Broken Lens
Released Jul 2024
Broken Lens is a cozy game where you will discover the story of a little robot with a sight problem. Explore manifold cute environments at your own pace and investigate to understand what happened to them.Will you be able to uncover all the secrets? 🔍
89% positive · 273 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to buy
Steam $6.99
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Evaluation
Broken Lens launched on July 22, 2024 as a complete, self-contained "spot the differences" puzzle game. Following launch, Team RUN issued a series of bug fix patches through September 2, 2024 (v1.0.5.1), addressing performance issues, macOS crashes, and various gameplay bugs. The only DLC released is a soundtrack pack (August 9, 2024), which adds no gameplay content. There is one major content post in the news history — the launch itself — and no announcements of future expansions, DLC, or content updates. The developer's last communication was the September 2, 2024 patch notes. No roadmap, season pass, or unshipped content has been announced. The game appears to have shipped as a finished product and received post-launch polish patches, with no signals pointing to planned future content.
Evidence
Broken Lens launched as a complete game on July 22, 2024.
Final patch (v1.0.5.1) released on September 2, 2024, fixing a level error. This is the last developer communication on record.
Content
1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Team RUN
Achievements
26
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player
About this game
Broken Lens is a relaxing game where you will discover the story of a little robot with a sight problem.
Gameplay
Inspired by the classic game of our childhood "spot the differences", Broken Lens allows you to renew the experience with a new exploration system.Move the point of view and zoom in to travel through works of art to find and get rid of the differences between your two visual sensors.
Take your time to explore the artworks. Don’t forget to pay attention to the smallest and the biggest details, anomalies can be hidden anywhere.
Collect the lost pages scattered across different biomes to know more about this world!
Features
- - A relaxing wholesome experience
- - Travel thought artworks with a smooth exploration system
- - Adorable creatures and environments
- - Relaxing journey where you play at your own pace
- - Various worlds to explore
- - Hidden pages to collect
- - A rich and extremely cute universe
- - Escape to a peaceful world
- - Investigate to help the little robot and understand its background
Development team
Team RUN is a tiny team of French indie dev composed by a combination of effort from EncreMecanique, Hephep, Malyss, Welrod, Yomoeh and Mellyfroggy.EncreMecanique, known as a tattoo artist, now wears a new hat as graphic designer. Every single element of Broken Lens is hand-drawn.
On the other hand, Hephep is involved as our game developer. With meticulousness, he designed a new exploration system and a smooth gameplay to renew the experience of spotting the differences.
Malyss, our narrative designer, is the one who gives the game its singular sparkle and strong overall cohesion to the little robot’s story.
Welrod, our sound designer, polished the tiniest details for a perfect immersion.
Yomoeh, implicated as the music composer. He brought his magic touch to harmoniously complement the project. His captivating music compositions and soundscape will allow you to have an enchanting experience.
Finally, Mellyfroggy, allied to the team as social media manager. She’s our voice on different platforms and globally on the internet.
Last evaluated Jun 21, 2026
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