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Braid

2008 video game
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Braid

Summary

Braid is a video game[1]. Braid ranks in the top 3% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (59 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Braid received the Independent Games Festival Award - Excellence in Design[3].
  • Braid's instance of is recorded as video game[4].
  • Braid's genre is action-adventure game[5].
  • Braid's genre is puzzle-platformer[6].
  • Braid's developer is recorded as Jonathan Blow[7].
  • Braid's depicts is recorded as time travel[8].
  • Braid's designed by is recorded as Jonathan Blow[9].
  • Braid's Commons category is recorded as Braid (video game)[10].
  • Braid's platform is recorded as Linux[11].
  • Braid's platform is recorded as Microsoft Windows[12].
  • Braid's platform is recorded as PlayStation Portable[13].
  • Braid's platform is recorded as macOS[14].
  • Braid's platform is recorded as PlayStation 3[15].
  • Braid's game mode is recorded as single-player video game[16].
  • Braid's soundtrack release is recorded as Music from Braid[17].
  • Braid's language of work or name is recorded as English[18].
  • Braid's language of work or name is recorded as French[19].
  • Braid's language of work or name is recorded as Italian[20].
  • Braid's language of work or name is recorded as Portuguese[21].
  • Braid's language of work or name is recorded as German[22].
  • Braid's language of work or name is recorded as Spanish[23].
  • Braid's language of work or name is recorded as Japanese[24].
  • Braid's language of work or name is recorded as Korean[25].
  • Braid's language of work or name is recorded as Traditional Chinese[26].
  • Braid was distributed by digital distribution[27].

Body

Publication

Braid was published on August 6, 2008[28]. Languages include English[18], French[19], Italian[20], Portuguese[21], German[22], and Spanish[23]. Genres include action-adventure game[5] and puzzle-platformer[6]. Recorded distribution format include digital distribution[27] and digital download[29].

Reception

Braid received the Independent Games Festival Award - Excellence in Design[3]. Reviews include 93/100[30] and 58/100[31].

Why It Matters

Braid ranks in the top 3% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (59 views/month).[2] Braid has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Braid is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

FAQs

What awards did Braid receive?

Honors received include Independent Games Festival Award - Excellence in Design[3].

Related Entities

Jonathan Blow Linux macOS Microsoft Windows PlayStation Portable United States video game controller

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Steam. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Steam. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Steam. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Steam. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Steam. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Steam. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Steam. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Steam. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Steam. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Steam. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Steam. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [30] ↑ . Kritikanstvo. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [31] ↑ . Q131917281. Retrieved . criticdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [28] ↑ . Databáze her. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · ~2026-52835-71 · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Platform → Linux, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation Portable +2
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P400]]: [[Q10683]]"
  2. 14w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Games/Braid
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38730|batch #38730]]: adding Giant Bomb Wiki game IDs matched via OpenRefine"
  3. 15w ago · Matthias M. · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bibliothèque nationale de france id → —
    Platform → Linux, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation Portable +2
    Internet game database game id → —
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P11063]]: 27406, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/142813746|Braid (#142813746)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5476|USK]] #mix'n'match"
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