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Broken Age is a timeless coming-of-age story of barfing trees and talking spoons. Vella Tartine and Shay Volta are two teenagers in strangely similar situations, but radically different worlds.
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About Broken Age

About this game

Includes Broken Age Act 1 and Act 2!
 

The first graphic adventure by Tim Schafer in sixteen years, Broken Age began in a historic, record-breaking Kickstarter campaign. Now it's here in all its beautiful, 2D, hand-painted glory, with an original orchestral soundtrack and an all-star vocal cast. 

Broken Age is a timeless coming-of-age story of barfing trees and talking spoons. Vella Tartine and Shay Volta are two teenagers in strangely similar situations, but radically different worlds. The player can freely switch between their stories, helping them take control of their own lives, and dealing with the unexpected adventures that follow. 

They said adventure games were dead, but then Broken Age punched its hand out of the grave and grabbed you by the wrist and you screamed just like in the end of Carrie except what you screamed was "I love adventure games so much!" And sorry I spoiled the end of Carrie. 

Key Features: 


  • Pointing 
  • Clicking 
  • Original soundtrack, composed by Peter McConnell, recorded by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra 
  • All-star voice cast, including Elijah Wood, Jack Black, Jennifer Hale, Wil Wheaton, and Pendleton Ward 
  • Dialog Trees! 
  • Some jokes. Unless you don't think they're funny, in which case we totally weren't trying to be funny. 
  • A whole bunch of awesome PUZZLES 
  • This one really hard puzzle that you won't get but you'll look it up online and not tell anybody 
  • All your hopes and dreams
 
“Act 1 of Broken Age is a gorgeous, impeccably written adventure that simultaneously tugs at my nostalgic core, while ushering in a new era for the point-and-click genre.” 9.5 – IGN

“...delightful, beautiful, utterly charming and you really should play it right this second.” 9 – Polygon

“I haven’t felt this surge of nostalgia and excitement about a game in a long time, and I truly think Broken Age will be looked back fondly as one of the greats.” 9.5 – Destructoid

Game Details

Platform:
steam
Release Date:
January 28, 2014
Developer:
Double Fine Productions
Publishers:
Double Fine Productions
THQ Nordic
Supported Languages:
English
Link:
Genres:
Point & Click
Adventure

Story Rich

Puzzle

Casual
Themes:
Comedy
Funny

Great Soundtrack

Female Protagonist

Retro

Classic

Cult Classic

Sci-fi

Short
Play Styles:
Singleplayer
2D

Episodic
Features:
Full controller support
Steam Trading Cards

Steam Cloud

Singleplayer

Product Requirements

Minimum:

  • OS: Windows XP Service Pack 3
  • Processor: 1.7 GHz Dual Core
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260, ATI Radeon 4870 HD, Intel HD 3000, or equivalent card with at least 512 MB VRAM
  • DirectX: Version 9.0
  • Storage: 2500 MB available space
  • Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card
  • Additional Notes: Must have OpenGL 3 with GLSL version 1.3

Recommended:

  • OS: Windows 7
  • Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo at 2.2 GHz, AMD Athlon 64 2.2Ghz
  • Memory: 3 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460, AMD Radeon HD 6850
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 2500 MB available space
  • Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card
  • Additional Notes: Must have OpenGL 3 with GLSL version 1.3. Some users may need to disable Steam overlay.

Product Requirements

Minimum:

  • OS: Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or later
  • Processor: Intel Core Duo
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 4850, NVIDIA GeForce GT 120, Intel HD 3000, or equivalent card with at least 512 MB VRAM
  • Storage: 2500 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: Must have OpenGL 3 with GLSL version 1.3

Recommended:

  • OS: Lion 10.7.X
  • Processor: Intel Core i series processor
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6770, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
  • Storage: 2500 MB available space
  • Sound Card: Compatible Sound Card
  • Additional Notes: Must have OpenGL 3 with GLSL version 1.3. Some users may need to disable Steam overlay.

Product Requirements

Minimum:

  • OS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
  • Processor: 1.7 GHz Dual Core
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260, ATI Radeon 4870 HD, Intel HD 4000, or equivalent card with at least 512 MB VRAM
  • Storage: 2500 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: Must have OpenGL 3 with GLSL version 1.3

Recommended:

  • OS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS or higher
  • Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo at 2.2 GHz, AMD Athlon 64 2.2Ghz
  • Memory: 3 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460, AMD Radeon HD 6850
  • Storage: 2500 MB available space
  • Sound Card: Compatible Sound Card
  • Additional Notes: Must have OpenGL 3 with GLSL version 1.3. Some users may need to disable Steam overlay.

Critic Reviews

76

PC Gamer

73 / 100
"The disappointing second half lets it down, but even at best, Broken Age is far from the genre’s greats."

Shacknews

70 / 100
"As a whole, Broken Age pulls off its duality motif wonderfully. Not only are Shay and Vella's stories interesting reflections of themselves, but Part 1 and Part 2 as a whole...

Polygon

80 / 100
"Taken as a whole, Broken Age is still a easy-to-recommend, extremely charming game with some lovely messages about growing up. But it isn't quite the landmark achievement in...
Reviews provided by MetaCritic

Broken Age Statistics

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Time Played

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13.77%
~8 Hours
28.26%
~12 Hours
40.58%
~20 Hours
7.25%
~40 Hours
2.17%
~60 Hours
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>= 80 Hours
0.72%
Achievement Hunter?
0.72% of players played this game for >= 80 Hours!

Difficulty Statistics

Difficulty Rating

Simple
6.74%
Easy
17.98%
Just Right
62.92%
Tough
11.8%
Unforgiving
0.56%
Relax & enjoy! 62.92%  of players consider this game to be Just Right

Completion Statistics

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Play Behaviour

Tried It
3.49%
Played It
13.54%
Halfway
10.92%
Beat It
52.4%
Conquered It
19.65%
Completionist! 19.65%  of players have Conquered It
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Frequently Asked Questions

Somewhere in the middle. 25% of GameFAQs users said Broken Age is Simple or Easy. 63% of GameFAQs users said the difficulty is Just Right. 12% of GameFAQs users said Broken Age is Tough or Unforgiving.
Yes, Broken Age is Steam Deck Verified.
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
Minimum:
  • OS: Windows XP Service Pack 3
  • Processor: 1.7 GHz Dual Core
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260, ATI Radeon 4870 HD, Intel HD 3000, or equivalent card with at least 512 MB VRAM
  • DirectX: Version 9.0
  • Storage: 2500 MB available space
  • Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card
  • Additional Notes: Must have OpenGL 3 with GLSL version 1.3
Recommended:
  • OS: Windows 7
  • Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo at 2.2 GHz, AMD Athlon 64 2.2Ghz
  • Memory: 3 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460, AMD Radeon HD 6850
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 2500 MB available space
  • Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card
  • Additional Notes: Must have OpenGL 3 with GLSL version 1.3. Some users may need to disable Steam overlay.
Minimum:
  • OS: Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or later
  • Processor: Intel Core Duo
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 4850, NVIDIA GeForce GT 120, Intel HD 3000, or equivalent card with at least 512 MB VRAM
  • Storage: 2500 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: Must have OpenGL 3 with GLSL version 1.3
Recommended:
  • OS: Lion 10.7.X
  • Processor: Intel Core i series processor
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6770, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
  • Storage: 2500 MB available space
  • Sound Card: Compatible Sound Card
  • Additional Notes: Must have OpenGL 3 with GLSL version 1.3. Some users may need to disable Steam overlay.
The average playtime for GameFAQs users is 11 hours. 51% of users played Broken Age for over 12 hours.
63% of critics on Metacritic recommend Broken Age. The Metascore is 76 out of 100.
Broken Age was released on January 28, 2014
Yes, Broken Age supports MacOS.
Yes, Broken Age supports Linux.
Broken Age is published by Double Fine Productions and THQ Nordic
Broken Age was developed by Double Fine Productions
Fanatical users tagged Broken Age as Point & Click, Adventure, Story Rich, and Puzzle
Fanatical users tagged Broken Age as Comedy, Funny, Great Soundtrack, and Female Protagonist
Yes. Fanatical users tagged Broken Age as having Singleplayer
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Broken Age as Point & Click
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Broken Age as Adventure
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Broken Age as Story Rich

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