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Braid Guide

2008 · Time-manipulation puzzle platformer

Game guides

Find the guide you need
GuideWhat you will find
Green-glowing platforms and objects appear around a time-slowing bubble.Time RulesIdentify each Braid world’s mechanic before attempting its puzzle.
Tim moves beneath wooden platforms and doors in a green landscape.Puzzle PiecesApproach Braid’s collectible puzzles as experiments with one clear variable.
The World 2 cloud hub displays the title Time and Forgiveness above its doors.World 1 & EndingUnderstand Braid’s final world without treating the first view as the whole story.
Tim navigates stacked platforms, ladders and rolling hazards inside a stone puzzle room.Hidden StarsPrepare for Braid’s optional stars before permanently finishing every hub puzzle.
Green-glowing platforms and objects appear around a time-slowing bubble.CharactersIdentify the main cast, their roles and the relationships that explain the adventure.

At a glance

Three useful starting points
FocusWhat to know
Rewind experimentsA failed jump is evidence, not lost progress.
Identify the world ruleObjects may follow different time behavior.
Return to unsolved piecesA later puzzle can teach an earlier trick.

Characters Character guide →

Key characters and their roles
CharacterRoleAt a glance
TimPlayable protagonistUses time manipulation while searching for the Princess.
The PrincessCentral story figureAppears through the books and the final sequence.
The KnightFinal-world figureHis relationship to the Princess changes the apparent rescue story.
MonstarsPuzzle creaturesPatrol platforms and can be bounced on to reach higher places.
The DinosaurRecurring messengerAppears at world endings with information about the Princess.

Quick answers

Unlocks, routes and useful answers
TopicGo straight to
Time RulesRewind freely in the early world →
World 1 & EndingFinish the world jigsaws →
Hidden StarsStars are outside the normal piece route →

Pictures All pictures →

Tim navigates stacked platforms, ladders and rolling hazards inside a stone puzzle room.
Tim navigates stacked platforms, ladders and rolling hazards inside a stone puzzle room.
Green-glowing platforms and objects appear around a time-slowing bubble.
Green-glowing platforms and objects appear around a time-slowing bubble.
The World 2 cloud hub displays the title Time and Forgiveness above its doors.
The World 2 cloud hub displays the title Time and Forgiveness above its doors.
Tim moves beneath wooden platforms and doors in a green landscape.
Tim moves beneath wooden platforms and doors in a green landscape.
References
Guide references
ReferenceWebsite
Braid: game and edition overviewstore.steampowered.com