Burgle Bros.

Burgle Bros.
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Metacritic
82
Steam
54.75
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$3.99
Release date
29 November 2017
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82 (45 votes)

Burgle Bros. blends high-tension teamwork, stealth and brain-twisting puzzles.

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Burgle Bros. system requirements

Minimum:

  • OS: Windows XP SP2+
  • Processor: CPU: SSE2 instruction set support
  • Memory: 1000 MB RAM
  • Graphics: Graphics card: DX9 (shader model 3.0) or DX11 with feature level 9.3 capabilities
  • Storage: 75 MB available space

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Action Zack
Action Zack

Plays almost identically to the board game which is really cool! My friends and I played Burgle Bros before the pandemic, but when it started we began to play it over video calls. One of us had the physical game and then we'd tell them what we wanted to do. Eventually we found this and it made our lives that much easier! Great game!

larry.brown
larry.brown

Clever game with some interesting challenges which I overall recommend. But I've found the final level "Tower of Babel" to be almost impossible, due to extreme difficulty and some game glitches. Twice I have almost escaped, but the game wouldn't let me get to the roof, saying I hadn't opened all the safes, which I definitely had. Another time I made it to the roof, but it set off the arrest alarm rather than showing the helicopter escape, so I didn't get credit for winning. So prepare for some frustration.

xtwicebornx
xtwicebornx

The game is very fun, but it doesn't let you see the whole playing area if you have an ultra-wide resolution. No way to change resolution or to windowed mode in game. Looks like it's been an issue for awhile. I would still recommend the game for those who don't have to deal with that.

Colonel Mustard
Colonel Mustard

I enjoy a good board game, who doesn't it?
But this mobile port suffers a few problems.
Primarily because it randomly crashes.
You're expected to control one to four characters.
Your only opponents are the patrolling guards.
There are different maps to choose from.
Some are larger with more floors.
There's no Achievements or Trading Cards.
I did not find the tools very helpful.
The goal is to collect all the loot and escape to the roof.
Unfortunately, the loot creates the biggest nuisance.
The difficulty setting only affects how many sleuth tokens you're initially dealt.
I would recommend this if the crash bug was fixed.

ThrillsChillsKills
ThrillsChillsKills

Burgle Bros. is an adaptation of the co-operative board game of the same name. What a co-operative board game is for those who don't know is that you have 1 or more people playing against the game itself. Normally each person playing controls a single character in the game and the players work together to try and reach some success objective, however these games are usually also 100% playable by just a single player controlling 1 or more characters. In fact, most similar games on BoardGameGeek have verified by the community as playable by 1 player.

In this particular co-operative game, you (and maybe your friends), are controlling a group of robbers trying to rob a building of some description(it's not exactly clear). To do this, you have to sneak around 3 floors of rooms while avoiding guards who are trying to catch you. If a single character gets caught too many times its game over. Each room typically has special abilities, most of them involving things you have to do to avoid setting off alarms, and each character has special abilities to help you avoid getting caught.

I'm not going to pass too many judgements on whether the game is good or not, I greatly enjoy co-op board games like Pandemic, Flash Point: Fire Rescue, and Hanabi. This physical version of this game is higher ranked on BoardGameGeek than the latter 2 so its in good company in that sense. I had fun in the short amount of time I played of it. I was controlling 3 characters and cleared the first floor fairly quickly (except for a point where I missed getting a single 6 on 10 d6s, that was pure board game salt). My impression is it will be challenging to get through floors 2 and 3, which is exactly what I want in these types of games, but I'll have to hold off judgement until I finish a full game. I will however delve into some technicals.

I'm fairly certain this is a Unity game, because it has the same launcher that most Unity titles do. It also has the same "Soaking up way too much system resources" issue that most Unity games do. I didn't have any crashes but I did feel my fan putting in some overtime to keep my low end systems temperature down. The game itself also had a few weird quirks. I was playing in windowed mode, and if I clicked out of the window, reentering would cause the music to reset. The textual presentation is also just, inconsistent. After completing the tutorial it gave me an output screen of scoring from the game and it just looked, I don't know how to describe it, messy? In my mind though these are all minor gripes.

The other thing which is essential, there is no online multiplayer. For me this is actually a positive because it means I paid 5 dollars to get the board game which I can easily play with friends using just skype and some free screensharing software, or even in person in hotseat. For a lot of people though I would imagine they would prefer to spend 20 dollars for 4 copies, be able to give 3 to friends, and then all just play online.

THE FINAL VERDICT

I think if you enjoy Co-operative board games where 1 or more people are fighting the game itself to come out victorious, this is more than worth your while, especially at the extremely low price of 5 dollars.

Note: If I play more and technical issues arise, I'll edit them in here.

EDIT: There were some minor rule related glitches where the game didn't let me take actions that I'm fairly sure were legal. This didn't prevent me from finishing a game though so I'm fine letting it slide, for the purpose of this review. There's a handy report bug button in game if you run into similar.

Anonymous
Anonymous

I love cooperative board games, but have never played this game before. I bought it to see if I would like to maybe get the real thing for my family. I have to say, I love it! It is a lot of fun although it took a little bit to learn the game. I played a dozen games before I won once. Very addictive and I am sure it will get a lot of play.

msmilder
msmilder

A hoot-and-a-half. A challenging, yet light-hearted heist board game at an incredible price-point...can't beat that. The board game vesion is kind of hard to find, thankfully, this game gives you everything you want, and it does a better job monitoring your actions, than people (ie human error). You'll never sneak through a camera room or pass through an open-air platform without being pinged by a guard in the digital version.

With multiple board layouts, the full range of characters, each of whom can be upgraded, effectively giving you twice the number of characters to choose from (once unlocked)...loads of replayability.

The thematic music is a huge plus as well. It really sets the mood.

Despite the simplicity of play, and objectives that seem easy to attain...the game is just frustratingly difficult enough to challenge the most die-hard board gamer.

Two big thumbs up!

terry_ross69
terry_ross69

Very clever implementataion. Makes me want to buy the actual board game.

damageman
damageman

as owner of the board game i thought i would try the digital version.
What can i say?well its as maddeningly difficult as the board game but that difficulty is what makes you stand and shout smack talk at the computer when finally you make it. (my wife is not so keen on this).
Its a great game on and off the PC. I would reccomend you buy everything this games developer does except of course for paperback (stupid dyslexia mumble mumble)

mongonius
mongonius

It's a pretty weak game to begin with and the programming is clearly a port from a mobile version. It was at least a cheap way to know that no one should ever play this game.

radchadgooey
radchadgooey

One of my favourite time wasters!

riku.petteri
riku.petteri

Based on a real boardgame, this one nears perfection. Originally a co-op game, but one can easily play this by oneself, either with only one burglar or a team. The game gets really hard real fast, and has a lot to do with luck. Basically this is a randomized puzzle game, the game mechanics make it interesting for more than a few rounds.

Rawrzington
Rawrzington

Lets go rob a bank together. For $5 you get what you pay for, a good $5 port of a board game. For people who want to learn how to play the board game, this is a pretty good tool. It also introduces a few maps and minor rules changes that aren't included in the board game instructions. Ultimately the board game with a group of friends is way better then playing one on PC in single player. I would like this to have a more robust multiplayer system, and the game could use a few expansions to add some new elements, but this game is worth picking up for $5 or when it's on sale.

Also, a minus, or con, I wish there was animations when the pieces move or do certain actions. It's a minor gripe but I'd like the simple cartoons to be animated.

fivecat
fivecat

a great port of the board game!

thecorpsofgames
thecorpsofgames

Very fun and is great for hot seat or solo play.

H.Flashman(VC)
H.Flashman(VC)

1 year ago i learned of the boardgame at a gaming weekend with friends. I loved the cooperative boardgame and i found out the computergame is as much fun.

BluOtter
BluOtter

This game is rather addicting once you get the hang of it. Games are long, so they do take time. I think the highlight is how random that the boards and items get as you play. When you think you know what the game is going to do, it will throw a curve ball almost always. Especially if it is an item you cannot get rid of that could possibly screw you at any time. Overall, a fun game to play alone but if you can get some friends to gather around the computer it's even more fun.

Johnny
Johnny

really quite stressful towards the end. but in a good way.

ric
ric

Fantastic. Intensely challenging but also intensely fun.

NanoGrrl
NanoGrrl

If you like seat-of-the pants strategy games that are hella hard, you'll like this. The game mechanics keep it fresh! I first played the board game, and it's addictive. This is a lot of fun for $5!

bhescox
bhescox

An excellent implimentation of the board game. Takes care of the setup and cleanup and enforces all the rules while providing additional maps and options not available in the physical version.
The game scales well for 1-4 players, is cooperative and does a good job of simulating "Heist" movies including all the unforseen problem that crop up. Each turn is a changing puzzle to solve and strongly encourages teamwork.

Cal_Amarain
Cal_Amarain

A good implementation of the board game. Challenging, particularly with random maps, but worth doing.

ColdStorage
ColdStorage

Burgle Bros., the physical tabletop game, deserves way more attention than it gets. It's great and its recent sequel is arguably even better.

This version... I'll recommend it but with a weird grimace on my face.

If you've never played before: You and your friends get to be the bad guys in a bank heist. It is, admittedly, very RNG heavy but it's still a really fun puzzle for everyone to work out together, and everyone has something special they can do to try and give the team an upper hand. If you like cooperative strategy games or games where you have to adapt quickly to change, this is for you. Just... keep in mind that this digital version isn't exactly representative of the physical one in a few places and if, after playing this, you feel like something's missing then give the other a try because it is probably in there.

If you're familiar with the tabletop version: The basic core you already know is all here and some differences, like the game handling guard movement and showing the current route, are nice to have. But this version has a very weird, cheap, awkward presentation to it. After a game or two, you'll figure everything out -- but be prepared to step in and help other players because certain turn actions are not presented prominently or are tucked away in an additional click that isn't exactly intuitive.

Some folks have described crashing. I haven't experienced one so far.

All in all, glad to have a digital translation to share with others but it's only going to cause me to break out and share the tabletop one even more.

dsoccer5
dsoccer5

I really enjoy this at the table. This is a really simple and fun implementation for sure

Hours
Hours

People seem to be happy with it as a digital way to play the boardgame but quite frankly this UI is shoddy. It screams "rush job!"

There's typos in the tutorial, the end-turn button is clipping slightly off-screen, text is uncomfortably squished to the edge of its borders and there's ugly stretched default slider UI, scrollbars aren't visible so options awkwardly disappear off-screen... Lack of spacing between action icons...
It's a lot of small tasks, but why phone in a relatively fast bit of dev work after dealing with the rest of the faff?

That said: it IS very cheap, so... go ham, I guess? But this feels like they released the "look, we can make it work!" build.

pullerbudz
pullerbudz

I love the board game, and this is a fantastic digital version of it.

Rivent
Rivent

Visually looks like a 90's browser game and mechanically plays like a series of coin flips but it’s good fun regardless. Randomly walking into rooms you hope don’t trigger alarms then hoping the guard doesn’t randomly walk into you is surprisingly tense. Various character abilities and building layouts. There’s no built in multiplayer but remote play does the trick just fine. At £2.89 it's a steal.

tamashii2000
tamashii2000

fun little game of robbing a bank.

lisamorefield
lisamorefield

Creative, different every time.