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Sanctum 2 cover art

Sanctum 2

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

SteamXbox

ActionIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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.

10
playing now
90%
positive of 14k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (49 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 16:00 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.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 10 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 9% of 10,903 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%
GamersGate$3.00-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 58 of 81 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

2722026-08-06 21:00 — 22 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 9 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 12 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 25 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 10 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 12 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 17 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 16 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 13 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 11 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 12 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 9 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 13 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 6 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 13 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 15 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 8 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 13 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 11 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 14 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 7 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 9 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 11 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 27 players2026-08-30 16:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.492015-01-012026-08-272015-01-01 — 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 $14.992026-08-27 — best price $3.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

36122026-05-29 — 21 pageviews2026-06-01 — 33 pageviews2026-06-04 — 27 pageviews2026-06-07 — 31 pageviews2026-06-10 — 22 pageviews2026-06-13 — 24 pageviews2026-06-16 — 20 pageviews2026-06-19 — 21 pageviews2026-06-22 — 15 pageviews2026-06-25 — 21 pageviews2026-06-28 — 21 pageviews2026-07-01 — 13 pageviews2026-07-04 — 22 pageviews2026-07-07 — 25 pageviews2026-07-10 — 24 pageviews2026-07-13 — 33 pageviews2026-07-16 — 23 pageviews2026-07-19 — 23 pageviews2026-07-22 — 23 pageviews2026-07-25 — 19 pageviews2026-07-28 — 13 pageviews2026-07-31 — 25 pageviews2026-08-03 — 18 pageviews2026-08-06 — 17 pageviews2026-08-09 — 27 pageviews2026-08-12 — 22 pageviews2026-08-15 — 12 pageviews2026-08-18 — 31 pageviews2026-08-21 — 18 pageviews2026-08-24 — 18 pageviews2026-08-25 — 18 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

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.

Player tags

FPSCo-opIndieActionAliensSci-fiShooterStrategySurvivalFuturistic

Census log

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

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