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Broken Age cover art

Broken Age

Double Fine Productions · 2014-01-28

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

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.

8
playing now
84%
positive of 8.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (13 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (185 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 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.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 8 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 9% of 11,404 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 205k–493k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,216 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.50-50%
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 88 of 96 observed days (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

1952026-08-06 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 9 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 12 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 15 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 8 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 17 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 8 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 10 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 17 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 9 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 8 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 17 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 15 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 5 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 12 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 15 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 15 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 7 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 11 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 11 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$99.99$2.092015-01-012026-08-262015-01-01 — 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 $3.742026-08-26 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

980702026-05-29 — 129 pageviews2026-06-01 — 97 pageviews2026-06-04 — 88 pageviews2026-06-07 — 101 pageviews2026-06-10 — 134 pageviews2026-06-13 — 116 pageviews2026-06-16 — 980 pageviews2026-06-19 — 141 pageviews2026-06-22 — 149 pageviews2026-06-25 — 135 pageviews2026-06-28 — 128 pageviews2026-07-01 — 139 pageviews2026-07-04 — 114 pageviews2026-07-07 — 591 pageviews2026-07-10 — 147 pageviews2026-07-13 — 130 pageviews2026-07-16 — 131 pageviews2026-07-19 — 116 pageviews2026-07-22 — 102 pageviews2026-07-25 — 90 pageviews2026-07-28 — 217 pageviews2026-07-31 — 153 pageviews2026-08-03 — 103 pageviews2026-08-06 — 122 pageviews2026-08-09 — 115 pageviews2026-08-12 — 105 pageviews2026-08-15 — 114 pageviews2026-08-18 — 101 pageviews2026-08-21 — 191 pageviews2026-08-24 — 157 pageviews2026-08-25 — 101 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

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.

Player tags

2DFunnyIndieRetroCasualComedyPuzzleAdventureStory RichKickstarter

Census log

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

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