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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...
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-22 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-15.
“Immediately grabbed me. The quality of the voice acting is thankfully superb, but it is the animation that has blown me away. There are lots of little details with characters body language that are truly impressive. Based on my short time with the game so far, anyone who has…”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“If you like adventure games you owe it to yourself to play .... THIS! Broken Sword 5! You do not -have- to have played the first 4 games, but you still should at least play the first 2 or 3. I know, after this 5th one - if you play it, you'll WANT to play the earlier ones, too.…”
— a player, Steam review · 31 hrs played“The first two Broken Sword games are classics in the point and click genre. Broken Sword 5 returns to the roots of the beloved series. Playtime: 15 hours Overview I've played the first two installations in this series, but skipped out on the 3rd and 4th games (mixed fan…”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs playedPlayer activity
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Achievement stats
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Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Beyond a Steel Sky - Release Update
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Adventure |
| Player tags | 1990's · Female Protagonist · Adventure · Point & Click · Investigation · Hand-drawn · Cartoony · Puzzle · Story Rich · Mystery · Conspiracy · Historical (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Remote Play on Phone · Remote Play on Tablet · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Russian, Polish * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 35 |
| Official site | https://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