Bravium

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Bravium is a single player role playing game. It was developed by INGAME and was released on January 4, 2018. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Bravium is an epic Hero Defense adventure RPG. Equip your heroes with mighty weapons and items, control powerful magic spells. And don't forget about the cabbages.

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Single-Player

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61%

Audience ScoreBased on 28 reviews

gameplay5 positive mentions

story3 negative mentions

Enormous variety of weapons, items, upgrades, and unlockables providing extensive progression and replayability.
Simple and accessible gameplay mechanics with active resource management and strategy, suitable for short play sessions.
Enjoyable art style and comic book animations with fluid visuals, contributing to an entertaining experience.

Always online requirement and frequent server issues, including authorization problems and inactive servers, preventing gameplay.
Severe difficulty spikes and grinding especially around level 20, making progression frustrating and repetitive.
Mobile port UI and design leading to poor PC experience, with awkward controls, bugs, and lack of depth in gameplay.

gameplay
15 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
47%
20%
The gameplay offers a simple yet engaging tower-defense experience with meaningful decisions, resource management, and light RPG elements, making it enjoyable for short sessions. However, some find it repetitive, grindy, and lacking depth compared to similar games, with progression feeling tied to monetization mechanics. Overall, it's accessible and addictive but may become stagnant for certain players.
- “A nice tower-defense-brawler, it's a little grindy and repetitive but the gameplay is enjoyable enough for when you want to play a short session.”
- “+ Hero-defense (like a moving tower) gameplay requiring active resource management, positioning, and encourages experimenting with different loadouts.”
- “The gameplay loop can become very repetitive for some players.”
- “Gameplay is fine, but somewhat stagnant and boring.”
- “The gameplay isn't terribly deep, but there are some constant meaningful decision points, and challenge levels that encourage you to try out a wider variety of options than you would by default.”
story
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
57%
43%
The story is criticized for being repetitive and shallow, with early gameplay feeling slow due to mandatory grinding. Missions follow a monotonous pattern of repeated tasks leading to boss fights, suggesting minimal narrative depth, possibly reflecting a design originally intended for a phone game. Achievements are integrated as mission objectives, which may contribute to the lack of variety in storytelling.
- “Each biome is basically 'do the same mission 5 times to get a boss, then repeat the process.'”
- “Somewhat lacking in depth of story to the point I'm fairly certain you were making this a phone game at some point.”
- “The first few minutes of every mission are boring until you farm enough XP and gold to buy a better weapon.”
graphics
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
60%
40%
Users praise the game's polished and visually appealing comic book-style art, highlighting its unique and well-executed aesthetic. The art style is consistently noted as a standout feature contributing to the overall enjoyment.
- “Love the art style and maybe an update can fix this one fatal flaw.”
- “It is a very polished product and Bravium has a very good art style also.”
- “+ comic book style artwork”
grinding
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Grinding is a notable aspect of the game, requiring players to repeatedly farm currency—humorously termed "cabbages"—to upgrade equipment and unlock pricey chests. While the gameplay remains engaging enough for short sessions, the extensive grinding can become repetitive and tedious, especially for those aiming to fully max out their progress.
- “I felt difficulty but nevertheless it didn't stop me from playing. I had to do a bit of grinding to upgrade equipment and buy chests. The pricing for those chests is mind-blowing: the first chest containing 6 small potions costs 250 cabbages (the game's currency), and the next tier chest with 8 potions costs 1,000 cabbages. Are you for real?”
- “Can get a bit boring after some time since it is very grindy if you want to get everything maxed out.”
- “A nice tower-defense-brawler, it's a little grindy/repetitive but the gameplay is enjoyable enough for short sessions.”
replayability
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users consistently highlight the game’s extensive replayability, emphasizing that it offers a significant amount of content and variety to keep players engaged over multiple playthroughs.
music
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users criticize the music for being disappointing and not matching the quality or style promised in the trailer.
- “The soundtrack is just terrible, nothing like the trailer”
humor
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users find the humor in the upgrade system amusing, noting that many upgrades are locked early on and only become available near the end of the game, which they find frustrating yet adds a comedic element.
monetization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game features no free-to-play microtransactions, as all such elements have been removed and re-balanced for the PC release.
- “No free-to-play microtransactions; all have been removed and re-balanced for the PC release.”