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Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse

Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse

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...

Released Dec 4, 2013 Developer Revolution Software Ltd Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux 1990'sFemale ProtagonistAdventurePoint & ClickInvestigation
View on Steam ↗ $8.49 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

88.9%positive2,657 reviews
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“It's kinda sad that games like these are almost non existing now. Fun point and click with a lot of historical places to visit, without over-complicated riddles. Nico and George are spectacular duo as always. Honorable mention takes the goat with roach too, and great landscapes.…”

— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Its so detailed and faithful to the franchise!”

— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Great game, one of the best episodes of the series! Detailed graphics, funny, yet thrilling story, just what you would expect from the fifth sequel :-).”

— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:06 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

10playing at last check
2424-hour peak
1,101all-time peak
0 100 200 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 167 avg · Dec 2013

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

35achievements
48.1%median completion
3.0%rarest: Joey Easter Egg
68.3% of players 62.7% of players 60.3% of players 57.5% of players 55.2% of players 54.2% of players 53.6% of players 53.2% of players 53.1% of players 52.3% of players 52.0% of players 50.9% of players 50.4% of players 50.1% of players 49.4% of players 49.3% of players 48.3% of players 48.1% of players 47.2% of players 47.2% of players 46.3% of players 46.2% of players 46.2% of players 45.7% of players 44.8% of players 44.6% of players 40.9% of players 29.5% of players 6.8% of players 5.8% of players 5.6% of players 4.1% of players 3.8% of players 3.5% of players 3.0% of players 68.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
68.3%Oh my God it's a Mirage! — Hidden achievement
62.7%Breaking the Seal — Hidden achievement
60.3%Chasing your Tail — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
3.0%Joey Easter Egg — Hidden achievement
3.5%Best buddies — Hidden achievement
3.8%I Call It The Dreamatorium — Hidden achievement

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$8.49−66% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$24.99base price
$8.49lowest since tracking began2026-07-19
US8.49 USD−66%
EU7.81 EUR−66%
UK6.45 GBP−66%
Australia12.22 AUD−66%
Canada9.51 CAD−66%
Japan843 JPY−66%
Brazil15.29 BRL−66%
China26.52 CNY−66%

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$3.0 China Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$8.9

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

May 19, 2022
LONG OVERDUE; THE BIG UPDATE YOU DESERVE

6.3 GB - RECOMPRESSED JUST FOR YOU OKAY BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? Compression is a big part of ever day computing. Images take up large amounts of memory and disk space, so we use compression technique

Dec 08, 2021
We're launching Merch!

▶Official Merch is now available!◀ Currently only available in the UK! It's finally here, our official merch! We're starting off with a smaller range of things until we get more confident in how thing

Jul 15, 2020
BEYOND A STEEL SKY LAUNCHES WITH HUGE BROKEN SWORD LOYALTY DISCOUNT

We teamed up with Steam to secure an extra 10% discount on top of our 20% release discount! This means anyone who has Broken Sword 5 in their Steam library will see Beyond A Steel Sky launching with a

Dec 05, 2019
Beyond a Steel Sky - Release Update

Hello Everyone! Beyond a Steel Sky is well and truly on it's way, and the team here are working like crazy to deliver the best game we possibly can. With everything we're trying to fit in to the game,

Oct 23, 2019
Beyond a Steel Sky @ EGX 2019!

Hello everyone! At EGX London last week we had our first hands on demo for Beyond a Steel Sky available for you all to play. We had such a blast, and the feedback couldn't have been better - a shame i

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAdventure
Player tags1990's · Female Protagonist · Adventure · Point & Click · Investigation · Hand-drawn · Cartoony · Puzzle · Story Rich · Mystery · Conspiracy · Historical (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Remote Play on Phone · Remote Play on Tablet · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Russian, Polish *
ControllerFull support
Achievements35
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://revolution.co.uk/games/the-serpents-curse/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista Processor: 1.4 GHz Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: 256 MB Storage: 7 GB available space