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The Siege and the Sandfox cover art

The Siege and the Sandfox

Cardboard Sword · PLAION · 2025-05-20

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 20, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A 2D stealth Metroidvania with parkour platforming. Explore the majestic palace and ancient prisons of a kingdom under siege. Don the mantle of the legendary Sandfox as you venture into the ruins below, and discover the true threat from a sand-borne evil.

63%
positive of 224 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

Master dynamic parkour abilities to explore the cavernous depths of an ancient underground prison, evading detection and avoiding certain death from a sand-borne evil. Fight for your city! Foil the enemy's attempt to strike from within the heart of the kingdom.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 200% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (96 reviews).
  • · Top 28% of 28,107 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.5k–10k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 224 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.49-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Humble Store (2026-04-23) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 96 of 124 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
686820252026Week of 2025-05-20: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-05-20: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-05-27: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-27: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-03: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-17: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-31: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$1.492025-05-202026-10-152025-05-20 — best price $13.492025-06-17 — best price $14.992025-07-28 — best price $11.992025-08-26 — best price $11.992025-09-11 — best price $14.992025-09-23 — best price $14.992025-10-07 — best price $11.992025-10-23 — best price $8.992025-11-11 — best price $8.992025-12-13 — best price $7.492026-01-08 — best price $14.992026-01-21 — best price $14.992026-02-09 — best price $5.992026-03-02 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $7.492026-04-03 — best price $5.992026-04-16 — best price $7.492026-04-30 — best price $14.992026-05-25 — best price $5.252026-06-09 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $2.992026-07-11 — best price $2.242026-08-06 — best price $5.242026-08-15 — best price $2.992026-08-19 — best price $2.992026-08-23 — best price $2.242026-08-27 — best price $2.992026-08-31 — best price $2.992026-09-04 — best price $2.992026-09-12 — best price $1.492026-09-16 — best price $1.492026-09-20 — best price $1.492026-09-24 — best price $1.492026-09-28 — best price $1.492026-10-02 — best price $1.492026-10-06 — best price $1.492026-10-10 — best price $1.492026-10-14 — best price $1.492026-10-15 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
83.4%
earned "Prologue"
20.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedSteam CloudFamily Sharing

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2021%15

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

Player tags

2DActionStealthAssassinTutorialAdventurePlatformerStory RichAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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