Braid overview

Overview

Braid comes from Number None and is published by Number None. It arrived on Steam on Apr 10, 2009, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Cloud, Remote Play on TV, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, Linux, Steam, and Xbox so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Braid's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 9 players at 7 September 2026 - 18:40:17 UTC, with a tracked peak near 947. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 93% positive across 9,922 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Braid is available in 9 languages including:

5 regional rating boards including esrb, pegi, bbfc, oflc, and usk

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Braid has sold up to 1,500,000 units and has 6,940 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $11,600,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Braid overview details

Braid combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

This is the original version of Braid from 2009, which may not work well on newer systems. For an updated version of the game with nicer graphics, more levels and a large amount of developer commentary, see Braid, Anniversary Edition . 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. Key features: Newly added Steam Cloud support Save your in-progress game to the cloud, then play where you left off from on any Steam connected computer. Forgiving yet challenging gameplay: Braid is a 2-D platform game where you can never die and never lose. Despite this, Braid is challenging — but the challenge is about solving puzzles, rather than forcing you to replay tricky jumps. Rich puzzle environment: Travel through a series of worlds searching for puzzle pieces, then solving puzzles by manipulating time: rewinding, creating parallel universes, setting up pockets of dilated time. The gameplay feels fresh and new; the puzzles are meant to inspire…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Braid is listed as a game with $14.99. It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Cloud, Remote Play on TV, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Casual, Indie, and Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 9 players at 7 September 2026 - 18:40:17 UTC, a tracked peak of 947, and 93% positive reviews.

Overview tags

Puzzle-PlatformerPuzzle2D PlatformerPlatformerIndieTime Manipulation2DSingleplayerGreat SoundtrackDifficultTime TravelCasualAtmosphericClassicStory Rich

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Support and legal notes

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