StrategyIs Broken World: Save Your Children worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Zombie-survival players who want resource management alongside combat
- Players who prefer family-focused decisions within an adventure
- Fans of crafting, shelter building, fishing, and cooking in survival games
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a combat-focused game may find resource management and family decisions take substantial attention
- Players looking for open-ended survival without a destination may find the journey toward the airport restrictive
- Players who do not want to manage children’s safety may find the family responsibilities unsuitable
Our take on Broken World: Save Your Children
The focus on protecting children gives the survival journey a family-centered purpose, but it limits the premise to Josh’s responsibilities as a parent rather than an individual survivor’s struggle.
What is Broken World: Save Your Children?
Play as Josh, a father navigating a zombie-ravaged city in search of an airport where his wife is waiting.
Survival involves balancing thirst, hunger, and morale while deciding whether to risk dangerous scavenging trips or take more cautious routes. Gather materials to make weapons, traps, and shelters, and spend time exploring, fishing, cooking, and battling the undead. Choices involving Edrik and Emma influence the journey, including whether they learn to defend themselves or remain under close protection. The game combines exploration, combat, crafting, resource management, and family-focused decisions as Josh tries to reunite his family.
How Broken World: Save Your Children plays
- 01Family Survival
- Josh must keep his children, Edrik and Emma, alive while crossing a ruined city during a zombie apocalypse.
- 02Resource Management
- Survival involves monitoring thirst, hunger, and happiness while making choices about supplies.
- 03Shelter Building
- Players can build shelters during the journey.
- 04Weapons And Traps
- Weapons and traps can be constructed for survival.
- 05Survival Activities
- The game includes exploration, fishing, cooking, and fighting.
- 06Family Decisions
- Choices include risking a supply trip, teaching the children to fend for themselves, or protecting them closely.
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Broken World: Save Your Children: platforms & release
Is Broken World: Save Your Children worth it?
It is worth it if: zombie-survival players who want resource management alongside combat. Skip it if: players seeking a combat-focused game may find resource management and family decisions take substantial attention.
Where can I download Broken World: Save Your Children?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Broken World: Save Your Children's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Broken World: Save Your Children on?
Windows only.




