BROKE PROTOCOL

Released Jun 2024

A fully moddable city sandbox with jobs, NPCs, apartments, garages, gangs, and more. Broke Protocol is an open-world action game focused on roleplaying and custom content. Define your goals and identity in a persistent, reactive world where you write your own story.

74% positive · 3,238 reviews

Done

All announced content has been released

Medium confidence

Done

All announced content has been released

Medium confidence

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Steam Free

Evaluation

Broke Protocol graduated from Early Access with the UI Update (version 1.40) on June 13, 2024, which the developer explicitly described as "the end of Early Access." Since then the game has received The Optimization Update (September 9, 2024), The Ambience Update (November 12, 2024), The Armor Update: Part 1 (January 22, 2025), and The Armor Update: Part 2 (March 28, 2025). The closing line of The Armor Update: Part 2 post on March 28, 2025 reads: "Thanks everyone, this completes most of what I wanted to achieve for BP." This is the most recent developer communication in the record. While a September 2024 post had committed to continued updates and content, that earlier commitment is superseded in weight by the developer's own concluding remark in the final update post — the clearest signal of a development wind-down available. Looking at the update cadence: 11 major content releases are on record. The gap between the last three major releases was roughly 2 months (September → November 2024) and then roughly 5 months total for Parts 1 and 2 of the Armor Update (January and March 2025). As of today, October 8, 2026 — over 18 months have passed since The Armor Update: Part 2 with no further developer communication of any kind. This silence, combined with the developer's own statement that the update "completes most of what I wanted to achieve," indicates development has concluded. The "most of" qualifier introduces a small amount of ambiguity, but 18 months of total silence after a self-described completion remark strongly supports reading this as a finished product.

Evidence

The Armor Update: Part 2 shipped. The post closes with: 'Thanks everyone, this completes most of what I wanted to achieve for BP.' This is the last developer communication on record.

news post · Mar 28, 2025 source development ending

high

The UI Update (v1.40) shipped, explicitly marking 'the end of Early Access' for the game.

news post · Jun 13, 2024 source content shipped

high

Media

Details

Developer

BROKE PROTOCOL

Publisher

BROKE PROTOCOL

Achievements

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Platform

Windows

Controller

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Steam Deck

Unsupported

Players

Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op · PvP

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About this game

A Fully Moddable Chaotic Sandbox

Broke Protocol is a city roleplaying experience where everything from guns, clothing, vehicles, and rules can be fully customized. Build your persistent character from the ground up in community-run servers that are fully scriptable and loaded with custom content.

You steal cars, process drugs, trade with citizens, heal the fallen, or enforce the law. Your choices affect your progression and your rap sheet.

Rise through the ranks of the criminal underworld, or carve out a life as a paramedic, firefighter, driver, gangster, law enforcer, and more. In Broke Protocol, you start in the streets, build empires, and leave no witnesses.

Features

Supports over 100 online players per server, alongside dynamic NPCs
Complete overhaul servers with immersive war and apocalyptic themes
Fully moddable: Includes a Unity resources package and comprehensive guides for creating custom content
Destructible voxel environments for a truly interactive experience/*]
Server mods are automatically streamed to players and cached for seamless gameplay
Completely scriptable, with open-source GameSource, LifeSource, and WarSource projects
Robust and user-friendly World Builder with no limits and thousands of prefabs
Hundreds of AI NPCs, including citizens, police, firefighters, paramedics, and criminals, populate the city streets
3D Positional VOIP for immersive public and private player interactions
Take on any job to bring order and justice to the streets
Access a variety of interiors, complete with staff, guards, and shopping areas
Dozens of usable weapons, including guns, tasers, grenades, flashbangs, smoke bombs, and restraints
Ownable apartments, garages, and a gang/territory system for deeper roleplaying
Driveable cars, trucks, aircraft, boats, and armored vehicles for diverse gameplay