Broken Dreams
Skip · Short indie · 2016
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 27, under the fair line, at $1.99.
- Cost per hour▼
- $2.49/hr
- Reviews▼
- 70% of 493
- Genre rank
- Top 60% Short indie
Holding it back: Reviews, Cost per hour
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 0.8h
- To 100%
- 0.8h
Price and sales
- Sales
- 82 on record
- Typical cut
- 60% off
- Steam low
- $0.49 September 2016
- Sale every
- 44d last November 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 1 now
- Cheaper than
- 67% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 27% of its genre
Price and player charts
Players
- Players online
- 1 when we last checked, on Oct 18, 21:54 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
The value story
The value story
82 discounts in the 11 years on record, a median of 60 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 3 days ago.
It is cheaper than 67 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 73 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Freebie ($1.99, scores 31) beats it on value, while it beats Anarchy Arcade (free, scores 21).
More about Broken Dreams
Inside the two-hour refund window, 64 percent of the 109 reviews written there were positive, against 70 percent overall, and those are 50 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 3 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
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1 more review, not recommended
Greetings, fellow gamers. I come from the frozen tundras of Icesta. Where the snowfall is an eternal dance and ice magic courses through our veins. Gaming is a solace to my kind, and my vast experience has spanned many worlds and platforms. So, when I encountered "Broken Dreams", I was hoping for an immersive experience, similar to the heart-wrenching tales of love and loss we share during our long winter nights...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
A darkly-enticing story about unrequited love; Broken Dreams is a casual platforming game featuring full voice-acting, beautiful hand-drawn environments and a twist on the original platforming mechanic!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 1Gb. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Broken Dreams scores 27/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/444480/broken-dreamsReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 6, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.