Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall

Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall

Steam Deck Playable

Nostalgames · Political Sim · Mar 25, 2018

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $5.99. It has been as low as $2.99.

93%
Very Positive
730 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 29 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 11 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 10 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 253 sampled reviews

Based on 730 player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 253 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise50% are divided0% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Do not get me wrong, Ostalgie for its price is still very very good ( clear interface, awesome music, excellent replayability ) even at this stage and I encourage all of you to buy this if you enjoyed Krisis in the Kremlin, also to encourage the further development of it.
29 of 253 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
One other thing worth mentioning: the soundtrack is awesome.
11 of 253 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
So Ostalgie is to be commended for taking a bunch of old names in books nobody reads, and putting them together into a gripping story about how socialist empires and kingdoms went from spanning half the world to falling into the crapper in just a few years.
10 of 253 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love3 themes
Gameplay29 reviews
Audio11 reviews
Story and characters10 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Interface15 reviews
67%
Difficulty9 reviews
100%
Graphics8 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $5.99. The lowest we've tracked is $2.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $5.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
93%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
147
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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