Steam reviews
6,890 of 8,235 Steam user reviews are positive (83.7%) and Steam's own label is “Very Positive”, according to Steam's review summary for Broken Age at the last data refresh.
Good for
- Point-and-click adventure fans, particularly those who grew up with LucasArts titles
- Players who value hand-drawn art direction and strong voice performance
- Those interested in Kickstarter game history — this campaign changed crowdfunding for games
- Family-appropriate adventure game with no mature content
Avoid if
- You expect the puzzle density or length of classic LucasArts games — Broken Age is shorter and easier
- Traditional adventure game logic puzzles with obscure solutions frustrate you
- You want replayability — the game offers a single linear path through both stories
- The second half's difficulty spike relative to the first half is known to disappoint some players
Is Broken Age an indie game?
Borderline. Steam lists Broken Age under the "Indie" genre, but its publisher is on this site's major-publisher list, so both facts are reported rather than one.
- Steam genre tags on record: Adventure, Casual, Indie — includes "Indie".
- Developer: Double Fine Productions.
- Publisher: Double Fine Productions, Xbox Game Studios — on this site's major-publisher list (Xbox Game Studios: games label of Microsoft, a platform holder: it makes and sells the Xbox Series X and Series S consoles).
The rubric, its limits and the publisher list: methodology.