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- $4.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Playable
- 2017
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Also Cold War and Political Sim, like Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall.
- 87% of 1,396 reviews
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- Released: 2018
- Developer: Nostalgames
- Price: $5.99checked Oct 31
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 91% of 265 reviews
- Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation
- Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Players highlight
- Each nation has unique events
- Learn real late 80s eastern bloc reforms
- Music enhances immersion
- Atmospheric
- Challenging
- Contemplative
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About Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall
The closest matches to Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall: Crisis in the Kremlin, China: Mao's legacy, Collapse: A Political Simulator, Realpolitiks, and Democracy 3. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall is your kind of game, the closest matches are Crisis in the Kremlin, China: Mao's legacy and Collapse: A Political Simulator — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and contemplative, and single out its approval rating systems and coup prevention. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
About Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall: The confrontation between the East and the West is coming to an end, but not between East and West Germany. The old party leaders are still sitting in their offices, not changing anything and waiting for exclamations from Moscow. But their end is close – Gorbachev and Kohl have already decided...
Is Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 91% of 265 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $5.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 14 h when they wrote their review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Each nation has unique events
- Learn real late 80s eastern bloc reforms
- Replayability through countless paths
- Steer history toward wildly different outcomes
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“The fact that less than 12% of players even get the most basic achievement in this game - not being overthrown within 1 year of GDR gameplay - is a pretty good indicator of how the rest of the game plays. Unclear English translations at…”
“If there was a mixed review button i would of picked it but i have to give a thumbs down, yes i do like this game and yes i am obsessed with the cold war, east germany, the berlin wall however the game is not polished well at all, yes i…”
People who play it also play: Crisis in the Kremlin, China: Mao's legacy, Collapse: A Political Simulator
Frequently asked about Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall
Can I run it?
Does Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall run on Steam Deck?
Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall cost?
Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall are Crisis in the Kremlin, China: Mao's legacy, Collapse: A Political Simulator.
Who developed Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall?
Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall was developed by Nostalgames.