We have A LOT to share with you today!
🔥 New update feat fixes and improvements
✏️ 2 very experienced RPG writers joined our team
💸 20% off right now on Steam
🧡 A thank you to our community
You can read all about it here:
❗️RELEASE DATE ANNOUNCEMENT❗️
The wait is almost over, Broken Roads will be releasing on PC, Xbox One & Xbox Series X/S on November 14th!
Additional platform info coming soon! 🎮
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🔥 BROKEN ROADS IS OUT NOW! 🔥
Survive, form bonds, and make tough choices that will shape your journey across the vast Australian Outback 🦘
Play on Steam:
🚨 DEMO ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
The Broken Roads demo is officially live! Explore a post-apocalyptic Australia and play as a Hired Gun, one of the four origin stories available in the full game!
Download now on Steam ⬇️
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How it started vs how its going:
The art direction & level design has been a fantastic journey. Take a look at the market in Brookton and how it's changed over the years 🎨
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🔥 RELEASE DATE IS HERE 🔥
Survive, form bonds, and make tough choices in Broken Roads across the post-apocalyptic Australian outback
Begin your unforgettable journey on April 10th, 2024
Wishlist Now:
The fantastic art team at Drop Bear Bytes have been hard at work on further visual targets for Broken Roads. Enjoy a preview of things to come!
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🔥 RELEASE DATE IS HERE 🔥
Survive, form bonds, and make tough choices in Broken Roads across the post-apocalyptic Australian outback on PlayStation
Begin your unforgettable journey on April 10th, 2024
Pre-order Now:
"I'm kind of in the middle of something, mate"
Welcome to Brookton Pub — the main socialising place in town; a popular gathering spot in the evenings! 🍻
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This
#ThrowbackThursday
we wanted to show off some of the progress from our incredible art team. Can you believe these are both the same area? 👀
Be sure to Wishlist Broken Roads below👇
Set your alarms, mark your calendars, and book the time off work! 🔥
Broken Roads will be released around the world on April 10th so check your time below 👇
A little
#ThrowbackThursday
this week to show off another transformation by our incredible art team 🎉
Welcome to Brookton Pub, enjoy your visit! 🍺
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Thank you everyone for your interest in Broken Roads and your support in getting us here today 🔥
After more than 5 years to reach this point it's finally arrived.
If you haven't already, don't forget to leave us a review as this really helps us out 🧡
🔥 BROKEN ROADS IS OUT NOW! 🔥
Survive, form bonds, and make tough choices that will shape your journey across the vast Australian Outback 🦘
Play on Steam:
You asked for it, so we're here to deliver it!
You can now press tab to highlight all NPC names and interactable objects on your screen! This is just one of many QoL updates we've been working on ✅
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Excited to announce that we’re a part of
#SteamNextFest
this year 🎉
Broken Roads is one of many amazing games & demos you can check out during the event 🎮
Check out our latest demo here:
Our work on Broken Roads is far from over.
Our short-term roadmap begins by the end of next week! Thank you for your continued support and interest in Broken Roads 🔥
She’ll be right.
You may have spotted graffiti around the cities in Broken Roads; Some of it was inspired by real paintings! 🎨
Can you guess the famous painting this graffiti is based on? 🤔
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One of our favorite locations in-game featuring one of our favorite characters, Honest Wade!
Honest Wades has seen a good bit of touch ups and improvements by the art team as we polish all the scenes before launch 🎨
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During your travels if you go off the beaten path, you'll encounter a settlement near a major Western Australian landmark 👀
The question is, are they peaceful, or should you be ready for a fight? 🤔
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Welcome to Hunters and Collectors, a guild hall shared by Hired Gun's & Surveyors in Merredin!
Ran by Hunter & Col, it's a great spot to hang out, grab quests, or just learn about town happenings!
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This weekend we wanted to show off the progress on Ardath; A scene the team has poured a lot of time, effort & love into 🙂
These shots were provided by our Level Designer,
@DEMACLIAN
!
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Some small communities have found a way to thrive off the beaten track, far from the larger settlements in Broken Roads. They grow crops, distil their own water and even generate their own electricity!
But mostly, they just want to be left to themselves👀
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Today marks our final
#screenshotsaturday
of 2022🎉 As the year comes to a close, we wanted to say thank you to everyone supporting us, and we hope you continue to join us on our journey to full release in 2023! 🫶
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Broken Roads is coming soon! If you're into:
📖 A fun narrative-driven RPG
⚔️ Strategic party-based combat
🦘Post-apocalyptic Australian setting
Then be sure to show us some love by wishlisting on Steam!
#Wishlistwednesday
🧠💭Our unique morality system is based on four areas of moral philosophy: Utilitarianism, Nihilism, Machiavellianism and Humanism!
⭕️In a 360-degree chart of possible options, you can choose from those within a certain range of their character’s core alignment.
Meet Rusty, the Wandering Trader!
Rusty is one of the roaming characters you can come across as random encounters when exploring around WA! 🦘
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During your journeys you come across what looks to be an old hotel; You step inside, curious of what this building may hold.
You're in luck, it even has a bar!
Welcome to Ardath Hotel, enjoy your stay! 🛏️
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It's been a crazy 48 hours at Drop Bear Bytes since we launched Broken Roads!
We've released a hotfix update with a range of bug fixes and QoL improvements 🔥
Read more here:
For this
#screenshotsaturday
we've got a double feature!
Not just a new screenshot, but a whole new dev blog taking a peek at what the team is working on this month!
You can check it out here 👇
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#devblog
🔥 BROKEN ROADS IS OUT NOW! 🔥
Survive, form bonds, and make tough choices that will shape your journey across the vast Australian Outback 🦘
Play on Xbox:
A first look at one of the locations you'll visit along the way.
This is one of the towns that didn't survive. It's a brutal world, after all.
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What are your plans for the weekend?
Whether it's at the pub or playing our new demo on Steam, we hope you have a great one! 🎮
#screenshotsaturday
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We're the most followed upcoming Steam game in the cRPG category! 🔥
Thank you to our amazing community for supporting us throughout the development of Broken Roads.
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During your travels you come across an old service station; You & your companions aren't the first to discover it and you won't be the last, either.
I wonder what secrets it holds 🤔
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While there is a pacifist playthrough option, you're more than welcome to pummel your way through the story and pick every fight along the way😎
You can get a taste of combat in our demo currently live on Steam! 🎮
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Well that's pretty cool -
@BrokenRoadsGame
just hit 'Mostly Positive' for recent reviews on Steam! A massive thank you again to everyone who played and left a review.
Welcome to the home of Numbat, a working artist who uses art as her creative outlet to deal with the post-apocalypse. 🎨
Numbat is just one of many characters you'll meet along your journey in Broken Roads!
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🗣️ Pleasure to meet you. ✅
Here's a screenshot from the Hired Gun origin story; an introduction to the scouts as you arrive at Bally Bally Hall.
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World's gone more than a little wrong, millions are dead, water's more scarce than ever, and our settlement could be brutally attacked at any time. Still, it's Saturday, sun's out, so it's good a time as any for a barbie!
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Looking for something fun to add to your wishlist? In Broken Roads, you'll find:
📖A fun narrative-driven RPG
⚔️Strategic party-based combat
🪃 A post-apocalyptic Australian setting
And much more! Wishlist today ⬇️
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🧭 Moral Compass 🧭
In a 360-degree chart of possible options, you can choose from those within ~120 degrees of your core alignment (this figure changes through gameplay, talents etc).
The 120-degree range is called your 'World View', shown as the gold cone below.
Have you tried out the new Broken Roads May update?
We've added over 10,000 words, set up overworld map access for the origin stories, and added WAY more companion reactivity 🔥
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Incredibly proud that Broken Roads is now available, sitting at number 1 on New & Trending and number 6 on Top Sellers on Steam. Thanks everyone for your support!
Fights can break out anywhere in Broken Roads, but that doesn't mean you have to fight fair! ⚔️
Its five-on-one; Who ya got? 👀
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Here's a quick look at one of the new interiors the team have recently completed!
We want to tell you more, but the less said about this place the better.. 👀
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This
#screenshotsaturday
we've got another double feature for you!
This shot is one of many from our newest devblog, which covers our level design process over the years, our first OST drop, narrative design, & more!
Check out the latest devblog here:
Recently we revealed the pacifist playthrough option, giving you the ability to complete the game without combat if that's your style.
Which playstyle will you choose? Let us know below, and don't forget to wishlist on Steam 🦘
#wishlistwednesday
Over the last year we've seen a lot of comments asking about Steam Deck support.
So, what better chance to show off our own Steam Deck running the game? We use this bad boy for testing builds and ensuring everything runs smoothly 🎮
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Happy
#wishlistwednesday
, we're two weeks away from launch on PC & Xbox!
Soon enough you'll be able to experience our post-apocalyptic Australian cRPG, but in the meantime we'd love it if you wishlisted us on Steam!
🔥 RELEASE DATE IS HERE 🔥
Survive, form bonds, and make tough choices in Broken Roads across the post-apocalyptic Australian outback on Xbox
Begin your unforgettable journey on April 10th, 2024
Pre-order Now:
There's much to uncover as you make your way across this ravaged land. The survivors, the scavengers, the powerful and the pitiful... all can be found somewhere along these Broken Roads. Wishlist on Steam:
#screenshotsaturday
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🔥 Thank YOU! Our community! 🔥
We've made many improvements to give you all a better experience but we're not done yet! All of your comments and reviews help us!
If you haven't left a review or feedback just yet let us know 👇
Welcome to Orkney Heights, home to an old hermit hoarding all sorts of garbage. Or so it would appear, but you know what they say: one person’s junk is another person’s treasure.
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Delays are no fun we know, but while we're polishing things up why not show some love by wishlisting us on Steam? 🦘
You can find us here! ⬇️
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Well into your journey in Broken Roads you and your party come across what looks to be a lab. 🔬
It's got power to boot- I wonder what its being used for? 🤔
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📸For
#screenshotsaturday
we're diving into the pub in Orkney Heights we teased last week!
You never know who you'll run into at the pub 😉
Don't forget to wishlist Broken Roads on Steam 👇
As May comes to an end, we recommend keeping your eyes peeled for June 🗓️
The full game isn't available just yet, but we're looking to bring you a demo experience so you can get a taste of Broken Roads 👀
Stay tuned for more info!
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Meet Cole, your party's engineer, mechanic and general tinkerer. 🔧
You'll probably want to be nice to Cole since he has one of the only working radios around 😉
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The stories you'll uncover along your journey are rarely without tragedy. They're not easy paths to travel, these Broken Roads...
🐪Wishlist on Steam:
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True to the region, you'll encounter the remnants of the open-pit mining that was happening before the war that ended it all. ⛏️
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The environments in Broken Roads tell stories of the people who live there, a glimpse into the life of the post-apocalypse. 📖
What story do you think this scene is trying to tell?
Wishlist on Steam ⬇️
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