Braid (2008)
Linux · Mac · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 3 · Xbox 360
3.87 from 2574 ratings
6875 members have it in their collection · 144 playing now · 2334 backlogged · 670 wish listed
How long? Main story 5h · with extras 6h · 100% 10h (from 29 logged playthroughs)
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. In each world, you have a different power to affect the way time behaves, and it is time's …
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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. In each world, you have a different power to affect the way time behaves, and it is time's strangeness that creates the puzzles. The time behaviors include: the ability to rewind, objects that are immune to being rewound, time that is tied to space, parallel realities, time dilation, and perhaps more.
Braid treats your time and attention as precious; there is no filler in this game. Every puzzle shows you something new and interesting about the game world.
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Details
- Developers
- Number None Inc.
- Publishers
- Microsoft Game Studios, Number None Inc.
- Genres
- Adventure, Indie, Platform, Puzzle, Strategy
- Themes
- Fantasy
- Steam
- View on Steam
Release dates
- Aug 06, 2008 (Worldwide) Xbox 360
- Apr 10, 2009 (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)
- May 20, 2009 (Worldwide) Mac
- Nov 12, 2009 (North_America) PlayStation 3
- Dec 17, 2009 (Europe) PlayStation 3
- Dec 17, 2009 (Australia) PlayStation 3
- Sep 09, 2010 (Japan) PlayStation 3
- Dec 14, 2010 (Worldwide) Linux
- Jan 11, 2011 (Europe) Mac
Also available on
- Braid: Anniversary Edition (2024) · ANDR, LIN, MAC, NSW, Nintendo Switch 2, PC, PS4, PS5, XONE, XSX, iOS
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Rating distribution
5 stars
804
4 stars
898
3 stars
645
2 stars
182
1 star
45
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status SanyaBotva May 14, 2024
Anniversary edition has finally been released, I've been awaiting it for quite some time. But at the moment there's no separate page or new releases inside this old page here on Grouvee.
Status QuilDewIvy Dec 18, 2019
Braid - First Impressions
I'm really not sure if I respect Jonathan Blow at all.
I played Worlds 2-4 in the first hour and while the puzzle design is certainly interesting and intuitive in how it's structured and put together (one really easy example to show off this is Fickle Companion), I found myself only relatively entertained throughout that hour. …
Braid - First Impressions
I'm really not sure if I respect Jonathan Blow at all.
I played Worlds 2-4 in the first hour and while the puzzle design is certainly interesting and intuitive in how it's structured and put together (one really easy example to show off this is Fickle Companion), I found myself only relatively entertained throughout that hour. Considering that already puts me somewhere around halfway through the game and I'm barely enjoying myself I'm really not sure whether to keep continuing.
The music, sounds, and aesthetic are so abstract in how they're put together that I'm not really feeling myself attached to the game at all either. It does match the story I guess, of which only seems to be a very obvious hint at subverting the man chasing the girl creating an awful obsession that destroys his concept of time as he keeps chasing her. It's just as scattershot, but I don't respect this kind of storytelling. I'm aware of the actual story, that being the Manhattan Project personally said by Blow himself, but when I look back through the story and mechanics I experienced in-game it just screams nothing but pretentious.
Idk, i don't plan to finish it for a long while now. It's certainly an alright puzzle game in its own way but it's not for me. The Witness will probably be much much better for me.
Status filmbeats Sep 7, 2019
It's a short puzzle platformer and some of the later levels are quite the brain twisters and one secret is so ridiculous that I could not imagine anyone actually managing to discover it on their own. However, I think this game really takes all its elements and assembles them harmoniously in order to present the theme of regret and wanting …
It's a short puzzle platformer and some of the later levels are quite the brain twisters and one secret is so ridiculous that I could not imagine anyone actually managing to discover it on their own. However, I think this game really takes all its elements and assembles them harmoniously in order to present the theme of regret and wanting to go back to redo or relive a moment. Some people say the story is pretentious but I like its ambition to say something on more than one level and how it subverts expectations. The gameplay with the time reversal mechanic and other time related constraints is unique and the solutions are mostly logical when you discover them (or look them up, which I admit to doing for a couple of them). As far as I know, no game has even attempted to imitate it or even just try to make devious puzzle platformer levels using similar time reversal mechanics. The player character is totally generic but the art style and music are quite lovely.
It's true that these sorts of puzzles once solved don't offer immediate replay value in the traditional sense (unless you forget the solution the next time you play it) but the experience is still one that I remember distinctly and can continue to appreciate. Evaluating games isn't always about quantifiable things like replay value. Artistic merits can also factor into a game's perceived worth. Even games with predictable solutions can be replayed and enjoyed and sometimes you might notice a detail that you missed the first time like when you read a book or watch a movie again.
Status Pale Oct 8, 2014
I finished up the 4th area of Braid before work this morning and I've gotten every puzzle piece to this point. This game has a nice level of challenge but it's really all found in the puzzle piece hunting, not the actual level completion. I'm also strangely touched by the ambience, design, and pre-level writing. I see why/how finishing this …
Read moreI finished up the 4th area of Braid before work this morning and I've gotten every puzzle piece to this point. This game has a nice level of challenge but it's really all found in the puzzle piece hunting, not the actual level completion. I'm also strangely touched by the ambience, design, and pre-level writing. I see why/how finishing this game was so emotionally draining on Jonathan Blow.
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Status chris.brooks.1291421 Jun 13, 2014
If you love Mario you should try this game out. It's like a modern Mario; platform, hop on top of bad guys to kill theme, and story involves saving a princess. However, in this game you can control time. Think of it like this, If Mario and Prince of Persia made a game together it would be this game.
Status SirDoolittleIV Jan 7, 2014
Beautiful story, fun puzzles, and great gameplay as metaphor, but could have explained itself a little bit more.