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Sacred 3

Keen Games · THQ Nordic · 2014-08-05

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ActionRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 22, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 22, 2014 (PlayStation Vita), Aug 05, 2014 (PlayStation 3), Aug 05, 2014 (Xbox One), Aug 22, 2014 (Xbox 360)

Sacred 3 is an arcade Hack ‘n’ Slash game for up to 4 players. Choose a hero and fight cooperatively against the rise of evil. Victory is Ours. Glory is Mine.

Sacred 3 is an Action, RPG game released in 2014, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Mostly Negative review sentiment (27% of 4462 reviews).

1
playing now
27%
positive of 4.5k reviews
Mostly Negative
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
41/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
59/100
IGDB user rating (21 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Sacred 3 is a 2014 hack and slash brawler, part of the Sacred video game series, despite notable differences in both gameplay and design. Deep Silver, which acquired the license to Sacred 3 from former development studio Ascaron Entertainment, announced at Gamescom that the earliest it could publish the game would be in early 2012. The game was finally released on 1 August 2014. It was met with mixed to negative reception.

Trailer

Sacred 3 trailer thumbnail

Sacred 3 Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 26 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 26% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 27,780 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 112k–268k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,470 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at WinGameStore (2024-05-16) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 78 of 85 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 6 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$49.89$2.342015-01-012026-10-092015-01-01 — best price $20.092015-03-24 — best price $19.952015-05-25 — best price $19.992015-08-13 — best price $5.002015-12-01 — best price $19.992016-03-07 — best price $3.912016-07-07 — best price $11.332016-12-05 — best price $11.172017-06-27 — best price $19.992017-12-08 — best price $2.972018-04-16 — best price $3.992018-08-31 — best price $2.992018-12-22 — best price $14.992019-08-28 — best price $49.892020-02-07 — best price $12.782020-07-20 — best price $3.742020-12-26 — best price $12.592021-05-04 — best price $12.592021-09-01 — best price $3.742022-01-05 — best price $14.992022-04-29 — best price $2.952022-08-18 — best price $14.992022-12-12 — best price $3.742023-03-24 — best price $14.992023-08-06 — best price $14.992023-12-21 — best price $2.872024-04-19 — best price $2.352024-08-02 — best price $2.352024-12-19 — best price $3.742025-04-24 — best price $3.752025-09-04 — best price $14.992026-01-06 — best price $12.422026-05-23 — best price $14.992026-09-18 — best price $19.992026-10-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

104192026-05-30 — 36 pageviews2026-06-03 — 29 pageviews2026-06-07 — 39 pageviews2026-06-11 — 32 pageviews2026-06-15 — 31 pageviews2026-06-19 — 20 pageviews2026-06-23 — 27 pageviews2026-06-27 — 25 pageviews2026-07-01 — 24 pageviews2026-07-05 — 38 pageviews2026-07-09 — 24 pageviews2026-07-13 — 24 pageviews2026-07-17 — 33 pageviews2026-07-21 — 29 pageviews2026-07-25 — 35 pageviews2026-07-29 — 27 pageviews2026-08-02 — 32 pageviews2026-08-06 — 53 pageviews2026-08-10 — 31 pageviews2026-08-14 — 56 pageviews2026-08-18 — 49 pageviews2026-08-22 — 36 pageviews2026-08-26 — 24 pageviews2026-08-30 — 27 pageviews2026-09-03 — 32 pageviews2026-09-07 — 36 pageviews2026-09-11 — 20 pageviews2026-09-15 — 31 pageviews2026-09-19 — 28 pageviews2026-09-23 — 41 pageviews2026-09-27 — 37 pageviews2026-10-01 — 38 pageviews2026-10-05 — 27 pageviews2026-10-09 — 34 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
63.7%
earned "Ding!"
3.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam CloudRemote Play on TV4 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2014-07-31, latest 2014-08-30 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox 360 (Xbox)13,2121%45
PS3 (PlayStation)5,8005%46
Steam (Steam)4,4211%45

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGCo-opActionArcadeLinearFantasyAdventureIsometricAction RPGBeat 'em up

Census log

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

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