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Broken Minds

LockedOn · 2018-05-28

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 03, 2017 (Mac), Nov 03, 2017 (Linux), Nov 03, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A psychological murder mystery set in 90s Japan.

Broken Minds is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2018 priced at $6.99, with Positive sentiment (86% of 29 reviews) and an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000.

0
playing now
86%
positive of 29 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4h
to beat · rushed 3h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$6.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 20:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 68% of 28,771 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $1.39 at Steam (2023-10-23) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 7 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220182026Week of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 20:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
00Jun 2018Apr 2019Jun 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Jul 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Aug 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Dec 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Feb 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Apr 2019

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$7.00$1.392018-04-122026-07-092018-04-12 — best price $7.002018-06-04 — best price $6.992018-10-30 — best price $4.892018-11-27 — best price $6.992019-06-26 — best price $3.492019-11-01 — best price $6.992019-12-20 — best price $3.492020-01-27 — best price $6.992020-10-29 — best price $4.192020-12-01 — best price $6.992021-02-11 — best price $4.192021-07-08 — best price $6.992021-11-24 — best price $4.192022-01-05 — best price $6.992022-06-23 — best price $4.892022-07-11 — best price $6.992022-12-22 — best price $4.192023-02-27 — best price $6.992023-07-06 — best price $4.892023-08-14 — best price $6.992023-10-23 — best price $1.392023-11-28 — best price $6.992024-03-14 — best price $1.392024-07-11 — best price $6.992024-11-27 — best price $1.392025-01-02 — best price $6.992025-09-29 — best price $1.392025-11-03 — best price $6.992026-01-12 — best price $1.392026-03-19 — best price $1.392026-04-27 — best price $6.992026-07-09 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
17.8%
earned "Hard Mode"
13.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing2 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2018-08-29, latest 2018-11-01 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DDarkIndie1990'sPuzzleMysteryCartoonyStylizedAdventureDetective

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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