Forget city-building games. You're not a builder, you're a DESTROYER. Use taxes and bureaucracy to collapse a flawlessly functioning dystopian industrial system from within. A card-based ideological collapse simulation game.

<video class="bb_img" autoplay muted loop playsinline poster="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4224470/extras/3e8b2aa18b41c944dc43d70dcb7260eb.poster.avif?t=1767873769" width=1170 height=658 ><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4224470/extras/3e8b2aa18b41c944dc43d70dcb7260eb.webm?t=1767873769" type="video/webm; codecs=vp9"><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4224470/extras/3e8b2aa18b41c944dc43d70dcb7260eb.mp4?t=1767873769" type="video/mp4"></video>PUNISH TALENT - TAX SUCCESS - REWARD MEDIOCRITY In this card-based simulation, your mission isn't to save the country—it's to stop its motor. Weaponize bureaucracy, break the producers' spirit, and bring the system to a halt.<h2 class="bb_tag" >KEY FEATURES</h2><ul class="bb_ul"><li>Reverse City-Building: Unlike classic management games, your goal is not to grow, but to strategically leave a living, breathing city without producers.<video class="bb_img" autoplay muted loop playsinline crossorigin="anonymous" poster="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4224470/extras/fe71fd8b6dfd89e0098d5c02f8cd6a4c.poster.avif?t=1767873769" width=276 height=387 ><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4224470/extras/fe71fd8b6dfd89e0098d5c02f8cd6a4c.webm?t=1767873769" type="video/webm; codecs=vp9"></video></li></ul><ul class="bb_ul"><li>Card-Based Sabotage: Tax hikes, security inspections, and supply chain blockages... Use your deck of action cards to mess with the producers' settings.</li><li>Producer Psychology System: Face off against unique characters such as Industrialists, Artists, Inventors, and Economists. Each has a “Patience” limit and sensitive points that you must provoke. <video class="bb_img" autoplay muted loop playsinline poster="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4224470/extras/4ec5d5f3932711cba6c2e82edb43971a.poster.avif?t=1767873769" width=1170 height=658 ><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4224470/extras/4ec5d5f3932711cba6c2e82edb43971a.webm?t=1767873769" type="video/webm; codecs=vp9"><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4224470/extras/4ec5d5f3932711cba6c2e82edb43971a.mp4?t=1767873769" type="video/mp4"></video></li><li>Grid Mechanics &amp; Chain Reactions: Use your neighborly relationships to your advantage. Isolate a producer whose neighbor has disappeared.</li><li>Stealth Strategy: Manage your “suspicion” level. If you make moves too aggressively, Parasites and Raiders will detect your presence and come after you.</li></ul><ul class="bb_ul"><li>Campaign &amp; Progression: As you conquer more challenging areas, unlock new cards. <video class="bb_img" autoplay muted loop playsinline crossorigin="anonymous" poster="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4224470/extras/536d4bb224c4e992509ecd6a9cc27a3a.poster.avif?t=1767873769" width=1170 height=339 ><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4224470/extras/536d4bb224c4e992509ecd6a9cc27a3a.webm?t=1767873769" type="video/webm; codecs=vp9"></video> </li></ul><h2 class="bb_tag" >YOUR WEAPON: THE STAMP &amp; SIGNATURE</h2><ul class="bb_ul"><li>Shadow Governance: You don't need a bomb to destroy a factory. Just slap a new customs duty on its raw materials and watch it shut down.</li></ul><ul class="bb_ul"><li>Bureaucratic Hell: Want to kill innovation? Set up a committee called ‘Public Interest’ and bury inventors in so much red tape that they can't invent anything while filling out forms.</li><li>Wear down producers' patience with paperwork and mind-numbing techniques. Do everything secretly. <video class="bb_img" autoplay muted loop playsinline poster="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4224470/extras/615a4649e6061028a9678d432078ee77.poster.avif?t=1767873769" width=1170 height=106 ><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4224470/extras/615a4649e6061028a9678d432078ee77.webm?t=1767873769" type="video/webm; codecs=vp9"><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4224470/extras/615a4649e6061028a9678d432078ee77.mp4?t=1767873769" type="video/mp4"></video><video class="bb_img" autoplay muted loop playsinline poster="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4224470/extras/727479cf31da185d2cd1053c682e7a97.poster.avif?t=1767873769" width=880 height=398 ><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4224470/extras/727479cf31da185d2cd1053c682e7a97.webm?t=1767873769" type="video/webm; codecs=vp9"><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4224470/extras/727479cf31da185d2cd1053c682e7a97.mp4?t=1767873769" type="video/mp4"></video></li><li>Analyze the positions and roles of producers in the city.</li><li>Strike at the most critical point.</li><li>Watch the disappearance. <video class="bb_img" autoplay muted loop playsinline poster="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4224470/extras/c1eee8dcf3dab1e832cb3e6757128afe.poster.avif?t=1767873769" width=1104 height=512 ><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4224470/extras/c1eee8dcf3dab1e832cb3e6757128afe.webm?t=1767873769" type="video/webm; codecs=vp9"><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4224470/extras/c1eee8dcf3dab1e832cb3e6757128afe.mp4?t=1767873769" type="video/mp4"></video></li></ul>

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