Broken Age

Broken Age

Steam Deck Verified

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

Yes, worth buying.

At $14.28. It has been as low as $2.84.

84%
Very Positive
8k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 222 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 77 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 67 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 8k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

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
72% of themes are praise14% are divided14% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Something that makes BA stand out is that you play through it from the perspective of two different characters.
222 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The voice acting is top tier, and while the dialogue isn’t always great, it’s presented really well.
77 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
It blends the themes and visuals together effectively, with a nice range of tunes that are nice to listen to on their own.
67 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
I did not notice the soundtrack much but it did not intrude on the gameplay, therefore it must have been quite good.
42 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
The first act honestly felt like baby's first point and click, as puzzles were easy and your inventory was so small at any time.
22 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Story and characters222 reviews
Audio77 reviews
Graphics67 reviews
Gameplay42 reviews
Interface22 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty39 reviews
67%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes6 reviews
67%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $14.28. The lowest we've tracked is $2.84.

6 points recordedtoday · $14.28

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
84%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
45
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.