Can I Run Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars?
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars is an adventure casual game from Revolution Software Ltd, released in 2024. Revolution Software Ltd both developed and published it. It offers a single player campaign. It carries 26 achievements. Alongside Windows it also ships for macOS and Linux. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. Critics scored it 84 on Metacritic. It is localised into 10 languages according to the store listing. Its 921 Steam reviews make it a niche release rather than a widely tested one. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | 1.6 GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | 1 GB |
| VRAM | 1 GB |
| RAM | 2 GB |
| Storage | 10 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 |
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Setting and environment
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars places its action in a mystery to unpick, and the player works through spaces built for exploration. Open environments are the harder case for a PC, and Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars has to keep far more of its world resident and streaming than a level based game needs. The view is through a point and click interface. The publisher supplies 10 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars is demanding
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars needs only 2 GB of RAM. The install is small at roughly 10 GB. Video memory is not the constraint here, at 1 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars?
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars targets a mainstream modern PC: 1 GB and 2 GB of RAM for the minimum. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: CPU
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Can my PC run Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars?
The minimum requirements are CPU: 1.6 GHz; GPU: 1 GB; 2 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10.
How much storage does Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars need?
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars needs about 10 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars is the CPU.