Bramble: The Mountain King
Bramble: The Mountain King is a grim adventure set in a world inspired by dark, Nordic fables. Explore the beautiful yet dangerous and twisted land of Bramble in your endeavour to rescue your sister. Traverse…
Bramble: The Mountain King is an adventure developed by Dimfrost Studio, released 27 April 2023 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. The main story takes about 5.5 hrs to finish.
What Bramble: The Mountain King is
Bramble: The Mountain King is an adventure game developed by Dimfrost Studio and released in 2023. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A shy boy and his adventurous, older sister sneak out from their home at night and wander deep into a nearby forest. As they explore an old ancient ruin, the ground suddenly collapses, and they tumble down through a sinkhole to the lost and magical world of Bramble. Together, they explore Bramble, and befriend curious and strange spirits. However, not all of the creatures that they meet are friendly. The siblings are taken by surprise as a huge troll traps them. The troll abducts the sister, leaving the younger brother lost in despair. Without his older sister and role model, the shy boy is lost. He needs to find strength inside of him and grow up fast in order to face all the horror and…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, horror and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 30 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Bramble: The Mountain King holds a critic score of 68 out of 100. That places it above 30% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2023 averaged 76, so it scored 8 points below the year average. Players rate it 76, 8 points higher than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 5.5 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 10 hrs, roughly 1.8 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-2300 | AMD FX-4350, 4 GB RAM and Nvidia GeForce GTX 570, 1 GB | AMD Radeon HD 7850, 2 GB. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 8GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Bramble: The Mountain King launched on 27 April 2023, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Dead Island 2, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and Honkai: Star Rail. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Dead Island 2, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Honkai: Star Rail.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Bramble: The Mountain King yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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