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Review sentiment over time
Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.
How this score was computed
The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.
| Component | Positive | Quality (0-100) | Weight (pseudo-reviews) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Press reviews (OpenCritic) | – | 69 | 18 |
| Creator reviews (1 tracked) | – | 15 | 1 |
| All-time Steam reviews | 81% | 75 | 1000 |
| Metacritic user ratings | – | 70 | 21 |
| Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted) | 86% | 80 | 105 |
| Calibration prior (typical game) | – | 72 | 50 |
Scoring window: last 30 days (no significant patch detected) · 300 reviews sampled · 114 total reviews in window · weighted 62.1 up / 9.9 down · computed 17m ago · full methodology →
Press & Creators reviews (25)
Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.
- 80
“Breathedge brings an interesting combination of story-driven adventure and space survival in the style of Subnautica. Add to that a great crazy story and funny moments, and you're really in for a great time. However, the experience is a bit spoiled by the game's fluctuating difficulty and balance, along with the rather repetitive gameplay and some scripted quests.”
read full review ↗ - 70
“Breathedge is one of those titles where I'm not quite sure how to feel about it...”
read full review ↗ - 40
“Breathedge is a game at odds with itself. It tries to tell a compelling story, but the core narrator drones wearisome and unfunny dialogue; the world is beautiful and begging to be explored, but only ever an inch at a time; environments are curated with dark humour, but the gameplay loop doesn't allow time to take it in; and, worst of all, it undercuts players that commit hours to these systems by replacing them with a grim excuse for a walking simulator. For a title set in the vast expanse of space where anything is possible, it just isn't worth the time.”
read full review ↗ - 50
“Ultimately, it's a game full of great ideas and some addictive gameplay mechanics, but clashes with some poor pacing and a complete shift-up in the second half that loses all the charm. For an Xbox Game Pass title, there's undoubtedly some fun to be had in the survival space sim if you can look past its flaws. Just don't go in expecting the Lost in Space experience the game tries to sell.”
read full review ↗ - 70
“Breathedge has a lot going for it in its well-loved Early Access sandbox portion. But when it becomes more of a walking simulator, things take a turn. Regardless, it's a funny game that's still worth playing for anyone who enjoys the concept and the humor. But I can't help but think that many will be disappointed by the later parts of the game.”
read full review ↗ - 65
“Unfortunately the gameplay itself suffers from a few serious pacing and mechanical issues, but the story may be funny enough to push you through. Ultimately Breathedge is, at best, a mediocre survival game with a pretty good story. While I wouldn't suggest this as your first survival game, if you're a fan of the genre, specifically Subnautica, you'll likely find some things to enjoy here.”
read full review ↗ - 90
“It’s not very helpful at the start, and at times the comedy falls flat. But stick with Breathedge and there’s a surprisingly deep mechanic entwined with a Schafer-esque story adventure.”
read full review ↗ - 85
“Space survival with immortal chicken and low reserves of oxygen offers great gameplay in gravitationless state.”
read full review ↗ - 90
“Alcohol, chickens, kebabs, space and coffin robots in bowler hats. 1950s Soviet visual stylings and hamster smoothies. Mayonnaise, kebabs, flying ZAZ cars and laser blasters. There's so much to love about this game. Buy it.”
read full review ↗ - 80
“Breathedge isn't a perfect space survival game and is sometimes aggravating, but there's plenty to enjoy, and few recent games can be so relaxing.”
read full review ↗ - 75
“In space, no one can hear you brutalize a chicken. Or maybe… they can? Read our thoughts of this ironic space survival title here.”
read full review ↗ - 45
“The survival elements of Breathedge are pretty standard fare for the genre, but its hard to enjoy the experience due to dated humor and its insistence on abandoning its best elements halfway through.”
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Patch history
- Fix crashes for Intel CPUDec 21, 2023
- An update, an add-on, and something like that.Mar 19, 2021significant · resets scoring window
- February 25, The Release. v. 1.0Feb 10, 2021
- Hey! Yo! Where’s the update?Mar 23, 2020
- Normandy. Update.Dec 18, 2019
- Update 0.9.2.10Oct 12, 2019
- Update 0.9.2.9Oct 3, 2019
- Version for slow PCsSep 13, 2019
- Update 0.9.2.8Sep 9, 2019
- Update! New chapters! Аvailable now.Sep 3, 2019
- Breathedge Continues. News.May 28, 2019significant · resets scoring window
- Update ver. 0.9.1.13Sep 20, 2018