Sanctum
Sci-fi tower defense meets first-person shooting and maze building
Coffee Stain Studios · Published by Coffee Stain Publishing · Released Apr 15, 2011
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 89% of 3,362
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 0
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 13 years ago
- Jan 14, 2013
Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.
Metacritic: 70/100 (critic reviews)
What is Sanctum?
In this sci-fi tower defense and first-person shooter, you build tower-lined mazes and shoot at waves of enemies. You defend across maps alone or with up to four players in co-op.
For you if...
- +you enjoy planning enemy paths while fighting alongside towers
- +you want cooperative defense against repeated enemy waves
Not for you if...
- −you prefer an overhead view of your defenses
- −you would rather build than shoot during battles
What players say
89% of 3,362 reviews are positive
Players praise the mix of tower defense and direct shooting, particularly in co-op. Some say the first-person view makes defenses hard to assess; others complain about clunky movement and repetitive tower choices.
Screenshots and trailer
Sanctum system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP (SP3)
- Processor
- 1.6 GHz Dual Core Processor
- Graphics
- Shader Model 3, 256 MB VRAM
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB Free Space
Recommended
- OS
- Windows Vista, 7 or 8
- Processor
- 2.0 GHz Quad Core Processor
- Graphics
- Shader Model 3, 512 MB VRAM
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB Free Space
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Achievements
- 100
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Playable
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, Danish, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Swedish, Japanese, Polish, Dutch, Italian, Russian, Turkish.
Tags
- Tower Defense
- FPS
- Strategy
- Co-op
- Action
- Indie
- Sci-fi
- Multiplayer
- First-Person
- Online Co-Op
- Shooter
- Female Protagonist
- Singleplayer
- Casual
- Great Soundtrack
- Futuristic
Recent updates
- Jan 14, 2013 · Sanctum 2 - Development Update #5
- Jan 14, 2013 · Sanctum 2 - Development Update #5
- Jan 13, 2013 · Sanctum 2 - Development Update #4
- Jan 13, 2013 · Sanctum 2 - Development Update #4
- Jan 13, 2013 · Sanctum 2 - Development Update #3
5 DLC available.
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