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Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons cover art

Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons

Starbreeze Studios AB · 505 Games · 2013-09-03

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreXboxMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: May 28, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 04, 2013 (PlayStation 3), May 24, 2016 (Android), Aug 12, 2015 (PlayStation 4), Sep 03, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 12, 2015 (Xbox One)

Guide two brothers on an epic fairy tale journey from visionary Swedish film director, Josef Fares and top-tier developer Starbreeze Studios. Control both brothers at once as you experience co-op play in single player mode, like never before.

Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons is an Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2013, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 41286 reviews).

6
playing now
94%
positive of 41k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (16 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (784 ratings)
4.36★
PlayStation Store rating (6,447 ratings)
77/100
opencritic · strong · 75% recommend · from 32 critics
3.2h
to beat · rushed 2.7h · completionist 5.5h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is a 2013 adventure game developed by Starbreeze Studios and published by 505 Games for Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Nintendo Switch, and Amazon Luna. The narrative takes place in a fantasy world filled with fictitious creatures such as orcs and trolls, where two young brothers set out on a journey to find a cure for their father's illness. The game is often mentioned as an example of artistry in video games due to its heavy narrative. It received positive reviews from critics and had sold over 800,000 units by January 2015.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 179 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~22/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (529 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 27,536 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 1.7M–3.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 41,286 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.09 at IndieGala Store (2022-09-16) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 17 of 67 observed days · $13.90 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
49549520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 495 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 351 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1202026-09-14 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 7 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 11 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 9 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 7 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 7 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 6 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2320Nov 2012Aug 2026Nov 2012 — avg 0 · peak 1Apr 2013 — avg 1 · peak 5Sep 2013 — avg 61 · peak 358Feb 2014 — avg 67 · peak 173Jul 2014 — avg 153 · peak 605Dec 2014 — avg 171 · peak 1,600May 2015 — avg 34 · peak 83Oct 2015 — avg 32 · peak 72Mar 2016 — avg 34 · peak 89Aug 2016 — avg 38 · peak 81Jan 2017 — avg 100 · peak 400Jun 2017 — avg 63 · peak 245Nov 2017 — avg 33 · peak 97Apr 2018 — avg 34 · peak 120Sep 2018 — avg 20 · peak 53Feb 2019 — avg 20 · peak 52Jul 2019 — avg 25 · peak 63Dec 2019 — avg 18 · peak 54May 2020 — avg 23 · peak 61Oct 2020 — avg 16 · peak 51Mar 2021 — avg 23 · peak 69Aug 2021 — avg 19 · peak 47Jan 2022 — avg 22 · peak 59Jun 2022 — avg 18 · peak 48Nov 2022 — avg 14 · peak 50Apr 2023 — avg 16 · peak 43Sep 2023 — avg 12 · peak 38Feb 2024 — avg 14 · peak 40Jul 2024 — avg 9 · peak 25Dec 2024 — avg 7 · peak 20May 2025 — avg 11 · peak 38Oct 2025 — avg 6 · peak 21Mar 2026 — avg 6 · peak 16Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 14
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$1.412015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $2.992015-04-30 — best price $15.412015-12-22 — best price $1.492016-12-22 — best price $1.992017-07-15 — best price $14.992017-11-29 — best price $13.492018-04-23 — best price $13.082018-08-06 — best price $2.862018-12-13 — best price $3.792019-04-24 — best price $14.992019-08-28 — best price $3.742020-01-02 — best price $14.992020-03-02 — best price $14.992020-05-20 — best price $2.612020-08-01 — best price $2.612020-09-28 — best price $2.992020-11-07 — best price $14.992020-12-21 — best price $12.552021-02-08 — best price $14.992021-03-31 — best price $14.992021-05-16 — best price $12.632021-08-06 — best price $19.992021-11-12 — best price $14.992022-01-24 — best price $2.992022-04-04 — best price $14.992022-06-17 — best price $14.992022-09-06 — best price $14.992023-01-06 — best price $11.132023-03-17 — best price $2.942023-07-03 — best price $3.432023-10-26 — best price $3.742024-02-09 — best price $2.992024-07-11 — best price $14.992025-12-12 — best price $12.592026-09-09 — best price $14.992026-10-09 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4381432026-05-29 — 202 pageviews2026-06-02 — 232 pageviews2026-06-06 — 225 pageviews2026-06-10 — 193 pageviews2026-06-14 — 241 pageviews2026-06-18 — 308 pageviews2026-06-22 — 378 pageviews2026-06-26 — 227 pageviews2026-06-30 — 185 pageviews2026-07-04 — 214 pageviews2026-07-08 — 203 pageviews2026-07-12 — 228 pageviews2026-07-16 — 179 pageviews2026-07-20 — 182 pageviews2026-07-24 — 143 pageviews2026-07-28 — 236 pageviews2026-08-01 — 242 pageviews2026-08-05 — 225 pageviews2026-08-09 — 204 pageviews2026-08-13 — 196 pageviews2026-08-17 — 203 pageviews2026-08-21 — 209 pageviews2026-08-25 — 225 pageviews2026-08-29 — 241 pageviews2026-09-02 — 222 pageviews2026-09-06 — 252 pageviews2026-09-10 — 232 pageviews2026-09-14 — 228 pageviews2026-09-18 — 221 pageviews2026-09-22 — 220 pageviews2026-09-26 — 225 pageviews2026-09-30 — 178 pageviews2026-10-04 — 260 pageviews2026-10-08 — 159 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
33.7%
earned "Call of the giants"
14.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)31,75837%12

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

IndieShortActionPuzzleFantasyAdventureBeautifulEmotionalControllerStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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