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Blacksmith of the Sand Kingdom cover art

Blacksmith of the Sand Kingdom

Rideon,Inc. · KEMCO · 2021-01-06

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

AdventureRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 07, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 06, 2021 (PlayStation 4), TBD (iOS), Oct 07, 2020 (Android), Jan 07, 2021 (Xbox One), Nov 12, 2021 (PlayStation 5)

Become the court blacksmith adventuring in the Sand Kingdom in a fantasy RPG!

73%
positive of 169 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
4.34★
PlayStation Store rating (570 ratings)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

Muspelheim, a nation of desert and wilderness, also named as “the Sand Kingdom.” Volker, a blacksmith's son, always dreamed of becoming an adventurer, but he finds himself adventuring aiming to become a court blacksmith at the same time!(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (58 reviews).
  • · Top 32% of 27,293 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.4k–7.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 169 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2021-11-24) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 61 of 89 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
444420212026Week of 2021-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$9.992020-12-272026-10-112020-12-27 — best price $19.992021-05-06 — best price $19.992021-10-05 — best price $19.992021-12-01 — best price $19.992022-07-07 — best price $19.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-06-30 — best price $9.992023-12-21 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $9.992024-09-27 — best price $9.992024-11-21 — best price $19.992025-01-03 — best price $19.992025-03-11 — best price $9.992025-04-09 — best price $19.992025-05-07 — best price $19.992025-06-18 — best price $9.992025-07-24 — best price $9.992025-08-21 — best price $19.992025-09-23 — best price $19.992025-10-20 — best price $9.992026-01-03 — best price $19.992026-01-31 — best price $19.992026-03-01 — best price $19.992026-03-27 — best price $9.992026-05-01 — best price $9.992026-06-15 — best price $19.992026-06-29 — best price $9.992026-07-17 — best price $19.992026-08-03 — best price $9.992026-09-03 — best price $9.992026-09-19 — best price $9.992026-09-25 — best price $9.992026-10-01 — best price $9.992026-10-07 — best price $9.992026-10-11 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
27%
earned "Skill Meister"
11%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Japanese

Player tags

2DRPGFantasyCraftingAdventureManagementExplorationCollectathonSingleplayerVisual Novel

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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