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"Brilliant time-manipulation puzzles demand full attention."
Minimum session
15 min
Pausability
Pause anytime
Resume friendliness
Some reorientation
FOMO pressure
Zero FOMO
Focus required
Intense
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Story chapters
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Braid is a puzzle-platformer, drawn in a painterly style, where you can manipulate the flow of time in strange and unusual ways. From a house in the city, journey to a series of worlds and solve puzzles to rescue an abducted princess. In each world, you have a different power to affect the way time behaves, and it is time's strangeness that creates the puzzles. The time behaviors include: the ability to rewind, objects that are immune to being rewound, time that is tied to space, parallel realities, time dilation, and perhaps more. Braid treats your time and attention as precious; there is no filler in this game. Every puzzle shows you something new and interesting about the game world.
Tim is a man searching for a princess who "has been snatched by a horrible and evil monster."His relationship with this princess is vague at best, and the only clear part of this relationship is that Tim has made some sort of mistake which he hopes to reconcile or, if possible, erase. As one progresses through the six …
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Braid — Session FAQ
- How long does a session of Braid take?
- The minimum meaningful session for Braid is approximately 15 minutes. This is the shortest play window where you can make real progress or have a satisfying experience, based on community data.
- Can you pause Braid?
- Yes — Braid supports instant pause. You can stop at any moment without penalty, making it ideal for sessions that might be interrupted.
- Does Braid pressure you to keep playing?
- Braid has no FOMO mechanics — no timed events, live content, or narrative cliffhangers. You can stop whenever you want without feeling like you're missing out.
- What is Braid's Session Respect Score?
- Braid has a Session Respect Score of 8.5/10. This score combines minimum session length, pausability, FOMO level, and pickup friendliness into a single metric for how well the game fits busy schedules.