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Broken Roads

Drop Bear Bytes · Versus Evil · 2024-04-10

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RPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 10, 2024 (Xbox One), Apr 10, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 10, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Apr 10, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Aug 01, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 10, 2024 (PlayStation 4)

Broken Roads is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in a decaying, post-apocalyptic version of the vast Australian Outback, featuring a genre-redefining morality system. Survive, form bonds, and make tough choices that will shape your dangerous yet mesmerizing 25+ hour journey across the wilds.

5
playing now
52%
positive of 461 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
56/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$34.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Broken Roads is a 2024 video game by independent developer Drop Bear Bytes and published by Versus Evil. Described as a post-apocalyptic computer role-playing game, Broken Roads is set in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. The game has been compared to non-traditional dialogue-based role-playing games, such as Disco Elysium, in featuring a mechanic described the 'Moral Compass', that responds to moral choices made by the player. The game was released on April 10, 2024, for Windows, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 47% of 6,171 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 9.2k–21k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 461 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$8.57-76%
GOG$13.99-60%
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.78 at GameBillet (2026-08-24) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 94 of 120 observed days · $6.21 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

1302026-08-11 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 13:00 — 7 players2026-08-15 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 21:00 — 13 players2026-08-16 13:00 — 5 players2026-08-17 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 8 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 8 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 20:00 — 6 players2026-08-20 12:00 — 6 players2026-08-21 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 19:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 02:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 18:00 — 6 players2026-08-26 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 03:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 19:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 11:00 — 6 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 6 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$99.99$7.782023-07-172026-08-302023-07-17 — best price $99.992024-04-13 — best price $31.492024-05-10 — best price $27.992024-05-27 — best price $34.992024-06-13 — best price $31.482024-07-11 — best price $34.992024-08-10 — best price $34.992024-09-02 — best price $34.992024-10-08 — best price $34.992024-11-03 — best price $29.142024-11-26 — best price $27.992024-12-13 — best price $24.492025-01-11 — best price $34.992025-01-25 — best price $24.142025-02-08 — best price $19.372025-03-01 — best price $34.992025-03-17 — best price $34.992025-04-10 — best price $17.492025-04-24 — best price $34.992025-05-15 — best price $25.712025-06-10 — best price $17.492025-07-12 — best price $34.992025-08-18 — best price $34.992025-08-30 — best price $29.022025-10-01 — best price $14.002025-10-28 — best price $13.992025-11-18 — best price $27.892025-12-01 — best price $29.022026-01-07 — best price $34.992026-01-30 — best price $34.992026-03-04 — best price $30.092026-03-27 — best price $13.992026-04-16 — best price $14.692026-05-08 — best price $27.892026-05-28 — best price $34.992026-06-18 — best price $34.992026-07-13 — best price $13.582026-08-14 — best price $27.522026-08-30 — best price $13.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8242026-05-31 — 17 pageviews2026-06-03 — 8 pageviews2026-06-06 — 10 pageviews2026-06-09 — 12 pageviews2026-06-12 — 8 pageviews2026-06-15 — 7 pageviews2026-06-18 — 13 pageviews2026-06-21 — 8 pageviews2026-06-24 — 12 pageviews2026-06-27 — 14 pageviews2026-06-30 — 14 pageviews2026-07-03 — 17 pageviews2026-07-06 — 9 pageviews2026-07-09 — 13 pageviews2026-07-12 — 18 pageviews2026-07-15 — 8 pageviews2026-07-18 — 4 pageviews2026-07-21 — 12 pageviews2026-07-24 — 17 pageviews2026-07-27 — 13 pageviews2026-07-30 — 9 pageviews2026-08-02 — 16 pageviews2026-08-05 — 11 pageviews2026-08-08 — 11 pageviews2026-08-11 — 13 pageviews2026-08-14 — 14 pageviews2026-08-17 — 21 pageviews2026-08-20 — 6 pageviews2026-08-23 — 9 pageviews2026-08-26 — 15 pageviews2026-08-27 — 7 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1600%31
PS5 (PlayStation)492%31
Xbox One (Xbox)375%30
PS4 (PlayStation)911%31
Switch (Nintendo)40%0

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

Player tags

RPGCRPGIndieIsometricNonlinearHand-drawnStory RichTurn-BasedExplorationSingleplayer

Census log

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

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