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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

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.

1
playing now
91%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
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)
$5.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

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

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 24% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 64k–128k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,601 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.05-66%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 66 of 67 observed days · $1.46 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

2312026-08-06 22:00 — 9 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 14 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 13 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 13 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 17 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 13 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 12 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 14 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 20 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 11 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 8 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 12 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 7 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 14 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.95$0.592015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — 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 $2.032026-08-30 — 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

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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Similarity via IGDB.

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