Saviors of Sapphire Wings / Stranger of Sword City Revisited
Skip · RPG · 2021
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 16, under the fair line, at $49.99.
- Length
- 42.7h
- Value
- $1.17/hr
- Reviews
- 64% of 223 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 6 of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
In Saviors of Sapphire Wings, a fallen hero is reincarnated 100 years after being defeated by the Overlord of Darkness. Bond with allies, explore dungeons, and vanquish monsters in this RPG gem!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Nvidia GTS 450, AMD Radeon 7750, or newer graphics card, 5 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
It has never been cheaper than $14.99. That was October 2024. Across all 32 discounts in the 6 years tracked, the median cut is 60 percent, about 8 weeks apart.
It is pricier than 98 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 87 percent. On the same math Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord ($34.99, scores 39) and Wizardry 8 ($9.99, scores 78) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.
More about Saviors of Sapphire Wings / Stranger of Sword City Revisited
Steam's global achievement data puts 21 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. Of the 201 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 3 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2021 to July 2026.
The drop-off
62% start to 21% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 4 when we last checked, on Oct 11, 05:55 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Unfortunately Steam doesn't allow a more mixed recommendation to games, but here is one that would get a mixed-to-positive review from me. As a long time DRPGer (since Bard's Tale/Wizardry/Might & Magic days), I heard a lot about these two titles and Experience's works as a whole. This marks my first experience with Experience as a whole. I actually finished Saviors of Sapphire Wings last year, and completed...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
I just poured 80+ hours into Stranger of Sword City Revisited, beating both the main and postgame, and I will thoroughly miss it. It's easy to get into, addictive, and has a great sense of progression and customization. The artwork is incredible, the music is catchy and uplifting, and the whole atmosphere of the game is unlike anything else I've played. SoSCR opens with an isekai-like premise, with the player...
Bad port of what seems to be a good game. I say seems because I have about 8 hours of playtime but suddenly I am unable to even launch the game less than 24 hours later because it tells me I need Windows 10 to play it...thing is I have windows 10. Other people reporting all kind of similar but different issues where one of the game launches and the other doesnt or they get stuck on black screens. Inexcusable at this...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Saviors of Sapphire Wings / Stranger of Sword City Revisited scores 16/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1363840/saviors-of-sapphire-wings-stranger-of-sword-city-revisitedReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 2, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.