Broken Age Review Summary

Last updated: 2026-06-06
  • Beautiful and unique art
  • Act 1 is excellent
  • Excellent voice acting
  • Puzzles become frustratingly obtuse
  • Story ending feels incomplete
  • Tedious backtracking and trial-and-error
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Emotions

Archetypes

Core metrics

Core business metrics

Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.

Steam review stats
Steam rating
Very Positive (8/10)
Total reviews
8,168
Positive
6,82883.6%
Negative
1,34016.4%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
573,193
Estimated revenue
$8,592,163
Game price
$15
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
92.80%
Estimated copies lost
632
Estimated revenue lost
$9,474
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment Ă— Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
92.8%
Avg playtime 0.6h
72.2%
Avg playtime 1.1h
> 2h playtime
6118.9%
Avg playtime 12h
24576.1%
Avg playtime 21.2h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day0.1 rev/day
Last 30d0.8 rev/day
Quarterly6.4 rev/qtr
Days covered4,523.3 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
322 total
Organic purchasers15648.4%
Voted up: 85%
Key activations16651.6%
Voted up: 72%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
322 total
First impression0-2h278.39%
Voted up: 59%
Mid game2-10h10933.9%
Voted up: 79%
Late game10-20h14244.1%
Voted up: 78%
Endgame20h+4413.7%
Voted up: 89%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
3.42% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
72.7%
Global baseline 78.3%
11 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 8,168 total.