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Bread & Fred cover art

Bread & Fred

SandCastles Studio · Infogrames · 2023-05-23

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games Store

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 23, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 23, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 09, 2023 (Mac), Feb 24, 2026 (PlayStation 4), Feb 24, 2026 (PlayStation 5), Feb 24, 2026 (Xbox One)

Grab your best bud for help in this new co-op challenge to help two adorable penguins, Bread and Fred, reach the top of the snowy summit. Time your jumps, cling to walls and swing across gaps to see how far you can make it before you tumble all the way back down the mountain.

Bread & Fred is a $14.99 Action, Adventure, Casual, and Indie game released in 2023, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (77% of 5228 reviews).

58
playing now
77%
positive of 5.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (86 downloads)
3.95★
PlayStation Store rating (170 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

58 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 20:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 58 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 363 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~45/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 28,202 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 105k–235k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,228 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.99-60%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.74 at Steam (2026-05-23) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 48 of 105 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
72972920232026Week of 2023-05-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 319 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 729 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

119112026-09-16 06:00 — 34 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 54 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 94 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 44 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 24 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 63 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 33 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 18 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 63 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 54 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 11 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 33 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 46 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 44 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 101 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 61 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 20 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 51 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 77 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 45 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 32 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 40 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 29 players2026-10-15 20:00 — 58 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
36034May 2023Aug 2026May 2023 — avg 338 · peak 605Jun 2023 — avg 211 · peak 803Jul 2023 — avg 360 · peak 909Aug 2023 — avg 244 · peak 605Sep 2023 — avg 152 · peak 385Oct 2023 — avg 103 · peak 356Nov 2023 — avg 88 · peak 266Dec 2023 — avg 115 · peak 323Jan 2024 — avg 112 · peak 304Feb 2024 — avg 100 · peak 338Mar 2024 — avg 101 · peak 314Apr 2024 — avg 73 · peak 190May 2024 — avg 80 · peak 258Jun 2024 — avg 114 · peak 291Jul 2024 — avg 112 · peak 338Aug 2024 — avg 85 · peak 228Sep 2024 — avg 54 · peak 134Oct 2024 — avg 52 · peak 137Nov 2024 — avg 57 · peak 211Dec 2024 — avg 85 · peak 232Jan 2025 — avg 83 · peak 231Feb 2025 — avg 65 · peak 202Mar 2025 — avg 77 · peak 303Apr 2025 — avg 43 · peak 108May 2025 — avg 59 · peak 166Jun 2025 — avg 45 · peak 145Jul 2025 — avg 58 · peak 139Aug 2025 — avg 47 · peak 153Sep 2025 — avg 37 · peak 132Oct 2025 — avg 39 · peak 125Nov 2025 — avg 39 · peak 121Dec 2025 — avg 50 · peak 158Jan 2026 — avg 55 · peak 153Feb 2026 — avg 34 · peak 110Mar 2026 — avg 54 · peak 161Apr 2026 — avg 47 · peak 133May 2026 — avg 55 · peak 260Jun 2026 — avg 52 · peak 136Jul 2026 — avg 52 · peak 133Aug 2026 — avg 42 · peak 108
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$5.992023-05-232026-10-152023-05-23 — best price $13.492023-07-08 — best price $14.992023-08-14 — best price $14.992023-09-26 — best price $14.992023-11-28 — best price $14.992024-01-18 — best price $11.242024-02-22 — best price $14.992024-04-12 — best price $14.992024-06-06 — best price $14.992024-07-18 — best price $9.742024-09-02 — best price $14.992024-10-28 — best price $9.742024-12-12 — best price $9.742025-03-07 — best price $9.742025-05-14 — best price $14.992025-06-26 — best price $8.992025-08-26 — best price $8.242025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-10-28 — best price $8.242025-12-11 — best price $8.242026-01-28 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $7.502026-04-13 — best price $14.992026-06-06 — best price $14.992026-07-16 — best price $6.742026-09-01 — best price $14.992026-09-09 — best price $14.992026-09-17 — best price $14.992026-09-25 — best price $6.752026-10-03 — best price $6.752026-10-11 — best price $5.992026-10-15 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
44.4%
earned "I can't hold longer"
1.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsRemote Play Together3 DLC

10 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Catalan, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2023-06-29, latest 2023-09-22 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,2031%26
PS5 (PlayStation)3200%26
Switch (Nintendo)1520%0
PS4 (PlayStation)490%26
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)360%26

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DCuteCo-opFunnyComedyDifficultPlatformerLocal Co-OpMultiplayerOnline Co-Op

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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