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The Royal Writ

Save Sloth Studios · Yogscast Games · 2025-08-07

Steam

Strategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 07, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Sacrifice creates stories in this medieval roguelike deckbuilder. Watch your cards march to glory or permanent death as they battle toward the enemy. Each fallen hero becomes part of your kingdom's legend. Command wisely... some sacrifices are necessary.

The Royal Writ is a 2025 Strategy game priced at $7.49, with a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 533 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

83%
positive of 533 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.49
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (196 reviews).
  • · Top 20% of 14,087 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 11k–24k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 533 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Gamesplanet$6.39-57%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at Fanatical (2026-09-14) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 93 of 135 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
17317320252026Week of 2025-08-07: 173 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-08-14: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-21: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-28: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-04: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-18: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-25: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-02: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-11: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$6.392025-07-222026-10-012025-07-22 — best price $14.992025-08-11 — best price $11.922025-08-16 — best price $11.012025-08-31 — best price $12.432025-09-18 — best price $13.012025-10-01 — best price $9.002025-10-08 — best price $14.992025-10-27 — best price $9.592025-11-03 — best price $13.012025-11-11 — best price $11.602025-11-18 — best price $13.162025-11-30 — best price $14.992025-12-06 — best price $14.992025-12-17 — best price $14.992026-01-05 — best price $11.012026-01-10 — best price $14.992026-01-18 — best price $9.742026-02-01 — best price $14.992026-02-09 — best price $8.542026-03-01 — best price $14.992026-03-18 — best price $8.992026-04-01 — best price $14.992026-04-20 — best price $11.512026-05-03 — best price $12.632026-05-13 — best price $8.312026-05-19 — best price $12.632026-05-28 — best price $14.992026-06-14 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $7.072026-07-11 — best price $11.222026-07-18 — best price $14.992026-08-03 — best price $8.012026-08-13 — best price $9.742026-10-01 — best price $6.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

41
achievements tracked
59.2%
earned "Was this too good to be true..?"
4.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed Input1 DLC

13 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Hungarian, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Turkish…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-12-11 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3471%41

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

Census log

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

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