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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 1990's, female protagonist and adventure game developed and published by Revolution Software Ltd.
Released on December 04th 2013 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 7 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian and Polish.

It has received 2,657 reviews of which 2,361 were positive and 296 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 22.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Eneba.

The Steam community has classified Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse into these genres:

1990's Female Protagonist Adventure Point & Click Investigation Hand-drawn Cartoony Puzzle Story Rich Mystery Conspiracy Historical Detective Funny Immersive Indie Singleplayer Exploration Drama Cinematic

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System requirements

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Windows

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

MacOS

OS: OSX 10.6.8
Processor: 1.6 GHz
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Storage: 7 GB available space

Linux

Processor: 1.6 GHz
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: 256 MB
Storage: 7 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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Aug. 2025

This is a funny, story rich point and click. Runs great on the deck and looks good on the deck too !

July 2025

Fantastic artwork, captivating storytelling, and an effortless sojourn through George and Nico's quest to solve the riddle of an obscure painting, make this instalment of the Broken Sword series fun to play. Returning to it's original point and click design, the interface is easy to use. Transitions are smooth and effortless. Every character is well developed. It's effortless to pass the time with this game. Rated 7 out of 10.

June 2025

Great classic game in the new (but so nice) graphics. 100 % recommend.

Feb. 2025

While the 4th game was a complete disappointment for me, this game fixes every issue I had. Hints are back, no more do you need to google what the solutions are just because the puzzles are mind-boggling. What's more is that you don't even need to use the hint system, maybe it's the experience from the last 4 games, or if this game is simply better, but the solutions are much more intuitive. I didn't have to find a cup with dried paint, then heat it up to get liquid paint, to then use as lubrication to get something else... Like who would even think of that naturally? The solutions in this game make sense. I got stuck at the very close end and ironically enough, the hint system was useless in that puzzle, so in the end I still had to check the internet for answers. Which is funny because the previous time I had to use the hint system JUST to check if I was on the right path... it straight up told me the answer, which was a tad annoying. Talking to your companion gives you some direction. I remember some puzzles in the old games where you enter a new scene and you have no idea what you're supposed to do. "There are movable boxes? Ok, I guess I'll move the boxes. I don't know why I'm doing it, but it's the only action I can take here" Instead, now you enter a scene, you can talk to Nico and she'll say something like "We need to get up on that ledge somehow" and now you know what the puzzle is. I liked all the... minigame(?) puzzles. They were all fun. More importantly, in my opinion: SKIPPABLE DIALOGUE! They're back! We can now skip dialogue. So if you do an action that repeats old dialogue, you can just skip it, or if the game crashes (it crashed for me once at the very close end) you don't have to get through all the dialogue, just skip through it. The game is back to its 2D Point and Click roots. While the 4th game tried to combine the Point and Click nature of its past with the Action Adventure 3D controls of “modern” games, it just made for an overall worse experience. Now we’re back with a true Point and Click game in a 2D space. Cons for this game: no outfit changes... come on guys, we had several outfits in Broken Sword 3, how come we can't have that anymore? The cutscene quality was oddly bad for a game from 2014... it felt more like something from 2003. It's strange when the gameplay graphics are good, and then you enter a cutscene and suddenly the quality drops. Like, it's a prebaked cutscene, why didn't you render it in better quality? Well whatever, there are few cutscenes so it's not an issue, but it does take you out a bit when suddenly the quality drops. I wish the game had a way to tell what objects are interactable, like in the first game. Reminder: when your mouse was near an interactable object, you would see a pulsating circle on the object. Here you have to hover directly over the object to know that it's interactable The finale: it was alright, nothing will beat the ending of Broken Sword 3, in my opinion. And that concludes my review of this game. It is a massive improvement over the last game. Feels way more in line with the original games. This is also the first time where I feel the adventure has a realistic start? As in, I understand why George starts his adventure.

Dec. 2024

This game is terrific. Story is excellent. I love the little hint option, I'll try to solve the puzzles, but I'm just as happy getting the story moving and not wasting time on some of the more cryptic puzzles. A+ game, great voice acting, I started with English but switched to French with subtitles. If you like Point and Click games, don't sleep on this one.

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Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse is currently priced at 22.99€ on Steam.

Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 22.99€ on Steam.

Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse received 2,361 positive votes out of a total of 2,657 achieving a rating of 8.52.

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Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse was developed and published by Revolution Software Ltd.

Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse is a single-player game.

There is a DLC available for Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse. Explore additional content available for Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse on Steam.

Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

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