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Break the Empire

Edym Pixels · 2025-03-26

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 06, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Fight your way to the capital and slay the emperor! Choose from a variety of characters with unique spells and skills! Featuring permadeath, interactable terrain, distinct builds, wild combos, and endless replayability.

92%
positive of 126 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 44% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 65% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.5k–5.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 126 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2024-10-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 9 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120242026Week of 2024-09-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-14: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-14: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-21: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-28: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-21: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-25: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-16: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$2.492024-09-062026-08-102024-09-06 — best price $3.742024-09-13 — best price $4.992024-10-18 — best price $2.492024-10-20 — best price $4.992024-11-20 — best price $3.992024-11-27 — best price $4.992024-12-20 — best price $2.492025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-01-26 — best price $3.742025-02-02 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $3.992025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-03-26 — best price $3.992025-04-02 — best price $4.992025-05-08 — best price $3.742025-05-15 — best price $4.992025-07-07 — best price $2.492025-07-14 — best price $4.992025-08-25 — best price $3.742025-09-01 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $3.342025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-10-28 — best price $2.492025-11-03 — best price $4.992025-12-08 — best price $2.492025-12-15 — best price $4.992026-01-20 — best price $3.342026-01-26 — best price $4.992026-03-09 — best price $3.342026-03-16 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $3.742026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-04-28 — best price $2.992026-05-04 — best price $4.992026-06-17 — best price $2.492026-06-22 — best price $4.992026-08-03 — best price $3.342026-08-10 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
81%
earned "Kind-hearted no more!"
17.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

3 supported languages: English, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish

Player tags

2DMagicActionComedyFantasyMedievalTacticalTop-DownAction RPGDark Humor

Census log

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

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