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Sorcery Is for Saps

Choice of Games · 2016-10-14

Steam

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 14, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 14, 2016 (Linux), Oct 14, 2016 (Mac)

An apprentice sorcerer should never steal a master's identity! Will your powers save the king--or will you turn traitor and seize the throne yourself?

Sorcery Is for Saps is a 2016 Adventure, Indie, and RPG game priced at $5.99, with an estimated owner base of 0 to 20,000 and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (76% of 21 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-14

76%
positive of 21 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$5.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 77% of 28,833 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620162025Week of 2016-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCaptions availableSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

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