Smoke and Sacrifice
Skip · RPG · 2018
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 37, under the fair line, at $19.99.
- Length
- 12.5h 19h to 100%
- Value
- $1.60/hr
- Reviews
- 76% of 514 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- 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
Smoke and Sacrifice sees Sachi, a mother forced to give up her son, adventure into a grotesque underworld on a quest that will lead her to a darker truth.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, 4 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 74 discounts in the 8 years tracked, the median cut is 80 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 37 percent on value. It is pricier than 89 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Crashlands ($14.99, scores 80) beats it on value, while it beats Crea ($14.99, scores 30).
More about Smoke and Sacrifice
The press gave it 68; the people who bought it give it 76 percent. An 8-point gap in the buyer's favour.
The drop-off
77% start to 7% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 1 when we last checked, on Oct 9, 21:55 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
I loved this game. Loved the storyline. Loved the graphics. Loved the slight creepyness of the world & characters. Didn't feel overwhelmingly challenging either (I hate when the gameplay is like a chore) and I loved how much one could explore.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
First things first, this really isn't a typical survival/crafting game, much more of an adventure game with crafting elements. You can make weapons, armor and food but there's zero base building, you can't even put down a chest and the only storage available is your inventory and chests you have to find and unlock around the map. There's also no hunger or stamina and in general it's a rather "simple" game. The...
This is an adventure with a large emphasis on crafting and preparation with interesting art, though hindered by a "functional" control/combat system and meh story. The 2D sprites on a 3D world works fine, though it makes navigation a pain when the Smoke rolls in. I stopped playing when it reached a supposed high point in the story, which was as underwhelming as most of the progression up till that point. I got...
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Cite this score
Smoke and Sacrifice scores 37/100 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/695100/smoke-and-sacrificeReviews 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 Sep 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.