BROK the InvestiGator
BROK the InvestiGator
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BROK - Natal Tail, A New Christmas
Developer COWCAT
A Christmas tale set in the world of BROK the InvestiGator, presented as a visual novel. From the Steam store page
99 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Sep 10, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
99
LovedLoved
71 positive · 1 negative
95% range 93–100%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 71 | 1 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 3 | 0 | 23 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
73 of 74 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
99% recommend · 72 yes, 1 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 73 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (133 of 137 positive).
Players find this free visual novel a heartwarming and charming holiday story. [1][2][3] It is a short prequel that expands on characters and lore from the main game. [4][5][6] Some note it lacks gameplay and voice acting, but is still enjoyable. [4][6][7]
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- [1]
This is incredible not gonna lie! The this VN BROK is wholesome and the moment I play this prequel I get to know more of the characters and man I feel bad for some of them like Klay. Graff and Ott's friendship temporarily break but eventually it didn't take long to get them back together as best bros(tramp you really are the savior). This VN really does give lessons that no matter what happens were always connected …
- [2]
As what is advertised and it doesn't fail, this truly IS a heartwarming holiday surprise COWCAT has given Brok fans! We got a FREE game put together as a visual novel! (Yes, this is free!) I have already played the main game on itch.io and got two of the endings, including the canon ending. So with that, I should already be familiar with the lore of the universe. Every character I remembered that originated from …
- [13]
I thought this was a charming branch of the original BROK: The InvestiGator visual novel. It's basically a traditional Christmas story told in the dystopic often fluffy world of BROK. It only takes about an hour to play it, but that's about as much as I would have wanted. I think this little release does a good job of showing off some of the power of the new BROKVN visual novel engine that they made this with. It's …
- [6]
I really enjoyed this! It's a visual novel with no dialogue choices, and there's no voice acting, so those are different from the main game, but I mean come on: it's a really well-written story for no cost at all (not to say that a lack of story choices or voice acting are even *bad* in any capacity, just different). There are character interactions that you probably wouldn't expect, yet they come together really …
- [3]
This distopian christmas story is heart warming and cute, took around 1 hour to see the characters and their conflicts that I may assume that it was prior the story of the main game, and I see they're introducing new characters to know more, or would be a clue for the upcoming DLC, I guess? Overall, highly recommended to read it during christmas season.
Summarised from 34 of the 101 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
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BROK - Natal Tail, A New Christmas sits at 99% positive across 72 opinionated reactions from 3 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
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60 of 99 · most liked first📣 SPECIAL CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY 📣 🎁 Win my "BROK: Natal Tail, A New Christmas Special" game. 5 winners! 🐊 Steam 🐊 PS4 / PS5 🐊 Nintendo Switch 🐊 Xbox INSTRUCTIONS ↘️
neutral · AI labelView post →📣 SURPRISE! 📣 🎅 BROK: NATAL TAIL, A NEW CHRISTMAS arrives on consoles + PC, in a NEW SPECIAL EDITION! 🎄 New choices & scenes 🎄 Achievements to unlock 🎄 PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch and Xbox 🎄 Also on Steam (as DLC) 🎄 Available for $2.99 on December 9th ⤵️ Wishlist now ⤵️
neutral · AI labelView post →This is incredible not gonna lie! The this VN BROK is wholesome and the moment I play this prequel I get to know more of the characters and man I feel bad for some of them like Klay. Graff and Ott's friendship temporarily break but eventually it didn't take long to get them back together as best bros(tramp you really are the savior). This VN really does give lessons that no matter what happens were always connected even in rough times or moments. So I recommend playing this game especially for…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →We must once again say farewell to Brok and pals, as the final episode of Brok: Natal Tail, A New Christmas is now available at youtu.be/M9PxMh6JA5w
neutral · AI labelView post →Episode 3 of Brok: Natal Tail, A New Christmas is now available at youtu.be/eimkanaoRIw
neutral · AI labelView post →A Game About Digging A Hole™ - xbx.social/6186t9sip Beautiful Sakura: Surfing Club 2 - xbx.social/6187t9siV BROK - Natal Tail, A New Christmas - xbx.social/6188t9sin Death Howl - xbx.social/6189t9siX Dome Keeper Deluxe Edition - xbx.social/6180t9sik
neutral · AI labelView post →It may be short, and it may not offer much, but it is special in a sense. Not only does it showcase what it can be done with a certain program they have released (And if you have no idea what I mean by "certain program", please I recommend do check one of the updates posted by the team), it's perfect for the holidays with sweet ideas that we all need a reminder about every now and then in this harsh world we live in. It even motivated me to want to try writing something. Not that... I know…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Episode 4 of Brok: Natal Tail, A New Christmas is now available at youtu.be/CEkdXgkApgY
neutral · AI labelView post →Episode 2 of Brok: Natal Tail, A New Christmas is now available at youtu.be/1tElPFVd3Fc
neutral · AI labelView post →BROK - Natal Tail, A New Christmas comes to Switch Dec. 9th, 2025 http://gonintendo.com/contents/55450-brok-natal-tail-a-new-christmas-comes-to-switch-dec-9th-2025 #nintendoswitch #eshop
neutral · AI labelView post →Christmas is coming, and we are already ready for it. The best investigator in the world is here, hopefully with a Christmas-y adventure to solve. Yeah I'm litterally about to discover the game, so let's get to Brok: Natal Tail, A New Christmas ^^ #goinglive www.twitch.tv/fluttertal
positive · AI labelView post →Brok's Christmas Special I'm LIVE and I'm playing BROK - Natal Tail, A New Christmas!! Go and check my channel!! twitch.tv/anilover16
neutral · AI labelView post →Tis the season so I'll reading Brok Natal Tail A New Christmas VN. #FurryLive #FurryVN #BrokTheInvestigator www.twitch.tv/chapomon_
neutral · AI labelView post →He's back! Episode 1 of Brok: Natal Tail, A New Christmas is now available at youtu.be/NAhS8cErpC8
neutral · AI labelView post →This was a short but sweet prequel to the main game in the form of a visual novel. As such, it's lacking in things like voice acting and actual game play, but as A) it's free, and B) it never claims to be anything more than a visual novel, it's all good. This serves as a good entry point if you've not yet played Brok: The InvestiGator (there's a demo for that if you're still on the fence about getting the full game - go play it) yet has plenty of cameos and lore for pre-existing fans to get…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This distopian christmas story is heart warming and cute, took around 1 hour to see the characters and their conflicts that I may assume that it was prior the story of the main game, and I see they're introducing new characters to know more, or would be a clue for the upcoming DLC, I guess? Overall, highly recommended to read it during christmas season.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As what is advertised and it doesn't fail, this truly IS a heartwarming holiday surprise COWCAT has given Brok fans! We got a FREE game put together as a visual novel! (Yes, this is free!) I have already played the main game on itch.io and got two of the endings, including the canon ending. So with that, I should already be familiar with the lore of the universe. Every character I remembered that originated from there is here in this visual novel adventure, during certain points. A very…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love this and the story did no make me cry nope. Lovely revisit of a lotta favorite characters, with beautiful art and fun character expressions to go with. And for free, pretty good Natal Tail gift :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It’s Friday and I’m doing an Indie Showcase featuring: Balloball - Ribbit & Rescue, Hidden Cats in Istanbul, and BROK: Natal Tail, A New Christmas Special Twitch.tv/LadyMagritte
neutral · AI labelView post →This game got me on the verge of tears with this amazing story, I love that they focused on their tradition and happiness focusing on each of the main characters point of view. Anyways, I´m glad that Klay showed some kindness for once. Recommended to remind everyone the true meaning of this holiday.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No gameplay whatsoever, but a nice prequel story to round out some of the characters from the main game. No reason not to try it for free.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I completed Milo and the Christmas Gift (PC) BROK - Natal Tail, A New Christmas (PC) Daze Before Christmas (SNES) Batman Returns (SNES) Mega Man Christmas Carol Remix, Mega Man Christmas Carol 2, Mega Man Christmas Carol 3. = ' ~ ' = 🎄
neutral · AI labelView post →I thought this was a charming branch of the original BROK: The InvestiGator visual novel. It's basically a traditional Christmas story told in the dystopic often fluffy world of BROK. It only takes about an hour to play it, but that's about as much as I would have wanted. I think this little release does a good job of showing off some of the power of the new BROKVN visual novel engine that they made this with. It's nothing life changing, but it's cute and a fun little Christmas gaming…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It’s Brok the Investigator, of course it’s peak
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣶⣶⣤⣄⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣰⣿⣇⣀⣼⣿⡷⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣠⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⠻⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⢀⣠⣤⣤⣤⣤⣴⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣾⣿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⢰⣦⣤⣾⠇ ⢸⣿⣯⡀⠰⣦⣄⣽⣿⣿⡿⠋⠀⠙⠃⠀⠀⣄⠀⢀⣠⣾⣿⣿⡿⠀ ⠀⢻⣿⣿⣶⣾⣿⣿⡿⠛⠇⢀⡀⠀⠀⢀⣠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠀⠀ ⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣤⣤⣤⣼⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠉⠛⠿⠿⠿⠟⠛⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊 Hi everybody, this is Brok and I have come to eat you.....I mean investigate.....
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ott is the true meaning of christmas
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A sweet little story, great to see these characters and world again, even if it's just a brief Christmas treat. Especially appreciated the cameos sprinkled throughout--a lot more effort than I'd expect from a free little side story.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The absolute. the Perfect, The Beautiful , The Chef Kiss, The best, The Stunning , Alot of good things to say is all in this game. this game is perfect. if you haven't play the Base game yet "Brok The Investigator" Game then you're missing out the partial perfect game of this ! 1000/10 would recommend this to anyone. when i say every literally anyone
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This DLC was just pure joy and fun to play through. i think the best part for me personally was more on Graffs part and how he started to tremble in fear and all that. I really like it when games ♥♥♥♥ the character up psychologically, it makes them feel more alive and conscious. And the images were fun to watch, too. Especially the Natal Tale related ones, also PORTRAIT IMAGES OF OTTS DAD!!!!!!! YIPPPEEEEE Overall, if youve played the main game, DEFINITELY consider playing this one. It expands…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very Heartwarming, it had a sad moment but i like this visual novel, i like the characters and the art, give this visual novel a try this holiday.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love the beginning, I play for a while and I love how the story progresses, highly recommended, good work to the whole development team
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →BROK: Natal Tail, A New Christmas Special - Update now available; fixes memory leak www.perfectly-nintendo.com/brok-natal-t...
neutral · AI labelView post →Thank you for the BROK: Natal Tail, A New Christmas - SPECIAL EDITION 😊
positive · AI labelView post →After that, we checked out #BROKNatalTailANewChristmas by @cowcatgames.com! I first heard about Brok a good while back when they were doing VA casting calls! Cool to see they're still puttin' stuff out (: A sweet story with surprisingly good social commentary! cowcat.itch.io/brok-christmas
positive · AI labelView post →Man I always thought that Brok the Investigator would always be the only one of it's kind. I'm glad I was proven wrong with the release of The Brawl Bar and who could forget Natal Tail. Even though you won't get to hear everyone's beautiful voices from the games it's still yet other dive into Atlasia and through a Christmas special no less. I love the interactions everyone has here and how we're finally introduced to Ott's Parents. The fact that there's even a DLC update surprises me but I'm…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →BROK - Natal Tail, A New Christmas now available on Switch: https://gonintendo.com/contents/55741-brok-natal-tail-a-new-christmas-now-available-on-switch A digital stocking stuffer #switch
neutral · AI labelView post →BROK - Natal Tail, A New Christmas now available on Switch http://gonintendo.com/contents/55741-brok-natal-tail-a-new-christmas-now-available-on-switch #nintendoswitch #eshop
neutral · AI labelView post →BROK - Natal Tail, A New Christmas comes to Switch Dec. 9th, 2025: https://gonintendo.com/contents/55450-brok-natal-tail-a-new-christmas-comes-to-switch-dec-9th-2025 Consider it an early Xmas gift #switch
neutral · AI labelView post →"BROK - Natal Tail, A New Christmas" is not a game, it's an e-book that's been dumped on Steam masquerading as a game. As a visual/interactive novel, this doesn't feature any notable gameplay, it's just a lot of clicking through badly written dialogue that would never have been accepted or published in print, which poses the question, "How did something this badly written end up on Steam?". When someone hoping to become an author is unable to get published in print, they spend $100 and dump…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My overall thoughts are summarized as followed: Yes, I would love bonus stories from the main game. Double yes to wholesome stories such as this. And finally, yo this made me smile a lot. It was like a little picture book with a good message behind it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Having already played through the main game, I got curious about what this spin-off release to BROK entails. I've decided to play through it with the general expectation of being a more visual-novel-type experience, and for what it's worth, this is quite the charming and heartwarming holiday story with bubbly character chemistry :) Especially considering that this game also shows the functionality of a free visual novel engine, I can see this opening up opportunities for people to play around…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The best visual novel/prequel to the game itself! Amazing Christmas references, too! Merry Natal Tail Atlasia!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I already love the main game, but this was absolutely the icing on the cake. I enjoyed getting more of these characters before the main story takes place. Excellent job all around!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →1015 Reviews: Entropy Survivors - #MovingPiecesInteractive @firstbreaklabs.bsky.social Unwording - @frostwood.bsky.social @nejcraft.bsky.social Malu the Princess - #RafaelVF #AFILGames BROK: Natal Tail, a New Christmas - @cowcatgames.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mha...
neutral · AI labelView post →Feels nice to reunite with the beloved characters! Though brief, the story brought some warmth to this cold winter's embrace.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wonderful little Christmas story in the Brok setting. Perfect for fans, or as a small introduction to the characters for people interested in buying the main game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you've not played the base game, Brok the InvestiGator, this festive prequel is a great introduction to the world, and in general is just a heartwarming tale with well-realised characters.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is unexpected to me.. A Brok Christmas Special!! I really like the story and I really enjoyed it!! The funny parts, the sad and stressful parts (I can relate with that during Christmas.. heheh..), the intense parts and the happy parts.. I love them how the story goes and I learned about the traditions of Natal Tail!! I feel like I'm watching a Christmas Special of Brok show.. lol Overall, I loved it!! Kudos to Mister COWCAT and the team!! You've made another awesome BROK story!! Great…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This free little VN is a fun story to Brok's world. Like a Christmas specials of a 90's cartoon, it gives a warm, feel-good feeling. Since this is from the original creator of the game, it feels part of the world. Fans of the game will also enjoy seeing more content of the characters and be a nice seasonal thing to enjoy. Happy Natal Tail. Merry Christmas.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's nice to see a heartwarming story about the Brok characters. They were already very interesting characters so it was fun to see them interact more! I appreciate the effort in makig this as a nice christmas present! very nice time reading!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really enjoyed this! It's a visual novel with no dialogue choices, and there's no voice acting, so those are different from the main game, but I mean come on: it's a really well-written story for no cost at all (not to say that a lack of story choices or voice acting are even *bad* in any capacity, just different). There are character interactions that you probably wouldn't expect, yet they come together really nicely to give it an all-around cohesive narrative that builds on and expands…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I gotta say I was not expecting a Christmas themed story for BROK the InvestiGator and I have to say that I loved it!! The trailer had me hooked and I'm very excited that I discovered the main game so I get experience more amazing content like this. COWCAT thank you for giving us BROK fans such an amazing visual novel with an amazing story, art, and music! This novel is incredible and I was not disappointed. I thoroughly enjoyed this as well as the main game. This novel is must have for fans…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A quite good introduction from Cowcat to the Brok VN Engine. This little story set prior the game events served as a good tie in to certain elements seen in the main plot, and was absolutely enjoyable. It was great to see a story focused on character interaction, and bringing more about the world of Atalasia. For all those fans of school Christmas specials in Saturday morning toons, this VN is a must. Waiting to see more projects of Brok in the future.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Whether or not you've played Brok: The InvestiGator, this is a nice linear story to enjoy. It's a visual novel without voice acting, like the Ace Attorney games or many other un-voiced visual novels. Overall, it takes about an hour to play through if you go at a normal pace, which I define as allowing enough time for all of the dialogue lines to be read aloud without rushing. Maybe someday, the official voices can be added. Or if not that, then perhaps someone will do a fandub on YouTube.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this is just a story with no physical gameplay BUT i REALLY enjoy it, and if you're a brok fan i would highly recommend it! it's a very good story with a nice happy ending and i really like it
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A short yet very heartwarming story. A good revisit for the Brok cast, there were some moments that I really loved and that really made the reading pretty enjoyable for these times :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game out of nowhere and I felt really good watching the Christmas Movie. I think I'm going to play this every Christmas. Actually do love hearing from more of the characters from the BROK universe I didn't get to hear from before. Worth spending 60-70 minutes to watch on.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There might be some changes for my tomorrow's stream.. I'm not going to stream Minecraft.. Instead, I'm going to play BROK - Natal Tail, A New Christmas.. This will be my first time to play on stream.. So, there is no spoiler tomorrow.. heheh.. That's all.. Thank you!! :)
neutral · AI labelView post →BROK: Natal Tail, A New Christmas is a really charming little visual novel that I enjoyed much more than I expected. It takes place in the dystopian world of BROK the InvestiGator and follows students Graff and Ott as they get caught up in the strange Christmas inspired tradition of Natal Untail. I liked how the game mixes a cute cast of animal characters with a world that is clearly much darker underneath the cheerful surface. The gameplay is almost entirely focused on reading, watching the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As always with Brok, I like the variety of choices that the game offers, even if there's a lesser ammount due to the short length of the.... game? Dlc? However you wanna categorise it (Also quite funny how many of them lead to a sudden gameover lol) that and also shoutout to the "Lover" option Good game 👍
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