Broken Age
Hand-animated point-and-click adventure following two teenagers in different worlds
Double Fine Productions · Published by Double Fine Productions, Xbox Game Studios · Released Jan 28, 2014
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 83% of 4,800
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 100% of 15 in 30 days
- Players
- 12
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update on Steam
- 6 years ago
- Jun 29, 2020
Metacritic: 73/100 (critic reviews)
What is Broken Age?
In this single-player point-and-click adventure, you switch between Vella and Shay, teenagers in different worlds who want more control over their lives. You explore their surroundings and solve puzzles to move each story forward.
For you if...
- +you prefer family-friendly humor in a story-focused adventure
- +you like switching between two protagonists' stories
Not for you if...
- −you want action instead of exploration and puzzles
- −you dislike unclear puzzle clues and repeated backtracking
What players say
83% of 4,800 reviews are positive · 100% of 15 in the last 30 days
Players praise the art, voice acting, and music. Many criticize the later puzzles as obscure and heavy on backtracking, and some find the ending unsatisfying.
How many players finish Broken Age?
24% of Steam players have unlocked «Unbroken», the achievement for finishing the main story.
Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.
Screenshots and trailer
Broken Age system requirements
Minimum: GeForce GTX 260, 2 GB RAM, 2.4 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Broken Age?
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Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP Service Pack 3
- Processor
- 1.7 GHz Dual Core
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260, ATI Radeon 4870 HD, Intel HD 3000, or equivalent card with at least 512 MB VRAM
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2500 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0
- 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
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460, AMD Radeon HD 6850
- Memory
- 3 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2500 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
- Notes
- Must have OpenGL 3 with GLSL version 1.3. Some users may need to disable Steam overlay.
Does Broken Age have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Broken Age run on Steam Deck?
Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 45
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Full audio: English, German. Text only: French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Russian.
Does Broken Age use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Point & Click
- Adventure
- Story Rich
- Comedy
- Indie
- Funny
- Singleplayer
- Great Soundtrack
- Puzzle
- Casual
- Female Protagonist
- 2D
- Classic
- Retro
- Sci-fi
- Episodic
Recent updates
- Jul 14, 2015 · Broken Age is now available with Russian Subtitles!
1 DLC available.
