Broken Age

Buy84%

Very Positive · 8k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Steam Deck Verified
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Double Fine Productions · Point & Click · Jan 28, 2014

Player review score
84%
Very Positive
Price
$14.28
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
45
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
6
Full audio2 of 6
Subtitles6 of 6

Should I buy Broken Age?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 184 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 74 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 64 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 32 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 18 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 8k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
67% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews33% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
184 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The mystery surrounding the girl and boys’s circumstances were the most intriguing part of the game and while the game did not give a complete explanation and answers the ending was mostly satisfactory.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
74 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I'm not really blown away by anyone's voice acting, yet I appreciate that all of the text was spoken out loud by the actors.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
64 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The game has a wonderful story book-like art style that is gorgeous to look at.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
50 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I ended up acquiring all of the objects I needed ahead of time before I needed to use them, which sped up the gameplay a bit.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
14 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Stellar voice acting is expected, when you have names like Elijah Wood in the actors' roster, and the game did not disappoint in this aspect either.
Bugs
Players who bring up Bugs mostly praise it.
5 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It took me about 12 hours to complete, with just a little outside help when I got stuck, and I never encountered a single bug—a huge relief after playing some of Daedalic’s otherwise good but glitchy titles.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Story184 reviews
Audio74 reviews
Graphics64 reviews
Gameplay50 reviews
Characters14 reviews
Bugs5 reviews
Divided opinion

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain
Difficulty
72% still recommend
Interface
78% still recommend
Crashes
67% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$14.28

The lowest we've tracked is $2.84.

6 points recordedtoday · $14.28

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