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Citadel: Forged with Fire

Blue Isle Studios · Blue Isle Publishing · 2019-11-01

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ActionAdventureIndieMassively MultiplayerRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Nov 01, 2019 (Xbox One), Nov 01, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 01, 2019 (PlayStation 4)

This massive online sandbox RPG features elements of magic, spellcasting, building, exploring and crafting. As a newly minted apprentice of the magic arts, you will set off to the dangerous world of Ignus. Tame mighty beasts, forge alliances, explore uncharted territories or fight for dominance!

7
playing now
68%
positive of 5.9k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

As a newly minted apprentice of the magic arts, you will set off to investigate the dangerous world of Ignus. Your goal: create a name for yourself and achieve notoriety and power among the land's ruling Houses.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 46 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (354 reviews).
  • · Top 15% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 147k–354k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,893 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.73 at GreenManGaming (2025-12-12)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 9 of 19 observed days · $10.26 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
29229220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1512026-08-06 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 8 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 12 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 15 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 20:00 — 12 players2026-08-11 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-11 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 15:00 — 7 players2026-08-14 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 14:00 — 8 players2026-08-18 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-20 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 13:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 20:00 — 6 players2026-08-24 04:00 — 5 players2026-08-25 12:00 — 8 players2026-08-26 20:00 — 7 players2026-08-28 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 8 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$4.732017-07-272026-08-292017-07-27 — best price $19.992017-11-22 — best price $14.992018-01-31 — best price $12.492018-05-14 — best price $13.742018-10-30 — best price $12.492018-12-20 — best price $9.992019-03-18 — best price $12.492019-07-09 — best price $24.992019-10-24 — best price $27.992020-01-23 — best price $29.992020-02-18 — best price $35.992020-04-07 — best price $35.992020-05-25 — best price $39.992020-09-30 — best price $23.992020-11-25 — best price $19.992021-02-11 — best price $15.992021-06-24 — best price $11.992021-11-24 — best price $11.992022-03-25 — best price $13.992022-09-07 — best price $13.992023-01-23 — best price $13.992023-06-30 — best price $13.992023-10-18 — best price $20.002023-12-15 — best price $10.002024-02-12 — best price $20.002024-03-21 — best price $39.992024-06-27 — best price $13.992024-10-02 — best price $14.992024-12-13 — best price $6.002025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-06-26 — best price $7.492025-11-21 — best price $5.402026-03-18 — best price $6.082026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-08-29 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
39.7%
earned "Apprentice Crafter"
9.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,3131%50
Xbox One (Xbox)1,2933%50
PS4 (PlayStation)1,0403%51
PS4 (PlayStation)8692%51
PS4 (PlayStation)2166%51

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RPGIndieMagicActionMMORPGDragonsFantasySandboxCraftingSurvival

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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