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Sacred Citadel cover art

Sacred Citadel

Southend · THQ Nordic · 2013-04-16

SteamXbox

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Side view

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.

Sacred Citadel is an Action game released in 2013, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (69% of 1195 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

0
playing now
69%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
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)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 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

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 37% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 48k–96k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,199 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 60 of 84 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920172026Week of 2017-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-14 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$10.16$1.492015-01-012026-09-022015-01-01 — 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 $7.492026-09-02 — best price $2.50
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4762026-05-30 — 14 pageviews2026-06-03 — 11 pageviews2026-06-07 — 15 pageviews2026-06-11 — 20 pageviews2026-06-15 — 11 pageviews2026-06-19 — 9 pageviews2026-06-23 — 19 pageviews2026-06-27 — 24 pageviews2026-07-01 — 10 pageviews2026-07-05 — 21 pageviews2026-07-09 — 7 pageviews2026-07-13 — 13 pageviews2026-07-17 — 18 pageviews2026-07-21 — 17 pageviews2026-07-25 — 22 pageviews2026-07-29 — 15 pageviews2026-08-02 — 20 pageviews2026-08-06 — 14 pageviews2026-08-10 — 21 pageviews2026-08-14 — 20 pageviews2026-08-18 — 19 pageviews2026-08-22 — 21 pageviews2026-08-26 — 18 pageviews2026-08-30 — 21 pageviews2026-09-03 — 14 pageviews2026-09-07 — 20 pageviews2026-09-11 — 22 pageviews2026-09-15 — 17 pageviews2026-09-19 — 12 pageviews2026-09-23 — 19 pageviews2026-09-27 — 20 pageviews2026-10-01 — 20 pageviews2026-10-05 — 15 pageviews2026-10-08 — 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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2013-04-22 (Steam store data)

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.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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