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Broken Age

Double Fine Productions · 2014-01-28

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AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jun 12, 2014 (iOS), Sep 13, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 28, 2014 (Mac), Jan 28, 2014 (Linux), Apr 28, 2015 (Android), May 30, 2014 (Ouya)

A family friendly, hand-animated, puzzle-filled adventure game with an all-star cast, including Elijah Wood, Jack Black and Masasa Moyo. Funded by a record breaking crowdfunding campaign and designed by industry legend Tim Schafer, Broken Age is a timeless coming-of-age story.

Broken Age is a 2014 Adventure, Casual, and Indie game priced at $14.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 8,228 reviews).

7
playing now
84%
positive of 8.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (13 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (185 ratings)
4.12★
PlayStation Store rating (18,959 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Broken Age is a point-and-click adventure video game developed and published by Double Fine. Broken Age was game director Tim Schafer's first return to the genre since 1998's Grim Fandango, and was released for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and Xbox One platforms. The game was developed in two acts; the first was released on January 28, 2014, and the second was released on April 28, 2015. A retail version of the complete game for Windows, macOS, and Linux, published by Nordic Games, was released on April 28, 2015. A Nintendo Switch version was released on September 13, 2018.

Trailer

Broken Age trailer thumbnail

Broken Age - Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 83 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity down 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 29,019 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 206k–494k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,228 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at MacGameStore (2024-05-16) · bundled 14×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 83 of 90 observed days · $13.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
363620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1722026-09-15 13:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 10 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 12 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 9 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 10 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 9 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 8 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 5 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 16 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 8 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 11 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 12 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 13 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 6 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4000Feb 2013Aug 2026Feb 2013 — avg 0 · peak 1Jul 2013 — avg 0 · peak 0Dec 2013 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2014 — avg 57 · peak 336Oct 2014 — avg 13 · peak 41Mar 2015 — avg 17 · peak 44Aug 2015 — avg 56 · peak 135Jan 2016 — avg 150 · peak 697Jun 2016 — avg 86 · peak 215Nov 2016 — avg 91 · peak 262Apr 2017 — avg 28 · peak 114Sep 2017 — avg 24 · peak 64Feb 2018 — avg 22 · peak 67Jul 2018 — avg 31 · peak 120Dec 2018 — avg 18 · peak 44May 2019 — avg 17 · peak 54Oct 2019 — avg 16 · peak 46Mar 2020 — avg 16 · peak 42Aug 2020 — avg 23 · peak 59Jan 2021 — avg 16 · peak 35Jun 2021 — avg 12 · peak 30Nov 2021 — avg 10 · peak 25Apr 2022 — avg 20 · peak 59Sep 2022 — avg 12 · peak 31Feb 2023 — avg 13 · peak 30Jul 2023 — avg 14 · peak 32Dec 2023 — avg 12 · peak 34May 2024 — avg 9 · peak 29Oct 2024 — avg 8 · peak 20Mar 2025 — avg 9 · peak 21Aug 2025 — avg 9 · peak 26Jan 2026 — avg 12 · peak 29Jun 2026 — avg 11 · peak 41Aug 2026 — avg 10 · peak 24
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$99.99$2.092015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $14.992015-05-01 — best price $17.492015-06-28 — best price $22.032015-09-06 — best price $24.992015-12-13 — best price $99.992016-02-15 — best price $24.992016-05-24 — best price $24.992016-09-27 — best price $12.492017-01-26 — best price $6.252017-06-24 — best price $19.992017-09-08 — best price $3.992017-12-21 — best price $3.992018-04-21 — best price $4.892018-08-10 — best price $19.992018-12-10 — best price $4.992019-04-19 — best price $4.992019-07-28 — best price $3.872019-11-19 — best price $12.892020-01-19 — best price $12.472020-04-18 — best price $12.542020-08-03 — best price $13.222021-03-06 — best price $14.992021-07-18 — best price $19.992021-12-20 — best price $12.852022-04-30 — best price $6.592022-09-03 — best price $19.992022-12-30 — best price $4.992023-04-21 — best price $14.992023-07-21 — best price $6.962023-11-18 — best price $19.992024-03-04 — best price $7.492024-06-09 — best price $3.742024-10-10 — best price $5.242025-01-14 — best price $7.502025-05-22 — best price $14.992025-09-13 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-05-28 — best price $3.742026-09-02 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

980702026-05-29 — 129 pageviews2026-06-02 — 95 pageviews2026-06-06 — 112 pageviews2026-06-10 — 134 pageviews2026-06-14 — 125 pageviews2026-06-18 — 246 pageviews2026-06-22 — 149 pageviews2026-06-26 — 145 pageviews2026-06-30 — 186 pageviews2026-07-04 — 114 pageviews2026-07-08 — 254 pageviews2026-07-12 — 112 pageviews2026-07-16 — 131 pageviews2026-07-20 — 114 pageviews2026-07-24 — 101 pageviews2026-07-28 — 217 pageviews2026-08-01 — 120 pageviews2026-08-05 — 89 pageviews2026-08-09 — 115 pageviews2026-08-13 — 108 pageviews2026-08-17 — 112 pageviews2026-08-21 — 191 pageviews2026-08-25 — 101 pageviews2026-08-29 — 116 pageviews2026-09-02 — 375 pageviews2026-09-06 — 225 pageviews2026-09-10 — 151 pageviews2026-09-14 — 117 pageviews2026-09-18 — 99 pageviews2026-09-22 — 233 pageviews2026-09-26 — 137 pageviews2026-09-30 — 152 pageviews2026-10-04 — 110 pageviews2026-10-07 — 141 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
41%
earned "She's Doomed Us All"
24.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2014-01-28 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4, PS Vita (PlayStation)30,47815%45
Steam (Steam)12,5915%45
Xbox One (Xbox)7,8985%45
PS4, PS Vita (PlayStation)20273%45
Switch (Nintendo)320%0

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

2DFunnyIndieRetroCasualComedyPuzzleAdventureStory RichKickstarter

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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