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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 · Perspectives: Third person, Side view

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...

Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse is a 2013 Adventure game priced at $24.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 2832 reviews).

6
playing now
89%
positive of 2.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
critic score (14 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (77 ratings)
4.51★
PlayStation Store rating (2,734 ratings)
14h
to beat · rushed 6h · completionist 14h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 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
  • · 6 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 8% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 113k–227k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,832 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

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 33 of 67 observed days (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

2112026-09-14 22:00 — 11 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 6 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 14 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 12 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 10 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 12 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 6 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 11 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 11 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 20 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 12 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 13 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 13 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1678Dec 2013Aug 2026Dec 2013 — avg 167 · peak 1,101Apr 2014 — avg 147 · peak 881Aug 2014 — avg 75 · peak 246Dec 2014 — avg 59 · peak 293Apr 2015 — avg 27 · peak 92Aug 2015 — avg 27 · peak 90Dec 2015 — avg 37 · peak 147Apr 2016 — avg 28 · peak 91Aug 2016 — avg 20 · peak 58Dec 2016 — avg 27 · peak 105Apr 2017 — avg 18 · peak 57Aug 2017 — avg 19 · peak 53Dec 2017 — avg 31 · peak 146Apr 2018 — avg 17 · peak 61Aug 2018 — avg 14 · peak 55Dec 2018 — avg 17 · peak 71Apr 2019 — avg 12 · peak 42Aug 2019 — avg 12 · peak 36Dec 2019 — avg 16 · peak 60Apr 2020 — avg 26 · peak 76Aug 2020 — avg 13 · peak 39Dec 2020 — avg 12 · peak 49Apr 2021 — avg 12 · peak 43Aug 2021 — avg 10 · peak 33Dec 2021 — avg 14 · peak 49Apr 2022 — avg 11 · peak 30Aug 2022 — avg 9 · peak 34Dec 2022 — avg 13 · peak 49Apr 2023 — avg 12 · peak 40Aug 2023 — avg 12 · peak 56Dec 2023 — avg 13 · peak 42Apr 2024 — avg 10 · peak 35Aug 2024 — avg 10 · peak 35Dec 2024 — avg 16 · peak 64Apr 2025 — avg 11 · peak 33Aug 2025 — avg 14 · peak 42Dec 2025 — avg 12 · peak 43Apr 2026 — avg 11 · peak 42Aug 2026 — avg 9 · peak 27
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$3.742015-01-012026-10-092015-01-01 — 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 $4.242026-09-04 — best price $4.992026-10-09 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

132332026-05-30 — 68 pageviews2026-06-03 — 64 pageviews2026-06-07 — 111 pageviews2026-06-11 — 132 pageviews2026-06-15 — 43 pageviews2026-06-19 — 62 pageviews2026-06-23 — 33 pageviews2026-06-27 — 70 pageviews2026-07-01 — 61 pageviews2026-07-05 — 79 pageviews2026-07-09 — 45 pageviews2026-07-13 — 66 pageviews2026-07-17 — 61 pageviews2026-07-21 — 55 pageviews2026-07-25 — 97 pageviews2026-07-29 — 70 pageviews2026-08-02 — 57 pageviews2026-08-06 — 42 pageviews2026-08-10 — 53 pageviews2026-08-14 — 51 pageviews2026-08-18 — 56 pageviews2026-08-22 — 47 pageviews2026-08-26 — 62 pageviews2026-08-30 — 68 pageviews2026-09-03 — 44 pageviews2026-09-07 — 57 pageviews2026-09-11 — 50 pageviews2026-09-15 — 40 pageviews2026-09-19 — 57 pageviews2026-09-23 — 39 pageviews2026-09-27 — 64 pageviews2026-10-01 — 34 pageviews2026-10-05 — 44 pageviews2026-10-09 — 43 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

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

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

Funny1990'sPuzzleMysteryCartoonyAdventureDetectiveImmersiveConspiracyHand-drawn

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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