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Broforce

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Broforce
Broforce cover
Developers
Free Lives
Publishers
Devolver Digital
Engines
Former Unity 5[Note 1]
Unity 2017[Note 2]
Release dates
Windows October 15, 2015[3]
macOS (OS X) October 15, 2015[3]
Linux October 17, 2015[4]
Reception
Metacritic 83
OpenCritic 79
IGDB 72
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Side view
Controls Direct control
Genres Platform, Shooter
Art styles Pixel art
Series Broforce
Broforce on HowLongToBeat
Broforce on IGDB
Broforce on MobyGames
Broforce on Wikipedia
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Broforce 2015

Broforce is a singleplayer and multiplayer side view platform and shooter game in the Broforce series.

On August 8, 2023 (August 9 for GOG.com), the game was updated with new content in the form of six playable "bros", new missions, challenge levels and bug fixes, and was retitled to Broforce Forever.

General information

Official forum
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Amazon.com
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
DRM-free
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
Xbox Play Anywhere. Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC.
Windows
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Can be played without Steam; offline play only.[5]
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Game data

Configuration file location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Saves\Options.xml[Note 3]
Microsoft Store <path-to-game>\Saves\Options.xml
macOS (OS X) <path-to-game>/Saves/Options.xml
Linux <path-to-game>/Saves/Options.xml
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Saves\<user-id>.sav[Note 3]
Microsoft Store %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Free Lives\Broforce\Saves\progress.sav
macOS (OS X) <path-to-game>/Saves/progress.sav
Linux <path-to-game>/Saves/<user-id>.sav

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
953 MB available, and functions[6]
Xbox Cloud

Video

In-game options menu.
In-game options menu.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Use the related PCGW community tool as a workaround.
Multi-monitor
Use the related PCGW community tool as a workaround.
Ultra-widescreen
Vert- Use the related PCGW community tool as a workaround.
4K Ultra HD
Use the Use the related PCGW community tool as a workaround.
Field of view (FOV)
Use the related PCGW community tool as a workaround.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
No dedicated fullscreen. "Fullscreen" in-game is actually a borderless window.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Disabled by default.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
No frame rate cap.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Input

In-game key map settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game button map settings.
In-game button map settings.

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music can only be toggled in-game. Music volume can be edited in Options.xml
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

There is no option to change language from the game menu. On Steam : Right click on the game icon > Properties > Language Tab
Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
Available since the 2018.4 Update
German
Available since the 2018.4 Update
Italian
Available since the 2018.4 Update
Japanese
Available since the 2018.4 Update
Korean
Available since the 2018.4 Update
Brazilian Portuguese
Available since the 2018.4 Update
Russian
Fan translation, download.
Spanish
Available since the 2018.4 Update

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
4 Versus, Co-op
LAN play
Online play
4 Versus, Co-op

Connection types

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
OpenGL 3 OS X and Linux only.
Shader Model support 5
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Both binaries are available in the game directory (Steam).

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Multiplayer Steamworks

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista, 7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core Duo
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1300 MB
Video card (GPU) OpenGL 3.0 compatible
Other
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.6+
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 150 MB
Video card (GPU) OpenGL 3.0 compatible
Other
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 12.04+
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 150 MB
Video card (GPU) OpenGL 3.0 compatible
Other


Notes

  1. Unity engine build: 5.5.1f1[1]
  2. Unity engine build: 2017.4.7f1[2]
  3. 3.0 3.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References