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Broken Age

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Broken Age
Broken Age cover
Developers
Double Fine Productions
Engines
Moai
Release dates
Windows January 28, 2014
macOS (OS X) January 28, 2014
Linux January 28, 2014
Reception
Metacritic 76
OpenCritic 79
IGDB 77
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, Subscription gaming service
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Controls Point and select
Genres Adventure
Art styles Cartoon
Themes Fantasy, Sci-fi, Comedy
Broken Age on HowLongToBeat
Broken Age on IGDB
Broken Age on MobyGames
Broken Age on Wikipedia

Broken Age is a singleplayer adventure game.

General information

Official forums
Official wiki
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GamersGate
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
DRM-free
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
itch.io
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Mac App Store
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macOS (OS X)
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
Xbox Game Pass for PC
Windows
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Official website (unavailable)
DRM-free
Purchase via Humble Widget.
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Monetization

Type Notes
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.
Subscription gaming service Available via Xbox Game Pass for PC.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\BrokenAge\saves\game.settings
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Application Support/BrokenAge/Saves/game.settings
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/doublefine/BrokenAge/saves/game.settings
Steam <path-to-game>/saves/game.settings

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\BrokenAge\saves\*.sav
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Application Support/BrokenAge/Saves/*.sav
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/doublefine/BrokenAge/saves/*.sav
Steam <path-to-game>/saves/*.sav
This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
*.sav store the save game data for the respective save slot.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

General settings.
General settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Only 4:3 and 16:9. Resolutions in other aspect ratios are not available.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Frame rate is capped at 64 FPS.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, voice and effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Fan translation, download (Act I).
Brazilian Portuguese
Translation.
Russian
Official in-game localization. Trailer
Russian
Fan translation Act I by «ZoG Forum Team»
Slovak
Use unofficial Slovak language file (Windows). Also contains localized textures.
Spanish

Issues fixed

Game crashes upon launching

Disable Steam overlay[citation needed]
  1. In your Steam library right click Broken Age.
  2. Click on Properties.
  3. In the General tab, uncheck Enable Steam Community In-Game.

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
[1]
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Input SDL2 Linux only.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) 1.7 GHz Dual core
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1500 MB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 260GTX
ATI Radeon HD 4870
Intel HD 3000
DirectX 10 compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.6.8
Processor (CPU) Intel Core Duo
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1500 MB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 9600GT
ATI Radeon HD 2600
Intel HD 3000
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Processor (CPU) 1.7 GHz Dual core
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1500 MB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 260GTX
ATI Radeon HD 2000
Intel HD 4000


References