Citadel: Forged with Fire
Skip · Multiplayer · 2019
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 20, under the fair line, at $14.99.
- Reviews
- 68% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, GTX 950 equivalent or better, 20 GB of storage. Windows only.
This massive online sandbox RPG features elements of magic, spellcasting, building, exploring and crafting. As a newly minted apprentice of the magic arts, you will set off to the dangerous world of Ignus. Tame mighty beasts, forge alliances, explore uncharted territories or fight for dominance!
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
The value story
December 2025 is where it bottomed out, at $5.24. It has been discounted 75 times in the 9 years tracked here, typically at 60 percent off, with about 5 weeks between sales.
It is pricier than 79 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 71 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Gloria Victis: Medieval MMORPG (free, scores 21) beats it on value, while it beats Dark and Light ($17.99, scores 0).
Of the 660 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 6 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 31 percent of the 693 reviews written there were positive, against 68 percent overall, and those are 14 percent of everything written about it.
Players
8 players online when we last checked, on Sep 27, 00:50 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Citadel: Forged with Fire scores 20/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/487120/citadel-forged-with-fireReviews 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 Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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