You think Tower Defense games are all about building? You thought wrong. Sanctum is not your average Tower Defense title. When the havoc starts, you get to join the fray! As one of the world’s first First Person Shooter - Tower Defense games, Sanctum has taken the best of both worlds to deliver an epic, one-of-a-kind experience.
Each input wears a grade, S to D, read from the buyer's side. The color is the direction: green raises the score, red lowers it, grey sits neutral. ▼ marks a dock, ? a missing input. The exact weights stay secret. These are the inputs and the direction each pushes.
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Worth it · Shooter · 2011
Steam Deck PlayableBUY IT.
Yes, worth it at $1.99.
about 8.2h$1.99 (~)
Better value than 91% of Shooter games
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Sanctum scores 80/100 on the BANG Score (worth it). The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steamBANGERS.com/game/91600/sanctum<a href="https://steamBANGERS.com/game/91600/sanctum"><img src="https://steambangers.com/api/badge/91600" alt="BANG Score" width="340" height="80"></a>[](https://steamBANGERS.com/game/91600/sanctum)The BANG Score is one number for value, 0 to 100: price against how it reviews and how long it was built to be. It rates value, not taste. Whether it is for you is on you. How the score is computed → Data · updated 2h ago.
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Price line + bands by tier:Worth itPrice history via IsThereAnyDeal.
The lowest price on record is $0.99, set in March 2014. It has been discounted 93 times in the 14 years tracked here, typically at 80 percent off, with about 6 weeks between sales.
On value it sits in the top 9 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Sanctum 2 ($2.99, scores 81) beats it on value, while it beats Super Sanctum TD ($0.99, scores 72).
About 46 percent of players see it through to the end, which is high. People who start this one tend to stay.