SanctuaryRPG: Black Edition
Worth it · Roguelike · 2015
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $7.99.
- Cost per hour
- $0.67/hr
- ReviewsA
- 91% of 1,589
- Genre rank
- Top 13% Roguelike
Holding it back: Reach
Why
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Time and effort
- Typical playtime
- 11.9h
Price and sales
- Sales
- 62 on record
- Typical cut
- 90% off
- Steam low
- $0.79 November 2016
- Sale every
- 42d last December 2024
Players and genre
- Online
- 0 now
- Cheaper than
- 67% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 86% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story
The value story
It has been discounted 62 times in the 12 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 90 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 96 weeks ago.
Its score puts it in the top 13 percent of the games it competes with. It is cheaper than 67 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 86 percent. Among the games that feel like it, UnderMine ($19.99, scores 76) beats it on value, while it beats Overture ($4.99, scores 40).
More about SanctuaryRPG: Black Edition
Inside the two-hour refund window, 84 percent of the 163 reviews written there were positive, against 91 percent overall, and those are 16 percent of everything written about it.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 11.9 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 1 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 675 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
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What players say
For a cheap price it's ok for the hours you can get out of the loop if you like turn based combat and grinding. I was disappointed by the ending, and the story in general seems to try to hint at a plot and resolution that just isn't there, leaving you feeling like you're missing something. The combat loop is engaging - you are kept paying attention by situational prompts to react to such as repositioning to avoid an...
1 more review
It's a little hard to describe the gameplay loop of this game, but it's a combo-heavy RPG with a lot of moving parts that seem more complex than they really are. Combat is mostly just observing moment to moment which mechanic you need to refresh or push (combo counter, barriers, mantras, mana expunge, adrenal smash, snares, guarding, poison, etc) and outside of combat you're mostly just grabbing all the free stuff...
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About the game
SanctuaryRPG: Black Edition is a humorous and strategic turn-based dungeon crawling ASCII adventure. Drawing heavy inspiration from both Roguelikes and Japanese RPGs, the game offers a robust action-RPG inspired combat system.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, Integrated Graphics, 205 MB of storage. Windows only.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
SanctuaryRPG: Black Edition scores 73/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/328760/sanctuaryrpg-black-editionReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.