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Broken Sword 2 - the Smoking Mirror: Remastered (2010) cover art

Broken Sword 2 - the Smoking Mirror: Remastered (2010)

Revolution Software Ltd · 2009-12-02

SteamGOG

AdventureCasual

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Dec 02, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 09, 2011 (Mac), Dec 10, 2012 (Android), Dec 16, 2010 (iOS), 2013 (Linux)

‘Broken Sword - The Smoking Mirror: Remastered’ is a stunning update to the multi million-selling original. A mysterious escapade of intrigue and deceit, in which journalist Nico Collard and her adventuring companion George Stobbart must overcome powerful forces from fulfilling their evil ambitions.

8
playing now
91%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
IGDB user rating (57 ratings)
8.8h
to beat · completionist 7.8h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

While investigating a ruthless drug gang, journalist Nico Collard unexpectedly comes across an ancient artifact.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 83 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 64k–128k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,604 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.05-66%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.59 at GOG (2025-05-30) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 103 of 104 observed days · $1.46 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
232320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2512026-09-14 22:00 — 12 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 7 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 11 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 10 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 7 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 11 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 16 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 9 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 18 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 8 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 25 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 8 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 22 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 11 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 10 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
213Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 10 · peak 24Dec 2012 — avg 7 · peak 22May 2013 — avg 4 · peak 12Oct 2013 — avg 3 · peak 10Mar 2014 — avg 4 · peak 17Aug 2014 — avg 7 · peak 23Jan 2015 — avg 10 · peak 43Jun 2015 — avg 7 · peak 36Nov 2015 — avg 5 · peak 20Apr 2016 — avg 8 · peak 23Sep 2016 — avg 5 · peak 19Feb 2017 — avg 8 · peak 28Jul 2017 — avg 9 · peak 31Dec 2017 — avg 11 · peak 40May 2018 — avg 7 · peak 22Oct 2018 — avg 5 · peak 22Mar 2019 — avg 7 · peak 25Aug 2019 — avg 7 · peak 26Jan 2020 — avg 12 · peak 40Jun 2020 — avg 10 · peak 37Nov 2020 — avg 10 · peak 37Apr 2021 — avg 11 · peak 39Sep 2021 — avg 8 · peak 32Feb 2022 — avg 11 · peak 35Jul 2022 — avg 10 · peak 31Dec 2022 — avg 13 · peak 42May 2023 — avg 8 · peak 29Oct 2023 — avg 9 · peak 28Mar 2024 — avg 11 · peak 44Aug 2024 — avg 12 · peak 37Jan 2025 — avg 14 · peak 54Jun 2025 — avg 13 · peak 45Nov 2025 — avg 11 · peak 37Apr 2026 — avg 10 · peak 35Aug 2026 — avg 9 · peak 37
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.95$0.592015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $2.392015-06-21 — best price $5.992016-01-05 — best price $9.952016-06-14 — best price $2.392016-11-23 — best price $2.032017-09-08 — best price $5.992018-04-20 — best price $5.992019-01-10 — best price $1.792019-11-13 — best price $5.992020-03-04 — best price $5.312020-05-31 — best price $5.992020-07-14 — best price $5.992020-09-04 — best price $2.392020-11-30 — best price $5.372021-03-14 — best price $5.992021-04-24 — best price $5.282021-05-30 — best price $5.282021-10-01 — best price $4.592021-12-03 — best price $4.592022-03-02 — best price $5.002022-06-23 — best price $1.792022-08-23 — best price $3.002022-11-21 — best price $2.282023-01-23 — best price $0.892023-04-06 — best price $5.282023-07-18 — best price $5.992024-01-04 — best price $4.592024-03-21 — best price $5.992024-07-11 — best price $5.092024-10-25 — best price $5.992025-03-20 — best price $5.992025-09-12 — best price $2.032026-03-16 — best price $5.992026-06-25 — best price $2.032026-09-10 — best price $5.992026-10-05 — best price $2.052026-10-14 — best price $2.05
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
33.4%
earned "Heavy Handed"
16.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-03-10 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,27134%27

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DDramaFunnyRetro1990'sComedyPuzzleRemakeMysteryAdventure

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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