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Broken Lines

BirdIsland/PortaPlay · SuperGG.com · 2020-02-25

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Strategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 25, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 25, 2020 (Linux), Feb 25, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 25, 2020 (Mac), Dec 14, 2022 (Xbox One), Dec 14, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S)

Broken Lines is a story-driven tactical RPG set in an alternate-history version of WWII. Lead a squad of soldiers and face the horrors of war. In the included expansion, 'The Dead and the Drunk', guide your troops through fights against both the living and the undead.

Broken Lines is a Strategy game released in 2020, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 700 reviews).

2
playing now
79%
positive of 700 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
67/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
3.86★
PlayStation Store rating (80 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$24.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Dusk. An army transport plane crosses the red evening sky. Motor humming. Plane cargo hold, only light is a lazy wall mounted bulb. A team of soldiers are fast asleep despite the bumpy ride. Heads bounce on their shoulders. Suddenly the light turns off, everything is darkness. And then all motors give out. The plane silently drops. Soldiers, weapons, papers are thrown around in the cabin as everything turns vertical. The machine disappears behind treetops and a huge explosion follows. The few surviving soldiers wake up in the scattered, burning wreckages. As the soldiers gather, it turns out (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (116 reviews).
  • · Top 18% of 14,087 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 14k–32k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 700 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.87 at Fanatical (2024-11-22) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 21 of 40 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
979720202026Week of 2020-02-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$2.872020-02-252026-10-092020-02-25 — best price $24.992020-07-09 — best price $24.992020-09-21 — best price $17.492020-11-27 — best price $17.492021-01-18 — best price $16.242021-02-25 — best price $12.492021-05-03 — best price $12.492021-08-19 — best price $9.992021-11-01 — best price $24.992021-12-13 — best price $14.992022-02-21 — best price $24.992022-04-25 — best price $7.492022-07-07 — best price $24.992022-08-22 — best price $9.992022-11-22 — best price $6.242023-03-16 — best price $4.992023-05-08 — best price $4.992023-06-29 — best price $4.992023-10-26 — best price $3.742024-01-04 — best price $24.992024-02-26 — best price $3.742024-04-15 — best price $3.742024-05-27 — best price $3.742024-07-29 — best price $3.742024-08-12 — best price $18.892024-11-01 — best price $3.742024-12-03 — best price $18.362025-01-12 — best price $24.992025-03-03 — best price $2.992025-04-28 — best price $3.742025-06-26 — best price $3.742025-08-22 — best price $18.362025-11-03 — best price $24.992025-12-18 — best price $3.742026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-04-28 — best price $18.362026-06-24 — best price $2.872026-07-20 — best price $24.992026-09-25 — best price $24.992026-10-09 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
86.7%
earned "Pleased to Meet You"
10.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Polish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9551%79
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)904%44
PS5 (PlayStation)846%45
PS4 (PlayStation)297%45
PS4 (PlayStation)1010%45
Switch (Nintendo)20%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

RPGWarWargameStrategyTop-DownHistoricalTurn-BasedPerma DeathSingleplayerTactical RPG

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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