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Break the Empire

Edym Pixels · 2025-03-26

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Break the Empire is an Action and Indie game released in 2025, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 0 .. 20,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 126 reviews).

92%
positive of 126 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$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 35% of 27,912 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 8 of 16 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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-06-27 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DMagicActionComedyFantasyMedievalTacticalTop-DownAction RPGDark Humor

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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