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Broken Lines is a story-driven tactical RPG set in an alternate-history version of WWII. Lead a squad of soldiers and face the horrors of war. In the included expansion, 'The Dead and the Drunk', guide your troops through fights against both the living and the undead.

Broken Lines is a war, singleplayer and historical game developed by BirdIsland/PortaPlay and published by SuperGG.com.
Released on February 25th 2020 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 7 languages: English, French, German, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Polish and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 682 reviews of which 537 were positive and 145 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.5 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 24.50€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.76€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Broken Lines into these genres:

War Singleplayer Historical Choices Matter Turn-Based Tactics Turn-Based Tactical RPG Alternate History Wargame Multiple Endings Strategy Perma Death RPG Action-Adventure Top-Down World War II Action RPG Team-Based Turn-Based Combat Outbreak Sim

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS *: Windows 7
  • Processor: i5-5700 2Ghz
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Graphics: GeForce GT 750M 2GB or similar (1500 3DMark score)
  • DirectX: Version 10
  • Storage: 6 GB available space
MacOS
  • OS: OSX version 10.13.6 or higher
  • Processor: Core i5 (4-core) 2.7 GHz or higher
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 or higher
  • Storage: 5.5 GB available space
Linux
  • OS: SteamOS + Ubuntu
  • Processor: i5-5700 2Ghz
  • Memory: 10 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Graphics: GeForce GT 750M 2GB or similar (1500 3DMark score)
  • Storage: 6 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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May 2025
plays a bit like company of heroes, but turn based and every units move at the same time. could be better polished... made an effort not to kill any civilians but the story evolves like I somehow did... a design choice or oversight ? also could't finish the last mission because of the known infinite loading screen bug (tip : just finish the stage, don't leave and comeback later) still, i find the gameplay loop really fun, so up to the DLC now. the music and the few VA are nice too.
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Oct. 2024
Love XCOM and was looking for a similar game. Hasn't quite got the polish of XCOM, and is a little less tactical, but really enjoyed the game and the story. Overall very fun, just lacked a little depth to the combat. 8/10
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Sept. 2024
Amazing game and gameplay, started with 8 characters ended up with 6. ust a tip, if you play it in hard make sure to put the revives to one per misson rather than 1 only. this way your soldiers will heal wounds at the camp
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Sept. 2024
takes a bit to get used to the timed stop-go action. once I did i could make some really neat sequences. I found a bit difficult to "attach" to the characters. A bit too random character development.
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Aug. 2024
A good tactical strategy game. The only problem I have is with the stress mechanic that cannot be turned off in the custom difficulty settings. The one thing I absolutely cannot stand in these kinds of games is soldiers disobeying orders and getting themselves killed because they didn't execute my plan, It really annoys me. I get that this is one of the themes of the game, as it's a bit of a Spec Ops The Line in strategy form. But you let me tweak difficulty to my liking in other areas, why not this? The gameplay is a solid compromise between real-time and turn-based. A the start of each turn you get to plan your actions. Each turn lasts 8 seconds. During that process there's nothing you can do, as the decisions have been set in stone, meaning you gotta think well before committing to ending the turn. The enemies move in real time during those 8 seconds. So a grenade that you threw at their position might not actually get them because they have moved on by then. If you ever had the chance to play Frozen Synapse you'll feel right at home here. I like this style of this gameplay a lot personally. A full on tactical pause is great, but it makes for a different game. Broken Lines is all about positioning, flanking, using special abilities and anticipating the enemy actions. It's good. The story seems very mysterious at first, especially if you keep picking wrong missions. However all you gotta do is to listen to your recruits instead of the veterans, and do more investigative work to understand what's going on. It's not that complicated once the cards have been laid out on the table. The atmosphere really shines through though. The enemies you face are intriguing, as nothing is as straightforward as it seems at first. I got in my opinion the best ending out of the five available ones, which really could just have been cut down to three. There's three extraction endings that differ little from one another, and make little sense with certain choices preceding them. The narrator as almost always in other media is freakin' annoying and should have been cut from the game completely. All she does is take away from the game. I kept skipping all of her word salad nonsense right before the final cutscene. I'd say it's worth picking it up on sale, but your mileage may vary on this. It's supposed to be played several times in order to understand the story... unless you luck out like I did, After that there's little point in staying. I'm yet to try the complementary DLC. But even now I'd say it's worth it picking up on sale.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Broken Lines is currently priced at 24.50€ on Steam.

Broken Lines is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 24.50€ on Steam.

Broken Lines received 537 positive votes out of a total of 682 achieving a rating of 7.47.
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Broken Lines was developed by BirdIsland/PortaPlay and published by SuperGG.com.

Broken Lines is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Broken Lines is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Broken Lines is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Broken Lines is a single-player game.

Broken Lines does not currently offer any DLC.

Broken Lines does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Broken Lines does not support Steam Remote Play.

Broken Lines is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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Broken Lines
24.50€ -97% 24.50€ 0.76€
7.5
537
145
Game modes
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4
Developer
BirdIsland/PortaPlay
Publisher
SuperGG.com
Release 25 Feb 2020
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