Broken Sword 3 - the Sleeping Dragon (2003)

Broken Sword 3 - the Sleeping Dragon (2003)

Steam Deck · unrated

Revolution Software Ltd · Adventure · Dec 2, 2009

It depends on what you're after.

At $5.99. It has been as low as $2.03.

56%
Mixed
893 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 175 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Controls: 50 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 39 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 15 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 11 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 3 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 893 player reviews · updated 14 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
46% of themes are praise27% are divided27% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The writing was fun and often made me laugh, even if the plot was a bit of a shambles filled with mcguffins.
175 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
It does need some minor setting up before launching the game and for the best experience you will need a gamepad or controller to do so.
50 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
*Good Voice Acting
39 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
Stick with the game and you will find some very clever and enjoyable 3D puzzles that wouldn't look out of place in today's indie 3D puzzle-platformers, and the traditional inventory puzzles are logical and sensible, if perhaps a little too easy.
5 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
I was playing on a Steam Deck and most of the time the game ran well.
3 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Story and characters175 reviews
Controls50 reviews
Audio39 reviews
Difficulty5 reviews
Steam Deck3 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Graphics78 reviews
59%
Gameplay46 reviews
59%
Interface30 reviews
47%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes15 reviews
33%
Bugs11 reviews
36%
Performance3 reviews
67%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should I buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $5.99. The lowest we've tracked is $2.03.

6 points recordedtoday · $5.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
56%
Mixed
Playing right now
Achievements
0
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.