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Brain Break

Astralis Games · 2020-11-18

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 18, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Brain Break is a minimalistic but not simple puzzle game. The object of the game is to move all the cubes to their positions of their color. It's not as easy as it sounds! The player can push one cube at a time, but not pull it.

Brain Break is a $4.99 Casual and Indie game released in 2020, with an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (71% of 185 reviews).

0
playing now
71%
positive of 185 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (53 reviews).
  • · Top 22% of 29,045 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 3.7k–8.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 185 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2024-11-27) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 9 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
454520202026Week of 2020-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1211Jan 2021Jun 2026Jan 2021 — avg 2 · peak 14Feb 2021 — avg 2 · peak 10Mar 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2026 — avg 121 · peak 4,116May 2026 — avg 4 · peak 26Jun 2026 — avg 2 · peak 18
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.492020-11-182026-08-042020-11-18 — best price $3.592021-01-05 — best price $3.992021-02-11 — best price $1.992021-03-19 — best price $3.992021-06-07 — best price $3.992021-06-25 — best price $0.992021-08-08 — best price $1.592021-09-15 — best price $1.592021-11-01 — best price $3.992021-12-22 — best price $1.312022-02-03 — best price $3.992022-06-06 — best price $0.992022-07-07 — best price $3.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-03-16 — best price $0.992023-05-01 — best price $9.992023-11-12 — best price $4.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-03-14 — best price $4.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-12-04 — best price $0.992025-03-13 — best price $0.492025-05-05 — best price $0.992025-09-29 — best price $0.492026-01-05 — best price $0.992026-04-02 — best price $0.492026-05-23 — best price $0.492026-07-09 — best price $4.992026-08-04 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
13%
earned "Start"
2.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

40 supported languages: English, Russian, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Vietnamese, Greek, Danish…

Player tags

3DLogicCasualLinearPuzzleSokobanColorfulRelaxingTop-DownMinimalist

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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