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Sacred Citadel cover art

Sacred Citadel

Southend · THQ Nordic · 2013-04-16

SteamXbox

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Apr 17, 2013 (PlayStation 3), Apr 17, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 17, 2013 (Xbox 360)

Sharpen your axe, string your bow, brew your potions! Ancaria needs heroes like you. Grab your friends to join the resistance!The once peaceful land of Ancaria is in grave danger. The evil Ashen empire has enslaved its population and is using the orc-like Grimmoc to wipe out the Seraphim, who swore to protect it.

0
playing now
69%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
57/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Sacred Citadel is a side-scrolling action brawler video game in the Sacred series. It was released in April 2013, and takes place before the 2014 sequel Sacred 3. It was developed by Southend Interactive and published by Deep Silver for Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, and Microsoft Windows. A DLC called Sacred Citadel: Jungle Hunt was released on the same month.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 32% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 48k–96k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,195 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Humble Store (2014-09-15) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 67 of 94 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-06 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$10.16$1.492015-01-012026-08-212015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-02-11 — best price $9.492015-03-28 — best price $9.922015-05-02 — best price $9.492015-06-06 — best price $9.492015-12-17 — best price $9.802016-06-02 — best price $2.502017-01-30 — best price $9.992017-09-21 — best price $2.492018-04-23 — best price $2.002019-01-28 — best price $9.992020-01-23 — best price $2.492020-08-07 — best price $2.492021-01-14 — best price $2.492021-05-17 — best price $9.992021-09-06 — best price $2.492022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-04-15 — best price $2.492022-07-12 — best price $2.502022-11-10 — best price $9.992023-01-10 — best price $8.092023-05-02 — best price $9.992023-08-10 — best price $2.492023-12-11 — best price $2.492024-03-25 — best price $2.032024-06-12 — best price $1.492024-09-13 — best price $9.992025-01-05 — best price $9.992025-04-24 — best price $2.502025-08-09 — best price $9.992025-12-03 — best price $8.492026-03-13 — best price $2.502026-06-05 — best price $7.492026-08-21 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4762026-05-30 — 14 pageviews2026-06-02 — 11 pageviews2026-06-05 — 15 pageviews2026-06-08 — 10 pageviews2026-06-11 — 20 pageviews2026-06-14 — 17 pageviews2026-06-17 — 10 pageviews2026-06-20 — 13 pageviews2026-06-23 — 19 pageviews2026-06-26 — 18 pageviews2026-06-29 — 13 pageviews2026-07-02 — 14 pageviews2026-07-05 — 21 pageviews2026-07-08 — 10 pageviews2026-07-11 — 9 pageviews2026-07-14 — 9 pageviews2026-07-17 — 18 pageviews2026-07-20 — 17 pageviews2026-07-23 — 14 pageviews2026-07-26 — 15 pageviews2026-07-29 — 15 pageviews2026-08-01 — 14 pageviews2026-08-04 — 16 pageviews2026-08-07 — 18 pageviews2026-08-10 — 21 pageviews2026-08-13 — 30 pageviews2026-08-16 — 26 pageviews2026-08-19 — 27 pageviews2026-08-22 — 21 pageviews2026-08-25 — 18 pageviews2026-08-27 — 12 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
76.4%
earned "Can't touch this"
5.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportStatsSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TVRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox 360 (Xbox)14,5664%35
Steam (Steam)8,6842%35
PS3 (PlayStation)1,75619%17

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

Player tags

2DRPGCo-opActionArcadeFantasyFightingControllerPlatformerBeat 'em up

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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