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Games like Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse

If Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse is your kind of game, the closest matches are Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged, Broken Sword - The Smoking Mirror: Reforged and The Stepfather Remake — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its beautiful artwork and graphics, writing quality is exceptional and atmospheric. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About 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...

2013Adventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOS · Linuxby Revolution Software Ltd
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Beautiful artwork and graphicsClever puzzles that provide hints without spoiling the funWriting quality is exceptionalAtmosphericImmersiveCharacter interaction

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  1. Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse.

    Top pick for Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse.

    The classic multi-award winning adventure "Broken Sword - the Shadow of the Templars" returns with glorious 4K visuals and iconic remastered audio, pitching intrepid tourist George Stobbart and fearless journalist Nico Collard into a journey of perilous adventures and ancient conspiracies.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Broken Sword - The Smoking Mirror: Reforged

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse.

    The classic award winning adventure returns in glorious 4K with fully remastered audio. Step into the shoes of intrepid tourist George Stobbart and sharp-witted journalist Nico Collard as they unravel a deadly Mayan conspiracy steeped in ancient artifacts and dark magic.

    2026IndieAdventureCasualSteam ↗
  3. The Stepfather Remake

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse.

    A classic point-and-click adventure full of mystery, humor, and clumsy mobsters. Solve puzzles, talk to quirky characters, and uncover the truth in this fully remastered detective story!

    2025IndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Trouble Hunter Chronicles: The Stolen Creed

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse.

    Explore mid 20th century Europe as an ex-OSS operative using quick wits, problem solving abilities and gritty charm to duck and weave his way between cultists, crazy Frenchmen and dangerous killers! Based on point & click classics, Trouble Hunter Chronicles revitalizes the genre for the modern era.

    2021IndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse.

    Ranked #5 for Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse.

    In this point-and-click urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer. Find clues, gather evidence, connect the dots, and confront the murderer before the hunter becomes the hunted…

    2025IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Greyhat - A Digital Detective Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse.

    Ranked #6 for Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse.

    How far would you go to save your daughter? As an infamous hacker-for-hire you have the skills to steal almost any secret. But when your daughter is taken, will you be able to use these skills to uncover a dark conspiracy that goes further than you could ever imagine?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. 江华号

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse.

    Ranked #7 for Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse.

    《江华号》是一款国风水墨横版卷轴叙事游戏。1928年,武汉的大街小巷流传着一则“头七夜死者还魂”的诡异消息,引发各界关注。《楚城时报》新人记者虞慧龄奉命前去采访,却误打误撞,被种种谜团指引着登上了一艘名为“江华号”的豪华客轮。在那里,一段不为人知的隐秘往事渐渐浮出水面……

    2023IndieAdventureRPG3.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Expelled!

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse.

    Ranked #8 for Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse.

    A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.

    2025IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~68% under Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~68% under Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. It Takes Two

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse.

    Embark on the craziest journey of your life in It Takes Two. Invite a friend to join for free with Friend’s Pass and work together across a huge variety of gleefully disruptive gameplay challenges. Winner of GAME OF THE YEAR at the Game Awards 2021.

    2021ActionAdventure13.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~68% under Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~96% under Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Revolution Software Ltd

Other recommendable Steam games by Revolution Software Ltd, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009)

    WHY THIS

    Shares point and click adventure, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse.

    Another title from Revolution Software Ltd, the studio behind Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse. Shares Adventure with Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse.

    One of the all-time classic adventures, multi award winning "Broken Sword: Director's Cut" pitches sassy journalist Nico Collard, and intrepid American George Stobbart into a mysterious journey of intrigue and jeopardy.

    2010AdventureDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Beyond a Steel Sky

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse.

    Another title from Revolution Software Ltd, the studio behind Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse. Shares Adventure with Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse.

    From multi-award winning Revolution comes ‘Beyond a Steel Sky’, a groundbreaking 3D adventure thriller, set in an AI-driven future. Subvert the world, hack the systems and solve dark conspiracies to uncover the devastating truth.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Broken Sword 2 - the Smoking Mirror: Remastered (2010)

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse.

    Another title from Revolution Software Ltd, the studio behind Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse. Shares Adventure with Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse.

    ‘Broken Sword - The Smoking Mirror: Remastered’ is a stunning update to the multi million-selling original. A mysterious escapade of intrigue and deceit, in which journalist Nico Collard and her adventuring companion George Stobbart must overcome powerful forces from fulfilling their evil ambitions.

    2009AdventureCasual5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse.

    Another title from Revolution Software Ltd, the studio behind Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse. Shares Adventure with Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse.

    The classic multi-award winning adventure "Broken Sword - the Shadow of the Templars" returns with glorious 4K visuals and iconic remastered audio, pitching intrepid tourist George Stobbart and fearless journalist Nico Collard into a journey of perilous adventures and ancient conspiracies.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Broken Sword 3 - the Sleeping Dragon (2003)

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Revolution Software Ltd, the studio behind Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse. Shares Adventure with Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse.

    An ancient conspiracy. A broken code. An unsolved murder. Welcome to Broken Sword – The Sleeping Dragon, the multi BAFTA-nominated adventure. Once more George and Nico must travel the world, wrestling danger, and piecing together the clues that will unravel the secrets of the Sleeping Dragon.

    2009Adventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Beneath a Steel Sky (1994)

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse.

    Another title from Revolution Software Ltd, the studio behind Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse. Shares Adventure with Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse.

    After being abducted by brutal soldiers and his kinfolk butchered, Robert Foster finds himself in Union City - a vast metropolis under the tyranny of a fascist AI. Alone, save for the circuit board of his best friend, Foster must discover the sinister truth - and why they specifically came for him.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Broken Sword - The Smoking Mirror: Reforged

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Revolution Software Ltd, the studio behind Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse. Shares Adventure with Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse.

    The classic award winning adventure returns in glorious 4K with fully remastered audio. Step into the shoes of intrepid tourist George Stobbart and sharp-witted journalist Nico Collard as they unravel a deadly Mayan conspiracy steeped in ancient artifacts and dark magic.

    2026IndieAdventureCasualSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse

Does Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse run on Steam Deck?
Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse cost?
Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse are Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged, Broken Sword - The Smoking Mirror: Reforged, The Stepfather Remake.
Who developed Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse?
Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse was developed by Revolution Software Ltd.

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