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Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse

Revolution Software Ltd · 2013-12-04

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Adventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 08, 2015 (PlayStation 4), Sep 04, 2015 (Xbox One), Dec 04, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 04, 2013 (Linux), Dec 04, 2013 (Mac), Sep 21, 2018 (Nintendo Switch)

From multi-award winning Revolution Software comes the latest explosive episode in this classic series. Playing as intrepid American George Stobbart and sassy French journalist Nico Collard, you find yourself on the trail of a stolen painting – and a murderous conspiracy...

5
playing now
89%
positive of 2.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
critic score (14 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (77 ratings)
14h
to beat · rushed 6h · completionist 14h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

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

Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse is the fifth title in the Broken Sword series of adventure video games, developed and published by Revolution Software, for Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Android and iOS. The game was released in two episodes: the first was made available on 4 December 2013; the second was released on 17 April 2014 for Microsoft Windows, OS X and Linux. The Serpent's Curse was announced on 23 August 2012, along with a Kickstarter project; it was launched for the development of the game, which had been self-funded until the launch, to be completed. The game is presented in HD and returns to the series' 2D roots, with 3D characters pre-rendered and saved in 2D frames. The majority of the funding for the game was raised through Kickstarter, more than $771,000 of the requested $400,000 were raised, and together with PayPal donations, over $823,000.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 67 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity down 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 113k–226k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,827 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$8.49-66%
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.46 at GameBillet (2023-11-21) · bundled 13×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 35 of 72 observed days · $22.53 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
212120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2312026-08-06 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 16 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 18 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 10 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 22 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 10 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 15 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 8 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 6 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 6 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 17 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 19 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 15 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$3.742015-01-012026-08-282015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-10-05 — best price $24.992016-04-03 — best price $12.492016-10-17 — best price $9.992017-07-06 — best price $24.992018-05-29 — best price $24.992019-02-11 — best price $24.992020-02-08 — best price $24.992020-04-21 — best price $20.882020-07-16 — best price $24.992020-09-04 — best price $22.492020-12-01 — best price $19.942021-01-23 — best price $24.992021-03-08 — best price $24.992021-04-21 — best price $18.692021-05-31 — best price $7.482021-09-13 — best price $24.992021-11-22 — best price $7.982022-02-12 — best price $24.992022-05-20 — best price $24.992022-08-05 — best price $6.932022-10-27 — best price $7.492023-01-06 — best price $22.392023-03-16 — best price $4.992023-06-20 — best price $19.152023-10-04 — best price $22.392024-01-25 — best price $3.742024-04-05 — best price $22.392024-06-06 — best price $22.392024-08-28 — best price $18.362024-12-19 — best price $4.992025-04-25 — best price $24.992025-08-09 — best price $22.392025-12-20 — best price $22.492026-05-18 — best price $4.242026-08-28 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

132332026-05-30 — 68 pageviews2026-06-02 — 79 pageviews2026-06-05 — 78 pageviews2026-06-08 — 64 pageviews2026-06-11 — 132 pageviews2026-06-14 — 70 pageviews2026-06-17 — 34 pageviews2026-06-20 — 47 pageviews2026-06-23 — 33 pageviews2026-06-26 — 49 pageviews2026-06-29 — 59 pageviews2026-07-02 — 51 pageviews2026-07-05 — 79 pageviews2026-07-08 — 51 pageviews2026-07-11 — 65 pageviews2026-07-14 — 44 pageviews2026-07-17 — 61 pageviews2026-07-20 — 95 pageviews2026-07-23 — 102 pageviews2026-07-26 — 70 pageviews2026-07-29 — 70 pageviews2026-08-01 — 60 pageviews2026-08-04 — 64 pageviews2026-08-07 — 46 pageviews2026-08-10 — 53 pageviews2026-08-13 — 59 pageviews2026-08-16 — 73 pageviews2026-08-19 — 49 pageviews2026-08-22 — 47 pageviews2026-08-25 — 45 pageviews2026-08-27 — 53 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
68.3%
earned "Oh my God it's a Mirage!"
48.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)7,36158%34
Steam (Steam)4,23117%35
Switch (Nintendo)430%0
Switch (Nintendo)70%0

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

Player tags

Funny1990'sPuzzleMysteryCartoonyAdventureDetectiveImmersiveConspiracyHand-drawn

Census log

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

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