Sacred Fire: A Role Playing Game
Fair · RPG · 2021 · Early Access
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $18.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 5.2h
- Value
- $3.65/hr
- Reviews
- 95% of 510 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $14.21 or less.
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.
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About the game
A text-based RPG full of choice and action. Fight for survival in the midst of the Roman invasion of ancient Caledonia. Strategize one dice roll at a time as emotions affect your performance. Use willpower to outsmart opponents, gain allies, wage war, or strive for peace. How will your story end?
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Intel HD 4400, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
It has been discounted 52 times in the 5 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 25 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 8 percent on value. It is pricier than 82 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 97 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Foretales ($2.99, scores 69) beats it on value, while it beats The Council (free, scores 62).
More about Sacred Fire: A Role Playing Game
Of the 326 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 2 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written October 2021 to August 2026.
What players say
If this game were longer. with more fighting it would be in my top 5 videos games. I love this game. but I want moar... and unfortunately it isn't long enough for me. Still a great game though.
2 more reviews
Its a good little story. (In the current state only up to ACT2) A game where choices actually matter. Characters can be killed off and the decisions and influences they may have in the latter parts of the story go right along with them. I haven't noticed if they are replaced with generic "fill-ins" to help direct their absence but so far, it doesn't. If they die, they die and the story just continues on without...
Death is permanent and more common than I expected. The percentages aren't really accurate. I have failed 12 times in a row on a 43% chance of success check. It was required to make that roll in order to prevent game over, or I would have never bothered. That was followed by a 5% for good result, or 70% roll for bad result check. I would cheat this normally. In general, the story is interesting, but the mechanics...
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Cite this score
Sacred Fire: A Role Playing Game scores 63/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/900400/sacred-fire-a-role-playing-gameReviews 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.