# Games like Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009)

> The closest matches to Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009): Broken Sword 2 - the Smoking Mirror: Remastered (2010), Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse, The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, The Curse of Monkey Island, and The Book of Unwritten Tales. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [Broken Sword 2 - the Smoking Mirror: Remastered (2010)](https://imho.run/games/33600/broken-sword-2-the-smoking-mirror-remastered-2010) — Shares dialogue driven storytelling with Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009). 533 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/33600/)
2. [Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse](https://imho.run/games/262940/broken-sword-5-the-serpent-s-curse) — Shares point and click adventure and puzzle solving with Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009). 875 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/262940/)
3. [The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition](https://imho.run/games/32360/the-secret-of-monkey-island-special-edition) — Shares dialogue driven storytelling and point and click adventure with Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009). 3,019 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/32360/)
4. [The Curse of Monkey Island](https://imho.run/games/730820/the-curse-of-monkey-island) — Also Remake and 1990's, like Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009). 1,613 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/730820/)
5. [The Book of Unwritten Tales](https://imho.run/games/215160/the-book-of-unwritten-tales) — Also 1990's, like Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009). 958 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/215160/)
6. [Grim Fandango Remastered](https://imho.run/games/316790/grim-fandango-remastered) — Also Remake, like Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009). 3,723 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/316790/)
7. [Kathy Rain](https://imho.run/games/370910/kathy-rain) — Shares point and click adventure with Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009). 1,259 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/370910/)
8. [Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 20th Anniversary Edition](https://imho.run/games/262000/gabriel-knight-sins-of-the-fathers-20th-anniversary-edition) — A frequent pick in Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009) players' libraries, and another Adventure. 591 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/262000/)
9. [The Dark Eye: Memoria](https://imho.run/games/243200/the-dark-eye-memoria) — A frequent pick in Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009) players' libraries, and another Indie. 950 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/243200/)
10. [Thimbleweed Park™](https://imho.run/games/569860/thimbleweed-park) — Also 1990's, like Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009). 2,210 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/569860/)
11. [Day of the Tentacle Remastered](https://imho.run/games/388210/day-of-the-tentacle-remastered) — Also Remake and 1990's, like Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009). 1,982 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/388210/)
12. [Foolish Mortals](https://imho.run/games/1848440/foolish-mortals) — Also 1990's, like Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009). 368 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1848440/)
13. [A New Beginning - Final Cut](https://imho.run/games/105000/a-new-beginning-final-cut) — Shares point and click adventure and puzzle solving with Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009). 609 Steam reviews, 65% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/105000/)
14. [The Longest Journey](https://imho.run/games/6310/the-longest-journey) — A frequent pick in Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009) players' libraries, and another RPG. 1,339 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/6310/)
15. [A Vampyre Story](https://imho.run/games/313870/a-vampyre-story) — Also Remake and 1990's, like Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009). 140 Steam reviews, 70% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/313870/)
16. [Lucy Dreaming](https://imho.run/games/1532710/lucy-dreaming) — Also 1990's, like Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009). 215 Steam reviews, 99% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1532710/)
17. [Death of the Reprobate](https://imho.run/games/1739900/death-of-the-reprobate) — Shares puzzle solving with Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009). 434 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1739900/)
18. [The Darkside Detective](https://imho.run/games/368390/the-darkside-detective) — Shares point and click adventure with Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009). 1,987 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/368390/)
19. [Return to Monkey Island](https://imho.run/games/2060130/return-to-monkey-island) — Same nostalgic mood as Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009). 4,837 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2060130/)
20. [Runaway: A Twist of Fate](https://imho.run/games/58560/runaway-a-twist-of-fate) — Also Remake, like Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009). 136 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/58560/)
21. [The Roottrees are Dead](https://imho.run/games/2754380/the-roottrees-are-dead) — Shares puzzle solving with Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009). 4,456 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2754380/)
22. [3 Minutes to Midnight® - A Comedy Graphic Adventure](https://imho.run/games/832500/3-minutes-to-midnight-a-comedy-graphic-adventure) — Same nostalgic mood as Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009). 140 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/832500/)
23. [Lost in Play](https://imho.run/games/1328840/lost-in-play) — Shares puzzle solving with Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009). 1,637 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1328840/)
24. [Simon the Sorcerer Origins](https://imho.run/games/1939890/simon-the-sorcerer-origins) — Same atmospheric mood as Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009). 73 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1939890/)

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## About Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009)

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.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 57640
- **Developer:** Revolution Software Ltd
- **Publisher:** Revolution Software Ltd
- **Genres:** Adventure
- **Categories:** Single-player, Remote Play on Tablet, Family Sharing
- **Released:** Aug 26, 2010
- **Free to play:** no
- **Platforms:** windows, mac, linux

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