Workers and Resources: Soviet Republic is already one of the most demanding city-builders and logistics sims on PC, and the World Maps DLC drops ten real-geography locations into that pressure cooker. If you've already optimised your fictional Soviet republic to the point where nothing surprises you, these maps are the corrective you need. Real terrain means real constraints: Pittsburgh's river confluences force you to rethink bridge placement, Paris's radial road legacy fights your rail grid, and Pyongyang's flat but symbolically charged layout tempts you into monument overbuilding. Each map is a different kind of systems stress test, which is exactly the right design goal for DLC aimed at experienced players. Let's be direct about who this is for. The base game has a steep learning curve involving electricity grids, heating pipelines, seasonal worker transport, and a supply chain that can unravel if your aggregate trains arrive fifteen minutes late. World Maps adds no tutorial, no hand-holding, and no difficulty reduction. It is a content pack for players who already track vehicle utilisation rates and argue about whether to electrify your rail network before or after hitting 5,000 citizens. If that sentence made you lean forward, you are the target audience. If it made you feel a bit tired, finish the base campaign first. The ten maps themselves vary meaningfully. Some reward dense, vertical industrial planning, others punish it. The inclusion of iconic new buildings tied to specific locations adds light visual flavour without bloating the mechanical core, which is the correct tradeoff for a sim this numbers-heavy. What holds everything together is the base game's underlying logistics model, which remains the most granular road-and-rail simulation available outside of actual transport engineering software. Routing a coal supply chain through a topographically accurate Prague feels different from doing it on a procedural map because real geography has no mercy and no balance testing. The AI controlling your republic's workers pathfinds correctly but won't compensate for your bad placement decisions, same as always. On the negative side, the DLC is thin on novelty beyond the maps themselves. Ten locations and a handful of buildings is a modest content package relative to the depth the base game has accumulated over its early access lifespan. Players expecting new mechanics, new industries, or new supply chain categories will be disappointed. This is fundamentally a geography expansion, and its value is proportional to how much you care about authentic terrain shaping your build orders. There is also no multiplayer support to speak of, so the appeal stays resolutely single-player. The mod ecosystem around the base game is substantial, but World Maps itself doesn't add new modding hooks. For returning players who have burned through the base maps and want fresh logistical puzzles built around real places, this delivers cleanly. For newcomers, the answer is simple: spend 50 or 100 hours in the base game first, get comfortable with how heating zones and worker accommodation interact, and then let Pittsburgh's three rivers make you feel like a junior urban planner who underestimated the scope of the project. The 91% positive Steam rating across a large review pool tells you the core audience is satisfied. That's a reliable signal when the reviewing population is as self-selecting and demanding as this game attracts. Diego, Scout Team