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SiN Gold (1998) cover art

SiN Gold (1998)

Ritual Entertainment · Nightdive Studios · 2020-03-18

SteamGOG

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 20, 1999 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 12, 2000 (Mac)

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1
playing now
80%
positive of 490 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (228 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Sin is a 1998 first-person shooter video game developed by Ritual Entertainment and published by Activision. It uses a modified version of the Quake II engine. Sin is set in the dystopian future of 2037, where John Blade, a commander in a security force named HardCorps in the megacity of Freeport, is tasked to rid the city of a recreational drug that may be tied to the rival biotechnology megacorporation, SinTek.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 33 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 27,533 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 9.8k–22k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 490 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2025-08-04) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 56 of 92 observed days · $3.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
282820102026Week of 2010-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2011-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2011-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2011-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2011-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2012-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2012-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2012-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

712026-09-15 01:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.492015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $9.992016-11-14 — best price $9.992018-11-21 — best price $3.992019-06-25 — best price $3.392020-06-15 — best price $9.992020-10-09 — best price $9.992021-01-04 — best price $9.992021-06-28 — best price $9.992021-11-29 — best price $9.992022-02-25 — best price $3.492022-07-06 — best price $9.992022-10-27 — best price $3.492023-01-03 — best price $9.992023-03-20 — best price $2.492023-07-04 — best price $9.992023-10-25 — best price $2.492024-01-16 — best price $9.992024-04-11 — best price $9.992024-06-19 — best price $2.492024-09-25 — best price $2.492025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-03-30 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-09-25 — best price $1.492025-11-13 — best price $1.492026-01-23 — best price $1.992026-03-27 — best price $1.992026-06-25 — best price $1.992026-08-28 — best price $1.492026-09-07 — best price $1.492026-09-17 — best price $9.992026-09-27 — best price $4.992026-10-07 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.1k572026-05-30 — 58 pageviews2026-06-03 — 101 pageviews2026-06-07 — 91 pageviews2026-06-11 — 81 pageviews2026-06-15 — 539 pageviews2026-06-19 — 151 pageviews2026-06-23 — 101 pageviews2026-06-27 — 119 pageviews2026-07-01 — 90 pageviews2026-07-05 — 91 pageviews2026-07-09 — 101 pageviews2026-07-13 — 71 pageviews2026-07-17 — 149 pageviews2026-07-21 — 83 pageviews2026-07-25 — 72 pageviews2026-07-29 — 82 pageviews2026-08-02 — 58 pageviews2026-08-06 — 70 pageviews2026-08-10 — 95 pageviews2026-08-14 — 57 pageviews2026-08-18 — 81 pageviews2026-08-22 — 124 pageviews2026-08-26 — 98 pageviews2026-08-30 — 106 pageviews2026-09-03 — 125 pageviews2026-09-07 — 119 pageviews2026-09-11 — 94 pageviews2026-09-15 — 110 pageviews2026-09-19 — 105 pageviews2026-09-23 — 838 pageviews2026-09-27 — 577 pageviews2026-10-01 — 204 pageviews2026-10-05 — 144 pageviews2026-10-08 — 129 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, French

Player tags

FPSGoreRetro1990'sActionHorrorClassicShooterViolentCyberpunk

Census log

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

Recent updates

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