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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.

Release DateApr 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%
Curators396 reviews  Top 1%
Median Play Time6.4 hours  Top 25%
Play Time per Dollar26 minutes
Followers16.9K  Top 10%
Owners± 1.5M  Top 2%
Copies Sold± 794.9K  Top 2%
Gross Revenue ($)± 3.8M  Top 4%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Braid steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

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
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Braid and the proportion of players they represent.

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

Chart displaying Braid percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

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 StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Unique time-manipulation gameplay
  • Charming art style
  • Captivating story
  • Gradual introduction of new puzzles
  • Beautiful background music
  • No technical issues
  • Variety of time-manipulation abilities
  • Optional puzzles to unlock secrets
  • Meticulously crafted puzzles
  • Unusual story
  • Difficulty for casual puzzle fans
  • No assistance for solving puzzles

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.

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