Braid is a puzzle-platformer, drawn in a painterly style, where the player manipulates the flow of time in strange and unusual ways.

From a house in the city, journey to a series of worlds and solve puzzles to rescue an abducted princess. In each world, you have a different power to affect the way time behaves, and it is time's strangeness that creates the puzzles. The time behaviors include: the ability to rewind, objects that are immune to being rewound, time that is tied to space, parallel realities, time dilation, and perhaps more.

Braid treats your time and attention as precious; there is no filler in this game. Every puzzle shows you something new and interesting about the game world.

Previously slated for launch on April 29th, Thekla, Inc. confirmed that Braid, Anniversary Edition will now be officially launching on May 14, 2024 for PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, PC and Netflix, and  May 15 for Xbox One and Xbox Series X

Additionally, developer Jonathan Blow newly announced that Braid, Anniversary Edition will feature a combination of 40 brand-new and/or alternate redesigns of original levels, further bolstering the variety of changes and updates coming to Anniversary Edition that still preserve the fundamental integrity of the original release.

More details on the new levels (which are subject to change before release) are available below:

• 14 Commentary Index Levels used to navigate the game’s 15+ hours of commentary

• • There is also one additional level exclusive to Netflix users

• 13 New Full Puzzle Levels featuring 16 new puzzle pieces used to complete a new frame

• 12 Alternate Designs coupled with design commentary offering a glimpse of Braid had different development decisions been made

Key Features:

• Forgiving yet challenging gameplay: Braid is a 2-D platform game where you can never die and never lose. Despite this, Braid is challenging—but the challenge is about solving puzzles, rather than forcing you to replay tricky jumps.
• Rich puzzle environment: Travel through a series of worlds searching for puzzle pieces, then solving puzzles by manipulating time: rewinding, creating parallel universes, setting up pockets of dilated time. The gameplay feels fresh and new; the puzzles are meant to inspire new ways of thinking.
• Aesthetic design: A painterly art style and lush, organic soundtrack complement the unique gameplay.
• Nonlinear story: A nonlinear fiction links the various worlds and provides real-world metaphors for your time manipulations; in turn, your time manipulations are projections of the real-world themes into playful "what-if" universes where consequences can be explored.
• Nonlinear gameplay: The game doesn't force you to solve puzzles in order to proceed. If you can't figure something out, just play onward and return to that puzzle later.
• Braid, Anniversary Edition features a variety of changes and updates to the original release including the following: 
  • Improved sound and new mixes and variants of the soundtrack by Martin Stig Andersen (Control, Inside) and Hans Christian Kock 
  • Hand-repainted graphics by original artist David Hellman 
  • Animations with extra frames, for smoother in-game motion
  • Ability to switch back and forth between the old and new Braid on the fly 
  • 5+ hours of commentary featuring Jonathan Blow, David Hellman, Marc ten Bosch (Miegakure), Brian Moriarty (Trinity, Loom, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel), Casey Muratori (1935; Handmade Hero; Computer, Enhance!), Cris Moore (gamer, resident faculty at the Santa Fe Institute), Frank Cifaldi (Video Game History Foundation), Martin Stig Andersen, Hans Christian Kock, and Jakob Schmid.  

Notably, the extensive and detailed developer commentary track offers a significant enhancement to the core Braid experience, as the Thekla, Inc. team offers their thoughts and insights into puzzle design, programming, visual art, math, the history of independent games and many other topics of interest to both fans and aspiring game designers alike.

Braid, Anniversary Edition is coming to Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, and PC on May 14, 2024, followed by Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S on May 15, 2024. The title will also be coming to Mac and Linux at a later date.