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Sword With Sauce cover art

Sword With Sauce

Diatomic Studios · 2018-03-20

Steam

ActionCasual

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 27, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Sword With Sauce is a fast-paced stealth-action game where you pick weapons, gadgets, and a playstyle to eliminate enemies. Go in loud or stay unseen—it's your choice.

Sword With Sauce is an Action, Casual game released in 2018, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 6462 reviews).

3
playing now
87%
positive of 6.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Sword With Sauce trailer thumbnail

Sword With Sauce Mansion Speedrun MEDIUM [0:21]

≈421,182 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 65 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity down 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 162k–388k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,463 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2017-01-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
929220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1112026-09-15 13:00 — 6 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 7 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 8 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 8 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 8 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 9 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1506Jan 2017Aug 2026Jan 2017 — avg 8 · peak 43Apr 2017 — avg 87 · peak 236Jul 2017 — avg 75 · peak 140Oct 2017 — avg 33 · peak 90Jan 2018 — avg 27 · peak 69Apr 2018 — avg 23 · peak 55Jul 2018 — avg 25 · peak 56Oct 2018 — avg 18 · peak 44Jan 2019 — avg 20 · peak 42Apr 2019 — avg 17 · peak 46Jul 2019 — avg 17 · peak 38Oct 2019 — avg 12 · peak 36Jan 2020 — avg 15 · peak 35Apr 2020 — avg 17 · peak 34Jul 2020 — avg 15 · peak 31Oct 2020 — avg 14 · peak 30Jan 2021 — avg 15 · peak 33Apr 2021 — avg 13 · peak 29Jul 2021 — avg 12 · peak 24Oct 2021 — avg 11 · peak 31Jan 2022 — avg 12 · peak 29Apr 2022 — avg 10 · peak 27Jul 2022 — avg 9 · peak 24Oct 2022 — avg 8 · peak 25Jan 2023 — avg 10 · peak 29Apr 2023 — avg 7 · peak 19Jul 2023 — avg 8 · peak 19Oct 2023 — avg 7 · peak 24Jan 2024 — avg 7 · peak 15Apr 2024 — avg 24 · peak 64Jul 2024 — avg 19 · peak 42Oct 2024 — avg 17 · peak 65Jan 2025 — avg 14 · peak 52Apr 2025 — avg 11 · peak 27Jul 2025 — avg 10 · peak 21Oct 2025 — avg 7 · peak 18Jan 2026 — avg 8 · peak 21Apr 2026 — avg 7 · peak 17Jul 2026 — avg 8 · peak 21Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 16
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$5.99$0.002017-01-282025-03-272017-01-28 — best price $2.992017-09-25 — best price $5.992018-04-29 — best price $2.992024-04-04 — best price $0.002024-10-01 — best price $2.992024-11-15 — best price $4.992024-12-19 — best price $3.992025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $3.992025-03-27 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam WorkshopFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSGoreBloodIndieNinjaActionCasualParkourShooterStealth

Census log

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

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