Starbreeze Studios

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

Brothers is presented from a third-person view overlooking the two brothers. The brothers are moved individually by two thumbsticks on the controller. The controller triggers also cause the respective brother to interact with the game world, such as talking to a non-player character or grabbing onto a ledge or object. The older brother is the stronger of the two and can pull levers or boost his younger brother to higher spaces, while the younger one can pass between narrow bars. The player progresses by manipulating the two brothers at the same time to complete various puzzles, often requiring the player to manipulate both brothers to perform differing functions (such as one distracting a hostile non-player character while the other makes their way around). Should either brother fall from a great height or get injured, the game restarts at a recent checkpoint. All of the in-game dialogue is spoken in a fictional language, thus the story is conveyed through actions, gestures and expressions.

• Puzzle
• Adventure
• Indie
• 2013

Released

7 August 2013

Developer

Starbreeze Studios

Publisher

505 Games

Engine

Unreal Engine 3

Perspective

Third person

Age rating

PEGI 16 · ESRB T

Controller

Full controller support

Metacritic

90/100

Steam recommendations

33,751

Platforms

PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 4 · Windows Phone · Android · PC (Microsoft Windows) · iOS · Xbox 360 · Xbox One · Nintendo Switch

Genres

Puzzle · Adventure · Indie

Also known as

Brothers

Estimated owners

1,000,000–2,000,000 (est.)