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Sacred Gold
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Sacred is a 2004 action role-playing game developed by the German company Ascaron and published by Take 2 Interactive. It is set on the magical continent of Ancaria, with characters of various races (dark elf, vampiress, dwarf, etc.) each with their own missions. Two expansion packs were released for the game in 2004 and 2005. In 2008, Linux Game Publishing announced that they would port the game to the Linux… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
177 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Oct 31, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
82
LovedLoved
129 positive · 28 negative
95% range 75–87%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 129 | 28 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| Lemmy * | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 1 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
1,163 of 1,437 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
83% recommend · 138 yes, 28 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 166 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (3,964 of 4,642 positive).
Players praise Sacred Gold as a classic ARPG with deep character customization and a massive open world. [1][2][3] Some reviewers note technical issues on modern systems, requiring tinkering to run. [4][5][6] Many fondly recall the game's humor, voice acting, and nostalgic value. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [4]
I can only recommend the game who have the will to tinker with the game for an hour so it runs on new systems. If you don't, buy the GOG version, that just works. I love STEAM but it is sad they are willing to sell you games that won't start.
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An anomaly of ARPG gaming that has been forgotten and buried. This game world is absurd, massive, filled with lore and easter eggs. It's game filled with developer passion that simply does not exist in the same way so many years later. In this world, you are very free to build a character within skill restrictions, yet boundless customization to how you choose to play and build. It's in line with the Elder Scrolls …
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Over 3000 Hours, 14 Years, and Still One of the Best ARPGs Ever: I've been playing Sacred Gold since 2010, and after all these years, I’ve come back to it again—only to realise just how much this game still has to offer. With over 3000 hours invested (though only a few on Steam), I can confidently say this is one of the deepest and most rewarding ARPGs ever made. The amount of depth in character building is insane. …
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Back in the early 00s used to be the best aRPG out there, being open-world, having class diversity with tons of builds etc. Twenty plus years later it's still the best aRPG.
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Classic old school RPG that still rocks nowadays! I recommend using dgVoodoo 2 API to run the game properly, otherwise you may experience sluttering or even low fps. Dark elf rules, with his: "Mess with the best, die like the rest" ;D
Summarised from 34 of the 186 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 12, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
83% of the 166 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Sacred Gold. The complaint that keeps coming up: technical issues on modern systems. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Sacred garnered average to good reviews from the media. 1up called it "Diablo for masochists", while IGN called it "A diamond in the rough". The editors of PC Gamer US presented Sacred with their "Best Roleplaying Game 2004" award. Greg Vederman of the magazine wrote that it "provides the loot addict with a deliciously strong dose of the good stuff." Sacred was an immediate hit in the German market, where it opened as the top-selling full-price computer game of February 2004, according to Media Control. It remained in fourth place on the charts by April. Early that month, the game received a "Gold" certification from the Verband der Unterhaltungssoftware Deutschland (VUD), for sales of at…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 177 · most liked firstI can only recommend the game who have the will to tinker with the game for an hour so it runs on new systems. If you don't, buy the GOG version, that just works. I love STEAM but it is sad they are willing to sell you games that won't start.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An anomaly of ARPG gaming that has been forgotten and buried. This game world is absurd, massive, filled with lore and easter eggs. It's game filled with developer passion that simply does not exist in the same way so many years later. In this world, you are very free to build a character within skill restrictions, yet boundless customization to how you choose to play and build. It's in line with the Elder Scrolls series with your ability to build freely, but with the boundary of sticking…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A hidden classic that stood the test of time. Should get the next remaster from the series for sure.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Back in the early 00s used to be the best aRPG out there, being open-world, having class diversity with tons of builds etc. Twenty plus years later it's still the best aRPG.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Over 3000 Hours, 14 Years, and Still One of the Best ARPGs Ever: I've been playing Sacred Gold since 2010, and after all these years, I’ve come back to it again—only to realise just how much this game still has to offer. With over 3000 hours invested (though only a few on Steam), I can confidently say this is one of the deepest and most rewarding ARPGs ever made. The amount of depth in character building is insane. Maximising damage on specific builds isn’t as simple as just stacking one…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Classic old school RPG that still rocks nowadays! I recommend using dgVoodoo 2 API to run the game properly, otherwise you may experience sluttering or even low fps. Dark elf rules, with his: "Mess with the best, die like the rest" ;D
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Better than diablo 4. It's a classic.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game has a hardcoded resolution of 1024x768. You can try it with third party software and lots of changes in config files but without a lot of effort you wont be able to play the game on modern hardware. It's almost criminal by Steam to offer it in the shop...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fond memories of this game when I was growing up. I got it on steam and finally finished it in a little under 40 hours. I played as the same character I did years ago and finished the game. Young me would be so proud.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An old classic, a Diablo clone from 2004 that is surprisingly fast paced with relatively minimal jank. With eight different characters to select, each with their own selection of Combat Arts and personality (get used to those voice quips!), and two long campaigns to go through, if a little repetitive due to being a hack 'n slash - short bursts recommended - set in a massive open world with a ton of different nooks and crannies to explore, and a bunch of random go there fetch / kill this type of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An excellent classic Diablo-like, unfortunately hampered by technical difficulties on many modern systems that makes it unplayable - freezes during the initial loading screen during "fonts" or fails to load the intro videos. Discussion forum fixes do not always work and the game remains unplayable.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun RPG that has an enormous world to explore. There is a character to pick that fits every mode of play, from barbarian to demoness and more. This is a game that will give hours upon hours of play. Highly recommend this older game to D and D fans.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Welcome to my first bluesky pokemon playthrough, I'll be playing the ROM hack Sacred Gold, from Drayano. If you found this, I hope you enjoy it! Special mention to @m2ebw.bsky.social who inspired me to do this!
neutral · AI labelView post →One of my first games EVER and one of the best games I have ever played in my life! Especially after playing the first couple of times with friends who taught me how to utilize every aspect of the game, it was amazing!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great way to pass the time when you're retired.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is a great game, but it is in no way whatsoever a diablo clone.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Better than Diablo 4
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →cant be played in modern computers/ DC
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Oldschool timeless classic if you know you know.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Originally released in 2004, Sacred’s main innovation, brought to an ARPG genre freshly coalescing in the wake of genre godfather Diablo 2, was to completely eschew the typical procedurally generated maps and a strict act structure in favour of a large open world and MMO-style sidequests o’plenty. And while this is undoubtedly a unique approach for the genre, the game consequently suffers the exact same pitfalls as every other open world game: namely, the world is barren and mostly devoid of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game will not run on my PC as it is too modern.Very disappointed that Steam is selling it and it should be advising only to install on old PC's.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game, but if you wanna play it, buy it on GoG. There you won't have to patch anything for your modern setup.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game was absolutely brilliant in its day.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →•Sid Meier's Pirate •Sacred Gold •Spore •Monster Rancher We still can find all of they on Steam, but god ..., i would love if they remaster or release a new game ;---;
neutral · AI labelView post →Absolute classic and really huge game with a decent story and humor. Really felt nostalgic playing it again <3
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Is a great game still one the best even in 2026, and it is so much better than Sacred 2. However It took me forever to get Sacred Gold to work without any mods, but all you have to do is open the Scared Gold "Config.exe" and select in there Video Compatibility Mode, unless you want to play the game in true Fullscreen then you will need the PureHD Mod.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have played this game since I was a little boy. I have always absolutely loved it. I used to play with my family for game night, I love jumping in after all these years and playing for hours still. Brings back so many memories, and is so good to chill and grind loosing track of time. Even though it's um..... well quite old at this point, it still holds up and is 100% worth playing today. Just keep in mind its not a 2026 game, and I think that's part of why I love it so much.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Diablo made the genre famous. Titan Quest and Grim Dawn kept it alive on borrowed engines and borrowed lore. Sacred did the one thing none of them ever quite nailed: it holds up. Distinct armor sets, a genuine "you leveled up" visual payoff, damage types with clear tells on how to counter them, followers and pets with actual dedicated heal shortcuts, and a backpack big enough to function like an inventory instead of a math problem. Small things, but things nobody after it bothered replicating…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Full of jank, bugs and is not very stable on modern systems
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played this after hundreds of hours on Sacred 2 and was not disappointed at all! Some features are actually better-handled than the second chapter, and some others are entirely missing, which makes the two games different enough to be enjoyed separately but still clearly part of the same universe. There are some obvious graphic and gameplay features typical of the time of development that can be not for everyone, but I did appreciated them immensely. Without a doubt a 10/10 game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I liked a blend of story and combat. If a game is going to over one or the other, IMO, it's has to be very good at one or the other and unfortunately, I feel like Sacred Gold is one of those games that fails at that. It's a beautiful world and there's a lot there and yet there isn't? There's a ton of quests in the game and a lot of places to go, but it just feels all pointless. Most of what's there is in the journal and even that's brief. The world is simply just too massive for it's own…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is good, for its age it came from. There is some configuration you need to do to make it work on modern machines but there is some Steam guides that's quite beginner friendly and the steps are pretty quick. :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's sad to see how many people lie in their reviews and give negative ratings even though they haven't even really tried to start the game nor spent five minutes trying to solve the problem. Also you don't need direct x even though they give u the chance to install it Game Freezes?! "I have got it working on my computer now, right-click on Sacred Gold, go to Properties, Local Files tab, Browse Local Files, double-click on Config.exe, and untick Fullscreen." After starting the game wait until…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is simply a classic and the art and game play hold up surprisingly well after all these years. If you've never played it I highly recommend it. If you are into retro I think you'll love it. A++ for the Daemon's voice acting. Super funny. :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Only worth buying if you: A) grew up with it and want the nostalgia B) want to say you tried it This game is a slow, crude, monotonous, slog. There's barely any feeling of progression, and the story may as well not exist. I cannot recommend the experience on any grounds. From the endless respawning of hundreds of fodder enemies. The random nature of abilitity upgrades/unlocks. The instability on modern systems. The game is just a misery to play today.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Classic game its just a shame it won't run on newer computers
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →warning: does not run on new systems
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a good game, my father played this. I always wanted to try it more too, after the old pc at his mothers place broke, but sadly not works on newer laptops, crashes and doesn't claim ownership i think, since i last tried. that's why i had to refund
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →SHORT REVIEW : a historic action RPG in the Diablo style, that made me and many others fall in love with roleplays and videogames, thanks to its easy-to-learn but complex mechanics, deep lore, high detailed graphic, funny voice acting and beautiful music. While it has bugs and suffers from the repetitiveness of its genre, this game is a must-have for all gaming lovers. > Gameplay ( 8.1 / 10 ) : Sacred revolves around many different heroes, classes with different styles to play (magic, bows,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good game, great nostalgia, finally finished it, some quests won't finish due to bugs, but RebornHD patch does make it playable to the end§ Hugely recommend.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There is no game quite like Sacred Gold. I have so many memories playing it when I was younger on the family PC. Open world, insane amount of lore and world building and so many easter eggs! Seriously, so underrated and if you like dungeon crawlers I highly reccomend. Diablo 2 is the only other game that has the same vibes.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played this when it came out in 2004 and i couldn't stop, i was obsessed with it. There was nothing like this back then except maybe The Elder Scrolls and Ultima Online. Sacred is very unique even by today's standards, it's a mix of Diablo and Oblivion. Steam doesn't show my real playing hours because I'm playing with Pure HD mod that makes it fullscreen with upscaled resolution and works just fine on windows 10. It's old and clunky but so am i and i know nostalgia is a thing but i don't…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game itself especially its world is a real gem. I keep coming back to it every now and then because of the awesome vibes and loot.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you can get it running, it is a beautiful and fun game. It has some old arpg jankieness but that only adds to the charm.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Old times classic! One of the all time best of it's kind!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absolute classic of a game. prefer this to diablo, but thats for nostalgia reasons, i think. yet its close.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like playing Sacred Gold, it's a fun action, hack and slash RPG game. Athough, it took a little adjustment to get it to work, which is understandable since it's a game that came out in 2004/2005. It wasn't stressful or time-consuming and ended up being fairly simple in my case. At first I tried changing the compatibility to Windows xp (service pack 3), because it was the first solution I came upon in the community discussion tab, but it didn't work, so I changed it back to Windows xp (service…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →On every level except physical i'm LITERALLY seraphim from the videogame "Sacred: Gold".
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There exists a breed of game so profoundly antagonistic toward the player’s time, patience, and basic sense of coherence that one must wonder whether its developers were driven not by the ambition to entertain, but by the unholy urge to create a digital torture device masquerading as an action RPG. *Sacred Gold* is not merely such a game—it is the very codex of such games. It is the barbed wire-wrapped love letter to every broken design choice ever sanctified by the genre’s darkest instincts.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →11/10 isometric rpg of the olden days. I must have clocked around 20,000 hours of this on a CD version, back before steam was really around. Very fun, different classes offer an extremely varied way to play the game and each have their own back-story and reactions to different parts/characters of the world. Gold comes with the DLC Underworld campaign which follows the events of the main story.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have way more hours in Sacred than Steam has recorded, since I have been booting the game through an HD mod. I have completed the main and underworld campaign as part of my isometric ARPG marathon and boy am I glad that I decided to go on this journey. Sacred is an absolute gem that deserves more recognition. For a game that first came out in 2004 this game has an impressive amount of content to dig into. The world is absolutely huge with varied environments and although the graphics…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Childhood memories unlocked
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Better than any of the Diablos in my opinion. Unfortunately the Steam version makes you lose hours of progress regularly, as the game keeps crashing on saving and corrupting data.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A month ago I binge played Sacred Gold for a week straight.. I like this game and the characters there have such unique vibes! #wyvart #sacredgold
positive · AI labelView post →a classic 2.5D open world action RPG, needs Virtual Voodoo system to properly run this game in Windows 7++ system
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Still good game in 2026
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Aight game. Could use a remaster/remake as well.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun little classic hack-and-slash RPG, this title is alright for a single playthrough. The opening area helps you acclimatise to the gameplay, but after that its just a case of constant fighting beyond, and exploring, with little means to track down the path towards the main story of the game. Reasonable, but personally I would buy it only if you're interested it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sacred is a classic old-school RPG that offers a lot of content and depth, but it also shows its age in several areas. The first hours can be frustrating, as the game does not explain its systems very well. Combat, skills, and character builds take time to understand, which may discourage new players. Once you get past the learning curve, however, the game becomes very enjoyable. The RPG mechanics are deep, the world is large, and there is a strong sense of progression. The story is solid…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Love this game, but sod this iteration. This game does not run on my PC, the files are absolutely broken and I'm gonna have to try on GoG instead.
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