Braid
Short 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.
- Developer
- Number None
- Publisher
- Number None
- Release
- Fri, Apr 10, 2009
- Price
- $14.99
- Reviews
- 6,938
- Positive
- 93%
- Followers
- 17,156
- Owners (estimated)
- 1M – 2M
- Concurrent players
- 5
- Genres
- Casual, Indie, Strategy
- Features
- Full controller support, Remote Play on TV
- Tags
Review count and SteamSpy's owner range disagree, so the band is widened to cover both rather than picking a favourite. Multiplied by the $14.99 launch price — there is not enough price history for this game to weight the copies by what they actually sold for. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.
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Media
History
8 data points since Aug 1, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.
The revenue curve is an estimate, not a measurement. It is the only calculated series here: each interval takes the review growth of that period, multiplies it by the sales-per-review factor and by the price actually charged at the time, and adds the result to the running total. That is why it climbs more slowly through discount periods than the review curve next to it. The last point is the same figure quoted above — gross, before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.
The blurred area is the rest of the history. 298 further data points reach back to Oct 1, 2010 — your plan shows the last 90 days of it. How far each series in particular reaches is written on its own chart; not every one of them goes back that far. The shape in the blurred area is decoration, not data: the figures are not in this page at all. Plus unlocks the complete series.
Lowest recorded price: $1.49 on Dec 22, 2016.
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The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom | The Odd Gentlemen 2 titles | 5 | − 2D Platformer + Adventure | $4.99 | 395 | 88% | Tue, Apr 20, 2010 | $82k $36k – $924k |
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Eternal Hope | Doublehit Games first game | 5 | − Time Manipulation + Story Rich | $11.99 | 359 | 84% | Thu, Aug 20, 2020 | $155k $69k – $1.9m |
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LIMBO | Playdead 2 titles | 4 | − 2D Platformer − Time Manipulation + Dark + Atmospheric | $12.49 | 40,870 | 91% | Tue, Aug 02, 2011 | $25m $25m – $40.8m |
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Defy Gravity Extended | Paul Fisch first game | 4 | − 2D Platformer − Time Manipulation + Space + 2D | $1.99 | 6,775 | 86% | Fri, Mar 18, 2016 | $607k $270k – $4m |
There are more like this. Your plan shows the 5 closest neighbours; Plus and Pro show up to 100 — enough to see the shape of a niche instead of a sample of it.