Braid is a puzzle-platformer, drawn in a painterly style, where you can manipulate the flow of time in strange and unusual ways. From a house in the city, journey to a series of worlds and solve puzzles to rescue an abducted princess.
- Puzzle-Platformer (1016)
- Puzzle (662)
- 2D Platformer (614)
- Platformer (581)
- Indie (576)
- Time Manipulation (430)
- 2D (313)
- Singleplayer (243)
- Great Soundtrack (231)
- Difficult (179)
- Time Travel (135)
- Casual (117)
- Atmospheric (85)
- Classic (75)
- Story Rich (67)
- Strategy (67)
- Beautiful (62)
- Side Scroller (60)
- Adventure (44)
- Short (29)
Release Date | Apr 10, 2009 |
Price | $ 14.99 Top 15% |
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All) | 93.6% (very positive) Top 15% / 93.7% Top 15% |
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All) | 90.5% Top 3% / 90.9% Top 3% |
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All) | 6.4K Top 4% / 9.3K Top 3% |
Curators | 396 reviews Top 1% |
Median Play Time | 6.4 hours Top 25% |
Play Time per Dollar | 26 minutes |
Followers | 16.9K Top 10% |
Owners | ± 1.5M Top 2% |
Copies Sold | ± 794.9K Top 2% |
Gross Revenue ($) | ± 3.8M Top 4% |
Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
This graph shows Braid's Steam rating and reviews between October 2010 and December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 99% (August 2011) and 93.7% (December 2023).
Braid is an AAA level success, with 9.3K reviews Top 3%. Peaks in the chart suggest that major updates or discounts happened.
Review Languages
This doughnut graph shows Braid's reviewers languages. The most popular language is English (56%), followed by Simplified Chinese (13%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 28 different languages represented. The game has been translated in 9 languages.
Time Played
This chart displays the time players have spent in Braid depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time in game is acceptable, with 11 hours in the 80th percentile.
The negative reviews play time is 2.6 times lower than the positive reviews median play time.
Players' Feedback
Game's Strengths | Game's Weaknesses |
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It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's score of 93.6% Top 15% should be considered while evaluating them.
Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of Braid's review data provided by Steam. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.