Sacred 3

Sacred 3

Skip · RPG · 2014

Steam Deck Verified

The verdict

SKIP IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

It scores 2, under the fair line, at $14.99.

Cost per hour▼
$1.74/hr
Reviews▼
27% of 4,473
Critics
57 players 30 lower
Genre rank
Top 97% RPG

Holding it back: Reviews, Cost per hour

Why
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Time and effort

Main story
8.6h
To 100%
16.5h 1.9x the story
Achievements
45

Price and sales

Sales
78 on record
Typical cut
75% off
Steam low
$2.99 November 2017
Sale every
45d last September 2026
Lowest now on Steamall-time low $1.49 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
1 now
Cheaper than
22% of its genre
Better reviewed
1% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

64% start to 1% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

This site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

78 discounts in the 12 years on record, a median of 75 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.

It is pricier than 79 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 99 percent. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Castle Crashers® ($14.99, scores 97) and Gauntlet™ Slayer Edition ($19.99, scores 60) both outscore it.

More about Sacred 3

The press liked it more than its buyers did, 57 against 27 percent.

This site sampled 360 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 2 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 10 percent of the 989 reviews written there were positive, against 27 percent overall, and those are 45 percent of everything written about it.

Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 8.6 hours it is short enough to finish on one.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 31 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
MonetizationNone
No in-game purchases. Paid DLC exists and is not docked
Holding it back
Cost per hour$1.74/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones. Scored as 28% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
Refunds2 of 360 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

What players say

Definitely it is NOT a "mostly negative" game. It is not Sacred that you know, but it is NOT fair that kind of review spamming. Simple game design, it is fun its own way.
KokoszugoRecommendedafter 8.5hSep 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
A very well-made action game that was ruined by its title. The criticism that "this isn't Sacred" doesn't review the enjoyment of the game itself at all. It's probably time to set aside the fact that this is Sacred and just enjoy it as an action game.
moja_nixenRecommendedafter 22hJun 2026Read on Steam
not sure why I didnt read the reviews first.. my mistake. really bad game.. should NOT be called 'sacred'... nothing like it! devs should be crucified for calling it that. but even as a 'stand alone' game, its not good. skills, gameplay, scenarios.. all stupid and NOT fun. why anyone would rate this as a positive I have no idea. AND you keep getting stuck in the environment.. especially near chests.. no way to get...
I BorgNot recommendedafter 4.2hMay 2026Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

About the game

Sacred 3 is an arcade Hack ‘n’ Slash game for up to 4 players. Choose a hero and fight cooperatively against the rise of evil. Victory is Ours. Glory is Mine.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Nvidia GeForce GT 610 (1024MB) / ATI Radeon 4770 (512MB), 25 GB of storage. Windows only.

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Sacred 3 scores 2/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/247950/sacred-3
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Reviews 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 14, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players-30
Critics57
Players27
Critic darling, cooler with players. Read recent reviews before buying.
Metacritic critics · 4,473 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperKeen Games
PublisherTHQ Nordic
GenreRPG
Released2014
Players750Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements45