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The Sacred Tears TRUE cover art

The Sacred Tears TRUE

AlphaNuts · 2014-09-25

Steam

IndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 25, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 29, 2020 (iOS)

Sacred Tears TRUE brings both traditional JRPG elements and fresh and unique features such as a deceptively simple but deep card battle system, redistributable skill points, and graphics by Takashi KONNO, and music by Hiroyuki Ojima and Shimotsuki Haruka.

The Sacred Tears TRUE is a 2014 Indie RPG priced at $2.99, with an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a review sentiment of Mostly Positive (71% of 99 reviews).

0
playing now
71%
positive of 99 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Seil and his childhood friend Seana are neophyte thieves in the Thieves Guild of Genoseed City. By day they work at their private investigation agency, “Millionaire”; by night they undertake missions across the city on behalf of the Thieves Guild. Sacred Tears TRUE is the story of these young thieves and their pursuit of dreams and adventure. Sacred Tears TRUE brings both traditional JRPG elements and fresh and unique features such as a deceptively simple but deep card battle system, redistributable skill points, graphics by Takashi KONNO (Shichinin no Bukiya), and music by Hiroyuki Ojima (Ac(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 150% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 36% of 49,602 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.5k–5.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 99 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.39 at Steam (2022-11-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 10 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620142026Week of 2014-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2014-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.392015-01-012026-08-082015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-06-11 — best price $4.992015-12-01 — best price $9.992016-02-22 — best price $4.992016-07-04 — best price $9.992016-12-22 — best price $4.992017-07-05 — best price $9.992017-11-22 — best price $2.992018-02-19 — best price $9.992018-11-21 — best price $4.992019-02-11 — best price $9.992019-06-25 — best price $4.992019-12-03 — best price $9.992020-05-16 — best price $1.992020-11-25 — best price $0.992021-02-15 — best price $1.992021-10-21 — best price $0.992021-12-01 — best price $1.992022-06-23 — best price $0.992022-09-29 — best price $1.992022-12-08 — best price $0.392023-03-15 — best price $1.992023-05-28 — best price $0.392023-09-09 — best price $1.992023-12-12 — best price $2.992024-02-27 — best price $0.532024-04-25 — best price $2.992024-07-18 — best price $0.532024-10-28 — best price $2.992025-01-17 — best price $0.532025-03-20 — best price $2.992025-06-27 — best price $0.532025-09-20 — best price $2.992025-12-03 — best price $0.532026-02-03 — best price $2.992026-04-23 — best price $0.532026-07-09 — best price $2.992026-08-08 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RPGCuteJRPGAnimeIndieRPGMakerCard GameSingleplayerGreat Soundtrack

Census log

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

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