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The Brittle Epoch

Bryn Oh · 2023-08-29

Steam

CasualFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 30, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

An immersive short story walking simulator. About an hour to complete for people who enjoy relaxed exploration while investing in a long term narrative project.

The Brittle Epoch is a free-to-play Casual and Free To Play game released in 2023, with a Mixed review sentiment (57% of 21 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-27

57%
positive of 21 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 72% of 29,944 Casual games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520232026Week of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

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