Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall
Political strategy sim guiding socialist states through Cold War upheaval
Nostalgames · Released Mar 25, 2018
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 93% of 729
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 0
- peak 24h 1
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 9 months ago
- Dec 20, 2025
What is Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall?
A single-player political strategy simulation set as the socialist bloc faces change near the end of the Cold War. Lead East Germany, Bulgaria, Romania, or Poland, making decisions about reforms, elections, propaganda, and budget spending while dealing with party officials and the public.
For you if...
- +you enjoy alternate-history politics and shaping government policy
- +you like complex political simulations with consequential choices
Not for you if...
- −you want action instead of managing a government
- −you prefer strategy games with a short learning curve
What players say
93% of 729 reviews are positive
Players praise the depth of the Cold War political simulation, though some say its systems take time to learn.
Screenshots and trailer
Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7 SP1+ (32-bit, 64-bit)
- Processor
- SSE2 instruction set support
- Graphics
- DX10 (shader model 4.0) or DX11 with feature level 9.3 capabilities
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7 SP1+, Windows 8, 8.1, Windows 10, etc (32-bit, 64-bit)
- Processor
- SSE2 instruction set support
- Graphics
- DX10 (shader model 4.0) or DX11 with feature level 9.3 capabilities
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 147
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Tags
- Political Sim
- Simulation
- Strategy
- Cold War
- Indie
- Alternate History
- Choices Matter
- Historical
- RPG
- Management
- Diplomacy
- Turn-Based Strategy
- Strategy RPG
- Grand Strategy
- CRPG
- Choose Your Own Adventure
Recent updates
- Dec 20, 2025 · Update 2.5.6
- May 25, 2025 · Patch
- Apr 29, 2025 · Update 2.5
- Apr 22, 2025 · Patch 2.3.7
- Apr 20, 2025 · Patch 2.3.6
4 DLC available.
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