The Citadel
The Citadel
Game
Game2019
Citadel: Forged with Fire
Developer Blue Isle Studios
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! From the Steam store page
303 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
53
Mixed
89 positive · 79 negative
95% range 45–60%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 89 | 79 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 28 | 3 | 89 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 4 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
2,292 of 3,564 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
52% recommend · 88 yes, 81 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 169 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (3,987 of 5,894 positive).
Many praise its fun magic system, building, and world despite the abandonment. [1][2][3] Some reviewers strongly advise against buying due to lack of updates and broken promises. [4][5][6]
Liked
Representative posts
- [4]
Another game that fell to the promise of being great. Empty promises mean nothing. Don't buy games in early access unless you are okay with losing that money. I believe all games that are abandoned should be refunded in full for the price the game was bought at. Let these scum devs go bankrupt. Thanks for selling us on an empty promise.
- [13]
DO NOT BUY THIS GAME This game had great potential. But the dev team has squandered any hope of revival. It has been abandoned They will dangle carrots of future QoL updates.... but let me assure you.... i have first hand knowledge...no such plans or roadmap exists. The Official maps are overrun by single players that go unchecked. Pillaring is allowed making many maps unplayable to anyone new. If you are …
- [16]
Devs come back please....this was a golden goose you just left in the barn to rot and crumble around it......wtf happened...
- [1]
Absolutely enthralling, beautiful world. Delightful ease of play. Crafting is fun, and building is infinitely rewarding. Set up a custom game, crank the good stuff, lower the bad, and lose yourself in another world. Big recommendation!
- [2]
One of the BEST games I have EVER played. However, the devs gave up on it very early on which in my opinon was an awful decision. This game would easily be up there with ARK, Rust, Dayz and all the top Survival games if they had allowed modding or just not given up! The gameplay mechanics are absolutely amazing and the mounts and pets are really well done. You get to ride a freakin dragon, but first you have to take …
Summarised from 34 of the 258 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked Citadel: Forged with Fire talk about fun magic system and immersive world; those who didn't talk about lack of content and mod support. Which matters more to you?
Reactions
60 of 303 · most liked firstI can still barely believe that PC Gamer let me write about Beyond Citadel as one of my first pieces this year. Hell of a game and my recommendation needs to be accompanied by a flashing neon warning visible from orbit.
neutral · AI labelView post →I am finally playing Beyond Citadel and after a lot of "i cant recommend this" type comments about it I am here to full throatedly recommend it because I'm not a fucking pussy. The game rocks. If you're too bitchmade for some boobs and guro then Bluey: The Game is right over there.
positive · AI labelView post →My review (unscored) of Beyond Citadel is finally up on PC Gamer. That game is a trip and yeah, I want to recommend it because it is VERY good and has a vibe all its own. But also if the mention of 'ero-guro' makes you either freak out or go 'what?', then you might want to avoid it.
positive · AI labelView post →Day 802 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing. Today’s game is Fallout 3. I didn’t realize how short the main story was for this. For context I just met up with the Brotherhood of Steel before ending off and I’m on my way to get the G.E.C.K. I can’t check exact hours right now but I’d say I’m maybe 15 hours in? Maybe 10. It’s not a strike against it, I like shorter stories, but it’s just something I’ve noticed.…
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm trying to load the Citadel-Charlotte game, where Citadel currently leads 43-41 in triple overtime, and the TV won't let me, presumably because it thinks I'm a pervert for trying
neutral · AI labelView post →the main thing you learn playing all of Bioware's ME1 and later games is 'man Bioware could make a truly great game if management fucking let them' and they never got to make that game. The closest they ever got was Citadel.
positive · AI labelView post →GOG have a free bundle of six old Polish games, if anyone's interested: www.gog.com/en/game/cita... www.gog.com/en/game/masz... www.gog.com/en/game/elec... www.gog.com/en/game/hear... www.gog.com/en/game/adve... www.gog.com/en/game/robbo Most interesting is a remaster of old Amiga FPS Citadel.
neutral · AI labelView post →Goddamn, I'm surprised, happy and a little bit confused to see Beyond Citadel with over 2000 user reviews, almost all positive store.steampowered.com/app/3371240/... You can see my full thoughts on it (it's a game that's literally horny for murder) in this article: www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/be...
positive · AI labelView post →I finished the Citadel DLC in Mass Effect 3. I enjoyed it. It was fun, humorous, and kind of out of place with the rest of the game? Felt odd. Still, very enjoyable and made me laugh a few times.
positive · AI labelView post →30 Days of Video Game Places I Wish I Could Visit! DAY 13 The Citadel from Mass Effect I have spent more time in the Citadel in Mass Effect 2 and am rapidly falling in love with it. I would spend SO much money in all the stores 🤑
positive · AI labelView post →Finished Beyond Citadel, a very nice game in which a Japanese man with gun autism and a passion for anime girls dying horribly heads towards his north star and makes the best shooter of the last 5 years. 5/5
positive · AI labelView post →Coelacanth's Steam NextFest Report. I spent the past week dredging through the slop, trying to unearth interesting gems that are (as far as I can tell) free from generative AI. While it demanded a lot more effort and time than usual, I am happy to report that there are still promising, interesting and *human* indie games out there being made. --- # Standouts --- ## [Inkblood](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4114100/Inkblood/)…
neutral · AI labelView post →Does anyone else use mtg cards/mechanics to describe other games? If you pay life for any advantage in another game I say “oh this is the Bolas’s Citadel of ______”.
neutral · AI labelView post →Sharing some Mass Effect favorites in honor of #N7Day 🪐Fav Game: ME2 🪐Fav romance: Garrus 🪐Fav non-squadmate: Joker 🪐Fav locations: Citadel, Omega, Normandy, Illium 🪐Fav DLC: Citadel 🪐Fav mission/moment: Suicide mission + Mordin singing Gilbert & Sullivan
neutral · AI labelView post →The nation's longest winning and losing streaks end tonight. Florida (W12) loses to Arizona and The Citadel (L22) beats the Flying Fleet of Erskine. (The only acceptable reason to schedule a non-D1 is to break a 22 game losing streak.)
neutral · AI labelView post →Lilith (@gallowlessdatura.bsky.social) reviewed Beyond Citadel, a game that is at once both repulsive and magnetic, violent and sexual, hateful and loving. gamesline.net/grotesquerie...
neutral · AI labelView post →I think it says a lot that in the *default* world state of Mass Effect 2, if you don’t import your save file, the game assumes you replaced the entire Citadel council with humans
neutral · AI labelView post →Fan art of Beyond Citadel such a fun game!
positive · AI labelView post →"Most beautiful video game locations" - ancient cistern, skyward sword - boggly woods, paper mario: the thousand year door - the Citadel, silksong -the everfall, dragon's dogma - cerulean coast, elden ring - shrine of Amana, dark souls II
neutral · AI labelView post →I really hope the Citadel guy makes another game and while I would love a Citadel 3 I am very open to him making a different boomenshooten
positive · AI labelView post →The table for today’s Birthday #ChainofCommand game. Depicting German Pioneer platoon assault on the Citadel at Haute Ville, Boulogne, May 1940. #spreadthelard.
neutral · AI labelView post →Just occured to me that Beyond Citadel is probably going to be the first game I buy and complete in 2025. Sometimes I find my own taste in games inexplicable.
positive · AI labelView post →Pretty sure this is the first fantasy mini I ever painted. I know my oldest minis I painted because I used to cut out cardboard for bases. The Citadel 1981-2 FT Skeletons and Zombies blew me away. Game changer in Undead fantasy sculpting.
neutral · AI labelView post →Nerdmaxxing by playing M:TG to win rare Pokemon cards during a game of online DnD whilst bidding on retro Citadel miniatures on ebay whilst getting secretly railed by the DM with her hentai strap.
neutral · AI labelView post →So you abandoned this game just to go make another early access survival/crafting game called Guardians of the wild sky... Are you planning to abandon that too?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Another quick little figure study and painting exercise. Also I played the game Beyond Citadel recently, it's pretty good, check it out. #fanart #beyondcitadel #pinup #figurestudy #ecchi
positive · AI labelView post →Well, finding Loam in the Citadel in Silksong and playing a song for him resulted in a conversation so sad I may need to turn the game off
neutral · AI labelView post →System Shock (LookingGlass Technologies / Origin Systems) was released 32 years ago today. And the good news is that you can rediscover this milestone in video game history with fresh eyes, thanks to the excellent 2023 remake. 🔥 Let's pay a visit to SHODAN on Citadel Station.
neutral · AI labelView post →Devs come back please....this was a golden goose you just left in the barn to rot and crumble around it......wtf happened...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Another game that fell to the promise of being great. Empty promises mean nothing. Don't buy games in early access unless you are okay with losing that money. I believe all games that are abandoned should be refunded in full for the price the game was bought at. Let these scum devs go bankrupt. Thanks for selling us on an empty promise.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What is the dice game inside Before the Bog God? Exploring how Before the Bog God by Infinite Citadel uses a two-player dice game as a framework for telling a story about wishes and old gods: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/bog-god-dice #ttrpg #rpg #gamedesign #dice 🎲✂️
neutral · AI labelView post →Cat people, unite! 🐱 The Citadel Project, a dark fantasy stealth game, had to release early due to a massive €6,000 vet bill. A red-light runner fucker hit their cat, Snoopy, and fled. Miraculously, Snoopy survived thanks to his incredible strength and will to live.
neutral · AI labelView post →A game can be great AND guro porn at the same time, just look at The Citadel.
positive · AI labelView post →bought game, had hope, 5 years later, nothing, should be refunded the full price for this kind of trash behaviour. basically paid them to test their game for it to be abandoned
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Maybe the Infinites will finally acknowledge the fact that Icecrown Citadel is directly connected to the Worldsoul, because nobody else in the game ever has lmao
neutral · AI labelView post →Best of my knowledge this is a Dunharrow zombie/skeleton by Citadel for an early LOTR game. Bit of back and forth getting results I was happy with but good lesson in not just relying on inherent texture to see me though. #nerdlings #oldhammer (?)
neutral · AI labelView post →Very mixed. Always such a shame to come back and see this game stagnant and dead. It has wonderful foundations for a really cool experience with a good degree of immersion, but with the inability to mod the game as well as no active developers making content, it really is a bummer. Maybe someone could take this game from Blue Isle and let them update it to UE5 and open up mods for personal servers like Valheim. Something to revitalize a fun spin on survival.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Such a ripoff, game was never finished such potential, early access cash grab
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →That Citadel game looks cool, I need to put it in the list of indie boomer shooters I want to play
positive · AI labelView post →Some shots aboard the Citadel until I get back in the game #MassEffect #MassEffect3 #MassEffectLegendaryEdition #VirtualPhotography
neutral · AI labelView post →South Carolina State's 13-game winning streak -- the longest in the FCS before Saturday -- ended versus The Citadel on this field goal as time expired.
neutral · AI labelView post →Good morning! ☕️ I finished the Leviathan DLC and the Citadel DLC, too! It's absolutely incredible stuff. Onward to the end of the game! 🔥💚 #MassEffect3
positive · AI labelView post →Storming the Citadel, “Eyes Down” first game with @wifesbanewargaming.bsky.social this evening. The little corporal is ready. #spreadthelard
neutral · AI labelView post →Two big reasons Mass Effect 3 is my favorite: Leviathan and Citadel. Without them, the game is a very solid entry just shy of ME2, but with those, OHOHOHOHO MAN! This game is so good!
positive · AI labelView post →Mass Effect developer John Ebenger revealed that there's no difference in speed when you try to run in the Citadel, it's just the fov of the camera that gives the illusion of moving faster. This is so the game can load the rest of the Citadel in time.
neutral · AI labelView post →Do not bother with this game it is dead. It had potential and was completely wasted. The concept is great but the execution is bad in multiple areas. The Spells are lackluster: The spell creation process had some good ideas like the spell essences and harvesting and amplifying them but instead of making a spell book they linked the spells to weapon types which is not only redundant in some cases but utterly useless as well. You can equip four weapons and each one has 2 spells on it instead…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Citadel and Beyond Citadel are great cause it's not often I can play a fast paced action game that feel ripped from the pages of Lemon People.
positive · AI labelView post →Cool game. Unfortunately it's abandoned.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This wasn't here before... Beyond Citadel has it's claws in me, I havent poopsocked a game like this since high school
positive · AI labelView post →Thief-inspired stealth game The Citadel Project now has a Steam page store.steampowered.com/app/4795460/...
neutral · AI labelView post →The solo developer is not asking for donations, but please support the game at launch later this year if you are in a position to help and spend 10 dollars. The Citadel Project on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4795460/...
neutral · AI labelView post →STARHOOK CITADEL 08.14.2026 A BRAND NEW VISION FOR HYPERTRENCH... ONLY FOR GRIT SYSTEM GAME JAM!
neutral · AI labelView post →While the game has been abandonded by the devs, I can honestly say I am at least having fun! While others maybe like oh games not updating and what not at least so far in the lvl 20 and under areas havent really ran into game breaking bugs that didnt get cleared up with a simple restart. Optimization is honestly pretty good, running 4k max settings on a ryzen 5 7600 rt 7700xt and 32gb ram. I maintain around 65-70fps. I would say Devs if you are reading this by some miracle, MOD SUPPORT…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An abandoned hot mess that had so much potential.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Minor update to Electroniq (0xc0de6502.github.io/electroniq/), my online Acorn Electron emulator. You can now Quick Play™️ new games like Pyjamarama, Citadel 2, Chuckulus, Apache Canyon & Zezito and the Lost Stars. Many thanks to their authors and Nyimski for hosting the ROMs
neutral · AI labelView post →Abandoned dead MMORPG. Can still play in single player mode. Only get it if its cheap. Installed Presenoker and SearchProtect on my system without consent or knowledge
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sad sad Abandonware ;(
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Was a hidden gem, now its a abandoned gem
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DO NOT BUY THIS GAME This game had great potential. But the dev team has squandered any hope of revival. It has been abandoned They will dangle carrots of future QoL updates.... but let me assure you.... i have first hand knowledge...no such plans or roadmap exists. The Official maps are overrun by single players that go unchecked. Pillaring is allowed making many maps unplayable to anyone new. If you are unfortunate enough to mistakenly pay for a private server...you might have more…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →When this game first came out, it was pretty fun. There wasn't much to do at all in it. Just fly around, gather crap, build. Do a few bosses that were all soloable. They tried to add a quest line and daily repeatable quest that turned into mostly a grind. You didn't get much from the daily quests. We started on xbox with this game and moved to PC. Wife tried to play official servers which are laden with abuse and people who column the whole map claiming buildings and essentially…
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