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Broken Armor

Jonathan Tindell · Wastebasket Games · 2016-08-01

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 01, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A knight exiled from his kingdom must find the holy grail if he is to return.

Broken Armor is a 2016 Action, Indie game priced at $0.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 819 reviews).

1
playing now
83%
positive of 821 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$0.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 30 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 21k–49k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 821 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.28 at Steam (2023-01-16) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
242420172026Week of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-14 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1760Aug 2016Aug 2026Aug 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2May 2017 — avg 0 · peak 9Aug 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Nov 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Feb 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2May 2018 — avg 1 · peak 9Aug 2018 — avg 0 · peak 8Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Feb 2019 — avg 1 · peak 7May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 11Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2019 — avg 1 · peak 7Feb 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2020 — avg 3 · peak 24Feb 2021 — avg 2 · peak 12May 2021 — avg 8 · peak 104Aug 2021 — avg 3 · peak 9Nov 2021 — avg 15 · peak 157Feb 2022 — avg 14 · peak 378May 2022 — avg 4 · peak 175Aug 2022 — avg 21 · peak 325Nov 2022 — avg 7 · peak 36Feb 2023 — avg 14 · peak 421May 2023 — avg 68 · peak 2,158Aug 2023 — avg 25 · peak 80Jan 2024 — avg 2 · peak 91Dec 2024 — avg 4 · peak 7Mar 2025 — avg 4 · peak 7Jun 2025 — avg 4 · peak 7Oct 2025 — avg 5 · peak 7Feb 2026 — avg 2 · peak 19Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 8
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$11.99$0.282016-08-022026-07-272016-08-02 — best price $4.492016-09-28 — best price $1.992016-12-05 — best price $2.092017-02-15 — best price $4.992017-07-08 — best price $2.492017-09-25 — best price $0.792017-11-20 — best price $0.992018-02-01 — best price $2.992018-04-02 — best price $1.492018-07-05 — best price $4.992018-08-16 — best price $11.992018-11-21 — best price $0.992019-02-28 — best price $0.492019-05-07 — best price $4.992019-08-12 — best price $4.992019-11-11 — best price $0.492020-01-23 — best price $0.492020-07-13 — best price $0.492020-11-09 — best price $0.492021-03-15 — best price $0.492021-06-24 — best price $0.492021-10-28 — best price $0.492021-12-22 — best price $0.492022-03-07 — best price $0.492022-06-24 — best price $0.492022-09-19 — best price $0.492022-12-05 — best price $0.492023-02-27 — best price $0.282023-05-22 — best price $0.282023-09-18 — best price $0.492024-03-14 — best price $0.492024-10-07 — best price $0.492025-01-20 — best price $0.492025-08-11 — best price $0.492026-01-05 — best price $0.992026-05-11 — best price $0.992026-07-27 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
6.7%
earned "YOU DIED"
2.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsGamepad RecommendedSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)93916%22

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

Player tags

2DIndieRetroActionArcadeTop-DownDifficultRogue-likeScore AttackSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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