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Sanctum

Coffee Stain Studios · Coffee Stain Publishing · 2011-04-15

Steam

ActionCasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

You think Tower Defense games are all about building? You thought wrong. Sanctum is not your average Tower Defense title. When the havoc starts, you get to join the fray! As one of the world’s first First Person Shooter - Tower Defense games, Sanctum has taken the best of both worlds to deliver an epic, one-of-a-kind experience.

2
playing now
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
$1.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.

Current store prices

Humble Store$1.99-80%
Steam$1.99-80%
GamersGate$2.00-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $2.00 · on sale 0 of 5 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

902026-08-06 21:00 — 7 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 8 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 7 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 6 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 8 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 6 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.00$1.992026-08-152026-08-252026-08-15 — best price $1.992026-08-16 — best price $1.992026-08-17 — best price $1.992026-08-24 — best price $2.002026-08-25 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing5 DLC

12 supported languages: English, Danish, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Swedish, Japanese, Polish, Dutch, Italian, Russian, Turkish

Census log

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

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