successful completion. The resulting aircraft, the Pe-2 proved to be one of the most successful designs of World War II.

Petlyakov was released in 1940, and was awarded a Stalin Prize in 1941. However, at Kazan, Petlyakov faced increasing difficulties, with many of his trained technicians and machinists conscripted into the Soviet military and sent to the front lines, which adversely affected the aircraft production. He protested to Soviet senior leadership, and was on his way to Moscow in January 1942 (flying in a Pe-2), when he died in an air crash near Arzamas.



We will keep posting new units that will appear for the first time in the Strategic Mind series, so stay tuned!

With best regards
Starni Games team

General!

Our ever-vigilant intelligence service has prepared a news update, for your eyes only!

Here are all of our spy’s key findings.



Our observers report that all Strategic Mind titles now feature a shared downloadable PDF Manual in the following languages: English, Chinese, German, French, Russian. This was one of the features asked for by the community.

Here is where you can conveniently find Manual in your language:



Our infiltrators have uncovered that Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism will soon feature a set of Community items. Right now, they are pending approval.

Our undercover agents in Starni Games team managed to stole a couple of pictures for you to have a sneak peek:


Additionally, if you have somehow missed the Steam Autumn sale, you still have one last day to get an advantage of the discounts for The Pacific and Blitzkrieg.

This is it for this week’s report.

Ever vigilant
Starni Games intelligence service

Hello, guys!
After our last week's post, some of you provided us with your beautiful gameplay screenshots! We are so happy to see your activity, and share your contribution with the community. This time we post not only Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism screenshots, but also the ones from Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg.

If you want to share great moments from your playthrough with the community make sure to add them to our community hubs or send them to our Twitter. We will post regular news reports with the best ones.

So here are our heroes for today's post:


"How often did I invade Poland already... as Nazi commander. This time my tanks come from the eastern border".


"Russian I-16 fighter squad starting".








"Russian King Tiger".



"No step Back!"


"Tractor factory in soviet hands".











Looking forward to more great community feedback!

With best regards
Starni Games team

General! The Blitzkrieg and The Pacific are on Sale right now! Black Friday weekend is short, so make sure to check it out before 1 December 🎉.

• Save 20% on Blitzkrieg

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Have a nice weekend!