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Broken Sword 3 - the Sleeping Dragon (2003) cover art

Broken Sword 3 - the Sleeping Dragon (2003)

Revolution Software Ltd · 2009-12-02

SteamGOG

Adventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 14, 2003 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 08, 2003 (Xbox), Sep 30, 2004 (PlayStation 2)

An ancient conspiracy. A broken code. An unsolved murder. Welcome to Broken Sword – The Sleeping Dragon, the multi BAFTA-nominated adventure. Once more George and Nico must travel the world, wrestling danger, and piecing together the clues that will unravel the secrets of the Sleeping Dragon.

2
playing now
56%
positive of 894 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (87 ratings)
14h
to beat · rushed 13h · completionist 17h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon is an adventure game released on Windows, Xbox, and PlayStation 2 in November 2003. It is the third installment in the Broken Sword series, released six years after the previous instalment, The Smoking Mirror. The Sleeping Dragon moved the series to 3D graphics, and is the only game in the series not to use a point and click interface. The player assumes the role of George Stobbart, an American patent lawyer who flies to the Congo to write a patent for a scientist who claims to have found a source of unlimited energy.

Health check

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  • · Top 32% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 36k–72k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 894 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 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 34 of 66 observed days · $1.46 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

912026-08-11 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 16:00 — 9 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 7 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 8 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$7.08$0.592015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $2.392015-06-21 — best price $5.992016-02-21 — best price $5.992016-08-22 — best price $2.042017-04-03 — best price $1.502017-12-14 — best price $1.192018-08-30 — best price $1.192019-06-28 — best price $1.192020-02-08 — best price $5.992020-04-23 — best price $5.212020-07-07 — best price $5.992020-08-18 — best price $5.992020-10-06 — best price $5.992020-12-03 — best price $1.492021-02-08 — best price $5.282021-03-24 — best price $4.592021-05-27 — best price $5.282021-09-16 — best price $7.082021-11-24 — best price $1.792022-02-14 — best price $1.792022-05-20 — best price $5.992022-08-01 — best price $5.992022-10-31 — best price $1.492023-01-11 — best price $4.892023-03-27 — best price $1.202023-07-17 — best price $0.952023-12-11 — best price $5.282024-03-06 — best price $1.192024-05-09 — best price $4.592024-08-09 — best price $4.402024-11-14 — best price $4.402025-05-07 — best price $2.032025-10-06 — best price $5.992026-04-13 — best price $0.982026-08-03 — best price $1.012026-08-30 — best price $2.05
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing1 DLC

Player tags

3DRetroActionPuzzleMysteryStealthAdventureConspiracyStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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