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Sanctum 2

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App ID 210770
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Coffee Stain Publishing
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies Unreal Engine
Last Changenumber 28970267
Last Record Update 13 May 2025 – 23:47:39 UTC ()
Release Date 15 May 2013 – 17:00:00 UTC ()
😎 87.72%
14k reviews
28
In-Game
+3
🏰 Tower Defense 🔫 FPS 🤝 Co-op 💡 Strategy 💥 Action

Sanctum 2 is the sequel to the world’s first Tower Defense/FPS hybrid game. Pick from four unique character classes and embark on a mission to protect the oxygen-producing Cores from hordes of deadly aliens who are threatened by their existence.

Additional Information

Developer Coffee Stain Studios
gamedir Sanctum 2
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metacritic_name Sanctum 2
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metacritic_score 77
NoServers No
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community_visible_stats Yes
sourcegame Yes
InstallScript 210770_install.vdf
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Coffee Stain Publishing
languages (extended) english,french,italian,german,spanish,portuguese,russian,turkish
Store Release Date 15 May 2013 – 17:00:00 UTC ()
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community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Indie (23)
Store Genres Action (1), Indie (23), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 15 May 2013 – 17:00:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 7 July 2019 – 15:25:22 UTC () (1562513122)
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Detected Technologies (?) Unreal Engine, NVIDIA_APEX SDK, NVIDIA_CUDA SDK, NVIDIA_PhysX SDK, NVIDIA_Texture_Tools SDK, Ogg SDK, Vorbis SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Verified
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 6 August 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 780292
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    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
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First seen on SteamDB 4 May 2013 – 21:10:04 UTC (), in changelist #212065

Supported Languages

7 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes
French Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes
Japanese Yes

Tags

🏰 Tower Defense 🔫 FPS 🤝 Co-op 💡 Strategy 💥 Action 🚀 Sci-fi 🌱 Indie 👥 Online Co-Op 🕹️ Multiplayer 🙌 First-Person 🔫 Shooter 👤 Singleplayer 🌲 Survival 👽 Aliens 🌆 Futuristic 👩 Female Protagonist ⚔️ Combat 😃 Funny 🎶 Great Soundtrack 🎲 RPG

Categories

Single-player Online Co-op Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Cloud Steam Leaderboards Remote Play on TV Family Sharing Multi-player Co-op Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

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timestamp14 October 2020 – 14:03:38 UTC

Trailer 11315 ↴

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Trailer 11501 ↴

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Trailer 11574 ↴

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Steam charts

  • 28 players right now
  • 33 24-hour peak
  • 13,621 all-time peak 25 January 2014
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  • 0 24-hour peak
  • 6,189 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😎 Very Positive
  • 87.72% SteamDB Rating
  • 12,880 90.0% positive reviews
  • 1,437 10.0% negative reviews

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Markers

Date Label 30-day Peak
15 May 2013 Steam Release -
3 December 2013 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Jumbo Bundle -
1 May 2014 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Co-op Weekly Bundle -
28 September 2015 Free Week -
23 November 2017 🆓 Free key giveaway -
1 December 2017 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Yogscast Jingle Jam 2017 -

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How many players are playing Sanctum 2 right now on Steam?

Steam player counter indicates there are currently 28 players live playing Sanctum 2 on Steam.

Sanctum 2 had an all-time peak of 13621 concurrent players on 25 January 2014.

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