As noted by tech communities on Reddit , if the cryptographic hash matches the official developer's hash and the file comes back clean from antivirus vendors, the file is entirely safe. The "Russiaphobia" tag is simply a cosmetic artifact of someone else's uploaded file name.
Many users on the Steam Community Forums have noted that while the file is usually not malware, the game itself is extremely poorly optimized. It has a reputation for pushing computer graphics cards (GPUs) to maximum capacity and causing systems to overheat, despite looking like a very basic application. 🛡️ 2. The VirusTotal "File Name" Anomaly RUSSIAPHOBIA.rar
⚠️ If you downloaded a file titled "RUSSIAPHOBIA.rar" from an unverified or sketchy third-party website, do not extract it. Run the compressed archive through an antivirus scanner first to ensure it does not contain a trojan or malicious script. As noted by tech communities on Reddit ,
Most commonly, a .rar or .zip file with this name contains the game files for , a satirical action-simulation game released on Steam in December 2020 by developer European Flameworms. It has a reputation for pushing computer graphics