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Sanctum

Steam Deck Playable

Coffee Stain Studios · Tower Defense · Apr 15, 2011

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $9.99. It has been as low as $1.99.

89%
Very Positive
3k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Performance: 114 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 35 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Multiplayer: 32 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 63 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 26 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 3k player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
67% of themes are praise11% are divided22% are caveats
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
I also love the FPS aspect to a tower defense game.
114 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
+ Each map needs a bit of puzzling out to get the best set up and combined with the high choice of Towers and personal weapons, there is a lot of replayability.
35 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
The multiplayer option ramps this up by letting you set the game to 30 waves on any map, which easily means games going past 1 hour.
32 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
It also has AAA graphics and co-op or single-user game play for the price of an indie puzzle game -- on sale.
30 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Many of the environments make use of a nice array of smooth metal architecture and soft yet vibrant hues with warm lighting.
26 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Music and sounds is quite anemic, and the voice acting by the female player character is annoying at best and I had to turn off the voice altogether to make the game tolerable.
17 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love6 themes
Performance114 reviews
Gameplay35 reviews
Multiplayer32 reviews
Co-op30 reviews
Graphics26 reviews
Audio17 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters24 reviews
92%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat63 reviews
90%
Difficulty26 reviews
73%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $9.99. The lowest we've tracked is $1.99.

5 points recordedtoday · $9.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
89%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
100
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.