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Sanctum 2

Coffee Stain Studios · Coffee Stain Publishing · 2013-05-15

SteamXbox

ActionIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: May 15, 2013 (Xbox 360), Sep 10, 2013 (PlayStation 3), Mar 30, 2014 (Linux), May 15, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 29, 2014 (Mac)

Sanctum 2 is the sequel to the world’s first Tower Defense/FPS hybrid game. Pick from four unique character classes and embark on a mission to protect the oxygen-producing Cores from hordes of deadly aliens who are threatened by their existence.

Sanctum 2 is an Action, Indie, Strategy game released in 2013, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 14391 reviews).

11
playing now
90%
positive of 14k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (49 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (11 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

Sanctum 2 is a first-person shooter tower defense video game, developed by independent developer Coffee Stain Studios for Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The successor to Sanctum, Sanctum 2 was announced in 2012 and released on 15 May 2013.

Trailer

Sanctum 2 trailer thumbnail

Sanctum 2 Launch Trailer

≈532,475 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 11 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 85 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 576k–1.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 14,391 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$2.99-80%
Steam$2.99-80%
GamersGate$3.00-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2014-04-11) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 68 of 88 observed days · $1.51 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
606020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3242026-09-15 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 14 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 6 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 12 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 17 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 8 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 14 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 18 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 10 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 19 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 18 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 15 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 20 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 14 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 11 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 13 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 16 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 10 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.6k12May 2013Aug 2026May 2013 — avg 810 · peak 2,448Oct 2013 — avg 198 · peak 1,733Mar 2014 — avg 210 · peak 521Aug 2014 — avg 1,020 · peak 7,495Jan 2015 — avg 226 · peak 594Jun 2015 — avg 158 · peak 572Nov 2015 — avg 100 · peak 257Apr 2016 — avg 83 · peak 199Sep 2016 — avg 62 · peak 137Feb 2017 — avg 70 · peak 158Jul 2017 — avg 88 · peak 242Dec 2017 — avg 389 · peak 1,439May 2018 — avg 69 · peak 157Oct 2018 — avg 46 · peak 120Mar 2019 — avg 55 · peak 140Aug 2019 — avg 40 · peak 87Jan 2020 — avg 39 · peak 106Jun 2020 — avg 43 · peak 111Nov 2020 — avg 39 · peak 102Apr 2021 — avg 30 · peak 79Sep 2021 — avg 26 · peak 61Feb 2022 — avg 27 · peak 64Jul 2022 — avg 34 · peak 86Dec 2022 — avg 26 · peak 87May 2023 — avg 20 · peak 53Oct 2023 — avg 16 · peak 41Mar 2024 — avg 26 · peak 140Aug 2024 — avg 25 · peak 117Jan 2025 — avg 17 · peak 57Jun 2025 — avg 17 · peak 45Nov 2025 — avg 15 · peak 38Apr 2026 — avg 15 · peak 52Aug 2026 — avg 12 · peak 32
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$1.492015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $5.092015-09-08 — best price $2.242016-05-10 — best price $5.092016-11-24 — best price $14.992017-07-06 — best price $14.992018-01-04 — best price $14.992018-07-05 — best price $14.992018-12-20 — best price $3.742019-07-11 — best price $3.002020-01-08 — best price $14.992020-05-04 — best price $14.992020-06-23 — best price $14.992020-08-09 — best price $11.012020-09-24 — best price $14.992020-11-02 — best price $14.992020-12-13 — best price $12.632021-01-28 — best price $12.632021-03-21 — best price $14.992021-05-05 — best price $12.632021-06-24 — best price $3.742021-11-08 — best price $14.992022-03-24 — best price $2.802022-07-18 — best price $3.742022-11-24 — best price $14.992023-04-24 — best price $2.242023-11-20 — best price $1.682024-02-19 — best price $2.992024-06-22 — best price $11.012024-09-07 — best price $11.892025-05-28 — best price $14.992025-12-01 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-10-06 — best price $2.992026-10-14 — best price $3.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

37122026-05-29 — 21 pageviews2026-06-02 — 20 pageviews2026-06-06 — 20 pageviews2026-06-10 — 22 pageviews2026-06-14 — 26 pageviews2026-06-18 — 25 pageviews2026-06-22 — 15 pageviews2026-06-26 — 16 pageviews2026-06-30 — 22 pageviews2026-07-04 — 22 pageviews2026-07-08 — 20 pageviews2026-07-12 — 17 pageviews2026-07-16 — 23 pageviews2026-07-20 — 25 pageviews2026-07-24 — 18 pageviews2026-07-28 — 13 pageviews2026-08-01 — 19 pageviews2026-08-05 — 13 pageviews2026-08-09 — 27 pageviews2026-08-13 — 16 pageviews2026-08-17 — 21 pageviews2026-08-21 — 18 pageviews2026-08-25 — 18 pageviews2026-08-29 — 32 pageviews2026-09-02 — 29 pageviews2026-09-06 — 28 pageviews2026-09-10 — 26 pageviews2026-09-14 — 27 pageviews2026-09-18 — 16 pageviews2026-09-22 — 22 pageviews2026-09-26 — 34 pageviews2026-09-30 — 37 pageviews2026-10-04 — 30 pageviews2026-10-07 — 29 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
76.3%
earned "Humble Beginnings"
3.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TV6 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 6 DLC released, first 2013-06-26, latest 2014-11-28 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)54,8921%50
Xbox Live Arcade, Xbox 360 (Xbox)1,3384%17
PS3 (PlayStation)6019%12

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

FPSCo-opIndieActionAliensSci-fiShooterStrategySurvivalFuturistic

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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