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Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall

Nostalgames · 2018-03-25

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Mar 25, 2018 (Mac), Mar 25, 2018 (Linux), Mar 25, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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...

Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall is an Indie, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2018, priced at $5.99, with Very Positive reviews (93% of 728 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 100,000 .. 200,000.

6
playing now
93%
positive of 728 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (96 reviews).
  • · Top 13% of 49,602 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 18k–44k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 728 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.39 at Steam (2019-12-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
929220182026Week of 2018-03-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-15 01:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 6 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$2.392018-03-262021-02-152018-03-26 — best price $5.992018-05-15 — best price $5.992018-07-05 — best price $5.992018-07-24 — best price $5.992018-09-25 — best price $5.992018-11-01 — best price $5.992018-11-28 — best price $5.992019-01-04 — best price $4.192019-02-04 — best price $2.992019-04-24 — best price $2.992019-06-25 — best price $2.992019-07-10 — best price $2.992019-08-31 — best price $2.692019-10-28 — best price $2.692019-11-26 — best price $2.692019-12-19 — best price $2.392020-01-03 — best price $2.392020-01-23 — best price $2.392020-04-05 — best price $2.392020-06-25 — best price $2.392020-07-10 — best price $2.392020-08-31 — best price $2.392020-10-29 — best price $2.392020-11-25 — best price $2.392020-12-22 — best price $2.392021-01-06 — best price $2.392021-02-11 — best price $2.392021-02-15 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
11.7%
earned "Memento mori"
5.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing4 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2018-11-15, latest 2022-03-09 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2220%147

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RPGIndieCold WarPoliticsStrategyDiplomacyPoliticalHistoricalManagementSimulation

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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