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Swords and Sandals Classic Collection cover art

Swords and Sandals Classic Collection

Whiskeybarrel Studios · eGames.com · 2019-04-18

SteamGOG

ActionAdventureCasualRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Apr 18, 2019 (Mac), Apr 18, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

"Gladiator, gladiator, gladiator, Swords and Sandals, Gladiatorrrrr!"You grew up playing the legendary Swords and Sandals turn based combat game series. These games have been played over half a billion times. Swords and Sandals is nostalgia, Swords and Sandals is life.

Swords and Sandals Classic Collection is an Action, Adventure, Casual, RPG game released in 2019, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and Very Positive (93% of 3027 reviews).

42
playing now
93%
positive of 3.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

42 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Swords and Sandals Classic Collection trailer thumbnail

Swords and Sandals Classic Collection Trailer - Gameplay

≈367,931 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 42 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 237 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~30/week).
  • · Review velocity down 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 27,669 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 76k–182k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,027 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$6.99-30%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2024-08-03)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 63 of 87 observed days · $3.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
767620192026Week of 2019-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

9482026-09-14 22:00 — 65 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 24 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 45 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 56 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 24 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 38 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 54 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 26 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 31 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 64 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 21 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 22 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 45 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 27 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 40 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 94 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 51 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 26 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 63 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 52 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 26 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 58 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 49 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 42 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
10810Apr 2019Aug 2026Apr 2019 — avg 38 · peak 87Jul 2019 — avg 27 · peak 93Oct 2019 — avg 10 · peak 24Jan 2020 — avg 16 · peak 50Apr 2020 — avg 26 · peak 49Jul 2020 — avg 25 · peak 58Oct 2020 — avg 26 · peak 58Jan 2021 — avg 37 · peak 83Apr 2021 — avg 36 · peak 74Jul 2021 — avg 41 · peak 98Oct 2021 — avg 46 · peak 106Jan 2022 — avg 42 · peak 98Apr 2022 — avg 65 · peak 177Jul 2022 — avg 48 · peak 110Oct 2022 — avg 37 · peak 75Jan 2023 — avg 46 · peak 93Apr 2023 — avg 39 · peak 80Jul 2023 — avg 51 · peak 110Oct 2023 — avg 42 · peak 105Jan 2024 — avg 41 · peak 95Apr 2024 — avg 45 · peak 100Jul 2024 — avg 62 · peak 172Oct 2024 — avg 53 · peak 120Jan 2025 — avg 52 · peak 111Apr 2025 — avg 55 · peak 313Jul 2025 — avg 46 · peak 103Oct 2025 — avg 40 · peak 82Jan 2026 — avg 44 · peak 97Apr 2026 — avg 88 · peak 427Jul 2026 — avg 55 · peak 128Aug 2026 — avg 41 · peak 82
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$6.992019-04-192026-10-142019-04-19 — best price $9.992019-12-03 — best price $9.992020-03-22 — best price $9.992020-11-02 — best price $9.992021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-11-01 — best price $9.992022-02-03 — best price $9.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992023-05-15 — best price $9.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-04-08 — best price $9.992024-09-05 — best price $9.992024-10-16 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $6.992025-01-15 — best price $6.992025-02-17 — best price $9.992025-04-18 — best price $6.992025-05-27 — best price $6.992025-07-23 — best price $9.992025-09-23 — best price $9.992025-10-15 — best price $6.992025-12-01 — best price $9.992026-02-12 — best price $9.992026-04-06 — best price $6.992026-05-16 — best price $9.992026-06-17 — best price $6.992026-08-04 — best price $6.992026-08-31 — best price $6.992026-09-06 — best price $6.992026-09-12 — best price $9.992026-09-18 — best price $6.992026-09-24 — best price $6.992026-09-30 — best price $6.992026-10-06 — best price $6.992026-10-12 — best price $6.992026-10-14 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
63.8%
earned "You'll Regret This!"
15.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,5255%74

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

2DRPGGoreFunnyActionCasualComedyStrategyAdventureBoard Game

Census log

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

Recent updates

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