- Publisher: ByteRockers' Games , bildundtonfabrik
- Release Date: Nov 17, 2025
- Also On: PC, Xbox Series X
- Summary:
- Developer: bildundtonfabrik
- Genre(s): First-Person, Adventure, 3D
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 6
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Mixed: 2 out of 6
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Negative: 0 out of 6
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Jan 5, 2026I enjoyed the time I spent visiting The Berlin Apartment. I felt engaged with the people, and seeing some of the tumultuous times in 20th Century German history through the eyes of people living through those times. This is a game with a story to tell, and it’s an interesting one.
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Nov 24, 2025The Berlin Apartment–even with its brief runtime and lack of meaningful gameplay–offers poignant narrative vignettes across its minimalist approach. Taking place entirely in the confines of a singular space, players will experience decades of tumultuous Germany history, reflecting on humanity and the strength of the individual even when entrenched in oppression. It’s in these types of games where an emotional gut punch is one of the deepest mechanics a developer can provide to its audience, leaving them speechless at the mercy of a narrative.
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Nov 24, 2025With a short but engaging interactive narrative, the four-hour campaign of The Berlin Apartment showcases a century of transformations in the namesake city. The journey through time in Berlin is seen through the windows of an apartment and reflected in the lives of the people who inhabited it. There are many details to contemplate and some creative interaction mechanics that enrich its stories, although the superficiality of others leave something to be desired.
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Nov 28, 2025The Berlin Apartment is a touching little story and a glimpse into Germany's turbulent history, from the pre-war period to the end of World War II and the fall of the Berlin Wall. The Berlin Apartment does not try to be more than it is, but if you are the type who enjoys good stories or simply likes to peek through the "virtual keyhole" into other people's lives, then we can easily recommend The Berlin Apartment.
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Nov 24, 2025An interesting and personal feeling set of first person histories that barely constitute a video game and yet wouldn’t really work in any other medium.
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Dec 4, 2025The Berlin Apartment is not an anthology. It is not a collection of stories. It is a single story told by those who remain. By those who silently observe every departure and every return. And that someone is us. The game doesn’t put us in the protagonists’ shoes. It puts us in the shoes of the home they inhabit, carrying the full weight of a century of history.
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Nov 24, 2025Clocking in at around five hours, The Berlin Apartment is as much a digestible history lesson as it is an interactive game. Like Dilara, I came away from it with a new perspective on the world around me, and the stories that world holds.