Breaking Good
Released Aug 2017
1 puzzle, 4 views. Grab your test tubes and enter the lab to solve a unique puzzle game based on chemical compounds. Match the chemical elements to get more than 900 different compounds and see how far you can go. Do you have what it takes?
87% positive · 162 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Steam $2.00
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Evaluation
Breaking Good launched on August 4, 2017 as a self-contained puzzle game featuring over 900 chemical compounds. The store description presents a complete gameplay loop with no mention of planned additions or expansions. There is no DLC listed for this game. The developer's post history for Breaking Good consists only of a couple of bug fix patches (versions 1.15 and 1.16, from March 2019 and February 2020 respectively), with no major content updates or announcements of future content for this title. The developer's most recent communication (June 28, 2025) mentions working on an update, but explicitly identifies that update as being for a different game, "Eye, caramba!" — not Breaking Good. The game shipped as a finished product and has never entered a post-launch content development cycle.
Evidence
Store description presents a complete, self-contained puzzle game with 900+ compounds and a fully described gameplay loop, with no mention of planned additions.
Developer's most recent post mentions working on an update, but explicitly for a different game ('Eye, caramba!'), not Breaking Good.
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Details
Developer
Publisher
SeekSick6
Achievements
90
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
As many of you are wondering how the game works, here's a brief explanation.
You have four views of the puzzle so that you can see the totality of available blocks to match. You can swap one block vertically or rotate an entire horizontal row of blocks so that you can make several matches at once if available.
You can also shuffle blocks which may result in several matches at once and help you to reach the goal faster.
The smallest number of blocks you can match is 3 which will give you 1 atom and for each additional matched block you get twice more atoms (e.g. 4 block matches gives you 2 atoms, 5 block matches gives you 4 atoms and so on).
You can see those atoms in the counter on your screen. You can match any number of blocks in any shape (with a minimum of 3 blocks, as stated previously).
To advance in the game you must reach the goal indicated on your screen. For example to make water (H₂O), you need either two 3 block matches or one 4 block match of H (hydrogen) to get 2 atoms of H (hydrogen) and also one 3 block match of O (oxygen) to get 1 atom of O (oxygen).
On the top of the screen you have total score, last match/combo score and the best match/combo score. It's more advantageous to make combos as the total score is the sum of all atoms multiplied by the match count. Let's say you've got 5 matches at once with the score of 1, 1, 2, 4, 4, then the total score would translate like this: (1 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 4) × 5 = 60.
When the goal is achieved, a new goal will be set and the elements will be replaced accordingly. For example, all carbon blocks will be replaced with uranium, all sulfur blocks replaced with potassium and so on, so that you don't lose any previously available match/combo.
You have four views of the puzzle so that you can see the totality of available blocks to match. You can swap one block vertically or rotate an entire horizontal row of blocks so that you can make several matches at once if available.
You can also shuffle blocks which may result in several matches at once and help you to reach the goal faster.
The smallest number of blocks you can match is 3 which will give you 1 atom and for each additional matched block you get twice more atoms (e.g. 4 block matches gives you 2 atoms, 5 block matches gives you 4 atoms and so on).
You can see those atoms in the counter on your screen. You can match any number of blocks in any shape (with a minimum of 3 blocks, as stated previously).
To advance in the game you must reach the goal indicated on your screen. For example to make water (H₂O), you need either two 3 block matches or one 4 block match of H (hydrogen) to get 2 atoms of H (hydrogen) and also one 3 block match of O (oxygen) to get 1 atom of O (oxygen).
On the top of the screen you have total score, last match/combo score and the best match/combo score. It's more advantageous to make combos as the total score is the sum of all atoms multiplied by the match count. Let's say you've got 5 matches at once with the score of 1, 1, 2, 4, 4, then the total score would translate like this: (1 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 4) × 5 = 60.
When the goal is achieved, a new goal will be set and the elements will be replaced accordingly. For example, all carbon blocks will be replaced with uranium, all sulfur blocks replaced with potassium and so on, so that you don't lose any previously available match/combo.
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Last evaluated Aug 28, 2026
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