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SanctuaryRPG: Black Edition

Black Shell Media · Plug In Digital · 2015-02-13

SteamGOG

ActionAdventureCasualIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Feb 13, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

SanctuaryRPG: Black Edition is a humorous and strategic turn-based dungeon crawling ASCII adventure. Drawing heavy inspiration from both Roguelikes and Japanese RPGs, the game offers a robust action-RPG inspired combat system.

SanctuaryRPG: Black Edition is a 2015 Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie game priced at $7.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and Very Positive (91% of 1586 reviews).

2
playing now
91%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

SanctuaryRPG is an adventure game developed by Black Shell Games and released on April 29, 2014 for Microsoft Windows.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 27,912 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 40k–95k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,586 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.49 at Humble Store (2016-11-23) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 32 of 61 observed days · $7.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
333320172026Week of 2017-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek 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: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek 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: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
492Dec 2014Sep 2025Dec 2014 — avg 17 · peak 36Mar 2015 — avg 17 · peak 56Jun 2015 — avg 39 · peak 223Sep 2015 — avg 9 · peak 21Dec 2015 — avg 23 · peak 62Mar 2016 — avg 19 · peak 63Jun 2016 — avg 14 · peak 40Sep 2016 — avg 7 · peak 18Dec 2016 — avg 17 · peak 61Mar 2017 — avg 10 · peak 31Jun 2017 — avg 14 · peak 39Sep 2017 — avg 10 · peak 24Dec 2017 — avg 10 · peak 31Mar 2018 — avg 7 · peak 17Jun 2018 — avg 8 · peak 33Sep 2018 — avg 4 · peak 12Dec 2018 — avg 6 · peak 22Mar 2019 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2019 — avg 4 · peak 14Sep 2019 — avg 4 · peak 11Dec 2019 — avg 4 · peak 15Mar 2020 — avg 3 · peak 10Jun 2020 — avg 3 · peak 13Sep 2020 — avg 2 · peak 11Dec 2020 — avg 3 · peak 10Mar 2021 — avg 5 · peak 18Jun 2021 — avg 3 · peak 9Sep 2021 — avg 3 · peak 11Dec 2021 — avg 4 · peak 15Mar 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2022 — avg 5 · peak 26Sep 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Dec 2022 — avg 4 · peak 15Mar 2023 — avg 4 · peak 15Jun 2023 — avg 2 · peak 9Sep 2023 — avg 3 · peak 21Dec 2023 — avg 2 · peak 12Mar 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Sep 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Sep 2025

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$10.75$0.592015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-04-29 — best price $6.922015-09-06 — best price $3.742016-02-16 — best price $7.992016-05-20 — best price $4.992017-01-03 — best price $7.992017-11-22 — best price $0.792018-11-01 — best price $7.992020-01-24 — best price $0.792020-06-08 — best price $7.992020-07-16 — best price $0.802020-09-21 — best price $7.992020-10-24 — best price $7.992020-12-14 — best price $6.692021-02-20 — best price $7.992021-04-17 — best price $7.092021-05-17 — best price $7.092021-07-01 — best price $7.992021-10-02 — best price $7.992022-01-03 — best price $0.592022-03-04 — best price $7.992022-07-07 — best price $7.992022-08-31 — best price $7.992022-12-22 — best price $0.792023-02-25 — best price $7.992023-04-24 — best price $0.592023-06-24 — best price $1.352023-08-18 — best price $1.352023-10-03 — best price $6.282023-12-02 — best price $7.992024-03-14 — best price $1.192025-11-20 — best price $0.792026-09-07 — best price $0.792026-09-27 — best price $0.792026-10-15 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1602026-06-01 — 3 pageviews2026-06-05 — 2 pageviews2026-06-09 — 5 pageviews2026-06-13 — 7 pageviews2026-06-17 — 5 pageviews2026-06-21 — 5 pageviews2026-06-25 — 4 pageviews2026-06-29 — 7 pageviews2026-07-03 — 3 pageviews2026-07-07 — 16 pageviews2026-07-11 — 0 pageviews2026-07-15 — 2 pageviews2026-07-19 — 4 pageviews2026-07-23 — 1 pageviews2026-07-27 — 2 pageviews2026-07-31 — 4 pageviews2026-08-04 — 2 pageviews2026-08-08 — 4 pageviews2026-08-12 — 2 pageviews2026-08-16 — 4 pageviews2026-08-20 — 5 pageviews2026-08-24 — 5 pageviews2026-08-28 — 5 pageviews2026-09-01 — 0 pageviews2026-09-05 — 2 pageviews2026-09-09 — 3 pageviews2026-09-13 — 3 pageviews2026-09-17 — 1 pageviews2026-09-21 — 2 pageviews2026-09-25 — 4 pageviews2026-09-29 — 3 pageviews2026-10-03 — 4 pageviews2026-10-07 — 2 pageviews2026-10-11 — 0 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2014-12-22, latest 2017-08-02 (Steam store data)

Player tags

RPGLootIndieRetroActionCasualStrategyAdventureRogue-likeRogue-lite

Census log

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

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