Broken Age

Released: 4/28/2015

Broken Age is a family friendly, hand-animated, puzzle-filled adventure game with an all-star cast, including Elijah Wood, Jack Black and Masasa Moyo. Funded by a record breaking crowdfunding campaign and designed by industry legend Tim Schafer, Broken Age is a timeless coming-of-age story of barfing trees and talking spoons.

Critics

Steam

Metacritic

Score Breakdown

77.1

Critic Average

30 reviews

Steam User Score

8,149 reviews

Metacritic User Score

227 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity

-6.5

Metacritic Disparity

+6.1

Combined Disparity

-0.2

Average of both sources

Review Timing

17 early (57%)10 launch window (33%)3 late (10%)

Review summary

Updated May 8, 2026

Based on 30 scored critic reviews, critics give this game an average score of 77.1/100. Critics score this game 6.5 points lower than Steam users and 6.1 points higher than Metacritic users.

Sources behind this summary(5 recent of 30)

Drew SherrattviaVGamingNews
Jan 20, 2022Late review
80/100View review
Steam 83.7/100 · -3.6 ptsMetacritic 71/100 · +9.0 pts
Ty EdwardsviaNintendoWorldReport
Oct 2, 2018Late review
75/100View review
Steam 83.7/100 · -8.7 ptsMetacritic 71/100 · +4.0 pts
Anthony BacchusviaCOGconnected
Jul 8, 2017Late review
92/100View review
Steam 83.7/100 · +8.3 ptsMetacritic 71/100 · +21.0 pts
Andrew RevellviaGamestyle
May 26, 2015Launch window
50/100View review
Steam 83.7/100 · -33.6 ptsMetacritic 71/100 · -21.0 pts
Muhammad Ali BariviaGearNuke
May 24, 2015Launch window
86/100View review
Steam 83.7/100 · +2.4 ptsMetacritic 71/100 · +15.0 pts