Emotionally devastating story and ending
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“the ending had no business hitting that hard in the feels and INCORPORATING THE DAMN FEELS INTO THE MECHANICS”
Steam review · 5 h played ↗
Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 94%Very Positive · 94%Starbreeze Studios AB2013Adventure · Puzzle · Action
The verdict
A short, roughly 3-hour single-player story where one player controls both brothers, one per stick. Emotionally powerful for many, but story and controls divide players. Skip it if you want challenge or lack a gamepad.
Great for
Players who want a short, emotional, story-driven adventure with a clever control gimmick, played on a controller
Main risk
The controls feel clunky and the story fails to land, leaving a short, easy, walking-heavy game that feels overpriced
What players love
Clever two-stick control tied to story
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“how it uses its controls to tell the story instead of just cutscenes”
Steam review · 344.6 h played ↗
Beautiful art, environments and music
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Great score and stunning artstyle, I struggle to think of anything to criticize.”
Steam review · 2.9 h played ↗
Short, focused, no filler
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“I really appreciate these focused and well-crafted experiences where no time is wasted or filler”
Steam review · 2.9 h played ↗
Wordless storytelling works
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Extremely well narrated game without any need of dialogue.”
Steam review · 3.1 h played ↗
Fun with a partner or as simple puzzles
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“A beautiful little game, enjoyable puzzles and teamwork.”
Steam review · 3.3 h played ↗
What players complain about
Predictable, shallow story that fails to connect
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“I found the story very, very predictable, especially the ending could have been guessed after 45min-1h of gameplay.”
Steam review · 2.5 h played ↗
Clunky controls, poor keyboard support
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“you will quickly and repeatedly forget which side of the controller moves which brother, until you've spent a few seconds running into a wall off screen with one of them”
Steam review · 5.7 h played ↗
Too easy and mostly walking
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“90% of the game is just walking”
Steam review · 3.9 h played ↗
Slow cranks and progression-blocking bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“the little lift that is supposed to bring up the dad was going so excruciatingly slow, that it took a whole 10 minutes”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
Dark ending ruins it
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“Your family is better off if you never start the adventure. Just a horrible ending.”
Steam review · 3.5 h played ↗
Too short for the price
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“2 hours for $15 normally is just not worth it”
Steam review · 2.9 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support2 GB
Minimum
OSWindows XP SP3
Processor2.4 GHz Dual Core Processor
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 8600 /ATI Radeon HD 2600
Storage2 GB available space
OSWindows XP SP3
Processor2.4 GHz Dual Core Processor
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 8600 /ATI Radeon HD 2600
Storage2 GB available space
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