Workers and Resources: Soviet Republic is getting a Space Program DLC on November 23, 2026, publisher Hooded Horse announced on November 3 in a Steam post with a new trailer. The same post says developer 3Division’s city builder has now sold more than 1 million copies.
The Details
Space Program takes your republic “from Sputnik 1 to the Vostok program and more.” According to the Space Program store page, it is a full production chain, not a cosmetic pack:
- Research: universities research space technology, from new fuels to more advanced rocket modules, working up from your first satellite to sending life, and then humans, into space.
- Fuel: new chains turn oil, power, chemicals, and water into kerosene, N2O4, and UDMH, stored in hypergolic storage and shipped to the pads by rail and road.
- Rockets: each part is built at a manufacturing hall and put together at an assembly hall, using electronics, steel, plastics, fabrics, and mechanical components. Only specific vehicles can move the parts and finished rockets.
- Launches: a mission control center sets mission parameters and tracks what is in orbit. Standard and Proton launch sites handle different payloads, and space stations are built by launching components separately and docking them in orbit.
- Risk: engine testing facilities lower the chance of a failed launch, and the store page warns that nearby towns are at risk “should the worst come to pass.”
- Payoffs: observatories and planetariums draw tourists, plus new sculptures and solar heating plants.
- Campaign: a new campaign starts at Baikonur in the early 1960s, with infrastructure, industry, and a happy population already in place.
Hooded Horse has not announced a price yet, and the store page lists the DLC for Windows PC.
What This Means for Players
Space Program will lean hard on industry you may already run. The fuel chain starts with oil, power, and chemicals, and the rocket parts need electronics, steel, and plastics, so a republic that already makes those has a head start. Launches can fail, and the store page says nearby towns can pay for it, so keep launch sites well away from where your citizens live. If the new systems look daunting, the Baikonur campaign is built as the place to learn them.
For more on deep management games, our Car Park Capital review covers another sim that rewards planning, Frostpunk 2’s The Surge expansion is the other big city builder expansion on the way, and RimWorld’s move to its own engine in update 1.7 is worth a look for colony sim fans.
When and Where
- Release: November 23, 2026, on Steam. No launch time yet.
- Price: not announced.
- Needs: the base game, Workers and Resources: Soviet Republic, on PC.
Source: Hooded Horse, “Space Program DLC Announcement and Trailer,” Workers and Resources: Soviet Republic on Steam, November 3, 2026.