Game profile
Breathedge
After a spaceship crash, the player drifts through space with a dead chicken as a companion and must salvage wreckage to survive. Quirky humor and a guided story make it more approachable than classic space survival games.
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What kind of game this is
At its core this is Survival / Adventure, set in a science fiction world. Visually it is deliberately stylised rather than photorealistic, and the overall tone stays light and upbeat. The world is open, so wandering off and ignoring the main path is part of the deal. Sessions of an hour or two sit at the sweet spot here.
Difficulty stays forgiving, so progress rarely depends on your reflexes. The story matters and gives the mechanics a frame, without taking over. It is a single player experience from start to finish. It is available broadly, on 4 platforms. It sits in the budget bracket.
What stands out
- Quirky humor
- Dead chicken companion
- Beginner friendly
This fits you if
- you want to live through a story, not just play a system
- exploring for its own sake is the point for you
- you like getting lost and ignoring the main objective for hours
- you want zero frustration and no difficulty wall
- you play alone and want a complete experience without other people
- you are watching your budget
Look elsewhere if
- you need real difficulty to stay interested
- you want to play it side by side with someone
- you want something with real weight to it
How long is Breathedge?
About 20 hours in total. At three evenings a week and two hours each, you will be busy for roughly 3 weeks, or 10 sessions.
How the rating ranks
Critics settled on 82 out of 100, which puts it above 40 percent of the 1276 games here and at rank 690 overall. That is mid-table for this database. Not a standout at the top, but solidly rated.
For comparison, Survival averages 80 points across the database, so this one sits 2 points above its own genre. The figure rests on 59 collected ratings.
Released in 2018, so it has 8 years behind it. Usually cheap by now and the rough edges are long fixed.
The facts
- Release year
- 2018
- Genres
- Survival, Adventure
- Playtime
- approx. 20 hrs.
- Difficulty
- Relaxed, forgiving
- Story weight
- Present and relevant
- Play with
- Solo
- Setting
- Sci-fi
- Visual style
- Stylised
- Price bracket
- Budget
- Platforms
- PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
- Critic rating
- 82 / 100
Direct comparison
| Genres | Release year | Playtime | Critic rating | Price bracket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breathedge | 2018 | approx. 20 hrs. | 82 | Budget |
| Starbound | 2016 | approx. 45 hrs. | 87 | Budget |
| Astroneer | 2019 | approx. 30 hrs. | 81 | Mid price |
| Hail to the Rainbow | 2025 | approx. 10 hrs. | n/a | Mid price |
If you liked this, try these
- 87/100 Starbound Shared: Survival, Adventure, Sci-fi, longer
- 81/100 Astroneer Shared: Survival, Adventure, Sci-fi, longer
- n/a Hail to the Rainbow Shared: Survival, Adventure, Sci-fi, shorter
- 74/100 No Man's Sky Shared: Survival, Adventure, Sci-fi, longer
- 62/100 Rain World Shared: Survival, Adventure, Sci-fi
- 78/100 Grounded Shared: Survival, Adventure, Sci-fi, longer