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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

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.

5
playing now
94%
positive of 41k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (16 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (784 ratings)
3.2h
to beat · rushed 2.7h · completionist 5.5h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 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
  • · 5 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 4% of 10,791 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 41,280 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.75-75%
GOG$3.75-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.75-75%
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 14 of 23 observed days · $2.66 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

1112026-08-06 21:00 — 6 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 9 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 10 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 11 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 7 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 9 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 11 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 6 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 5 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 5 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 5 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 8 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 9 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 7 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 5 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 6 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.412015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — 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 $12.592026-08-30 — best price $3.75
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4381432026-05-29 — 202 pageviews2026-06-01 — 221 pageviews2026-06-04 — 212 pageviews2026-06-07 — 391 pageviews2026-06-10 — 193 pageviews2026-06-13 — 202 pageviews2026-06-16 — 191 pageviews2026-06-19 — 182 pageviews2026-06-22 — 378 pageviews2026-06-25 — 313 pageviews2026-06-28 — 272 pageviews2026-07-01 — 186 pageviews2026-07-04 — 214 pageviews2026-07-07 — 222 pageviews2026-07-10 — 169 pageviews2026-07-13 — 237 pageviews2026-07-16 — 179 pageviews2026-07-19 — 253 pageviews2026-07-22 — 215 pageviews2026-07-25 — 237 pageviews2026-07-28 — 236 pageviews2026-07-31 — 240 pageviews2026-08-03 — 438 pageviews2026-08-06 — 181 pageviews2026-08-09 — 204 pageviews2026-08-12 — 204 pageviews2026-08-15 — 211 pageviews2026-08-18 — 233 pageviews2026-08-21 — 209 pageviews2026-08-24 — 231 pageviews2026-08-26 — 220 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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