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Is Braid, Anniversary Edition worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Platform-puzzle players who want challenges based on manipulating time.
- Players interested in reflective stories involving memories, regrets, and a search for an elusive Princess.
- Fans of the original game who want repainted artwork, new puzzles, and extensive creator commentary.
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking combat-focused action may find the emphasis on platform puzzles too restrained.
- Those who prefer a strictly linear challenge sequence may not enjoy leaving puzzles and returning to them later.
- Players looking for multiplayer gameplay may not find the solo journey suitable.
Our take on Braid, Anniversary Edition
Rather than treating time as a fixed backdrop, the game makes rewinding and pausing central to movement and puzzle solving. Its structure also allows difficult challenges to be set aside, while a dedicated commentary world adds an unusual behind-the-scenes layer.
What is Braid, Anniversary Edition?
Braid, Anniversary Edition is a platform puzzle game built around time manipulation.
Players run and jump through interconnected worlds, avoid hazards, unlock doors, and collect jigsaw pieces. Rewinding and pausing time shape how puzzles are solved, and difficult challenges can be left for later. The journey begins in a city house and follows a search for an elusive Princess, while exploring memories and regrets. This edition includes fully repainted high-resolution artwork, new visual details, animated brushstroke effects, new sound effects, and the original score. It also adds a new world containing new puzzles and redesigned classic puzzles. An in-game world presents over 15 hours of recorded commentary from the developer, artist, and other members of the creative team.
How Braid, Anniversary Edition plays
- 01Time manipulation
- Rewinding and pausing affect movement through each world and form the basis of puzzle solving.
- 02Jigsaw pieces
- Collected pieces can be assembled as part of progression.
- 03Developer commentary
- A dedicated in-game world contains over 15 hours of recorded discussion from the creative team.
- 04Repainted visuals
- The edition adds high-resolution artwork, animated brushstroke effects, and new sound effects while retaining the original score.
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Braid, Anniversary Edition: platforms & release
Is Braid, Anniversary Edition worth it?
It is worth it if: platform-puzzle players who want challenges based on manipulating time. Skip it if: players seeking combat-focused action may find the emphasis on platform puzzles too restrained.
Where can I download Braid, Anniversary Edition?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Braid, Anniversary Edition's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Braid, Anniversary Edition on?
Windows and macOS.
