The Berlin Apartment

November 17, 2025 Blue Backpack Blue Backpack
Adventure Indie
Series X|S PC PS5
About

The Berlin Apartment tells the moving stories of inhabitants of an apartment in the city of Berlin over the last 120 years in several unique, emotional episodes as a character-driven adventure game.
Storyline

A handyman is tasked with refurbishing an old apartment in the city of Berlin, Germany. In the course of his extensive renovation work, he digs deeper and deeper into the history of the apartment. Relics from past times turn out to be silent witnesses – and former companions – of the apartment's previous inhabitants. With each new find, he tells his daughter the story behind this trace of a past adventure—with its own protagonists, in its own genre, with a very different atmosphere, but always set in the same four walls.
Videos

Trailer
Release Date Trailer
Screenshots

Similar Games

78.4
{
    "id": 290052,
    "age_ratings": [
        {
            "id": 225094
        },
        {
            "id": 225721
        },
        {
            "id": 225722
        },
        {
            "id": 225723
        },
        {
            "id": 225724
        },
        {
            "id": 225725
        }
    ],
    "aggregated_rating": 85,
    "aggregated_rating_count": 1,
    "artworks": [
        {
            "id": 130456,
            "image_id": "ar2sns",
            "url_blur": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_screenshot_med/ar2sns.jpg",
            "url_thumb": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_screenshot_med/ar2sns.jpg",
            "url_big": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_screenshot_big/ar2sns.jpg",
            "url_full": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_1080p/ar2sns.jpg"
        }
    ],
    "cover": {
        "id": 393906,
        "image_id": "co8fxu",
        "url_thumb": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_thumb/co8fxu.jpg",
        "url_small": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_cover_small/co8fxu.jpg",
        "url_big": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_cover_big/co8fxu.jpg",
        "url_hd": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_720p/co8fxu.jpg",
        "url_full": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_1080p/co8fxu.jpg"
    },
    "first_release_date": 1763337600,
    "game_modes": [
        {
            "id": 1,
            "name": "Single player"
        }
    ],
    "genres": [
        {
            "id": 31,
            "name": "Adventure",
            "slug": "adventure"
        },
        {
            "id": 32,
            "name": "Indie",
            "slug": "indie"
        }
    ],
    "hypes": 11,
    "involved_companies": [
        {
            "id": 385408,
            "company": {
                "id": 76780,
                "name": "Blue Backpack"
            },
            "developer": true,
            "publisher": true
        }
    ],
    "name": "The Berlin Apartment",
    "platforms": [
        {
            "id": 169,
            "abbreviation": "Series X|S",
            "name": "Xbox Series X|S"
        },
        {
            "id": 6,
            "abbreviation": "PC",
            "name": "PC (Microsoft Windows)"
        },
        {
            "id": 167,
            "abbreviation": "PS5",
            "name": "PlayStation 5"
        }
    ],
    "player_perspectives": [
        {
            "id": 1,
            "name": "First person"
        }
    ],
    "rating": 79.93798449612403,
    "rating_count": 7,
    "release_dates": [
        {
            "id": 788821,
            "date": 1763337600,
            "human": "Nov 17, 2025",
            "platform": {
                "id": 6,
                "name": "PC (Microsoft Windows)"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": 788822,
            "date": 1763337600,
            "human": "Nov 17, 2025",
            "platform": {
                "id": 167,
                "name": "PlayStation 5"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": 788823,
            "date": 1763337600,
            "human": "Nov 17, 2025",
            "platform": {
                "id": 169,
                "name": "Xbox Series X|S"
            }
        }
    ],
    "screenshots": [
        {
            "id": 1259250,
            "image_id": "scqzn6",
            "url_blur": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_screenshot_med/scqzn6.jpg",
            "url_thumb": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_screenshot_med/scqzn6.jpg",
            "url_big": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_screenshot_big/scqzn6.jpg",
            "url_huge": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_screenshot_huge/scqzn6.jpg",
            "url_full": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_1080p/scqzn6.jpg"
        },
        {
            "id": 1259251,
            "image_id": "scqzn7",
            "url_blur": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_screenshot_med/scqzn7.jpg",
            "url_thumb": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_screenshot_med/scqzn7.jpg",
            "url_big": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_screenshot_big/scqzn7.jpg",
            "url_huge": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_screenshot_huge/scqzn7.jpg",
            "url_full": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_1080p/scqzn7.jpg"
        },
        {
            "id": 1259246,
            "image_id": "scqzn2",
            "url_blur": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_screenshot_med/scqzn2.jpg",
            "url_thumb": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_screenshot_med/scqzn2.jpg",
            "url_big": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_screenshot_big/scqzn2.jpg",
            "url_huge": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_screenshot_huge/scqzn2.jpg",
            "url_full": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_1080p/scqzn2.jpg"
        },
        {
            "id": 1259247,
            "image_id": "scqzn3",
            "url_blur": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_screenshot_med/scqzn3.jpg",
            "url_thumb": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_screenshot_med/scqzn3.jpg",
            "url_big": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_screenshot_big/scqzn3.jpg",
            "url_huge": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_screenshot_huge/scqzn3.jpg",
            "url_full": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_1080p/scqzn3.jpg"
        },
        {
            "id": 1259248,
            "image_id": "scqzn4",
            "url_blur": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_screenshot_med/scqzn4.jpg",
            "url_thumb": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_screenshot_med/scqzn4.jpg",
            "url_big": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_screenshot_big/scqzn4.jpg",
            "url_huge": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_screenshot_huge/scqzn4.jpg",
            "url_full": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_1080p/scqzn4.jpg"
        },
        {
            "id": 1259249,
            "image_id": "scqzn5",
            "url_blur": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_screenshot_med/scqzn5.jpg",
            "url_thumb": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_screenshot_med/scqzn5.jpg",
            "url_big": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_screenshot_big/scqzn5.jpg",
            "url_huge": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_screenshot_huge/scqzn5.jpg",
            "url_full": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_1080p/scqzn5.jpg"
        }
    ],
    "similar_games": [
        {
            "id": 172142,
            "cover": {
                "id": 228648,
                "image_id": "co4wfc",
                "url": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_cover_big/co4wfc.jpg"
            },
            "name": "Last Days of Lazarus",
            "slug": "last-days-of-lazarus"
        },
        {
            "id": 55282,
            "cover": {
                "id": 71023,
                "image_id": "co1isv",
                "url": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_cover_big/co1isv.jpg"
            },
            "name": "Infliction",
            "rating": 59.81856487201065,
            "slug": "infliction"
        },
        {
            "id": 17480,
            "cover": {
                "id": 201236,
                "image_id": "co4b9w",
                "url": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_cover_big/co4b9w.jpg"
            },
            "name": "Eastshade",
            "rating": 78.43816047329052,
            "slug": "eastshade"
        },
        {
            "id": 189934,
            "cover": {
                "id": 258756,
                "image_id": "co5jno",
                "url": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_cover_big/co5jno.jpg"
            },
            "name": "Lushfoil Photography Sim",
            "slug": "lushfoil-photography-sim"
        },
        {
            "id": 118137,
            "cover": {
                "id": 195926,
                "image_id": "co476e",
                "url": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_cover_big/co476e.jpg"
            },
            "name": "Tribe: Primitive Builder",
            "slug": "tribe-primitive-builder"
        },
        {
            "id": 282935,
            "cover": {
                "id": 367684,
                "image_id": "co7vpg",
                "url": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_cover_big/co7vpg.jpg"
            },
            "name": "Zoochosis",
            "rating": 60.52253032849293,
            "slug": "zoochosis"
        },
        {
            "id": 253578,
            "cover": {
                "id": 613739,
                "image_id": "cod5kb",
                "url": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_cover_big/cod5kb.jpg"
            },
            "name": "Dimhaven: The Lost Source",
            "slug": "dimhaven-the-lost-source"
        },
        {
            "id": 249477,
            "cover": {
                "id": 302439,
                "image_id": "co6hd3",
                "url": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_cover_big/co6hd3.jpg"
            },
            "name": "Return to Grace",
            "rating": 79.5480911162965,
            "slug": "return-to-grace"
        },
        {
            "id": 121947,
            "cover": {
                "id": 132474,
                "image_id": "co2u7u",
                "url": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_cover_big/co2u7u.jpg"
            },
            "name": "The Suicide of Rachel Foster",
            "rating": 70.20273316176556,
            "slug": "the-suicide-of-rachel-foster"
        },
        {
            "id": 26223,
            "cover": {
                "id": 596392,
                "image_id": "cocs6g",
                "url": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_cover_big/cocs6g.jpg"
            },
            "name": "Quern: Undying Thoughts",
            "rating": 80.48453680873921,
            "slug": "quern-undying-thoughts"
        }
    ],
    "slug": "the-berlin-apartment",
    "storyline": "A handyman is tasked with refurbishing an old apartment in the city of Berlin, Germany. In the course of his extensive renovation work, he digs deeper and deeper into the history of the apartment. Relics from past times turn out to be silent witnesses \u2013 and former companions \u2013 of the apartment's previous inhabitants. With each new find, he tells his daughter the story behind this trace of a past adventure\u2014with its own protagonists, in its own genre, with a very different atmosphere, but always set in the same four walls.",
    "summary": "The Berlin Apartment tells the moving stories of inhabitants of an apartment in the city of Berlin over the last 120 years in several unique, emotional episodes as a character-driven adventure game.",
    "total_rating": 82.46899224806202,
    "total_rating_count": 8,
    "videos": [
        {
            "id": 118206,
            "name": "Trailer",
            "video_id": "UlGKdp7cUuw",
            "youtube_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlGKdp7cUuw",
            "embed_url": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/UlGKdp7cUuw",
            "thumbnail": "https://img.youtube.com/vi/UlGKdp7cUuw/hqdefault.jpg"
        },
        {
            "id": 159830,
            "name": "Release Date Trailer",
            "video_id": "_d1r7HQbQbE",
            "youtube_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d1r7HQbQbE",
            "embed_url": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/_d1r7HQbQbE",
            "thumbnail": "https://img.youtube.com/vi/_d1r7HQbQbE/hqdefault.jpg"
        }
    ],
    "websites": [
        {
            "id": 893147,
            "trusted": true,
            "url": "https://www.instagram.com/theberlinapartmentgame/",
            "type": 8
        },
        {
            "id": 918164,
            "trusted": true,
            "url": "https://x.com/berlinapartment",
            "type": 5
        },
        {
            "id": 918165,
            "trusted": true,
            "url": "https://bsky.app/profile/bluebackpack.bsky.social",
            "type": 19
        },
        {
            "id": 918177,
            "trusted": true,
            "url": "https://www.twitch.tv/directory/category/the-berlin-apartment",
            "type": 6
        },
        {
            "id": 918175,
            "trusted": false,
            "url": "https://www.xbox.com/en-us/games/store/the-berlin-apartment/9n6klrw18fv0",
            "type": 22
        },
        {
            "id": 918176,
            "trusted": false,
            "url": "https://store.playstation.com/en-us/concept/10014789",
            "type": 23
        },
        {
            "id": 924031,
            "trusted": false,
            "url": "https://btf.de/en/apartment",
            "type": 1
        },
        {
            "id": 620016,
            "trusted": true,
            "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/2280430",
            "type": 13
        }
    ],
    "buy_links": [
        {
            "store_id": 22,
            "store_name": "Xbox Store",
            "url": "https://www.xbox.com/en-us/games/store/the-berlin-apartment/9n6klrw18fv0"
        },
        {
            "store_id": 23,
            "store_name": "PlayStation Store",
            "url": "https://store.playstation.com/en-us/concept/10014789"
        },
        {
            "store_id": 13,
            "store_name": "Steam",
            "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/2280430"
        }
    ],
    "developers": [
        "Blue Backpack"
    ],
    "publishers": [
        "Blue Backpack"
    ],
    "release_date_formatted": "November 17, 2025",
    "release_year": "2025",
    "rating_rounded": 79.9,
    "rating_percent": 80,
    "aggregated_rating_rounded": 85,
    "total_rating_rounded": 82.5
}
Ratings & Metrics

User Score
Critic Score
82.5
Total Score
Reviews
Hype
Game Info

Release Date November 17, 2025
Developer Blue Backpack
Publisher Blue Backpack
Game Modes Single player
Perspective First person
The Berlin Apartment

About

Storyline

Videos

Screenshots

Similar Games

Eastshade

Infliction

Tribe: Primitive Builder

Last Days of Lazarus

Lushfoil Photography Sim

Return to Grace

Dimhaven: The Lost Source

Zoochosis

Ratings & Metrics

Where to Buy

Game Info
