Nostalgia from console days
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“My brother and I were obsessed with this as kids, and we picked it back up when we saw it on Steam.”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗
BRINK
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 59%Mixed · 59%Splash Damage2011FPS · Shooter · Action
Free to play
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A stylish but clunky objective-based parkour shooter that is now free and mostly a bot-match campaign. Skip it if you want live multiplayer, 60fps or good AI.
Great for
Nostalgic players and free-game fans who enjoy objective-based shooters with bots or a few friends
Main risk
Multiplayer is dead, leaving bot matches with poor AI, clunky gunplay and a 30fps lock
What players love
Free to play
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“This game is fun and for the price of free you can't go wrong”
Steam review · 8.2 h played ↗
Objective-based team play, fun with bots
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“if you just want to play some botmatches with a bit of a story tieing it together, this is your game.”
Steam review · 69.3 h played ↗
Fluid SMART parkour movement
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“the parkour-style movement and objective-based team gameplay in Brink are incredibly cool”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
Deep character and weapon customization
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Some of the best character customization I've seen”
Steam review · 0.9 h played ↗
Distinct art style and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“it has a hell of a lot of style. Something that's severely lacking nowadays.”
Steam review · 11.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Multiplayer is dead
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“At most one server online these days, with barely anyone in it.”
Steam review · 14.6 h played ↗
Terrible bot AI
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Do NOT play this game single-player. The AI is so loaded against solo players it isn't funny.”
Steam review · 3.5 h played ↗
Crashes, instability and technical issues
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“In the last five years, not once in opening Brink have I been able to progress beyond the main menu before the game crashes.”
Steam review · 9.8 h played ↗
Campaign is just bot matches, repetitive
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Single player campaign is just a multiplayer match against bots with cutscenes and the bots are awful to play with and against.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Weak, clunky gunplay and movement
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“The parkour is good but the gunplay is very bad. I would equate it to feeling like you have a nerf gun and the enemies have real guns.”
Steam review · 5.4 h played ↗
Locked to 30fps on PC
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“game is locked to 30FPS, absolute ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ if you wanna play on PC.”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable8 GB
Minimum
OSXP(SP3)/Vista/Windows 7
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz or equivalent
Memory2GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA 8800GS / ATI Radeon HD 2900 Pro or equivalent
Storage8GB of free space
Recommended
OSXP(SP3)/Vista/Windows 7
ProcessorIntel Quad Core i5
Memory3GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 460 / ATI Radeon™ HD 5850
Storage8GB of free space
OSXP(SP3)/Vista/Windows 7
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz or equivalent
Memory2GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA 8800GS / ATI Radeon HD 2900 Pro or equivalent
Storage8GB of free space
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