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Break the Game

Simon Fredholm · 2019-07-15

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 15, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

This game is about Kevin, He's been stuck in his gaf̶̨s̨fẃ̵̕ HEY, YOU, STAY AWA̸̧͘Y, IT'S ME KEVIN, THERE'S NO POINT, D҉Ò̷̕N̸̕͏'T-- Follow him in this adventurous and humor-filled story to ｄ̶̢͙̟̦̺̰̫̙̋̊͐̐͑͋̈́̕̕͝ ｄｉｅ

Break the Game is an Adventure, Indie game released in 2019, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and Mostly Positive (73% of 672 reviews) sentiment.

0
playing now
73%
positive of 674 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 38% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (151 reviews).
  • · Top 16% of 28,945 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 17k–40k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 674 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2021-12-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12912920192026Week of 2019-07-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
321Jul 2019Dec 2023Jul 2019 — avg 32 · peak 153Aug 2019 — avg 5 · peak 17Sep 2019 — avg 3 · peak 9Oct 2019 — avg 2 · peak 15Nov 2019 — avg 3 · peak 20Dec 2019 — avg 5 · peak 20Jan 2020 — avg 4 · peak 16Feb 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2020 — avg 5 · peak 26Jul 2020 — avg 4 · peak 18Aug 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 7Nov 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Dec 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Feb 2021 — avg 3 · peak 20Mar 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2021 — avg 2 · peak 4May 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Jun 2021 — avg 4 · peak 13Jul 2021 — avg 2 · peak 11Aug 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Sep 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2021 — avg 3 · peak 14Dec 2021 — avg 6 · peak 19Jan 2022 — avg 3 · peak 14Feb 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2022 — avg 1 · peak 3Jul 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9Sep 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.992019-07-152026-03-262019-07-15 — best price $9.992019-08-10 — best price $9.992019-11-01 — best price $9.992019-12-03 — best price $9.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-01-10 — best price $5.492020-01-22 — best price $5.492020-01-27 — best price $9.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992021-02-11 — best price $2.292021-06-24 — best price $1.892021-10-28 — best price $1.992021-11-24 — best price $1.492021-12-22 — best price $0.992022-06-23 — best price $2.492023-11-21 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $3.492024-06-27 — best price $1.992024-11-27 — best price $2.492024-12-19 — best price $1.992025-03-13 — best price $2.492025-12-18 — best price $1.992026-03-19 — best price $1.992026-03-26 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
91%
earned "STARTSIMULATION.EXE"
19.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,04611%21

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

Player tags

2DRPGFunnyIndieActionComedyShooterAdventureNarrationMinimalist

Census log

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

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