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Sacrifice

Shiny Entertainment · Interplay Inc. · 2009-08-19

SteamGOG

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

Releases: Nov 05, 2000 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 07, 2001 (Mac)

Sacrifice is the acclaimed real-time strategy game that focuses on combat instead of resource gathering. The only two resources you'll need to worry about are mana and souls. Need more units? Capture the souls of your enemy. Cast spells of awesome power.

Sacrifice is a game released in 2009, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 709 reviews).

0
playing now
92%
positive of 709 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
87/100
IGDB user rating (27 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Sacrifice is a real-time strategy video game published by Interplay Entertainment in 2000 for Microsoft Windows platform. Developed by Shiny Entertainment, the game features elements of action and other genres. Players control wizards who fight each other with spells and summoned creatures. The game was ported to Mac OS 9.2 in 2001.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 29 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 53% vs the prior 8 weeks.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 28k–57k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 709 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2013-12-25) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 25 of 70 observed days · $23.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920172026Week of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
161Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2012 — avg 1 · peak 8May 2013 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2013 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2014 — avg 7 · peak 32Aug 2014 — avg 2 · peak 9Jan 2015 — avg 2 · peak 8Jun 2015 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2015 — avg 2 · peak 9Apr 2016 — avg 2 · peak 12Sep 2016 — avg 2 · peak 12Feb 2017 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2017 — avg 2 · peak 10Dec 2017 — avg 3 · peak 11May 2018 — avg 4 · peak 16Oct 2018 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2019 — avg 3 · peak 10Jan 2020 — avg 3 · peak 13Jun 2020 — avg 3 · peak 10Nov 2020 — avg 3 · peak 13Apr 2021 — avg 3 · peak 11Sep 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Feb 2022 — avg 3 · peak 8Jul 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Dec 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2024 — avg 2 · peak 9Sep 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Feb 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$2.692015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-06-15 — best price $9.992015-12-01 — best price $9.992016-04-04 — best price $9.992016-07-13 — best price $4.992016-12-12 — best price $9.992017-10-02 — best price $6.992017-12-18 — best price $3.392018-02-21 — best price $9.992018-05-21 — best price $9.992018-09-17 — best price $9.992018-11-28 — best price $9.992019-02-12 — best price $9.992019-07-09 — best price $9.992019-11-28 — best price $3.392020-02-10 — best price $9.992020-08-03 — best price $9.992021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-12-01 — best price $9.992022-11-02 — best price $6.992023-01-06 — best price $7.992023-08-14 — best price $7.992024-01-05 — best price $6.992024-07-14 — best price $9.992024-12-12 — best price $7.992025-03-19 — best price $7.992025-08-26 — best price $7.992025-11-05 — best price $24.992026-02-04 — best price $24.992026-08-30 — best price $24.992026-09-09 — best price $24.992026-09-19 — best price $24.992026-09-29 — best price $19.992026-10-09 — best price $24.992026-10-15 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

372282026-06-01 — 45 pageviews2026-06-05 — 53 pageviews2026-06-09 — 28 pageviews2026-06-13 — 77 pageviews2026-06-17 — 40 pageviews2026-06-21 — 41 pageviews2026-06-25 — 36 pageviews2026-06-29 — 32 pageviews2026-07-03 — 42 pageviews2026-07-07 — 39 pageviews2026-07-11 — 54 pageviews2026-07-15 — 71 pageviews2026-07-19 — 53 pageviews2026-07-23 — 47 pageviews2026-07-27 — 42 pageviews2026-07-31 — 53 pageviews2026-08-04 — 50 pageviews2026-08-08 — 39 pageviews2026-08-12 — 49 pageviews2026-08-16 — 52 pageviews2026-08-20 — 67 pageviews2026-08-24 — 59 pageviews2026-08-28 — 116 pageviews2026-09-01 — 86 pageviews2026-09-05 — 49 pageviews2026-09-09 — 50 pageviews2026-09-13 — 45 pageviews2026-09-17 — 108 pageviews2026-09-21 — 80 pageviews2026-09-25 — 68 pageviews2026-09-29 — 47 pageviews2026-10-03 — 38 pageviews2026-10-07 — 52 pageviews2026-10-10 — 52 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3426%16

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

Player tags

RPGRTSMagicActionClassicFantasySurrealStrategyReal-TimeMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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