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SINNER: Sacrifice for Redemption

DARK STAR · Neon Doctrine · 2018-10-22

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ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 22, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 18, 2018 (Xbox One), Oct 18, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 18, 2018 (PlayStation 4)

Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption is a boss battler action-RPG. Face eight abhorrent bosses, the first seven each based on one of the sins. Before each epic clash, you must sacrifice a stat and level down to enter combat. Each fight will be tougher than the last as you wage war against sin itself.

1
playing now
65%
positive of 1.0k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
62/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.79
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption is an action role-playing game developed by indie studio Dark Star and published by Another Indie. It was released on October 18, 2018, for Windows, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and Xbox One. The game forces the player to fight bosses representing the seven deadly sins one after another, while removing one of the player's abilities for every fight. It received mixed reviews from critics, who cited its mechanics as a strong point but criticized its environments, music and story.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 34% of 10,813 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 26k–62k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,040 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.79-80%
Microsoft Store$18.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.22 at Fanatical (2024-02-08) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $18.99 · on sale 17 of 30 observed days · $15.77 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

402026-08-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$18.99$3.222018-10-222026-08-272018-10-22 — best price $18.992019-05-25 — best price $15.002019-11-01 — best price $18.992020-03-23 — best price $18.992020-10-05 — best price $18.992021-02-11 — best price $4.742021-04-29 — best price $13.952021-06-07 — best price $18.992021-07-08 — best price $18.992021-07-27 — best price $13.952021-08-19 — best price $13.952021-09-14 — best price $17.092021-10-05 — best price $17.092021-10-29 — best price $13.952021-11-25 — best price $13.952021-12-22 — best price $4.742022-01-24 — best price $17.092022-02-11 — best price $13.952022-03-01 — best price $13.952022-03-31 — best price $13.952022-04-27 — best price $13.952022-05-14 — best price $4.742022-06-02 — best price $13.952022-06-17 — best price $13.952022-07-15 — best price $13.952022-07-31 — best price $13.952022-08-29 — best price $13.952022-11-01 — best price $18.992022-12-23 — best price $3.792023-03-16 — best price $3.792023-08-07 — best price $3.792023-12-04 — best price $13.952024-02-23 — best price $18.992024-06-27 — best price $3.792024-11-04 — best price $18.992025-03-20 — best price $18.992025-08-16 — best price $13.952026-01-05 — best price $18.992026-05-26 — best price $14.022026-08-27 — best price $18.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1412026-05-29 — 12 pageviews2026-06-01 — 7 pageviews2026-06-04 — 9 pageviews2026-06-07 — 8 pageviews2026-06-10 — 4 pageviews2026-06-13 — 9 pageviews2026-06-16 — 6 pageviews2026-06-19 — 3 pageviews2026-06-22 — 3 pageviews2026-06-25 — 3 pageviews2026-06-28 — 5 pageviews2026-07-01 — 6 pageviews2026-07-04 — 6 pageviews2026-07-07 — 5 pageviews2026-07-10 — 2 pageviews2026-07-13 — 6 pageviews2026-07-16 — 2 pageviews2026-07-19 — 7 pageviews2026-07-22 — 9 pageviews2026-07-25 — 1 pageviews2026-07-28 — 7 pageviews2026-07-31 — 7 pageviews2026-08-03 — 10 pageviews2026-08-06 — 5 pageviews2026-08-09 — 6 pageviews2026-08-12 — 3 pageviews2026-08-15 — 7 pageviews2026-08-18 — 5 pageviews2026-08-21 — 6 pageviews2026-08-24 — 12 pageviews2026-08-26 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
92.2%
earned "Triumph"
25.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)7,9092%61
Steam (Steam)1,2737%60
Switch (Nintendo)280%0

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

Player tags

3DRPGActionHorrorDifficultNarrationAction RPGSouls-likeStory RichThird Person

Census log

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

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