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Sacred Gold cover art

Sacred Gold

Studio II · THQ Nordic · 2008-07-09

SteamGOG

ActionRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jul 09, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A shadow of evil has fallen on the kingdom of Ancaria. It is a time for champions - a time to journey into the perilous world of SACRED. Battle blood-thirsty orcs & lumbering ogres... Destroy undead wizards & rotting mummies... Slay hellish demons & legendary dragons.

Sacred Gold is an Action and RPG game released in 2008, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 4624 reviews).

56
playing now
85%
positive of 4.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
IGDB user rating (20 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Sacred is a 2004 action role-playing game developed by the German company Ascaron and published by Take 2 Interactive. It is set on the magical continent of Ancaria, with characters of various races each with their own missions. Two expansion packs were released for the game in 2004 and 2005. In 2008, Linux Game Publishing announced that they would port the game to the Linux operating system.

Trailer

Sacred Gold trailer thumbnail

Sacred Gold Trailer

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 56 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 186 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~23/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 185k–370k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,624 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at IndieGala Store (2018-06-18) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 83 of 148 observed days · $9.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
656520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

116172026-09-14 22:00 — 64 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 23 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 60 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 59 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 23 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 65 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 94 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 24 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 64 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 98 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 30 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 48 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 75 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 33 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 49 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 116 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 33 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 18 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 81 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 52 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 33 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 70 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 79 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 56 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
806Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 10 · peak 26Dec 2012 — avg 13 · peak 52May 2013 — avg 10 · peak 27Oct 2013 — avg 9 · peak 28Mar 2014 — avg 18 · peak 89Aug 2014 — avg 29 · peak 74Jan 2015 — avg 38 · peak 130Jun 2015 — avg 34 · peak 81Nov 2015 — avg 23 · peak 65Apr 2016 — avg 32 · peak 101Sep 2016 — avg 35 · peak 114Feb 2017 — avg 36 · peak 91Jul 2017 — avg 43 · peak 110Dec 2017 — avg 42 · peak 117May 2018 — avg 50 · peak 139Oct 2018 — avg 38 · peak 89Mar 2019 — avg 46 · peak 119Aug 2019 — avg 48 · peak 104Jan 2020 — avg 58 · peak 132Jun 2020 — avg 54 · peak 114Nov 2020 — avg 67 · peak 156Apr 2021 — avg 55 · peak 127Sep 2021 — avg 51 · peak 115Feb 2022 — avg 58 · peak 131Jul 2022 — avg 50 · peak 111Dec 2022 — avg 50 · peak 120May 2023 — avg 52 · peak 122Oct 2023 — avg 43 · peak 100Mar 2024 — avg 57 · peak 128Aug 2024 — avg 58 · peak 127Jan 2025 — avg 64 · peak 144Jun 2025 — avg 47 · peak 108Nov 2025 — avg 62 · peak 141Apr 2026 — avg 55 · peak 160Aug 2026 — avg 55 · peak 118
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$10.01$1.122015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $1.992015-07-13 — best price $9.992016-01-12 — best price $9.992016-12-12 — best price $9.992017-12-28 — best price $1.402018-05-18 — best price $9.992018-09-13 — best price $9.992019-02-11 — best price $9.992019-08-20 — best price $8.252020-01-15 — best price $10.012020-04-07 — best price $2.172020-07-11 — best price $8.892020-09-25 — best price $9.992020-11-17 — best price $9.992021-01-11 — best price $1.492021-03-02 — best price $8.892021-04-29 — best price $9.992021-06-21 — best price $9.992021-09-11 — best price $8.092021-11-12 — best price $9.992022-01-27 — best price $1.992022-05-26 — best price $8.892022-08-18 — best price $9.992022-12-01 — best price $8.992023-02-08 — best price $7.342023-05-23 — best price $9.992023-08-28 — best price $2.492023-12-28 — best price $2.502024-04-11 — best price $9.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-11-11 — best price $2.492025-02-10 — best price $1.492025-05-09 — best price $1.952025-09-09 — best price $9.992026-01-02 — best price $2.492026-04-06 — best price $8.392026-06-25 — best price $2.452026-09-06 — best price $9.992026-10-06 — best price $2.492026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

154532026-05-30 — 84 pageviews2026-06-03 — 81 pageviews2026-06-07 — 85 pageviews2026-06-11 — 67 pageviews2026-06-15 — 78 pageviews2026-06-19 — 85 pageviews2026-06-23 — 81 pageviews2026-06-27 — 71 pageviews2026-07-01 — 70 pageviews2026-07-05 — 80 pageviews2026-07-09 — 67 pageviews2026-07-13 — 72 pageviews2026-07-17 — 64 pageviews2026-07-21 — 76 pageviews2026-07-25 — 90 pageviews2026-07-29 — 70 pageviews2026-08-02 — 74 pageviews2026-08-06 — 95 pageviews2026-08-10 — 97 pageviews2026-08-14 — 109 pageviews2026-08-18 — 106 pageviews2026-08-22 — 116 pageviews2026-08-26 — 63 pageviews2026-08-30 — 93 pageviews2026-09-03 — 61 pageviews2026-09-07 — 95 pageviews2026-09-11 — 64 pageviews2026-09-15 — 94 pageviews2026-09-19 — 64 pageviews2026-09-23 — 80 pageviews2026-09-27 — 85 pageviews2026-10-01 — 87 pageviews2026-10-05 — 80 pageviews2026-10-08 — 53 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RPGLootCo-opActionClassicFantasyAdventureIsometricAction RPGOpen World

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.